Our guest today is Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine and Lecturer in Neurology at Harvard Medical School and has co-authored several books that focus on Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

On this episode, Dr. Andrew Budson brings his expertise to us, and gives us a sneak peak into his book Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia to help us break down dementia for caregivers.

To learn more about benefits that can help you take care of a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia, visit the Homethrive website or join us for an upcoming live webinar.

Sixty-six children a day go to the ER in the U.S. due to shopping cart related injuries. As parents unload their purchases into the car, their carts drift away with children inside, putting them at risk of running into cars, parked or otherwise.

An entrepreneur and mother of two children, Kristen Rock Chouinard is the founder of the company KartWheel, which has created a product that prevents your shopping cart from rolling away. Follow KartWheel on Instagram here.

On this episode, we discuss the daily inconveniences that can sometimes have dire consequences, and the solutions that caregivers create to keep their family members safe.

To learn more about caregiving benefits that can help, visit the Homethrive website or join us for an upcoming live webinar.

Every November, we celebrate National Family Caregivers Month here at Homethrive. Since this awareness month is dedicated to the 53 million Americans acting as a caregiver for a loved one, we decided to dedicate this episode to their stories. The stories on this episode are raw, emotional, and real submissions from listeners of the podcast.

If you want to share your caregiving story on a future episode of the podcast, you can email marketing@homethrive.com.

To learn more about caregiving benefits that can help, visit the Homethrive website or join us for an upcoming live webinar.

Medicare is health insurance for U.S. citizens that are ages 65 and older. Eligibility may be available before the age of 65 for those with a disability, End-Stage Renal Disease, or ALS (also called Lou Gehrig’s disease).

In 2023, more than 65 million Americans depended on Medicare, a number that is rising in tandem with the aging population, according to the AARP.

On today's episode, we break Medicare down to the basics, and cover all of the topics that seem tailor-made to confuse:

• The different parts of Medicare and what they cover
• High earners vs. low earners
• Working past the age of 65
• What happens when you travel or move
• Lifetime penalties and how to avoid them

To learn more about caregiving benefits that can help, visit the Homethrive website or join us for an upcoming live webinar.

Our guest today is a mother, a founder, a caregiver, a business woman, a dementia advocate, a children's book author, and (unsurprisingly) a master at handling burnout.

Valene Campbell founded the home health care agency ReVitahealth, and is a dementia advocate who serves on both the Harvard Medical School Advisory Council for the Dementia Solutions Project, and the Alzheimer’s Society Canada NDG Black Community Working Group. In 2022, she was named one of ‘Canada's Top 100 Black Women to Watch’.

Valene is also the founder of the Zou Zou Media Publishing House and has written three bestselling children’s books in The Amazing Zoe series since 2020.

Today, we take a harrowing peek into the inequities that still plague our healthcare system (and our bookshelves), discuss finding balance between raising our kids and caregiving for our parents, and ultimately learn to contend with burnout.

To learn more about caregiving benefits that can help, visit the Homethrive website or join us for an upcoming live webinar.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Alzheimer's Association
• Family Caregivers with Careers Facebook Community
• Surviving Alzheimer's by Paula Spencer Scott

Our guest today is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) here at Homethrive–Patrick Twohig. In addition to his vast experience in healthcare sales, Pat was a caregiver for his father for 15 years, and is a father of 2 children himself, one of whom has ADHD. This dual position gives him a unique perspective on exactly what caregivers need to be successful, and how their organizations can help.

Today, Pat teaches us what employees are starting to expect from their benefit package, and how caregiving and mental health are beginning to be destigmatized and prioritized by both workers and their organizations.

To learn more about caregiving benefits that can help, visit the Homethrive website or join us for an upcoming live webinar.

There are over 50 million caregivers in the United States today, responsible for the care of an aging adult or a child with complex medical needs. But many of them, despite the added stress and pressure of the role, will not inform their team at work.

Today, we discuss how caregivers make some of the most effective employees, but only if given the right flexible and understanding leadership and work environment. We also learn that the level of support from a supervisor or the amount of autonomy in a job position can significantly impact not only a employee’s stress level and overall mental and physical health, but their caregiving as well.

To learn more about caregiving benefits that can help, visit the Homethrive website or join us for an upcoming live webinar.

Our guest today has done it all. Zander Keig is a consultant, trainer, social worker, and speaker. He is co-founder of the LGBTQ Caregivers Center, host of the Umbrella Hour Podcast, and the owner of Third Space Press.

A proud Coast Guard veteran, he has received multiple awards and honors, including the 2023 Caregiving.com LGBTQIA Advocate of the Year, the 2020 NASW National Social Worker of the Year, and the 2018 NASW CA Social Worker of the Year.

Today, we hear how, in addition to everything else, Zander became a caregiver for his father as he began to show signs of dementia.

To learn more about caregiving benefits that can help, visit the Homethrive website or join us for an upcoming live webinar.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• The Umbrella Hour Podcast
• The Third Space: A Nonconformist's Guide to the Universe
• LGBTQ Caregivers Center
• The Rise Registry Research Project