Love Doesn't Pay The Bills

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  • In Love Doesn't Pay the Bills, we explore the role of family caregivers in the modern United States through personal stories and interviews with leaders. Care work is vital to all other aspects of life, yet often under-resourced. Caregivers cannot house and feed ourselves or provide for our own medical needs based on our love for our family members alone: access to income matters. We also have the same needs as other workers for regular time off, to participate in social life and recreation, and for ongoing education and new opportunities over time. email Lisa: lisatschudi@twosquaredmediaproductions.com

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  • This Real Person Needs Real Supports: With Guest Calli Ross

    This Real Person Needs Real Supports: With Guest Calli Ross
    Jan 30 2025
    Calli Ross returns to the show to discuss a bill currently making it's way through the Oregon state legislature. Tensy's law will make good on the legislative intent behind OR SB91 passed in 2023. SB91 created a waiver for children with very high disability related support needs to pay their parents as direct support professional (DSP) providers under Medicaid Home and Community Based Services. However, SB91 also created a lengthy waitlist, with only about 10% of otherwise eligible children having access to parent paid caregiving. Tensy's law will ensure that all eligible children can receive supports by paying their parents as caregivers.

    There will be a hearing about Tensy's law at the Oregon state capitol on Feb 4, 2025 which happens to be Tensy's birthday!

    Find information about the Feb 4th 2025 hearing here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eqk88uixr/
    follow Advocates for Disabiliy Supports here: https://www.facebook.com/ADSOregon

    testimony for SB91, why parent paid caregiving is important(starting at about 1:20 into the video): https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer/?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2023021052

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    32 mins
  • Grab a Little Kindness for Ourselves: With Guest Susanne White

    Grab a Little Kindness for Ourselves: With Guest Susanne White
    Jan 16 2025
    Susanne cared for her mother and her father simultaneously. Out of that experience grew Susanne's service to other family caregivers: Caregiverwarrior.com and the book Self Care for Caregivers. She shares wisdom from her intense caregiving. She writes that self care is "Not All Bubble Baths and Yoga Pants" and at LDPTB we agree! Nontheless, treating oneself with kindness matters in the most high acuity care situations. Instead of self-care let's talk about self-advocacy, self-awareness and extending kindness to ourselves as we do our loved ones.

    Check out Susanne's website!

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    30 mins
  • Looking at Care From Both Sides Now: With Guest Becky Curran Kekula

    Looking at Care From Both Sides Now: With Guest Becky Curran Kekula
    Jan 9 2025
    Our guest today is Becky Curran Kekula. Becky is a disability inclusion advocade. She is a speaker and movie industry equity and inclusion expert. Her experiences of both achrondoplasia, which is a form of drawfism, and medical motherhood give Becky a unique persepective on care.

    http://www.beckymotivates.com/About-Us.html



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    36 mins

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