1. Technology to Help Family Caregivers Rayna Neises 19:44

This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Deb Kelsey-Davis.  Deb is the Co-Founder of Sagacity.care, Co-Founder of Nourish for Caregivers, a clinician, speaker, and bestselling author. Her passion is supporting caregivers with practical, emotional, and spiritual resources necessary to maintain their financial, mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. She draws on her experience of over 40 years in healthcare and her personal experience caring for her aging parents. She provides the following support: 

  • (3:06) Remote caregiving is not lesser of a job and it can be done.
  • (7:23) )  Sagacity.care is an app that can help caregivers organize and store important pieces of information.
  • (9:33) Technology can help fill in the gaps.
  • (13:08) Step one is to identify and create your Care Circle.
  • (13:35) The second is to get organized.
  • (14:00) Then, connect with others in the group.
  • (14:19) The last piece is to share.
  • (17:23) One Self-Care habit that helps Deb the most is starting the day with a cup of coffee, her Bible app, and prayer.
  • (18:48) This episode was brought to you by the 5-Day Self-Care Challenge. This really simple 5-Day Challenge will help you consider your Self-Care (Sept. 19-24) Sign up at aseasonofcaring.com/selfcarechallenge
Rayna Neises A Season of Caring

Rayna Neises understands the joys and challenges that come from a season of caring. She helped care for both of her parents during their separate battles with Alzheimer’s over a thirty-year span. She is able to look back on those days now with no regrets – and she wishes the same for everyone caring for aging parents.

Rayna is the author of No Regrets: Hope for Your Caregiving Season, an ICF certified coach, the host of “A Season of Caring” podcast, Positive Approach® to Care (PAC)Independent Certified Trainer and speaker who is passionate about offering encouragement, support, and resources for regret-free caring aimed at preventing family caregivers from aimlessly wandering through this important season of life.

Rayna lives on a farm in southeast Kansas with her husband, Ron, and small pack of adorable dogs. She is the baby of her family, but most would never guess that. She is a former teacher who enjoys crafts of all kinds and spending time with her grandkids most of all.