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July 9th, 2013

Creating A Caregiving Team

  1. Creating A Caregiving Team Christopher MacLellan "The Bow Tie Guy" on the Whole Care Network 34:51

On Tuesday July 9th at 1:00 pm (EST) I am pleased to welcome from Crossroads Counseling and The Eden Alternative, Lisa Kendall, LCSW-R, CSW-G to our show. 
Lisa Kendall possesses over 30 years of experience working specializing in the areas of Aging, senior care, Grief and loss.  Lisa’s blog, “Reflections from the Crossroads” promotes change in how society views aging while promoting  self-care for all members of the care partner team. 
Creating a caregiving team is essential to the Health and well-being of not only your Caree, but for the Caregiver as well.   But how do we go about selecting people to be on your Caregiving team?  Our conversation on Tuesday will surround why it is important to have a Care Team and how we as Caregivers can create one.  Through our conversation with Lisa, we will all learn how to ‘Be A Healthy Caregiver!’ 
 
 

You Might Know Me As The Bow Tie Guy - "Wearing a bow tie is like wearing two smiles."

When people ask me, "why did you create the Whole Care Network"... I always come back to our caregiving experience and how fortunate I was to find resources that helped me and my partner Richard Schiffer manage our caregiving journey. Every caregiver has a story; through our stories, we find validation, resources, and respite to help manage our caregiving day.

We were fortunate to have our story chronicled in a 2015 Pulitzer Prize-nominated 3-part story, “In Sickness and In Health: A Couple’s Final Journey,” which told our journey of caregiving. The story told of the challenges LGBT partners have in dealing with the medical and legal system, but it also told of the love and joy my partner Richard's last years had on our relationship.