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How to Authentically Cope with HOPE! Lisa Leshko Evers
April 27, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBLisa Leshko Evers, MA, BSN, RN has enjoyed 35 years of nursing practice with a focus in Emergency Nursing and Addiction Medicine. When the FDA approved opioids for children (ages 11-17), she began asking new questions about pain and listening deeply. After years of study, “Comfort Quest” was born- a transformative, hopeful lens through which pain is viewed as a healing messenger (no longer the enemy). As a veteran herself (retiring after 32 years from the Coast Guard Reserve), Lisa seeks to ...
How can Energy Healing Help Both the Caregivers and Their Patients.
April 20, 2021 20:00 - 57 minutes - 51.7 MBSusana Stoica, a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, worked on defining advanced technologies, and has several US patents. She is also a born energy healer, having done her first healing at age 7 and worked with doctors since 1985. She is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner (a healing method taught at nursing schools) and a Certified Hypnotherapist. Currently, Susana Stoica writes and lectures on topics related to physical and emotional health and healing. Being able to tune into people’s energ...
Incontinence Issues, Dr. Aaron Blight
April 13, 2021 20:00 - 55 minutes - 50.1 MBJoin Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, and his lovely guest co-host,Stephanie Erickson, as they interview Dr Aaron Blight discussing incontenance and all the issues associated with it.
Hospice & Palliative Care - Author of, "Love-Death-Love" - Ellen Long Stilwall
April 06, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBELLEN LONG STILWELL IS a registered nurse certified in hospice and palliative care. While raising two boys, SHE volunteered as part of the hospice team with Metropolitan Jewish Health System. SHE worked for several years for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, where SHE cared for hospice patients and families in their homes. Also nursing homes, NYU Hospital and Mt. Sinai Hospital hospice patients. As well as working with Calvary as a Liaison at Weill Cornell, transitioning patients and fa...
Wife, Widow, NOW WHAT??? Rachel Engstrom, Her Struggle as a Cancer Caregiver
March 30, 2021 20:00 - 54 minutes - 49.3 MBRachel Engstrom M.S.W., C.H.E.S has written a groundbreaking memoir/self-book on her experience as a young cancer wife then widow. With the increasing number of young women and men becoming widows/widowers due to not only cancer and serious illnesses, but also now Covid 19, this resource is needed more now than ever. Rachel shares her journey in a raw and honest way, while providing step by step resources to help you navigate your own journey. Never before has there been a combination of the ...
Medical Fraud Affects Us All ~ Protect Yourself and Loved Ones
March 23, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBAngel Cellucci likes to refer to herself as a Speaker … Teacher … Guide & Friend. She has worked in the healthcare system her entire life, having started out as a Candy Striper at the age of 13 and working her way up to become a Registered Nurse, and ultimately a Family Nurse Practitioner. In 2014 she began her “nurse-preneurial” journey and founded the medical fraud investigation company - Overbrook Consultants. Her goal is to leverage her nursing and medical experience, along with her fraud...
Negotiation for Caregivers - Cindy Watson
March 16, 2021 20:00 - 55 minutes - 50 MBCindy Watson is the founder of Women On Purpose and creator of the Art of Feminine Negotiation programs. She’s also founder and managing partner of Watson Labour Lawyers, as an attorney specializing in social justice law for 30 years. She is an international speaker, award-winning author, master negotiator and consultant, known for her passion, commitment and ability to inspire. As a world-class women’s empowerment coach, Cindy has a proven track record empowering, advocating, and motivating ...
An Oncology Nurse Talks About Cancer - Esther Mbabazi
March 11, 2021 21:00 - 58 minutes - 52.8 MBOne of the most important and “neglected” things in the early stages of a cancer diagnosis is the Living Will.When someone is diagnosed with cancer, their chances of dying before their spouse rise up tremendously.(Not all cancers though). A living will is a legal document that stipulates the medical wishes of someone when they are no longer able to state their wishes themselves. For example, whether they would like a feeding tube inserted; whether they would like to be put on a mechanical ven...
Working to Create a Care System that Works for All of us - Hand to Hand
March 02, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBJoin me, Caregiver Dave, and my co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, as we interview Kayla Shore, Gemma Calinda, Lian Hurst Mann & Carmen Murphy tell us how they are creating a care system that works for all of us.
Falling Through the Cracks, Daniel West, PT
February 24, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBJoin Dave Nassaney as he interviews Daniel West, PT, share his stories of success with his better than average results in getting patients up and walking again sooner.
Former Adult day Care Owner, Aysha Treadwell, Tips for Caregivers
February 16, 2021 21:00 - 54 minutes - 48.9 MBHear about some Powerful Tools for Caregivers, and how to Deal with Dementia, as well as how Aysha also provided alternative care plans to hundreds of caregivers and families. Due to the Covid-19 Crisis, she transitioned the adult day facility to a caregiver resource center, continuing to provide seniors and caregivers with care --- just in a different way.
The 3 Habits For Radical Success for Caregivers and Disabled
February 09, 2021 21:00 - 53 minutes - 48.4 MBJoin Dave Nassaney, the Caregiver's Caregiver and his lovely co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, founder of the Caregiver Space, as they interview MJ Vogel, MJ is a high performance coach with a focus on habit execution for transformation.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Your Brain but Were Afraid to Ask
February 02, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBPete is an educator. He uses books, magazine articles and columns, blogs, and seminars and college lectures to explain cortical plasticity. He is the author of the book Stronger After Stroke (now in its 3rd ed.) and has co-authored dozens of journal articles as well as many articles in magazines, websites and blogs. He also conducts seminars throughout the US covering brain plasticity as it relates to brain pathologies.
The Sudden Caregiver: A Roadmap for Resilient Caregiving
January 26, 2021 21:00 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MBKaren Warner Schueler became a sudden caregiver when her late husband, Joel Kurtzman, was diagnosed out of the blue with Stage IV cancer. In her book, The Sudden Caregiver, A Roadmap for Resilient Caregiving, she draws upon her own experience, the experience of other caregivers, and research from the field of Positive Psychology to offer the informal, unpaid, sudden, caregiver, a roadmap, a path to resilience, and a rational approach to planning what is, essentially, unplannable. As an execu...
If I knew I would live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
January 19, 2021 21:00 - 58 minutes - 52.4 MBDr. Michael Craig Glenn, is a Registered Respiratory Therapist graduated March, 1985 from Northwestern Medical School’s Advanced Standing Program. First hospital-based Chiropractic practice in Dallas/Ft. Worth region. 1989. Team Doctor for the Clarksville Fox Female Professional football team, Opened Chiropractic Clinic at Fort Campbell, KY, 2003 Treated Elite Military Units, Treated Elite Amateur Athletes (some were National Champions). Tech Fort Worth’s Impact Your World Award.
Founder of Hope Loves Company, speaker, author, Tedx presenter and podcast host.
January 12, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBJodi’s late husband, Kevin O’Donnell was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 30, and he tragically succumbed to the illness at the age of 36. Throughout the course of Kevin’s illness, Jodi became intimately aware of the impact of ALS on the patient and on the family. Critically, in witnessing her young daughter having to take on a role as caregiver alongside her, she realized the gap in resources and community available for children who similarly realize the role of caregiver for family members ...
Don't Let the Memories Fade - Kate Kunkel
January 05, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBWhen Kate Kunkel’s mother was diagnosed with dementia in 2010, Kate set out to discover why this happened, how she could help her mother, and ensure that she herself would not succumb to this terrible syndrome. What she learned inspired her to embark on what she considers the most important mission of her life – to make dementia and Alzheimer’s rare diseases, and to empower people to take control of their own health and future. Through coaching and speaking, and now in her book, "Don't Let...
Blueprint for Relieving Burnout and Fostering Resilience, Pantea Vahidi
December 29, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBPantea Vahidi is an educator, researcher, nurse, and a Compassion and Resilience Advisor. Above all Pantea identifies as a lifelong caregiver and she has expanded her nursing practice to care for the world and spread compassion and resilience in all entities around the globe. Drawing from her patient care experience as a medical/surgical/cardiac/hospice nurse and her design experience as an engineer, she has integrated the science and art of caring to develop powerful educational and traini...
Jenn Taylor, Mom of 18 and Caregiver
December 15, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 53.6 MBJoin Dave Nassaney, the Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews Jenn Taylor, mom of 18, and a Caregiver on the Caregiver Dave Show.
Dr. Marc Siegel, Author, Physician, Professor of Medicine, FOX Contributor
December 11, 2020 21:30 - 49 minutes - 44.3 MBYOU’VE SEEN Dr Marc Siegel ALL OVER MEDIA THIS PAST YEAR. HE IS ONE OF THE GREAT AUTHORITIES ON COVID-19, a physician, the Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, an author of multiple books, and a contributor to Fox News Network. I met Dr Siegel at an essential medical conference in Atlanta a few months ago. We had a chance to chat, I showed him my book, It’s My Life Too, Thrive & Stay Alive as a Caregiver. He thumbed through it, and said, “Wow you wrote this? You should come on...
Dr Bernie Siegel, The relationship Between the Patient and the Healing Process
December 02, 2020 04:00 - 52 minutes - 47.3 MBDr Bernie Siegel is an American writer and retired pediatric surgeon, who writes on the relationship between the patient and the healing process. He is known for his best-selling book Love, Medicine and Miracles. Join Dave Nassaney and Adrienne Gruberg as they talk about the issues of Family Caregivers with Dr Siegel
Victoria Price - Daughter of Vincent Price- Its All About Love
December 02, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 47.5 MBMary Victoria Price is a public speaker and the author of the inspirational memoir, The Way of Being Lost: A Road Trip to My Truest Self and Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography. She currently spends much of her time traveling and speaking about the life of her father, Vincent Price, as well as many inspirational self-development topics.
Embracing the Beauty of Caregiving - Ashley Bendiksen
December 01, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBAshley Bendiksen is a national speaker, award-winning activist, and author. As a speaker, she is a recognized expert in domestic and sexual violence prevention, overcoming adversity, and leadership development. A multi-passionate activist, Ashley has been lauded for her efforts in human rights, social justice, and community engagement. She is also the founder of the Blue Hearts Project, a global storytelling platform for survivors of abuse. Her memoir titled, The Language of Time, chronicles ...
Rational Living for Caregiver -John Vespasian
November 25, 2020 18:00 - 59 minutes - 53.2 MBJOHN VESPASIAN is the author of eleven books about rational living, including "When everything fails, try this" (2009), "Rationality is the way to happiness" (2009), "The philosophy of builders" (2010), "The 10 principles of rational living" (2012), "Rational living, rational working" (2013), "Consistency: The key to permanent stress relief" (2014), "On becoming unbreakable" (2015), "Thriving in difficult times" (2016), "Sequentiality: The amazing power of finding the right sequence of steps"...
Dr Bernie Seigel Talks Mind-Body Medicine
November 25, 2020 17:30 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBJoin Dave Nassaney (Caregiver Dave) and his lovely co-host, Adrienne gruberg, as the interview the ledgendary author and Doctor,of Mind/Body Medicine, Dr. Bernie Seigel. Dr. Bernie Siegel broke new ground with his monumental book Love, Medicine and Miracles. Today Bernie continues to impart wisdom about the true nature of life and love in his entertaining and enlightening debut fiction novel Three Men, Six Lives.
Jenn Taylor - The Naked Podcaster
November 25, 2020 17:00 - 59 minutes - 53.6 MBJoin Dave Nassaney (Caregiver Dave) and his lovely co-host, Adrienne gruberg, as the interview Jenn Taylor, monthe of 18 and she also hosts her own podcast, The Naked Podcaster is unconventional, gritty, explicit and raw. Her guests cry sometimes but they are willing to share and for that, she is incredibly, overwhelmingly grateful. It's edgy, vulnerable, fun, upbeat and she adores giving her guests the opportunity for shameless self-promotion. She don't think we talk about ourselves in a po...
Adrienne and Dave Caregiver Cauffee Tauk
November 24, 2020 21:00 - 49 minutes - 44.4 MBJoin Dave Nassaney, The Caregivers Caregiver and his lovely co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, as they do so Cauffee Tauk about caregiver issues.
Hope After Stroke, The Holistic Guide to Getting Your Life Back
November 17, 2020 21:00 - 52 minutes - 47 MBHope After Stroke, The Holistic Guide to Getting Your Life Back, written by Tsgoyna Tanzman. Stroke affects 800,000 people yearly, but that's just a statistic. Someone you loved had a stroke.
Covid-19 Caregiver Issues
November 10, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBJoin Dave Nassaney, (Caregiver Dave) and his lovely co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, as they discuss the Covid-19 issues that caregivers are concerned about.
When I'm 64, The Growing World of Caregiving - Ken Stern
November 03, 2020 21:00 - 57 minutes - 52.1 MBKen Stern is the Chair of the Longevity Project. Launched in 2019 in collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity, the Longevity Project fosters research and public conversation on the impact of greater longevity on civil society. Stern is also the CEO of Palisades Media Ventures and Chair of ASCEND. Previously, he was the CEO of National Public Radio and also held senior positions in Democratic politics and American international broadcasting. Stern is the best-selling author of W...
Rubber Band Resilient Caregivers - Kathy Parry
October 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBJoin Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, and his co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, as they interview author, mother of 4 and caregiver, Kathy Parry.. Like a rubber band, caregivers are stretched. But that stretch also fills us with energy. Learn tactics to be rubber band resilient. Kathy's youngest of four children is diagnosed with a mitochondrial dysfunction. She is assessed at a six-month old, and was expected to live two years. She is now 19 and she has the honor of learning from her as h...
You Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral - Ann Marie Hancock
October 19, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes - 52.5 MBAnn Marie Hancock is an award-winning journalist, radio personality and talk show host who has interviewed many famous people. Some of her favorites are Alan Alda, Minnie Pearl and Eva Gabor. She has appeared on Bertice Berry, Rolanda, NBC’s The Other Side, The Angel Show, and Inside Edition. Her newest book, aptly titled after her mother’s escapades, You Can’t Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral is an honest and unique book that looks at the challenges of guardianship and cancer. Written wit...
Mindful Methods for Life -- Julie Potiker
October 18, 2020 14:30 - 58 minutes - 52.5 MBJoin Caregiver Dave Nassaney, and his lovely co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, as they inter view Julie Potiker. Julie was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her bachelor's degree in general science from the University of Michigan and her JD from George Washington University. Potiker's life experiences inspired her to study mindfulness. She now teaches mindful self-compassion and is the founder and chair of the Balanced Mind Meditation Center. Potiker has also created Mindful Methods for Life, a ...
What to Do After Caregiving - Linda Byce, an Amazing Caregiver
October 14, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBJoin Dave Nassaney (Caregiver Dave) as he interviews Linda Byce, and amazing caregiver to her husband who had cardiac arrest and became an infant in an adult body who Linda cared for (now as his "mother") for 11 years. Hear her amazing story.
Author of Plan for Aging Well, Stephanie Erickson
October 06, 2020 20:00 - 58 minutes - 52.8 MBStephanie Erickson, Author of "Plan for Aging Well," was born and raised in California. She has a Master’s Degree in Social Work, is a Certified Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Specialist (CADTS) and is licensed in both Quebec and California. She founded Erickson Resource Group, a clinical practice providing decision-making capacity evaluations for legal proceedings and expert opinions related to support for older adults. She also provides online consulting services for caregivers throughout N...
Dr. Jeff Spiess - Dying with Ease
September 29, 2020 20:00 - 59 minutes - 53.8 MBDr. Jeff Spiess is the author of Dying with Ease: A Compassionate Guide for Making Wiser End-of-Life Decisions. He has spent his medical career with people facing serious illness and death, first as an oncologist, then as a hospice physician. He has lectured extensively and has been recognized as a leader in the field of end-of-life care. He has observed, through extensive clinical experience and innumerable conversations with the dying and those caring for and about them, the burden of unnec...
Free Food, Free Money From the Government - Camille Superson
September 22, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBJoin Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, along with his lovely co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, founder of The Caregiver Space, as they interview Camille Superson, who began her professional career as a Registered Pharmacist after obtaining her degree from the University of Michigan. After working in hospital and retail environments for many years, she returned to school, and became a Doctor of Chiropractic —bringing together the best of both worlds. With that concept in mind, she opened Health Concep...
Technology New App Solving Seniors and Caregivers Challenges During Covid19
September 15, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBScott Moody is the co-founder, CEO and chief member advocate of K4Connect, a purpose-driven technology company that creates connected-life solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, along with the people, communities, and organizations that also serve them. Moody is a 40-year veteran technologist who began his career at Harris Semiconductor, now Intersil, in 1980 before co-founding AuthenTec -- the fingerprint sensor technology company that, after...
Technology - New App Solving Seniors and Caregivers Challenges During Covid-19
September 15, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBScott Moody is the co-founder, CEO and chief member advocate of K4Connect, a purpose-driven technology company that creates connected-life solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, along with the people, communities, and organizations that also serve them. Moody is a 40-year veteran technologist who began his career at Harris Semiconductor, now Intersil, in 1980 before co-founding AuthenTec -- the fingerprint sensor technology company that, after...
Covid-19, Interviewing 2 Infected Front-Line Workers
September 13, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBMeet jim Dowda, RN, and his wife, Mona Dowda, PT who both became infected with the Covid-19. Hear their perspective of what is really going on during this pandemic. This is an A-Political show, NO POLITICS, Just the facts. Join Dave Nassaney as he interviews Jim & Mona and discusses all the topics you want and need to know, separating fact from speculation.
Helping The Sandwich Generation Navigate Caregiving with a new App. Audrey Bond
September 08, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBAudrey Bond has been an entrepreneur for over 25 years. For the last year 2 years, she has been obsessed with building a solution to a personal problem she had, which turned out to be a fairly universal problem. As a single mother and the daughter of disabled aging parents, she was stressed, disorganized and overburdened with information and schedules. She wanted a secure location to communicate and an easy way store and share important information. Her mission is to help families and caregi...
Keeping Love Alive In the Last Third of Life - Barry Jacobs - Julia Mayer
September 01, 2020 20:00 - 43 minutes - 39.1 MBBarry J. Jacobs, Psy.D. and Julia L. Mayer, Psy.D. are clinical psychologists and the co-authors of AARP Meditations for Caregivers—Practical, Emotional and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family (2016) and the just-published, AARP Love and Meaning After 50—The 10 Challenges to Great Relationships and How to Overcome Them.
Work Related Caregiver Challenges During Covid-19, Larry Nisenson
August 25, 2020 20:00 - 58 minutes - 52.2 MBLarry Nisenson is the Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer for Genworth U.S. Life Insurance Segment, including CareScout® Caregiver Support Services, an innovative program designed to provide expert guidance and personal support for those struggling to find the right help for their loved one. As America continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, the economic, healthcare and personal challenges surrounding the nation’s already serious Family Caregiver Crisis have intensified sig...
A Place for Mom, Sue Johansen
August 11, 2020 20:00 - 54 minutes - 49 MBJoin Caregiver Dave (Dave Nassaney) and his lovely co-host from The Caregiver Space, Adrienne gruberg, as they interview Sue Johansen from A Place For Mom. Sue discusses Senior Living Options for Sen iors A Place for Mom is the largest senior living advisory service in North America with 17,000 communities and home care providers. Sue Johansen is the Senior Vice President of Community Customers at A Place for Mom. She has been with A Place for Mom for over a decade, spending much of that t...
Dementia Expert, Marija Taneska, Student Earning her Bachelor's in Psychology
August 04, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBJoin Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, and his lovely co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, founder of The Caregiver Space as they interview Dementia Expert, Marija Taneska, Earning her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology in Macedonia.
BJ Thomas 50th Anniversary of Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head
August 03, 2020 17:00 - 24 minutes - 21.6 MBJoin Dave Nassaney as he co-hosts on The Neil Haley Syndicated Radio Show BJ Thomas 50 years since his hit, Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head. We also talk about his personal caregiver story.
Suzanne Somers Launches Her 27th Book
July 30, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 24.5 MBJoin Dave Nassaney and co-host Neil Haley as they interview the one and only Suzanne Somers, Suzanne talks about health, caregiving, and how to live a long life. Today on The Caregiver Dave Celebrity Segment, Dave and Neil Haley will interview Suzanne Somers. Suzanne Somers’ new book,her 27th A NEW WAY TO AGE:The Most Cutting-Edge Advances in Anti-aging will come out in paperback on August 4th. At seventy-three years young, American sweetheart and health guru Suzanne Somers has established ...
Living Blind, How to Nurture, Guide, and Empower Everyone, Gail Hamilton
July 21, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBGail is a nationally-recognized motivational and inspirational speaker and accomplished author who happens to be totally blind. Many people allow their fears, negativities, and Self-blinding beliefs to stop them from experiencing life to the fullest. This is not the case with Gail. She motivates, educates, and exhilarates her audiences, unlike any other speaker, … to open their eyes and refocus their vision in order to live unstoppable, unforgettable, and unbelievable lives. In addition, Gai...
Author & Caregiver, Robert Kershaw
July 14, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBJoin Dave Nassaney, the Caregiver's Caregiver, and his lovely co-host, Adrienne gruberg, as they interview Caregiver, Robert Kershaw, and author of, "If I Should Die."
Widowed Mother Tells How Self-Love Brought Her Through Eileen Robertson Hamra
July 07, 2020 20:00 - 59 minutes - 53.5 MB“Eileen could have never imagined how her life would change in the course of one wintry night. Authorities confirmed that the plane her husband was piloting on his way home to celebrate Christmas with the family had crashed, and he had not survived. With three young children and an entire lifetime ahead of her, Eileen’s journey through the valleys of grief and the peaks of hope brought her to a place that is nothing short of miraculous. Author, speaker, yogi, and philanthropist, Eileen Robert...