Healing Ties From The Bow Tie Guy

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 16 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcasts in 30 days celebrating National Family Caregivers month featured on the Whole Care Network. In this episode it is a pleasure to welcome the Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer for Genworth U.S. Life Insurance, Larry Nisenson. One of Larry's main roles at Genworth is to oversee their fantastic 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. The program leverages a network of 100,000+ healthcare professionals and facilities nationwide to provide employees unlimited access to personalized care advice and help finding suitable care solutions for their aging loved ones. This is one of the best resources for caregivers I have ever come across! Listen in and learn how Larry and the entire team at Genworth - CareScout® Caregiver Support Services are creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 15 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcasts in 30 days celebrating National Family Caregivers month featured on the Whole Care Network. In this episode we are delighted to visit Dr. Elliot Montgomery Sklar from Nova Southeastern University on a topic we are both passionate about: LGBT Seniors and their Caregivers. Dr. Sklar is an associate professor in the Department of Health Science at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and has worked as an educator, researcher, and leader of community-based health programs in the US and Canada for over 15 years. Dr. Sklar teaches a wide range of courses in health science, and supports caregivers through innovative programs that he leads for the Wellmed Charitable Foundation. Listen in and learn how Dr. Sklar is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 14 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcasts in 30 days celebrating National Family Caregivers month featured on the Whole Care Network. In this episode we are delighted to welcome Matt Reiners from Eversound. Eversound is a technology company dedicated to ending social isolation for older adults by giving every resident the gift of hearing! As the co-founder at Eversound, Matt recognized the frustration his grandmother was having with hearing loss and decided to take on the issue first hand to create a product that is improving the lives of seniors all over the country. This is a "feel-good" story that I know you're going to enjoy. Listen in and learn how Matt and the entire team at Eversound are creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 13 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcasts in 30 days celebrating National Family Caregivers month featured on the Whole Care Network. In this episode we are delighted to welcome Aging In Place specialist Fritzi Gros-Daillon from Age Safe America.Fritzi is a successful entrepreneur in Senior Move Management, Environmental Consulting and Aging in Place Home Safety and Modification. Named Educator of the Year by NAHB for 2019, she teaches aging in place and universal design courses. Working with Age Safe America, she developed the Senior Home Safety Specialist certification and co-created an online Family Caregiver Essentials program. Her Master’s in Business from Columbia University, combined with CAPS and UDCP, gives her the experience, perspective and expertise to work with multi-discipline professionals and clients of all ages. Listen in and learn how Fritzi is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 12 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcast in 30 days featured on the Whole Care Network. Our guests on this episode is Certified Caregiving Consultant and Certified Caregiving Educator Theresa Wilbanks from Sustainable Caregiving. As a caregiver for her 99 year old father, Theresa works with family caregivers on both the emotional and practical challenges of caring for an aging parent. Her passion is to help each family caregiver balance the trials and tribulations with care and compassion and a healthy dose of love and laughter. Listen in and learn how Theresa is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 11 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcast in 30 days featured on the Whole Care Network. Our guests on this episode is Kate Fassbender from the Dementia Letters Project. Kate realized at an early age when her grandmother was diagnosis with Vascular Dementia that she destined to make a difference with people living with this insidious disease. Digging into her ArtBin as a classically trained musician, studio artist, theatre-maker, and using her academic foundation in the Creative Arts Therapies, Kate serves others on the pillars of Education, Life Enrichment, and Support. With 20 years of living in service to those with dementia, she has experienced both sides of the dementia coin, learning what it means to be both a family and a professional care partner. This experience has impacted the way she becomes relational with others in both a creative and dignified way. Listen in and learn how Kate Fassbender is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 10 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcast in 30 days featured on the Whole Care Network. Our guests on this episode is psychotherapist, author and keynote speaker Loren Gelberg-Goff. Loren has become best known for creating the powerful, life-changing program for caregivers: “Take Back Your Life”. Loren is also a long-time family caregiver, so she comes to this space both personally and professionally. She counsels individuals as they learn new life skills so that they are able to live free of chronic, daily anxiety and overwhelm without having to constantly feel guilty, angry &/or resentful. Her latest book, written especially for caregivers, Take Back Your Life: The Caregivers’ Guide to Finding Freedom in the Midst of Overwhelm, teaches readers how to take as good care of themselves as they do of those they love. Listen in and learn how Loren is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 9 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcast in 30 days featured on the Whole Care Network. Our guests on this episode is Katherine Wells from Serenity Engage. Katherine is a startup entrepreneur in the senior care space, and a co-podcaster who is challenging the status quo in today’s senior care system. Over the last 10 years, Katherine has directly experienced the communication breakdown between senior living facilities, providers and family and is on a mission to solve it. Listen in and learn how Katherine and the entire staff at Serenity Engage is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 8 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcast in 30 days featured on the Whole Care Network. Our guests on this episode is Matt Gurwell from Keeping Us Safe. After 24 years as a Ohio State Patrolman, Matt founded Keeping Us Safe, LLC lectures throughout the United States on topics related to the aging process and its adverse affects on driving skills. As founder and CEO of Keeping Us Safe, Matt’s mission is to provide strategies and guidance to seniors that will help them to continue driving safely until the decision is made to retire from their driving career. He also provides an excellent array of services and resources for both families and professionals as they deal with this very sensitive issue. Matt's creative, innovative and common sense approach, combined with his uncanny ability to bring calm and resolve to stressful situations without ever jeopardizing the dignity of others, has contributed greatly to the success of Keeping Us Safe's programs. Listen in and learn how Matt Gur

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 7 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcast in 30 days featured on the Whole Care Network. Our guests on this episode features Jennifer Henius and Ellen MacKay. As part of the Caregiver Collective Wellness program, Yoga 4 Caregivers is a grassroots program that has quickly grown into an International Volunteer Service Project to make yoga, meditation and mindful-movement readily accessible to Caregivers on the front lines of COVID-19. You will want to know about this FREE service for caregivers! Listen and learn how Jennifer and Ellen and all the volunteers at Yoga For Caregivers are creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 6 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcast in 30 days,featured on the Whole Care Network. Our guest on this episode is the Founder and Principle Celebrant at Anchor and Flame, Heather Slutzky. Heather uses her experiences as a family caregiver, and a healthcare professional to build support and understanding between clinical caregivers and family caregivers. Heather works with healthcare organizations directly to create meaningful culture and celebration to help sustain their workforce and with families directly, as a celebrant for all the moments we need to put a frame around. Listen in and learn how Heather Slutzky is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 5 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcast in 30 days featured on the Whole Care Network. In this episode we are delighted to welcome caregiver advocate Gincy Heins. Gincy is the creator and editor of Before the Diagnosis: Stories of Life and Love Before Dementia and one of the co-authors of the 365 Caregiving Tips series of books. She is the caregiver and advocate for her husband who was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment when he was 55-years-old. Listen in and learn how Gincy is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 4 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcast in 30 days featured on the Whole Care Network. In this episode we are delighted to welcome Jodi O'Donnell-Ames and Cara Haggerty from Hope Loves Company. Hope Loves Company is the only non-profit organization in America committed to providing educational and emotional support to children and young adults who have had or have a loved one battling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Lou Gehrig's disease. Many of these children and grandchildren become loving caregivers to their parents and grandparents. Listen in and learn of the beautiful mission of Hope Loves Company while learning how Jodi, Cara and their entire staff are creating Healing Ties all around us.

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 3 of Healing Ties 2.0, 30 podcast in 30 days featured on the Whole Care Network. In this episode we are delighted to welcome Lea Ann Biafora from Beacon Advocates. Lea Ann has a unique combination of experience as a certified oncology nurse and as an accomplished leader within the health care and business sector. With her tremendous background and insights, Lea Ann created a concierge care management model that treats individuals living with cancer holistically – as an individual person, not as a patient. Listen in and learn how Lea Ann Biafora is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 2 of Healing Ties 2.0 30 podcast in 30 days featured on the Whole Care Network. In this episode we are delighted to feature family caregiving expert Stephanie Erickson. Author of "Plan for Aging Well" and the founder of the Erickson Resource Group, Stephanie is passionate about sharing her experience and knowledge while encouraging others to take control of their health and advocate on behalf of vulnerable populations. Listen in and learn how Stephanie Erickson is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 1 of Healing Ties 2.0 Podcast featured on the Whole Care Network. Episode One introduces our new executive producer and voice of the Whole Care Network Bill Odman. Christopher and Bill have been friends for over 30 years and Bill brings a wealth of Health Care and technology experience to the Whole Care Network. On this episode, we talk about our new Healing Ties format, new podcast cover, new sound, new intro, new features all while learning how our guests are creating Healing Ties in their community by their words, actions or deeds.

On this episode of Healing Ties, I have the pleasure of visiting with Liz O'Donnell from Working Daughter. Liz has been a champion for caregivers, especially Working Daughters and in her new book, Working Daughters, Liz provides her readers with timely tips and real life stories to help balance your caregiving day. Listen in and learn how Liz O'Donnell is creating Healing Ties all around us?

On this episode of Healing Ties, we welcome Zachary White and Donna Thomson, Co-Authors of The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation from Loved One to Caregiver. Personal transformation is usually an experience we actively seek out—not one that hunts us down. Becoming a caregiver is one transformation that comes at us, requiring us to rethink everything we once knew. Informed by original caregiver research and proven advocacy strategies, The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation from Loved One to Caregiver provides caregivers with essential tools they need to succeed on their unexpected journey. Listen in and learn how Zachary White and Donna Thomson are creating Healing Ties all around us!

On this episode of Healing Ties, we visit with Senior Housing Consultant Theressa Forster. With 10 years of experience working in senior housing, Theressa's mission is to make senior housing communities operate efficiently, while providing a warm home environment with compassionate care for seniors. Listen in and learn how Theressa compassionate care is creating Healing Ties all around us!

In this episode of Healing Ties, we welcome dementia caregiving expert Gary Joseph Leblanc from the Dementia Spotlight Foundation. The Dementia Spotlight Foundation is proudly presenting a day of FREE dementia education on March 8th and a day of music and fundraising on March 9th at the Alzheimer's Music Fest in Tampa Bay, Florida to raise money for FREE respite care for families in the Tamp Bay area! To learn more about this exciting event and how you can get involved, listen in and learn how Gary and the Dementia Spotlight Foundation is creating Healing Ties all around us! Get