Amintro Family: The Podcast

Caregiver Nathalie Ferrato joins host Jeff Sammut to share her deeply personal journey — not only as someone who cares for her mother and aunt, but also as someone who once experienced the profound impact of being cared for herself. Nathalie reflects on surviving a devastating car accident as a young mother, the unexpected role her young children played in her recovery, and how a neighbour she bar...

Caregiver Francesca Valente joins host Jeff Sammut to share the journey she and her husband are navigating as each cares for a parent living with dementia. She reflects on how they support one another, the importance of understanding and balancing their individual responsibilities, the ways they protect their relationship from being overtaken by caregiving, what they’ve done to support their paren...

Host, speaker, entrepreneur, former MuchMusic VJ, and caregiver Erica Ehm joins Jeff Sammut to share her powerful caregiving story. From supporting her late mother through cancer to helping her daughter navigate anxiety and depression, Erica speaks candidly about the emotional weight of caring for loved ones across generations. She shares how she managed the stress of being both a devoted daughter...

Gary Teelucksingh — co-founder of the Money Wise Institute, seasoned financial services expert, consultant, and author of Sage Advice: Choosing the Best Financial Advisor for You and his latest book Roots of Prosperity: Building Legacies Beyond Wealth — joins host Jeff Sammut to explore the challenges and opportunities of intergenerational wealth transfer. Gary highlights the importance of open, h...

Caregiver Terri Oswald joins host Jeff Sammut to reflect on her deeply personal caregiving journey — one that led her to move in with and care for both of her parents. Terri opens up about the physical and emotional toll of caregiving, the heartbreak of losing her mother, and the profound grief of losing her mother while still showing up each day for her father. She shares insights into the suppor...

Rightsizing expert and founder of Easy Rightsizing, Jeannine Bryant — CEO of Changing Spaces SRS and author of  Ready to Rightsize? ,  Keep the Memories, Not the Stuff , and  101 Ways to Connect with a Senior  — joins host Jeff Sammut to support caregivers navigating the emotional challenges of relocating a loved one. Jeannine shares practical guidance for every stage of the tr...

Clinical psychologist, family therapist, healthcare consultant, speaker, and author Dr. Barry J. Jacobs joins host Jeff Sammut for a powerful and personal conversation about the realities of caregiving. Drawing from both his professional expertise and his own lived experience as a caregiver, Dr. Jacobs offers insight, empathy, and practical guidance for caregivers at every stage of the journey. Wi...

As Ian Hardy steps more fully into the role of caregiver, he joins our host Jeff Sammut to reflect on the changes unfolding in his family. He shares the story of his aging father, who found love again later in life—only to face heartbreaking loss just a few months ago. Ian opens up about how his father is readjusting to being single in his later years, and how he and his siblings are stepping in t...

Caring for parents with mobility and cognitive challenges inspired Katharine Perry to turn a personal need into a purpose-driven business. In this episode, she joins host Jeff Sammut to share her journey of creating an adaptive clothing line, navigating entrepreneurship while caregiving, and addressing the gaps in awareness and education around adaptive wear. Katharine also reflects on the rewards...

Carla Velastegui has been a caregiver to her mother since her teenage years. She joins host Jeff Sammut to share her story, discussing the shock of her mother’s early-onset Parkinson’s diagnosis, the need for greater support and recognition for young caregivers, and the economic ripple effects when caregivers are forced to leave the workforce. Carla also offers advice for families with a newly dia...

Following the recent loss of her father, and her mother just a few years earlier, caregiver Cathy Caldarola joins host Jeff Sammut to share her deeply personal caregiving journey. She reflects on caring for a cognitively impaired parent, doing so from another country, the guilt that often accompanies long-distance caregiving, the profound void left in the aftermath, and how the experience has fore...

Ron Baecker, author of  Reinvention: Meaningful Ventures in Later Life , joins host Jeff Sammut to discuss how caregivers can navigate — or look ahead to — life beyond caregiving. Ron shares insights from people who have successfully reinvented themselves, outlines his five foundations for meaningful reinvention, addresses common misconceptions about the process, explores how the concept of r...

Canadian author, acclaimed broadcaster, science journalist, and Member of the Order of Canada Jay Ingram joins host Jeff Sammut to reflect on the history of Alzheimer’s disease. Together, they explore what has changed in the decade since the release of Ingram’s book  The End of Memory: A Natural History of Aging and Alzheimer’s , discuss his personal experiences as a caregiver, and delve into...

In this heartfelt and insightful episode, host Jeff Sammut sits down with  Amy Coupal , CEO of the  Ontario Caregiver Organization (OCO) , to explore the deeply personal experiences that have shaped her life’s work. Amy opens up about her caregiving journey—first as a young caregiver to her brother living with Cerebral Palsy, then supporting her mother through cancer, and now caring for...

2-time Emmy & Peabody award-winning documentary filmmaker and the founder/owner of Seven One Eight Studios Chris Durrance is the director and senior producer of the PBS film “Caregiving”, executively produced by Oscar-nominated actor Bradley Cooper. Chris sits down with host Jeff Sammut to discuss how the film shines a light on caregiving in the US, the challenges unpaid and professional...

Past caregiver Francine Gelinas joins host Jeff Sammut to look back on caregiving for her late father who suffered from Alzheimer’s, sharing caregiving responsibilities with her sister, stepping in for her burned-out caregiving stepmother and discusses how her family is being studied due to so many members receiving an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Amintro Family: The Podcast is created by the Amintro Fa...

Singer, songwriter, author, actress, 8-time Juno Award winner, member of the Order of Canada… and caregiver. In this heartfelt episode, host Jeff Sammut sits down with Jann Arden as she reflects on her personal caregiving journey. Jann opens up about her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, the emotional highs and lows she experienced, and a simple but powerful choice she made that changed everything f...

Caregiver Marc Berube joins host Jeff Sammut to discuss caregiving from another province, how his family dealt with his father’s abrupt terminal cancer diagnosis, how he’s made his mother his top priority since the loss of his father and more. In this heartfelt episode of Amintro Family: The Podcast , host Jeff Sammut sits down with Marc Berube, a devoted caregiver navigating f...

Executive Director & Managing Editor of the Canadian Abilities Foundation, President of the BCS Group, publisher of Caregiver Solutions magazine and founder/CEO of Canada Cares Caroline Tapp-McDougall joins host Jeff Sammut to discuss the importance of community for caregivers, what advice she has for someone who’s just become a caregiver, how she’s been able to help other caregivers as an aut...

EPISODE 6: Susie Singer-Carter joins host Jeff Sammut. Susie is an award-winning filmmaker and spokesperson for the documentary “NO COUNTRY FOR OLD PEOPLE”, a nursing home exposé. Susie speaks to her own caregiving experience with her mother, takes a deep dive into the long term care industry in the US and how for many in the business, money…not care…is the incen...

Taylor Kaye joins host Jeff Sammut. She’s a broadcaster, do-it-yourself lifestyle expert, mother of 3 daughters and wife/caregiver/advocate to her husband, who is nonverbal and paralyzed. Taylor discusses her many roles, how she has navigated the unexpected and where she draws strength from to get through every day. Enjoyed this episode? Stay connected and get early access to future episodes!...

Comedian and actor Gavin Crawford joins host Jeff Sammut to discuss his late mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and, as he does in his 7-part CBC podcast “Let’s Not Be Kidding”, how he uses humour to deal with the challenging situations that come with it. Enjoyed this episode? Stay connected and get early access to future episodes! Download the Amintro Family App now from  Google Play ,...

Co-host of TV’s “BodyBreak” Hal Johnson joins host Jeff Sammut to talk about caregiving for his parents, who are in their 90’s. Hal joins us at a time when his father is in palliative care and is not only helping his mother say goodbye, but saying goodbye himself. Hal also discusses how he’s been able to caregive from a distance with the help of technology. Enjoyed this episode? Sta...

Caregiver Patty Atwell joins host Jeff Sammut just a couple of days after saying goodbye to her 99 year old mother. Patty looks back at her caregiving journey, discusses how she shared caregiving duties with her husband, sister and brother-in-law, and how they convinced someone known for taking care of everyone else to be taken care of. Enjoyed this episode? Stay connected and get early access to...

President and CEO of Amintro Inc Charlene Nadalin joins host Jeff Sammut in our debut episode, looking back on Amintro’s creation and evolution. Charlene also discusses her own caregiving journey with her mother’s recent cancer diagnosis and goes back almost 25 years to that of her father’s.  Thanks to Chartwell Retirement Residences for sponsoring this episode. Learn more at&n...