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Pastor Craig Johnson is the Senior Director of Family Ministry at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church, which draws 40,000 weekly worshipers to its Houston, Texas arena, developed a ministry in 2008 for families with special needs children who find it challenging to attend church on a regular basis. The Houston location, which consists of an educational room, a physical therapy room and a sensory room, s...

Rebroadcast of the 9 Month Anniversary of the passing of the God-Father of Contemporary Christian Gospel Music, my friend, Andrae Crouch. Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, (and  former FB Admin. to Andrae' Couch) this Wed, 10/28/15, Noon PDT, (and anytime afterwards, 24/7, on recorded podcast at the same link) as he speaks with Andrae's closest friends and family to share funny "Andrae' storie...

Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews Tereza Harper & Hana Eicher, the two sisters of Karla Jepson, caregiver to her mom for over a year, that is, until she had a massive aneurysm that left her with severe short-term memory loss and paralysis on her left side. Now her sisters have become not only their mom's caregiver, but Karla’s as well. They will talk about their ordeal, an...

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews sales rep, author, stand-up comic & caregiver to her mom, who suffered a stroke, BONNIE ROMERO, as she discusses her amazing story and how she survived Caregiver Burnout on Wednesday, 10/14/15 at noon, PDT.

Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregivwer, as he interviews New York Times Best-Selling Author, Joan Borysenko, Wednesday, 10/7/15 at noon, PDT, (and ANYTIME afterwards on recorded podcast) This distinguished author of 14 books pioneers in integrative medicine is a world-renowned expert in the mind/body connection. Her work has been foundational in an international health-care revolution that recogniz...

Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews Denise Ruth. Denise spent five years as Power of Attorney for her mother over a long distance – cross-country – caregiver relationship. Her mother was in a facility for Dementia. We will be discussing the challenges and responsibility of being power of attorney (POA) in a long distance situation. Burnout is not only limited to physical burnout...

Join Dave , The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews Carol Shockley, a successful business owner, Shockley Event Management.  She works with speakers who educate, motivate, and inspire entrepreneurs along their own journey's. My son has always had behavioral problems growing up.  As a mother we have unique intuitions.  I felt that he had been sexually assaulted but couldn't prove it.  I had bee...

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews Elder Care Attorney, Christopher J. Berry, Esq. Certified Elder Law Attorney. Estate Planning and Elder Law is not an area for a “generalist.”  Your quality of life and your life’s work is more important than that.  It is important to work with a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA).  The CELA designation is the GOLD STANDARD in estate...

Join Dave Nassaney, as he interviews Self Care expert, and founder of the Sacred Care Retreat & True Beauty Revealed, Natasha Lee, on the "Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver Radio Show" this Wednesday, 9/2/15, at noon, PDT, and ANYTIME AFTERWARDS at the following link: http://tobtr.com/7897875 Extreme Self-Care is serving yourself first!  Extreme Self-Care is practices and rituals that serve your...

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews This Wed, 8/26/15 at noon, PDT, Gail Rubin, author and host of the award-winning book and TV series, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die. Ms. Rubin is a Certified Thanatologist – a death educator – who uses humor and funny films to help teach about serious end-of-life issues. She’s also Certified Funeral C...

Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver as he interviews Certified Professional Coach and Caregiving Without Regret™ Expert, Michael Bloom, MA, MS, CPC, who has energized hundreds of caregivers with soul-saving coping strategies that support them in saving lives, including their own. With a wealth of practical expertise as both a family and professional caregiver, Michael serves as a welcome and soug...

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, and his lovely wife, Charlene Nassaney's Amazing story of survival, but not just survival, living abundantly with peace, joy and contentment in the midst of a debilitating stroke and a cafregiver spouse. Original broadcast airs this Wednesday, 8/12/15, and anytime afterwards on recorded podcast at the same link. Charlene’s story is truly amazing, and...

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews Co-Founders,Tami Neumann and Catherine Braxton, Founders of Silver Dawn, Senior Friendly Cities What Does Senior Friendly Mean? In the simplest of terms Senior Friendly is a concept that challenges us to pro-actively prepare for a major change in our current demographic.  The Baby Boomer generation. Senior Friendly means taking a long...

Join Dave, the Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews Dave Nassaney, the Caregiver's Caregiver about who he is and what he does. Author, Radio show Host, Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Caregiver to his lovely wife of 40 years, Charlene, hear Dave as he shares his experiences as a caregiver, and how he started his caregiver ministry and why, This Wed, 07/15/15, at noon, PDT. (and afterwards 24/7 on re...

Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, this Wed. 07/08/15 at noon PDT, (and anytime afterwards 24/7) as he interviews Bobbi Carducci, author of Confessions of an Imperfect Caregiver, the true story of the seven years she spent as an in-home caregiver for her mentally and physically ill father-in-law, Rodger. She is a former senior staff writer for a Washington, D.C. area newspaper and wrote a month...

Donna Thomson, author of the best-selling book, The Four Walls of My Freedom will be interviewed by Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, Wednesday, June 17, at noon PDT.  Her book portrays the account of raising a son with cerebral palsy and her passionate appeal to change the way we think about "the good life." Donna Thomson’s life was forever changed by her son Nicholas. Donna gave up her career to...

Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver Radio Program, as he interviews former caregiver Janice Lynch Schuster, an essayist, poet, and--lately--an illustrator. Her writing often appears in The Washington Post, in the Health section and in Local Opinions. She is a contributor to The Shriver Report and Maria Shriver's Architects of Change. For many years, she focused on writing about end-of-life care,...

Cindy Laverty is an empowerment/transition coach, and she specializes in working with family caregivers who are experiencing severe burnout or who have come to the end of their caregiving journey and are transitioning back into a world where caring for a loved one no longer dictates life. She has affectionately been called “The Fairy Godmother of Caregiving” and she is dedicated to helping caregiv...

Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews occupational therapist, Karen Murphey, Director of Clinical Services at VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies.  She will be talking all about Macular Degeneration and vision care today, and the special needs and challanges to caregivers with this disability. (A common problem, especially with the elderly.

Dr. Deborah J. Hrivnak is a professional speaker, coach, & author. Deborah served as a special education teacher and administrator, as well as a university professor, where she was awarded the Outstanding Teacher of the Year. A television documentary for the Nebraska State Department of Education also recognizes her notable work with learning-disabled students, and she has served on numerous c...

Are you a family caregiver? If you provide regular and unpaid care to a loved one, you are a family caregiver, the backbone to the caregiving industry. Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews Greg Johnson, the creator and director of EmblemHealth's Care for the Family Caregiver, an initiative that was started nearly 15 years ago as part of the Integrative Wellness program, this Wed....

Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews Ellen Nielsen, a marketing and communications consultant based in Alberta, Canada.  She was also a caregiver to two parents with dementia (at the same time). Her parents moved in to care together and were fortunate to share a room until her mother's passing in 2003. Ellen's caregiving duties included a lot of things she would rather have not d...

Rick spent 8 ½ years in the Marine Corps, however, he was medically separated in June 2011. During his time on active duty, he completed 2 combat tours to Iraq, was a helicopter mechanic, aerial gunner, and instructor. He suffered silently with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for just over 7 years and was just about as close as one could be to ending their life before his amazing wife was so...

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver’s Caregiver, as he interviews Author, Carol Levine, the director of The Families and Health Care Project at The United Hospital Fund, a health services research and philanthropic organization whose primary mission is to shape positive change in health care for the people of New York (and elsewhere). Their campaign, Next Step in Care, provides easy-to-use guides to...

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, Wednesday, 4/1/15 at noon, PST, (AND AFTERWARDS ON RECORDED PODCAST) as he interviews RICK LAUBER, author, creator of CAREGIVER’S GUIDE FOR CANADIANS, and former caregiver to both his elderly parents. You may either call in at (213) 943 3630, or the link is:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/davenassaney/2015/04/08/caregiving-for-boomers-the-sandwich-gene...