The Caring Generation®: Family Caregiving Expert Advice & Tips

Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares insights into reasons caregivers offer when saying "I don't want to care for my elderly parents." Guest Dr. Omri Gillath discusses research about how childhood relationships with parents affect relationships throughout life. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare media...

Host and caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson shares the effects on adult children when aging parents don’t make a plan for their health and eventually need care. Learn why parents expect their children to become their caregivers and how you can make different choices for your life. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness,...

Caregiving expert and host Pamela D Wilson shares the experiences of caregivers who give up parts of their lives to care for loved ones. Learn how feeling stuck in care situations affects caregiving relationships. Guest Dr. Donna Benton, shares information about programs offered by the California Caregiver Resource Centers. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert....

Caregiving expert and host Pamela D Wilson answers the question, how can I be an effective caregiver? Effectiveness is a result of translating everyday experiences into wisdom. Gain tips to care for aging parents and loved ones in this podcast version of Pamela's Livestream caregiver event How to Find Wisdom in Daily Life Experiences. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and elderc...

Host and caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson answers the question, how to figure out what aging parents need? Eight areas common to the needs of the elderly are identified, plus recommendations for managing through uncertainty and helping aging parents help themselves. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare me...

Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert, answers the question How to Stop Becoming Like Your Parents? Parents do their best to raise children. But not all lessons about living a happy, healthy, productive life are discussed when children are young because parents may not have yet learned themselves. What can adult children learn from the experience of aging parents? Pamela D. Wilson is a professional f...

Host, Pamela D Wilson explains the risks for aging adults and family caregivers of the short and long-term effects of care refusals on health and caregiving relationships. Dr. Thomas R. Radomski from the University of Pittsburgh shares research about medications and the benefits of shared decision-making by caregivers and older adults. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and elder...

Caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson shares insights for caregivers and care receivers who struggle to get the help they need. Learn how underestimating aging, health, and care-related needs can make daily life feel like an ongoing struggle. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediator and speaker, she provi...

Host, Pamela D Wilson talks about ethical dilemmas related to being a caregiver that include providing good care, living a good life, and managing health declines. Guest Dr. Robert Lefever contrasts caregiving, caretaking, and addictive behaviors. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediator and speaker, s...

On this episode, caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson discusses how toxic caregiving habits can ruin family relationships between caregivers and care receivers. Learn how to identify toxic caregiving habits and choose to repair fractured relationships. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediator and speaker...

Caregiving expert and host Pamela D Wilson offers insights and perspectives to help family caregivers get unstuck about expectations of receiving help. Guest Dr. Brent Roberts, Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, discusses how personality traits link to health and why change at any age can be difficult. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and el...

The Caring Generation® - Episode 112 November 17, 2021. In this episode, How Caregivers Survive host Pamela D Wilson offers insights for family caregivers to identify four behavior patterns that make caregiving relationships challenging with tips for rising above day-to-day difficulties. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert w...

Pamela D Wilson discusses Why Caregiving Never Ends. The realization that caregiving begins with the birth of a child and continues with aging parents and a spouse. Guest. Dr. Louise Hawkley from NORC at the University of Chicago talks about the health effects of loneliness on health and longevity. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultan...

Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert, shares the art of initiating uncomfortable or difficult conversations with aging parents. Learn how discussions about emotional topics can bring peace of mind to unsettled situations hampered by indecision. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediator and speaker, she pr...

Pamela D Wilson shares What it Takes To Be a Strong Caregiver including solutions to the challenges caregivers experience that negatively impact decision-making, relationships, and emotional health. Guest Dr. Mark Leary from Duke University offers insights for caregivers about relationships and the emotional impacts of feeling rejected. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and elde...

Pamela D Wilson answers the question Does Assisted Living Take All Your Money? Shared are individual and family beliefs about assisted living communities, reasons assisted care becomes necessary and balancing the personal costs of care with additional support for aging parents. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, el...

On this episode, What's Good About Being a Caregiver? Pamela D Wilson shares the blessings, disappointments, challenges, and lessons learned from the experience of caring for aging parents and loved ones. Guest. Dr. Andrea Maier shares research about longevity including the relationship between chronic disease and aging. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As...

Host Pamela D Wilson offers reasons elderly parents may want constant attention and how the actions of adult children caregivers may have unintentionally contributed to the situation. Learn solutions to help parents become more independent. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediator and speaker, she prov...

Host, Pamela D Wilson offers insights into why getting medical care can be difficult for older adults plus the benefits of having a primary caregiver. Dr. Edward Hoffer explains why healthcare is so expensive and actions consumers can take to advocate for change. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediato...

Caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson talks openly about the challenges and trade-offs that caregivers make. Should caregivers give up careers, marriages, income, education, health, and well-being in return for the care provided by a parent during childhood? How can caregivers find personal-work-life balance? Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving c...

Pamela D Wilson offers insights into feelings experienced by caregivers that they hesitate to share, like wishing a sick parent would die. Dr. Mellissa Withers from the Keck School Medicine shares research about early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediator and speaker, she...

Host Pamela D Wilson discusses aspects of aging at home. What adult children should know about planning and efforts beneficial to help elderly parents grow old and live at home. Plus, insights into the good intentions of caregivers that have unintended consequences for the care of aging parents. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant,...

Host Pamela D Wilson offers insights for caregivers into changes and frustrations experienced by aging parents to answer the question Why Do Old People Get Mean? Guest Dr. Jennifer Frontera, professor of neurology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, shares research about neurological complications related to COVID-19 hospitalizations. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and el...

On this mini-podcast episode, caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson responds to a question posed by a caregiver: What Should Caregivers Know About Caring for an Older Spouse? Have a question for a future show? Connect with Pamela on social media or complete the caregiver survey on her website. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert...

Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares tips for what to do about parents getting older. Guest. Dr. Claire Ankuda shares research about homebound older adults and the effects of being homebound on health and well-being. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediator and speaker, she provides caregiver advic...