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Bridging the digital divide with tablet technology is exactly what one service provider in North Carolina is doing. The California Department of Aging is currently in the pilot phase of a similar project. How and why? It is a program that aims to address isolation and connectivity for elders. In fact, it can also ...

Long term care options - what you NEED to know and why, is more important than what many of us may realize. Folks, I can tell you - I wish I had known more about how long term care coverage options work BEFORE I purchased a plan. Don't get me wrong. Having something was ...

KIRC Podcast S1:E8 What you need to know about long term care coverage gives you some of the basics of this concept. Keeping it REAL Caregiving welcomes Financial Literacy Expert Vickie Frazier-Williams to the program to talk about L.T.C. No, not T.L.C. - tender loving care, but the OTHER combination of the same ...

When caregivers have a meltdown. Seriously - watch it happen. In real time. To me, Julia Yarbough. In this short REAL and RAW video, I captured a moment when the exhaustion and fear took hold. Anyone who is in the thick of caring for a loved one should watch. You realize, you are not ...

Prescriptions for living your best life from someone who TRULY knows is a fun walk down memory lane with a family elder. I recently had the chance to meet the father of one of my friends. Bruce Jans is also a storyteller and videographer. We met shortly after I first moved here to Chico ...

Date:August 11, 2021/Source: American Academy of Neurology Summary: A new study shows that people who walk or garden at least three to four hours per week, or bike at least two to three hours per week, or the equivalent after having a stroke may have a 54% lower risk of early death from any ...

Here’s a question for you? What is your favorite movie featuring historians and archeologists and adventure seekers? For me, it’s a toss-up between Raiders of the Lost Ark and Romancing the Stone (yes, I’m going w-a-y b-a-c-k)! This question is to put you into a mindset of thinking about how and why we, as ...

Father, son and caregiver. When caring for mom is a man's job the dynamics for a family caregiver can create a different set of challenges.  The duties of caring for a loved one are more than likely the same but the approach to navigating the reality may be different. In this episode, Keeping it ...

KIRC Podcast S1:E6 When family caregiving is a man's job the duties of caring for a loved one are more than likely the same but the approach to navigating the reality may be different. In this episode, Keeping it REAL Caregiving host Julia Yarbough is joined by family caregiver, Dwane T. Hodges. He is ...

Investing in care infrastructure: is it good business? MSNBC News Anchor Andrea Mitchell interviews Tina Tchen of Time's Up regarding a nationwide effort by what is being called the Care Economy Business Council, to work with US lawmakers in Washington, D.C. to advocate for investing in those who have 'care' jobs, including family caregivers. ...