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This is a touching and heartwarming segment in which we learn from an elder (now deceased) who shares her insights about life, career, family, love and love lost.

She's young, Black and owns an in-home care agency. Honestly, I LOVE this headline! In this episode of Keeping it REAL Caregiving, we go one-on-one with Kesha Boyce. She is the founder and owner of Blooming Rose Home Care, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Boyce shares her motivation for launching her own business, ...

Sunday Coffee Chat and Support Conservatorships provides plenty of great content. The Keeping it REAL Caregiving Sunday Coffee Chat & Support Hour aims to deliver practical and useful information for family caregivers. Thank You Lisa Fanos for joining us and sharing your insight and experiences to walk others through what they need to know ...

Kentucky journalist investigates nursing home violations & government fines is no doubt an eye-catching headline. Dive deeper into the story and you'll find Louisville, Kentucky based investigative reporter, John Charlton, digging into a paper trail. Follow the money Charlton spent hours sifting through government documents. He wanted to learn if nursing home facilities in his ...

When caregiving means saying goodbye to your spouse is a painful reality for many; both women and men. In this Keeping it REAL Caregiving interview segment, meet a woman who experienced the pain, loss and grief of saying goodbye to her life partner. Jen Stewart last August (2020) lost her husband Tom after a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...