Advocacy

Sunday Coffee Chat & Support Hour Keeping it REAL Caregiving hosts the first Coffee Chat & Support Hour of 2022! Thank you to all KIRC family members who joined. If you missed it, don't worry - more events such as this will be planned as we move through 2022! You still have time to grab ...

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 ...

The Accidental Caregiver with PASSAGES live stream event, held Wednesday, June 16, 2021.         Presented by Keeping it REAL Caregiving creator Julia Yarbough, the program takes participants through a personal journey of family caregiving and some of the lessons learned. Practical Information In this webinar, Julia offers practical and ...

KIRC Podcast S1:E5 Palliative care, what this care entails and how to access this option is a MUST for families to listen to and learn from. In this episode, Keeping it REAL Caregiving host Julia Yarbough is joined by a registered nurse and Palliative care specialist who shares her first-hand knowledge and experience. Nurse ...

By Maudlyne Ihejirika Updated Jun 3, 2021, 4:01pm CDT When Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton’s mother began to forget things, Stratton didn’t know the signs of Alzheimer’s. Her mother was undiagnosed until three years before her death, leading Stratton on a journey culminating with a pioneering bill that makes Illinois the first state to require ...

KPAY News Talk Radio 93.9 features Keeping it REAL Caregiving June 14, 2021   KPAY news talk radio 93.9 -live - ON-AIR Monday, June 14, 2021. Morning radio host and DJ Scott Michaels talks with Julia about the motivation behind creating Keeping it REAL Caregiving and discusses the live-stream web event hosted by PASSAGES: ...

Discovering my father features the personal journey of a daughter navigating the best possible care for her father. In this episode of Keeping it REAL Caregiving On-Air, meet family caregiver Rowena Branch who is now tasked with providing care for her elderly father. The challenge ahead involves finding a safe living facility and moving her ...

March, 2021 - Julia Yarbough grew up in a less than conventional setting, spending the entirety of her childhood on the move. The youngest of seven children in a military family, she was born in San Bernardino, California, but soon after, the US Air Force transferred the family to Japan at Johnson Air Force Base. ...

In episode S1:E2 of the Keeping it REAL Caregiving podcast, Julia and Debra discuss many of the challenges faced and shortcomings in senior facility care as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keepingitrealcaregiving/KeepingitREALCaregiving_Podcast_S1E2_mixdown.mp3 KIRC PODCAST S1:E2

The concept for Keeping it REAL Caregiving began taking shape when family caregiver Julia Yarbough met fellow family caregiver Debra Craton. Both women were caring for their elderly mothers. One of their first recorded conversations came shortly after the passing of Debra's mother. S1:E1 Losing mom