Equity in Aging Advisory Committee hears from REAL caregivers. This event is a testament to the power of our collective voices. California Department of Aging  I am honored and humbled to have had the opportunity to join the California Department of Aging and the Equity in Aging Advisory Committee. My role was as ...
Planning ahead for… almost anything! Sunday Coffee Chat & Support Session
caregivingbyjulia2022-08-09T20:20:16-07:00Planning ahead for almost anything! That is truly the mindset one should enter once you become a family caregiver. In this episode of Keeping It REAL Caregiving Sunday Coffee Chat & Support Session (for June 12, 2022), your host, Julia Yarbough covers a variety issues impacting family caregivers. The one-hour online and virtual session ...
Coping with loss and bereavement: Sunday coffee chat and support hour
caregivingbyjulia2022-06-05T13:03:13-07:00Coping with loss and bereavement Sunday coffee chat and support hour (part two). Keeping It REAL Caregiving strives to bring you various experts in the field of aging to offer REAL talk about REAL issues. In this session, we discuss the reality facing many: losing a loved one and how to cope with bereavement. In ...
Managing self care, our money and more!
caregivingbyjulia2022-05-18T11:46:51-07:00Managing self care, our money and more! It's one of the episodes in the Keeping It REAL Caregiving video series Sunday Coffee Chat & Support Hour! There are so many topics that intersect with family caregiving. There are also hundreds of women and men who are living the experience - or - work in fields ...
Maybe one day we’ll all get along – Keeping it REAL Caregiving celebrates Black History
caregivingbyjulia2022-03-20T14:57:05-07:00This 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!
caregivingbyjulia2022-02-11T07:52:26-08:00She'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
caregivingbyjulia2022-02-08T07:30:04-08:00Sunday 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 ...
Sunday Coffee Chat & Support Hour
caregivingbyjulia2022-01-03T11:55:52-08:00Sunday 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:E9 Tablet technology for companionship and more
caregivingbyjulia2021-11-22T13:50:18-08:00KIRC Podcast S1:E9 Tablet technology for companionship and more, is a 'mini-podcast' touching on the topic of keeping elders connected. Keeping it REAL Caregiving host Julia Yarbough recently chatted with the Director of the Meals on Wheels, Rowan program in North Carolina. Director Cindy Fink explained how the organization has turned to increased technology ...
When caregivers have a meltdown – watch it happen!
caregivingbyjulia2022-12-30T13:14:57-08:00When 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 ...