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When your loved one crushes your spirit, it can leave you feeling angry, demoralized or just plain empty. How do you cope with and protect your emotions when someone is mean to you? Especially when it is someone close to you? Why you gotta be so mean? What might that ...

Finding support and care - that's just one reason Keeping It REAL Caregiving is embarking on a new partnership with a fellow caregiver dedicated to helping others! In this Sunday Coffee Chat, meet Julie Cook Downing. She is the mastermind behind Caregivers' Comfort Creations. That is a platform offering support services and products that are ...

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! 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 (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 ...

Intergenerational friendship Alaska to California is more than just a blog post or video interview. This segment truly drives to the heart of what it means to forge bonds across age groups, distance and time. Everyone has a story   I've always believed there is a story (and reason) behind each person we cross ...

A law enforcement leader puts family first - Keeping it REAL Caregiving Celebrates Black History. And we're doing so more than just one month, but rather all year. In this episode, meet a man who has a challenging career in law enforcement. But, this son says being a family caregiver to his mother may be ...

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 ...