The Caring Generation®: Family Caregiving Expert Advice & Tips
Pamela D. Wilson, a family caregiving and eldercare expert, hosts this show offering practical advice for caregivers and aging adults. Topics include senior care tips, navigating healthcare, planning for care costs, legal strategies for elder rights, and managing family relationships. Wilson draws on 25 years of professional experience as a care manager, mediator, expert witness, and former agency owner. Each episode aims to help listeners address the complex challenges of caring for older family members.
Episodes
Dementia Care Basics: Expert Advice to Support Family Caregiving Relationships
Learn dementia care basics to support positive conversations and interactions with aging parents experiencing memory loss. Family caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares four practical tips for dementia caregivers. Move beyond fact-based conversations to create positive and emotionally intelligent interactions with forgetful parents. Build compassion and patience to respond to the emotional need
Aging Parents & Dementia Support | Why Healthcare Providers Fail to Diagnose Dementia
Learn why healthcare providers fail to diagnose dementia in older adults and what families can do to improve dementia care. A diagnosis of mild or moderate cognitive impairment often progresses to dementia or Alzheimer's disease in the elderly. Individuals and family members can learn to identify signs of dementia and report concerns to physicians who can initiate memory loss testing.An early deme
Caregiving and Family Relationships: How Expectations Divide Siblings & Elderly Parents
Family caregiving conflicts between siblings often derail elder care plans and damage relationships that lasted decades. When aging parents need care, disagreements between siblings and elderly parents about caregiver expectations, responsibilities, and decisions can create tension and can spiral into family breakdowns. Learn why caregiving and family relationships break down when eldercare suppor
Managing Up and Strengthening Family Caregiving Relationships: Aging Parents and Caregiver Advice
Managing up family caregiving starts with a conversation your aging parents rarely initiate—and most adult children delay until crisis hits. Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, reveals how to use the idea of managing up to initiate that first caregiving discussion, navigate family dynamics, and set aging parents up for lasting independence. Learn caregiver advice and tips for managing complex fam
Aging Parent Health Issues: Family Caregiver Solutions to Stop Downward Health Spirals
Aging parent health issues can arise suddenly. One health problem can lead to the next, resulting in a downward spiral of worsening health and worry. Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares strategies for caregivers and older adults to identify layered health problems that can become serious and feel impossible to manage, even when working with physicians and the healthcare system.By taking proa
Caregiver Advice: Health and Financial Elder Care Strategies for Aging Parents
When aging parents face unexpected health crises, families without a financial safety net experience high stress and relationship challenges. Learn how adults of all ages can learn to develop protective aging and elder care strategies.Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson offers professional caregiving guidance and tips to help you learn to self-direct health care, choose a long-term care strategy, a
Elder Care Strategies Bad Habits: Family Dynamics and Aging Parents Support
Solve the issue of constantly reacting to elder care emergencies by identifying symptoms and root problems of supporting aging parents' bad habits. Schedule family discussions to identify elder care strategies around caregiving resources and personal time. Identify bad habits that contribute to challenging family dynamics, elderly care needs, and senior health problems that negatively impact careg
Aging Parents Support Through Surgery: Caregiver Advice and Elder Care Support
Caregiver advice for aging parents facing surgery goes beyond hospital paperwork. Pamela D. Wilson reveals what surgeons and doctors don't explicitly tell patients and family caregivers—the critical pre- and post-op steps that speed recovery and prevent costly complications.Learn the practical caregiver tips, elder care planning strategies, and healthcare decisions that position your loved one for
Elder Care Strategies: Dementia Denial Spouse and Aging Parents Support
Family caregivers experience dementia denial by aging parents or spouses who refuse testing, or a family member who is uncomfortable discussing future elder care needs. Pamela D. Wilson shares why individuals and families deny dementia, the serious risks, and offers actionable elder care strategies to help families move from denial to acceptance and proper care planning for aging parents. Get expe
Aging Parents & Inheritance: When a House Isn't Worth The Caregiver Cost
The promise of owning an elderly parent's home may be attractive for family caregivers. Caring for aging parents may involve more work than you think, especially if a parent has dementia or Alzheimer's. Along with being a caregiver, you may give up income, health insurance, retirement savings, a social life, and the right to call your own shots because of depending on an elderly parent for income
Support for Caregivers: How Eldercare Mediation Preserves Family Relationships
Advocate for elderly parents by learning about eldercare mediation. End family caregiving disagreements and family drama about care for aging parents. Sibling disagreements, defensiveness, and ingrained beliefs can permanently damage family relationships. Eldercare mediation supports problem-solving around many facets of elder care planning, including who will be the caregiver. Additionally, decis
Support for Caregivers: Setting Boundaries and Initiating Shared Elder Care Discussions
Receive caregiver advice for managing life while caring for aging parents. Access expert family caregiver support to set boundaries, initiate eldercare discussions, discuss shared eldercare responsibilities, reduce guilt, and create sustainable support systems. Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert, shares aging parent care and caregiver tips for initiating difficult caregiving discussions and priori
Expert Family Caregiving Advice: Managing Elder Care and Hospital Emergencies
Family caregivers often face high stress when managing hospital emergencies involving elderly care, especially for aging parents with dementia or complex health conditions. In this episode, caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson offers caregiving advice and tips, plus comprehensive caregiver support for navigating emergency room visits and eldercare challenges.Wilson explains key caregiving concepts,
Why Elderly Parents’ Estate Plans Fail: Family Caregiving, Eldercare and Caregiver Advice
Explore the critical gaps in typical estate plans that often fail to provide adequate advice for elderly parents and caregiver support for family caregivers. In this episode, caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson delves into why estate plans focused solely on legal and financial matters, such as durable power of attorney documents, can leave older adults unprepared for the complex realities of elderc
Family Caregiving Support: How One Bad Sibling Can Impact and Isolate Elderly Parents
Elder care presents unique challenges for family caregivers—especially when one sibling becomes a difficult presence, influencing and isolating elderly parents. In this episode, Pamela D. Wilson provides expert caregiver advice and support for caregivers facing these complex family dynamics. She discusses warning signs that indicate a sibling may be exerting unhealthy control over aging loved ones
Caregiving and Family Relationships: Embracing the New Reality of Aging Parent Care
Accepting the new reality of family caregiving for aging parent care needs can be overwhelming. Caregivers often find themselves caught between helping elderly parents too little or feeling like they're helping too much. This episode offers essential caregiver advice and support for those navigating the complexities of eldercare decision-making and care planning.Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson o
Legal Risks in Eldercare: When Adult Children Manage Healthcare Decisions for Parents
Allowing adult children to manage healthcare decisions for elderly parents carries significant legal risks and challenges for families. In this episode, caregiving expert and expert witness Pamela D. Wilson explores the complexities of eldercare decision-making and the high-stakes responsibility of a durable power of attorney agent for aging parents.Adult children, caregivers, and parents will gai
Caregiving and Family Relationships: Home Care Vs Nursing Home Insights
Receive caregiver advice and tips focused on family caregiving relationships for aging parents and elderly loved ones with dementia who might need nursing home care. Learn why home care for aging parents often outshines nursing home care, especially when family caregivers provide extensive personalized 1:1 support. Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson discusses the differences between family caregiv
Understanding Burden: Support for Caregiving Discussions and Family Relationships
Caring for aging parents can be a challenging elder care experience, often leading to caregiver burden and strained family caregiving relationships. In this episode, Pamela D. Wilson explores caregiving and family relationships, focusing on family discussions about aging, elder care needs, and planning. Wilson offers valuable caregiver advice to help improve family dynamics around aging and caregi
Controlling Family Caregivers: Support to Change Family Caregiving Dynamics
Controlling caregivers of elderly parents can create challenges in family caregiving relationships, especially as health conditions and the daily abilities of aging parents change. In this episode, caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson offers valuable caregiver tips and compassionate advice to support family caregiving and eldercare needs when a family caregiver takes power and control to an extreme.L
How Younger Generations and Aging Parents Can Avoid One Elder Care Crisis After Another
Avoiding one elder care crisis after another is possible when younger generations initiate conversations with aging parents about family caregiving expectations and support. Younger generations can miss noticing the aging and health issues of grandparents or aging parents while focused on their own lives. Yet a single elder care crisis—such as a fall resulting in a hip fracture, hospitalization, a
Caring for Elderly Parents With Dementia | Essential Caregiver Decision-Making Advice
Caring for elderly parents with dementia presents unique challenges for family caregivers, especially as memory loss progresses and decision-making becomes more complex. In this episode, caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares vital caregiver tips and support strategies to help you navigate difficult choices when your aging loved ones can no longer fully understand or evaluate the consequences o
Generational Caregiving Challenges: Family Caregiver Support and Eldercare Solutions
Are generational caregiving expectations straining your relationships with elderly parents and siblings? Family caregiving often involves complex dynamics that can make providing eldercare more challenging than it needs to be. In this episode, caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson discusses the lasting effects of adverse and positive childhood experiences on caregivers and aging loved ones.Pamela sh
Effective Elder Care Solutions: Stopping Elder Abuse and Neglect in Families
Elder abuse—including financial exploitation, neglect, power and control, and emotional manipulation—is a serious and often hidden issue in families caring for aging loved ones. Family caregivers and siblings witnessing abuse frequently feel unequipped to intervene due to a lack of caregiver education, support, and strategies. In cases where elderly parents with memory loss are vulnerable, adult c
Managing Caregiver Role Stress: Expert Advice for Elderly Care Support
Caregiver stress can significantly impact both caregivers and the elderly, leading to emotional and physical challenges that affect everyday life. In this episode, caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares essential caregiver role tips and advice to manage and reduce caregiver stress effectively. Learn how to navigate the complexities of family caregiving, balance emotional health, and find suppor
Strategies for Caregivers Supporting Elderly Parents Living Too Long
Delve into proven caregiver tips and support for families dealing with elderly parents who live longer but face health challenges. In this episode, caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares insights on family caregiving experiences as age-related debilities like heart disease, dementia, COPD, Parkinson's, arthritis and other conditions limit activities and affect quality of life.Learn about care s
Caregiver Counseling Insights: Straight Answers and Support for Elderly Care
Join caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson as she contrasts caregiver counseling with traditional therapy, offering effective support strategies for addressing elderly care challenges. Finding caregiver counseling for elderly care can be challenging, especially when counseling is typically thought of as mental health therapy. Caregiver counseling is not traditional therapy. It encompasses much more,
Rethinking Care for Elderly Parents at Home: Essential Caregiver Tips and Strategies
Discover essential caregiver tips for balancing life while caring for elderly parents at home from caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson. Are you struggling with the reality that taking care of elderly parents at home is no longer working? Is it time to rethink your approach to caregiving for elderly parents at home? As parents age, the challenges of providing care increase, and commitments can become
Caring for Aging Parents: Caregiver Advice Living With Elderly Parents
Navigating the challenges in caregiving for aging parents can be daunting, especially when an elderly mother or father wants to move into your home. Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert, offers caregiver advice on eldercare dilemmas by highlighting the importance of establishing boundaries while also considering the dynamics of family relationships. Caregivers can fail to recognize the significant i
Caring for an Anxious Elderly Mother: Caregiver Strategies and Support
Learn from Pamela D Wilson how to manage caregiving challenges for an anxious elderly mother with proven strategies. Caregivers often struggle with the emotional and physical drain of caring for an elderly mother, especially when dealing with anxious personalities, physical and mental health concerns.In this episode, caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson offers essential caregiver tips and effective s
Protecting Aging Parents | Strategies to Prevent Caregiver Manipulation
In this episode, caregiver expert Pamela D. Wilson explores vital strategies for elderly care to protect aging parents and loved ones from family caregiver manipulation. Caregiver manipulation can occur in both directions—where elderly parents manipulate caregivers and vice versa. By recognizing the warning signs of manipulation that result in elder abuse, caregivers can take crucial steps to halt
Caregiver Strategies: Expert Tips to Combat Burnout and Navigate Care Experiences
In this episode, Pamela D. Wilson, a caregiving expert, offers insights into the critical issue of caregiver burnout —a major concern for both family caregivers and professional caregivers in homes, communities, and nursing facilities. Discover the various aspects of caregiving that contribute to emotional and physical stress for caregivers, and how this stress can adversely affect the caregiving
Navigating Emotional Challenges in Caregiving
Learn effective caregiver strategies to handle the emotional impact of caregiving that comes with unpredictable and uncertain elder care situations. Recognize the importance of caregiver well-being. Pamela D Wilson offers valuable caregiver tips and support for caregivers, emphasizing the importance of emotional health while caring for the elderly. Join Pamela as she explores practical solutions t
Is It Right to Put an Elderly Parent in a Care Home? | Family Caregiving Strategies
This episode addresses the tough decision many adult children face: Is it right to put an elderly parent in a care home against their wishes? Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares invaluable caregiver tips and eldercare advice to navigate this emotional journey. Gain insights into the importance of creating family caregiving strategies and initiating essential eldercare discussions with aging
Underestimating Elderly Care Needs: Tips for Family Caregivers
Uncover four aspects of underestimating elderly care needs in this episode with caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson. Learn caregiver tips and care strategies to discuss the care and well-being of aging loved ones and prevent caregiver burnout. Recognize how underestimating elderly care can lead to health declines and caregiving challenges. Join Pamela for practical advice for managing the complexiti
How to Stop Feeling Pressured by Elderly Parents | Family Caregiving Tips
Stop feeling pressured by elderly parents to take on additional caregiving tasks. Pamela D. Wilson, a caregiving expert, shares stories of caregivers feeling pressured by elderly parents, siblings, and other family members. Get expert caregiver tips and advice to transform your caregiving story and start saying no to additional eldercare tasks and responsibilities that consume your life.To find sh
Managing Sibling Resentment: Tips for Caregivers of Elderly Parents
Dealing with siblings who refuse to offer to care for elderly parents or those who are overcontrolling can be challenging. Sibling caregiver resentment can be difficult to resolve unless all siblings are willing to work together to help a parent they love. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares how siblings can create working relationships to care for elderly parents on episode 219 of The Caring
Identifying Caregiver Stress: 9 Questions to Assess Your Well-Being
Discover 9 questions to reveal your caregiver stress level, and so you can improve your caregiving skills and responses. Are you a stressed-out caregiver? The nine questions in this caregiver stress survey can help you identify habits that might be sabotaging your success. This caregiver tool can help you level up your caregiving, communication, and interpersonal skills. Pamela D Wilson, caregivi
Caregivers: Essential Tips to Avoid Being Taken Advantage of
Stop being taken advantage of as a caregiver with these essential tips. A desire to be helpful results in caregivers being taken advantage of. Learn how caregivers are taken advantage of by elderly parents, siblings, and others. Find tips on how to recognize if you are being taken advantage of and get the steps to rebalance caregiving relationships and your life from caregiving expert Pamela D Wil
Navigating Sibling Disagreements Over Elderly Parents: A Caregivers Guide
Sibling agreements over the care of elderly parents can result in conflict. Find tips to navigate these strategies when families become divided. Instead of allowing relationships to become toxic or dwell on constant conflict, caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson offers tips to help siblings establish working relationships.While you may not like your sibling or elderly parents, a sense of duty and res
A to Z Guide For Caregivers
Learn about the care of elderly A to Z from caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson, who shares information about twenty-six articles and podcasts for adult children and spousal caregivers based on 25 years of professional experience serving older adults and caregivers. Links to the 26 articles mentioned in this podcast can be found on Pamela's website on The Caring Generation podcast page for Episode 2
List of Things to Do Before a Spouse Gets Sick
If you are a spouse or partner, what should you do before you or your spouse gets sick? If your spouse has health problems or you suspect memory loss, planning becomes time-sensitive.Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares the importance of care discussions and offers a practical list of nine recommendations to help you prepare for what’s ahead. Know the basics of planning, whether you are living
What Rights Does a Person With Dementia Have?
What rights does a person with dementia have? People with dementia become more vulnerable when memory loss advances. How can you make sure that you or a loved one with dementia maintain basic human rights to be treated with dignity and respect when you need care? Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert, shares definitions and stories to illustrate the experiences of persons with dementia who can lose t
How to Stop Feeling Trapped by Caregiver Responsibilities
Are you a caregiver living life and feeling trapped taking care of someone else who is sick? If you are a sick person who needs care, you might be tired of doctors or your caregiver telling you what to do so that you can feel better.Have you heard the saying that the grass always looks greener on the other side? Well, that’s until you get to the other side. Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert share
How to Respond to Loved Ones With Dementia Who Don't Make Sense
Elderly parents and loved ones with dementia can lose their language skills and verbal communication abilities. They may speak, but their words don’t make sense. This speaking and not making sense is called "word salad dementia." It's like mixing up a bunch of words and trying to make a sentence out of them.What can family members do to maintain relationships with loved ones with dementia when wor
How to Share Power of Attorney With a Sibling You Don't Trust
Is your sibling abusing power of attorney for an elderly parent? Learn how to prevent sibling abuse of power of attorney when your sibling is named as the sole agent or when you share the power of attorney agent duties, especially if you don't fully trust your brother or sister.In episode 210 of The Caring Generation podcast, caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares her professional experience wit
Can a Nursing Home or Assisted Living Kick Out Your Elderly Parents?
Nursing homes and assisted living discharges from facilities happen for various reasons. While patients believe they have a right to care, these rights only go so far when insurance companies set limits or patient behaviors cause safety risks for staff or residents.Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares her experiences with nursing homes and care community discharges so that aging adults and fam
Caregiver Tips: How to Do the Hard Stuff
Caregivers do a lot of hard things. Doing the hard stuff, like having care discussions in the family or making difficult decisions, can be emotionally stressful and guilt-filled.In episode 208 of the Caring Generation podcast, caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares:1) how to understand when a problem or question is more complex than it looks, which is often the case in caregiving,2) how emotions
The Health and Well-Being Challenges of Dementia Caregivers
Caregivers of persons with dementia, especially spouses who are 24/7 caregivers, often experience worse health than the spouse they care for. Adult children caring for a parent or parents with dementia also experience high stress levels.Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares information about stress and aspects of being a dementia caregiver that include the importance of family and social suppor
Affirmations for Caregivers: How to Make Them Work For You
Caregivers for others and people caring for themselves can experience a lot of stress. Affirmations for caregivers can be a way to bring hope and progress into your life during some of life's most challenging times.Listen as caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson discusses how affirmations can be helpful, how to create the right affirmation for you, and how to make affirmations work for caregivers. Fi
How to Stop Caregiving From Taking Over Your Life
Are caregiving responsibilities taking over your life? Does responding to unexpected events take you off track from managing your life and health or caring for an aging parent? Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares how random events can take life off track and what caregivers and people managing their own care can do to cope and manage. Random and unexpected events can stop caregivers and care
How Good Caregivers Become Suspected Elder Abusers
Learn how good and well-intentioned caregivers become suspected elder abusers by Adult Protective Services and the police. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares how Adult Protective Services becomes involved and what family members can do if they are suspected of committing elder abuse. Family members are the most common perpetrators through unintentional or intentional acts of financial, psych
Experiences of Dementia Caregivers | How to Make Difficult Decisions
The experiences of dementia caregivers contribute to stress levels when making difficult decisions. Dementia behaviors and hands-on care needs can raise stress levels of dementia caregivers who prioritize care for others and neglect their care.During this episode, caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares her professional experiences working with persons diagnosed with dementia and the aspects of m
Aging Parents and Adult Children | Navigating Health, Legal, and Money Conflicts
When care needs arise, aging parents and adult children experience health, legal, and money conflicts. Learn how to identify potential issues that can happen in the future to ensure you or a loved one receives care the way you planned.Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares examples from her professional experience. Learn about family challenges resulting from lifelong health habits, blended fami
Steps Caregivers Can Take to Deal With Unexpected News
Learn how to respond to unexpected news and events related to aging, health, and money with a proven process. Caregivers and persons with health concerns can experience constant change, resulting in anxiety and worry. Instead of struggling to respond to bad news or ongoing uncertainty, create a path forward to identify and implement solutions to everyday and complex problems. During this podcast
How Daily Routines Support Better Health for Aging Parents and Caregivers
Elderly health routines can support healthy aging habits. Monitoring the daily activities of elderly parents can help identify and create routines to support health and a healthy lifestyle to help parents stay at home.Attention to health and activities that support elderly health is critical for persons who want to stay at home after retirement. Daily routines that support good health can reduce a
When to Worry About Aging Parents Health
When to worry about aging parents health can be a concern for adult children desiring to move ahead with their lives. Missing early warning signs can result in emotional and physical problems. Learn tips to deal with the declining health of loved ones, notice symptoms of worsening health, and how to emotionally deal with parents declining health. Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert offers these ins
How to Estimate Care Will Progress | Caring for Elderly Parents, Spouses and Loved Ones
Caregivers can lose sleep or become immersed in a whirlwind of constant worry when caring for elderly parents, spouses, or loved ones. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares four stages of caregiving for how to estimate care will progress. You can learn to identify and predict care needs toMinimize unexpected surprises and health emergenciesFeel less frantic and more in control of ongoing care n
What to Do When Family Dynamics Complicate Care for Aging Parents
Are you struggling to navigate family dynamics and differences when caring for aging parents? Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson explains why family relationships are complex and how caregivers can navigate uncomfortable, unproductive, or disagreeable interactions.Find this week's show transcript for Episode 197 https://pameladwilson.com/family-dynamics-how-to-balance-aging-parent-needs-podcast-vi
How to Stop Feeling Left Out When Everyone Else is Living Their Life
Are you a caregiver or a person with health problems who feels left out of everyday activities and social gatherings? Do you watch others enjoy their lives while you are stuck at home caring for elderly parents or a spouse or are too sick to venture out? Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares tips to help you stop missing out on life's opportunities and own your day. Pamela D. Wilson is a prof
Tips to Manage Out of Control Caregiving Situations
When trying to keep elderly parents at home becomes chaotic, family caregivers can feel like they are dealing with a hot mess. Learn tips to manage out of control caregiving situations and choose how you want to live your life from caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare medi
Tips to Navigate Health Complications of Aging
Learn tips to navigate the health complications of aging. Be proactive to ensure you and your loved ones receive the best care possible from healthcare systems and doctors. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares examples and stories to help you remain healthy and avoid preventable care issues. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant,
Caregiver Tips: How to Respond to Elderly Parent Healthcare Disasters
Elderly parent healthcare disasters happen unexpectedly. High levels of caregiver stress result from managing falls, fractures, memory loss, and other health conditions. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares strategies to get ahead of health issues before they get ahead of you and loved ones.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, e
Caregiving: How to Free Yourself from Judgment
Learn tips to stop judgment or criticism, which can destroy self-esteem and cause resentment and conflict in caregiving relationships. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares how to change your mindset and set expectations for interactions with family members that focus on appreciation, cooperation, and shared goals. Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a
Tips to Cope With Patient and Caregiver Anxiety and Stress
Anxiety, fear, and worry can stress relationships and prevent healing when caregivers and patients experience physical or emotional breakdowns. Learn tips from caregiving Pamela D Wilson to create balance when daily life feels out of control.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediator and speaker, she pro
How to Avoid Regret About Caregiver or Patient Decisions
Patients and caregivers are often faced with making decisions about health diagnoses or treatment recommendations that can have life-effecting consequences. What are the differences between individuals who make good decisions and others who experience decision regret? Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares tips and suggestions to help you work through the decision-making process. Pamela D. Wilso
Aging: How to Live Better as You Grow Older
How do people handle getting older? Why do some people age so well? What is the secret to aging well? Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares the habits of people who age well. Learn tips to live a better life as you grow older. Whether you are a caregiver or a person with health concerns, it is never too late to embrace positive habits and live a happier life.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional f
Caregiver Tips for Working With Doctors
What caregivers should know about working with doctors extends beyond the basic knowledge of the person who needs care. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares tips to gain insights into the healthcare system that can help caregivers more easily coordinate care for loved ones.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eld
Caregiving: Dealing With Grief and Loss
Dealing with grief and loss is a lifelong experience that may not be recognized until the loss of an aging parent or family member. Learn how to deal with feelings of grief that result from loss and the self-transformation that can result in a better and stronger you.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare med
Finding the Discipline to Move Ahead and Leave the Drama Trauma Behind
Finding the discipline to move ahead from drama and trauma can be challenging in any stage of caregiving—beginning to end. Caregivers who feel stuck often lack a plan and the motivation to change. Find tips here from caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediator and speaker
How to Manage Sibling Relationships When Caring for Elderly Parents
Sibling agreements can be critical for the care of elderly parents. Learn how to prevent and manage disagreements when siblings have different personalities and behavioral styles from caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediator and speaker, she provides caregiver advice a
How to Face Fears When Caring for Aging Parents
Learn why managing fears is essential when caring for aging parents who experience ongoing health challenges. Caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson shares seven tips to help caregivers remain practical and positive when facing some of life's most difficult decisions.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare mediato
Why Self-Care Is Important At All Ages
Health impacts many aspects of life, including becoming a caregiver or needing care. Learn why self-care is important at all ages. Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert, shares why attention to physical and mental health throughout life can increase resilience and balance the effects of aging.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert
Caregiving: How to Have a Better Tomorrow By Planning Ahead
If you are a caregiver, having a better tomorrow means finding a balance between the urgent and routine. Not planning for the care of aging parents can leave caregivers in an ongoing state of crises management. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares caregiver stories and tips to help caregivers stop being emergency responders to the needs of others.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family careg
Balancing Work and Family Caregiving Responsibilities
Being a caregiver is hard work. Learn how to manage increasing family care responsibilities and careers by applying practical skills from the workplace to the tasks of caring for aging parents and loved ones. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares ten practical tips.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare me
Caregiving: How to Manage What Life Throws at You
If you are a family caregiver or a person managing health issues, your time may be consumed with ongoing tasks, doctor appointments, treatments, and responding to unexpected challenges. Learn how to manage what life throws at you with five tips to manage emotional ups and downs and gain focus to balance life responsibilities.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert
Caregivers: How to Stop Avoiding and Start Living
Caregivers often find themselves in a wait-and-see pattern that can last years. Learn how to stop avoiding and start living life. Gain insights about how your environment shapes your thoughts about who you are and what you can accomplish when you focus on your goals.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, expert witness, eldercare medi
How to Understand The Differences Between Medicare Plans
Trying to understand Medicare programs can be challenging if you don't understand the long-term financial and health impacts of your choices. If you are a caregiver for an aging parent, an adult enrolling in Medicare, or enrolled and thinking about changing plans, learn how Original Medicare, a Medicare Supplement, or Medicare Advantage offers access to medical care and the providers you see.Pamel
The Price Paid by Family Caregivers
Family caregivers pay a high price when trading time and money to care for loved ones. Learn the risks caregivers face and why creating a care plan is essential for having a life while managing care tasks, building a career, preserving mental and physical health, and minimizing financial losses.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As a caregiving consultant, e
When Is Change Good For Caregivers?
When is change good for caregivers? Knowing when you can’t do it anymore is a crossroads moment in caregiving situations. It might be time for a change when caregiving responsibilities limit your potential, damage your self-esteem and your confidence. Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares 12 insights and suggestions.Pamela D. Wilson is a professional family caregiving and eldercare expert. As
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