480: When You Suddenly Become a Caregiver with Dr. Regina Koepp
The BizChix Podcast: Female Entrepreneurs | Women Small Business | Biz Chix
Natalie Eckdahl
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Regina Koepp is a clinical psychologist and gerontologist, founder and director of the Center for Mental Health & Aging and is also the host of the Psychology of Aging Podcast. Regina is passionate about mental health and aging, and also helping caretakers of aging parents get the resources they need to have a healthy family dynamic.
In this episode, Regina and I talk about how you can prepare for and cope with suddenly becoming the caretaker of your elderly parents, including how to set boundaries and how to have difficult conversations.
Listen in as she uses her expertise to offer support, resources and hope to those in the caregiver role.
Follow Dr. Regina Koepp on Instagram or LinkedIn and listen to her podcast Psychology of Aging.
You can also visit her website:
https://www.drreginakoepp.com/
Resources mentioned:
https://www.mentalhealthandaging.com/how-to-start-the-conversation-with-your-aging-parents/
https://regina-koepp.mykajabi.com/blog/how-to-start-a-senior-living-discussion-with-aging-parents
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| 0:00.0 | Typically, Natalie likes to create content focused on business strategy, but today is going to sound a little different. |
| 0:07.0 | She's invited Dr. Regina Kep on the podcast to talk about caring for older adults. |
| 0:12.9 | It's something she's personally faced. Many of our clients are facing it, and we've heard from many women in our community who are entering into this |
| 0:21.6 | stage of caring for their aging parents. You'll learn valuable tips such as conversations |
| 0:27.8 | you might want to have with your parents now, before a crisis hits, boundaries, ones you may have |
| 0:34.8 | to set as a caregiver, and how your parents may need to set some boundaries as well. |
| 0:40.6 | And the message of hope about the resiliency of caregivers. |
| 0:45.5 | And Natalie takes us behind the scenes and shares more than she ever has before |
| 0:49.9 | about what happened when her father, who had been healthy and independent, was diagnosed with |
| 0:55.5 | aggressive cancer, and then in the following weeks her mother was unable to care for him. |
| 1:04.5 | Before we dive in, may I welcome you to the Bizchicks podcast, which has been a resource for |
| 1:10.7 | women's service entrepreneurs |
| 1:12.5 | since 2014. I'm your host, Natalie Eckdal. I'm a business strategist, former competitive |
| 1:20.2 | swimmer, out-of-the-box thinker, author, speaker, mama, MBA, and CEO of BizChicks, Inc. |
| 1:28.5 | Our business is dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs leave a lasting legacy through their |
| 1:34.3 | business by creating more impact, more profit, and more time for their VIPs. |
| 1:40.6 | My VIPs are my husband Mark and our three children, ages 6 to to 19 and are Bengal cats, Missy, and Max. |
| 1:48.9 | I have a very full life running a home family and this dream business where we coach and train |
| 1:54.7 | high performing women entrepreneurs. I'm a fan of keeping things real here and want to share that |
| 2:00.4 | I'm able to accomplish all I do |
| 2:02.6 | and still have time for my loved ones because I have help at home and in the business. |
| 2:07.6 | I always encourage women to get as much help as they can afford, and may I remind you that just because you can do something does not mean that you should. |
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