The Caregiver's Journal with Lance A. Slatton with Cindy PT & Christina ST "Finding Resources"

All Home Care Matters

Enriched Life Home Care Services

Alzheimers, Caregiver, Healthcare, Homecare, Health, Dementia, Health & Fitness, Care, Education

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🗓️ 30 November 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The Caregiver's Journal hosted by Lance A. Slatton with Cindy (PT) & Christina (ST) Hardin-Weiss.

The Caregiver's Journal is the show where we are sharing the caregiving experiences, stories, and wisdom of family caregivers.

Chapter 8 - "Finding Resources":

About Katie Kristofic:

An entrepreneurial spirit, Katie Kristofic has always been drawn to companies and projects with a greater purpose. She founded The Carefullist in 2023, providing an online social community, resources, and support for family caregivers after her caregiving journey ended when her mom passed away from Alzheimer’s Disease.

Katie has over 20 years of marketing communications experience, including 15 years in Pharma and Biotech leading teams in strategic and promotional marketing, public relations, and crisis communications management. Katie previously held sales and regional account management positions with medical book and supply distribution companies.

She has a BA in Communication Studies from West Chester University and a Corporate Communications Certification from Cornell University. In addition to her passion for leveling the caregiving playing field, Katie enjoys comedy, baking, and spending time with her family.

About the Carefullist:

Caring for a family member is the ultimate act of love. We know, we've been there. It can also be challenging and lonely. We've been there, too. As a matter of fact, that's how The Carefullist began.

As the saying goes, when there is a diagnosis there are actually two new patients; the person receiving care and the person giving it. We share carefully vetted caregiving resources and tips, in addition to personal takes on grief, how that process often starts far before a loved one passes away, and how grief can occur with any life-altering change.

Everyone who finds themselves in the role of caregiver, as someone else’s “person”, deserves to have somewhere to turn that makes the journey go just a little bit smoother, feel a little less daunting, and hopefully, a lot less lonely.

We imagine a time when the resources and support family caregivers need are not only at their fingertips, but also found easily and come strongly recommended by trusted Carefullists who have walked this path before.

Disclosure: Lance A. Slatton is the brand ambassador for the Carefullist

Transcript

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The Hello and welcome back to the Caregivers Journal podcast where we're talking with real caregivers
0:50.4	about their caregiving journeys.
0:53.0	Welcome everyone back to the Caregivers Journal. I am your
0:57.0	co-host, Lance A. Slatton, also the host of All Home Care Matters and the author of the All Home
1:01.5	Care Matters, official family caregivers guide. I am, as always, joined by my esteemed colleagues and
1:08.0	co-host, Cindy and Christina from Adaptive Equipment Corner. Welcome, ladies. How are you
1:12.1	today? We are doing well. Doing very well. It's good to see you guys. Always good to see you.
1:17.5	We are joined by Katie Christophic. Katie was a family caregiver for her mother, but not the necessarily
1:24.5	kind of family caregiver we often think about. She was a long-distance caregiver
1:28.5	for the most part, which I think there's a lot of value there. And there's a lot of things that
1:32.8	family caregivers can do if they are long-distance caregiving. But she is also now the founder of
1:38.1	the Carefulus, a wonderful online resource website. Welcome, Katie. Thank you. It's great to be here. Thank you for having me.
1:45.5	Katie, I want to kind of just start off with your story. You were a caregiver for your mom.
1:49.5	I mentioned, though, you were more or less a long-distance caregiver. When did you first suspect
1:55.9	something might be going on with your mom's memory? And what was she diagnosed with?
2:00.6	Sure. Ultimately, she she diagnosed with? Sure.
2:01.9	Ultimately, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
2:06.1	I started noticing problems.
2:09.3	Gosh, it was 2008, 2009.
2:13.4	I was traveling a lot and I would call my mom every day from the road from somewhere,
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