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The Chalene Show | Diet, Fitness & Life Balance

When Your Parents Need Care | with, Amy Cameron O'Rourke - 802

The Chalene Show | Diet, Fitness & Life Balance

Chalene Johnson

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Almost all of us at some point will have to face the reality of taking care of an aging parent or loved one. And if you've been following Chalene for the past couple of years, you know she and her husband, Bret, have been dealing with this matter — caring for her father-in-law, Bob, who has Alzheimer's. So today, Chalene welcomes Amy Cameron O'Rourke — aging expert, professional care manager for more than 40 years and author of the The Fragile Years. In this beautiful and important conversation, Chalene and Amy cover myriad topics we should all be aware of when it comes to the end of life wishes of our loved ones and ourselves.

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

What is going on?

0:02.4

Thank you so much for joining me here today on the Shaline Show.

0:05.3

My name is Shaline Johnson.

0:06.3

If you've been listening for any length of time, you know that the last several years,

0:10.7

gosh, I think now it's going on four years.

0:13.7

My husband and I have been documenting our journey with my father-in-law, his father,

0:19.2

Bob, who has Alzheimer's.

0:20.8

And many of you have related to the content, whether you have a parent who's got Alzheimer's

0:26.2

or dementia or just a parent who's aging.

0:29.3

So many people are now facing the reality that you might have to take care of your parents

0:35.5

or loved one.

0:36.9

And it's hard.

0:37.9

It's really hard.

0:39.1

I'm a researcher.

0:40.1

I've had the good fortune of having some incredible experts on the show.

0:44.7

I've spent a small fortune on books trying to understand this process, but yet there's

0:48.7

still so many things that Brett and I have gone through that we are continuing to experience

0:53.8

it.

0:56.8

We don't know where to get the answers.

0:58.1

Everyone's experience is so unique.

1:01.0

And there's so many little tiny complicated things when it comes to having these conversations,

1:07.5

understanding insurance, figuring out siblings and relationships.

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