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Challenges for a Caregiver

Betsy Wurzel, Host of Chatting with Betsy Today's interview is with my dear friend, Roberta Clark who was a caregiver for her mom who had Vascular Dementia and Mental Health Issues. Roberta Clark discusses the challenges of being an only adult child caregiver for…

The Millennial Caregiver

Betsy Wurzel, Host of Chatting with Betsy Besty Wurzel's guest today is Mohagony Bowser-Beasley who is a caregiver for her Nanny. Mohagony also is working outside the home, married with 3 children, and is a Blogger at "Family Is All We Have". Mohagony and…

Fully Present with the Dying

Betsy Wurzel, Host of Chatting with Betsy "Rev. LINDA BRYCE, M.A., is an author, educator, and bedside singer and songwriter who helps people navigate serious illness and death. Linda’s experiences at the bedside of her dying husband took her to hundreds more, as a singer…

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Parkinson Disease

This week we had the pleasure of interviewing Eli Pollard, the Executive Director at the World Parkinson Coalition. The Coalition convenes a World Parkinson’s Congress every three years to bring together patients, care partners, researchers, and health care practitioners to further the conversation…

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Grieving the loss of your Wife

We have met Michael in previous interviews when he talked about caring for his wife with Huntington’s. Janet, his wife, died 1/10/21 and since then Michael has moved and started a new job. Join us for a discussion about this post-caretaker stage of…

Author BLOG Caregivers March 26, 2021

How do you move through the loss of a Love One

Betsy Wurzel Today's interview is with Meghan Smith Brooks: A Mother's Spiritual Journey of Healing and Discovery. Meghan Smith Brooks discusses why she wrote this book and what she would like the reader to learn from her journey with grieving the loss of her…

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Life and Early Onset Alzheimer

Betsy Wurzel Joe Brazeal is the author of "Living With Thunder, Alzheimer's Untold - A Family's Journey" and talks with Betsy Wurzel on why he wrote this book and the challenges of being a caregiver. How this diagnosis impacts a family in so many…

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Family Visiting Policies During COVID

Our guest this week is Shawn Kennedy who is the Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Nursing. Shawn, along with her colleagues Diana Mason and Kristi Westphaln published an Opinion article in Newsweek about the effect of visiting policies in hospitals…

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Grieving the Loss of my Brother Bradley

This podcast is emotional as I tell about what I experienced and what my family went through having a family member in the hospital and dying during Covid.

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Long Haulers suffer long term symptoms from Covid-19

Betsy Wurzel's interview today is with returning guest Dr. Arthur Wernick, who is a Clinical Pharmacist Expert in Medication Therapy Management. Dr. Arthur Wernick returns to discuss the long-haulers' symptoms with COVID-19. Dr. Arthur Wernick discusses the symptoms some people are having, the…