Zen From Zero  -Essential Caregiver Knowledge
Channel: Fading Memories Alzheimer's Podcast
Date: 2024-04-02

Zen From Zero - Essential Caregiver Knowledge. Comprehensive caregiver knowledge encompasses legal, financial, and medical aspects, pivotal for effective caregiving. A deficiency in these areas can escalate stress levels unnecessarily. Acquiring such knowledge empowers caregivers to adeptly navigate complex situations, ensuring the well-being of their loved ones and preserving their own peace of mind. Legal understanding facilitates informed decision-making, financial literacy aids in resource management, and medical awareness enables better care provision. Investing in caregiver knowledge equips individuals to confront challenges confidently, fostering a supportive environment for both themselves and those they care for.

About Our Guest - Alexandra Free

Having spent twenty years working in live television I had become a pro at putting out fires when they popped up. No matter how much you may have rehearsed for a show, when the cameras start rolling, you just never know what can happen. Your brain learns to problem solve at warp speed, so that if a situation does arise, you’re usually ready for it.

Although, no amount of prepping could have prepared me for what laid ahead with my mother, I knew I needed a plan. A plan on how I was going to care for her. A plan on how I was going to afford that care. And a plan on how to navigate this new and final chapter of our lives. So, I packed up my life and my TV career in Los Angeles and moved back to the east coast to be closer to her, and to the rest of my family.

Through trial and error and a lot of research, I managed to navigate the next decade of my mother’s care with fortitude and grace. Avoiding being crushed both financially and mentally by the situation, and actually becoming a better and stronger person because of it.

I truly wish you didn’t have to be here. I honestly wish I had never been there myself. But if everything my mother and I went through means that I can help you in some way, shape, or form, then at least it all wouldn’t have been in vain.

xo, Lex

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