About this episode
The episode explores the challenges and strategies of families caring for older loved ones, featuring insights from a nursing professor on self-care for caregivers.
Millions of adult children or other relatives are caring for older loved ones. They do this out of love, but the cumulative burden can be heavy. We’ll hear stories of how different families manage the duties of eldercare. We also include useful suggestions from a leading professor of nursing on how caregivers can benefit from proven techniques of self-care. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org . Humankind specials are heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston.
People in this episode
Host: David Freudberg
Topics covered
- eldercare
- self-care
- family dynamics
- community support
- caregiver burden
Keywords
- eldercare
- caregivers
- self-care techniques
- family stories
- community support
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: GBH Boston, NPR, PRX, humanmedia.org
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