What Caregiving Asks of Us with Shauna Sweeney, Founder & CEO of tendercare
About this episode
Nicole Will interviews Shauna Sweeney about the challenges and insights of caregiving, particularly in the context of family dynamics and systemic inequities.
In this conversation, Nicole speaks with Shauna Sweeney, caregiver, founder and CEO of tendercare , about what caregiving asks of us when love reshapes our lives. Drawing from caring for her dad with early-onset Alzheimer's from 3,500 miles away, Shauna shares how families can move from crisis to clarity and why systems must center families. Shauna reflects on the emotional collision of identities that caregiving brings daughter, advocate, organizer, protector, and what she learned from her dad about dignity, autonomy, and the desire to still be known. We talk about inequity in caregiving, why families must be treated as the true power source of care, and how tendercare is challenging a system that too often centers institutions over people. To learn more about tendercare visit: https://trytendercare.com/ Get your free tenderID: https://trytendercare.com/tenderid/ Get Info on trusted network: https://trytendercare.com/trusted-network/ Watch Sweeney's Rock Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3xe_SH2_n4 We are not medical professionals and are not providing any medical advice. If you have any medical questions, we recommend that you talk with a medical professional of…
People in this episode
Host: Nicole Will
Guest: Shauna Sweeney
Topics covered
- caregiving
- family dynamics
- emotional health
- advocacy
- inequity in caregiving
Keywords
- caregiving
- Alzheimer's
- family
- tendercare
- advocacy
- dignity
- autonomy
- inequity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: tendercare
Books & works: Rock Documentary
Places: Alzheimer's
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