Love Doesn't Pay The Bills

Jul 04 2023

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In Love Doesn't Pay the Bills, we explore the role of family caregivers in the modern United States through personal stories and interviews with leaders. Care work is vital to all other aspects of life, yet often under-resourced. Caregivers cannot house and feed ourselves or provide for our own medical needs based on our love for our family members alone: access to income matters. We also have the same needs as other workers for regular time off, to participate in social life and recreation, and for ongoing education and new opportunities over time. email Lisa: [email protected]

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Networking, Resume-Building, and Feeling Connected: With Guest Stephanie Smith

Jul 04 2023 34 mins

Guest Stephanie Smith is the founder of Refined & Ready. She helps enterpreneurs return to conventional employment. Her expertise in looking for work with an unconventional experience set allows her to address return to work after caregiving. We discuss how to get back into the convenional workforce.https://refinedandreadycareers.com/HomePage

I Thought I had Gone to Another Land: With Guest Kitty Eisele

Jun 27 2023 55 mins

Kitty Eisle, executive producer for podcasts with Texas Public Radio and NPR, as well the host of Twenty-Four Seven: A podcast about caregiving, joins us to discuss caregiving for parents, how to prepare ahead of time for caregiving needs, and why it's important to know your neighbors.

What If We Really Believed That Care Is A Part of Everyone's Life?: With Guest Emily Kenway

Jun 20 2023 35 mins

We're joined by Emily Kenway, the author of "Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It". "Who cares" is a very loving memoir of Emily's own caregiving experience. It also is a great work of advocacy by imagining the changes that would happen throughout our world if we started from the default assumption that all people will be caregivers at some time in their

Recognizing Youth Caregivers with guest Connie Siskowski

Jun 13 2023 45 mins

Connie Siskowski, President of the American Association of Caregiving Youth, joins us to discuss youth caregivers. Her program recognizes and supports young people who are caregiversFind out more about the American Association of Caregiving Youth

Youth As Caregivers: With Guest Melinda Kavanaugh

Jun 06 2023 38 mins

Melinda Kavanaugh describes what her organization YCARE does to support young caregivers. Young caregivers are very frequently overlooked, yet perform many of the same tasks as adults with many of the same responsibilities. Hear how Melinda brings youth caregiving education and a chance to connect to same age peers with similar experiences.https://uwm.edu/ycare/

The Call to Increase DSP Wages: With Guest Kim Evon

May 30 2023 25 mins

We're joined by Kim Evon to discuss California caregivers and the large gap in staffing that leads to reliability issues in caregiving. We discuss why family caregivers may have difficulties working full-time and what happens when there's not enough care to go around to those who need it.transcript

The Shortage of Direct Care Workers: With Guest Elise Augilar

May 23 2023 31 mins

transcriptElise's letter on healthcare workforce shortagesANCOR's report "The State of America’s Direct Support Workforce Crisis 2022"Elise Augilar, Director of Federal Relations at ANCOR discusses the shortage of (non family) direct support providers. We discuss the need for DSP jobs to be properly recognized and paid.

Sources of Funding for Family Caregivers: With Guest Maressa Brown

May 16 2023 14 mins

Maressa Brown joins us to discuss possible ways that some family caregivers may be able to get paid for work. read the full article on care.comhttps://maressabrown.com/

For Mother's Day, Moms are Plunged Back into an Impossible Situation: With Guest Calli Ross

May 14 2023 26 mins

Calli Ross is back to discuss the current state of the movement in OR to allow parent paid caregivers through Medicaid Home and Community Based Services. Just in time for mother's day, hundreds of mothers in Oregon lost their income for meeting the extraordinary needs of their children as the state of emergency which temporarily allowed parent paid caregivers expires without a perm

A Better Way to Pay the Cost of Care :With Guest Nicole Jorwic

May 09 2023 17 mins

Nicole Jorwic, chief of advocacy and campaigns at Caring Across Generations, discusses the personal cost borne within families for providing care when there aren't enough care workers for hire, as well as what it would mean to make more of that cost public.https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3980173-the-care-tax-the-cost-of-the-lack-of-care-for-caregivers/transcript#family #c