By Marianne Sciucco, New York, USA This special episode is our contribution to Podcasthon, a global collaboration of podcasters to raise awareness of their favorite charities. Our favorite charity is us. We
By Barbara Drake-Vera, Gainesville, Florida, USA We are all bound in a circle of caregiving — to one another and to our fragile planet. That is the lesson I share in
By Helena Popovic, Sydney, Australia What happens when life throws together a busy, enthusiastic, doctor-daughter and her bereaved, disenchanted, dependent father? What happens when science meets stubbornness and a parent needs parenting?
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, US This is the replay of our inaugural book club discussion with our friends at Aging & Amazing. “Books & Chit Chat” is a monthly book club
By Christy Byrne Yates, California, USA This week’s podcast guest is Andrea Couture, author of “Embracing What Remains.” She brings a unique perspective to our listeners with her firsthand experience caring for
Pauli Pedersen, Washington, USA Mental health problems today seem to be everywhere. In our aging generations, families are meeting mental issues that used to be kept in the closet. Currently, aching hearts,
By D. Liebhart, United States House on Fire is a novel about an ICU nurse whose mother asks her to euthanize her father who is living with dementia. My father had vascular
By Kari Loya, Texas, USA For decades, my dad and I dreamed about cycling across the United States on the TransAmerica Bike Trail, 4,200 miles along mostly backroads from Yorktown, Virginia to
By Marianne Sciucco, New York Cindy Weinstein is an English professor at the California Institute of Technology and the author of Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the
My mom moved out of the house when I was seven. That was a big deal in 1980—unheard of, actually. My dad raised my two brothers and me with little to no
