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Caring for Mom & Dad

Season 1 Episode 1 | 54m 20s

Examine an unprecedented demographic shift — the 75 million baby boomers now entering their retirement years — and the problems in caring for this aging population when they can no longer care for themselves.

Aired: 05/05/15 | Expires: 12/31/69
Funding for CARING FOR MOM & DAD is provided by AARP and Pfizer.
Extras
Geriatric care managers can ease some of the challenges of caregiving.
Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta, co-directors of Caring Across Generations.
Meet Laney, whose grandmother has developed dementia and lives in a nursing home.
Meet Jake and Sam, whose grandmother is over a hundred years of age.
Carissa talks about how her grandmother's declining health has changed their relationship.
Technology-based solutions and resources can help caregivers.
Meet Shanna, whose mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and father with prostate cancer.
Caregiving can change the nature of relationships between siblings.
Journalist and author Jane Gross on her relationship with her mother.
Hear from Emory University employees about support for working caregivers.