Sub Subtitle: Dementia Sucks
MENTIONS:
Ode to Mother written by Tim Congdon.
Read by Keith Strunk
At the suggestion of a Facebook Friend of the Show, I share the story about how my parent’s refrigerator broke down and so did family communication.
MENTIONS:
The Working Mother's Mentor Podcast with guest Leighann Lord. http://apple.co/2mtsmHF
People With Parents:
Episode 4 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-issues/id1135645307?i=1000377405783&mt=2
I talk about how my Dad’s smart phone focus was a dumb and potentially dangerous idea.
ARTICLE:
Older Adults and Technology Use
http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/04/03/older-adults-and-technology-use/
Aging in Place: Technology Watch
https://www.ageinplacetech.com/blog/smartphone-usage-older-adults-why
Episode Tags: #SmartPhone #iPhone #AccessARide #NYC #HomeAttendant #FidgetSpinner #Android
In This Episode of People with Parents…
I share about how the Proper Telephone Etiquette and Good Home Training I received as a kid is helping me do one of the things I dislike the most: talking on the phone with doctor’s offices, pharmacies, insurance companies, and everybody.
ARTICLE:
There’s No Training Like Home Training
http://madamenoire.com/721034/theres-no-training-like-home-training/
BOOK:
Basic Black: Home Training for Modern Times
https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Black-Training-Modern-Times/dp/0385484348
In This Episode of People with Parents…
I talk about the clip of my performance that was included in the Netflix Def Comedy Jam 25th Anniversary Special; and I reveals what makes that show special for me and my Parents.
ARTICLE:
Def Comedy Jam’s 25th Anniversary: Honored & Still Inspired
http://www.veryfunnylady.com/blog/def-comedy-jams-25th-anniversary-honored-still-inspired
In This Episode of People with Parents…
I have an impromptu, live interview with comedic storyteller Sue Schmidt and comedian Jane Condon. We are in the dressing room after our closing night show at the Peterborough Players Theater in New Hampshire. I got to commiserate with, Sue who has 20 years in the caregiving game, first with her father and now her mother. And Jane reminded us where the sweet spots in caregiving can be.
Please find and follow these funny ladies!
Susanne Schmidt MS, LCMHC is an organizational consultant, standup comic and master storyteller. A Moth Story Slam winner, host, and regional producer, Susanne was named the “Best of Valley” in the New England Public Radio Valley Voices Grand Slam. She is a seven-time Extempo champion and a national performer who has appeared in the Boston Women in Comedy Festival, the Toronto SheDot Festival, and the Arctic Entries Main Stage in Anchorage Alaska. Susanne is a teaching artist at the Flynn Theater in Burlington Vermont and travels the country teaching people how to take the funny and poignant events of our lives and turn them into stories that heal, inspire, and entertain listeners. She is the mother of two amazing sons who prefer that she stop talking about them publically. For more information, visit her at sueschmidtcomedy.com.
Comedian Jane Condon won Audience Favorite (NY) on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” She has also appeared on the “The View,” “24,” and “The Today Show.” The Associated Press calls her “an uppercrust Roseanne.” Her acclaimed one-person Off-Broadway show is called
“Janie Condon: Raw & Unchained!” She was the 2011 Commencement Speaker at Wellesley College. Check her out at janecondon.com
ARTICLE
Should your elderly parents keep driving?
http://www.wtvm.com/story/33612527/special-report-should-your-elderly-parents-keep-driving
SPECIAL THANKS
http://www.peterboroughplayers.org
In This Episode of People with Parents…
I reboot the podcast and share “what had happened,” why I'm back, and my hopes for the future. (Hint: It includes you.)
ARTICLE
Suddenly, They’re All Gone https://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/suddenly-theyre-all-gone/
SPECIAL THANKS
Sargent (introduction)
Arthur Pugh https://www.agpvo.com (email)