parenting aging parents

Are you caring for an aging parent?  If so, you'll appreciate this podcast episode featuring Kim and Mike Barnes, founders of Parenting Aging Parents. 

Award-winning Austin journalists Kim & Mike Barnes provide actionable solutions about how to care for aging parents.   Their mission and passion is called Parenting Aging Parents.  While sharing their own experiences and providing guidance from experts,  Kim and Mike help others navigate the journey. 

5 Important Conversations you need to have about your aging parents.

1. Talk with your siblings. Get on the same page. 
2. Housing. Where do your parents want to live?
3.  Finances. (Pensions, Debt, Expenses)
4.  Legal.  (Wills, POA, Medical Directives)
5. Passwords. (Cell phones, computers, accounts)

About Parenting Aging Parents

Over the past five years, Kim and Mike Barnes found themselves navigating problems they never saw coming from their parents: Alzheimer’s, pacemakers, COVID pneumonia, and the tough decision to move parents into retirement communities. They’ve learned to balance the many facets of parenting aging parents, including medical, financial, and everyday-life decisions, emotional rollercoasters, protecting their parents from scams, and more, all while parenting college-age kids and building their own careers. Many struggle in silence—which is why Parenting Aging Parents provides information, resources, and support.

Through their free Facebook Group, expert interviews, and guide for gathering essential information, Kim and Mike provide access to the knowledge desperately needed for adult children. Parenting Aging Parents is a safe space and a second family for anyone in a position of support and caregiving for the elder relatives in their lives, and especially those who are struggling. Caregiving happens in the margins of life and tugs people (especially women) in so many directions – being a supportive child, a good parent, a productive employee – that it’s too easy to forget yourself in the mix. Parenting Aging Parents strives to provide content, connection, and community for its members so that adult children know how to be better prepared for the challenges ahead as their parents get older.

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Life transitions can affect our careers in many ways, but few are as challenging as caring for aging parents while managing a responsible corporate position. Many of us may be facing this challenge now or will be soon.

In this episode, I chat with Kim & Mike Barnes, award-winning journalists with more than 30 years of experience in TV. While their two kids are recent college graduates, they are currently caring for parents in their 80s, including Mike’s mother, who has advanced Alzheimer’s, and Kim’s single mother, who faces different challenges.

Drawing on their personal and professional experiences, Kim & Mike recognized a need for advice and resources for adult children in similar situations. So, in 2021, they launched Parenting Aging Parents to provide caregivers with content, connection, and community. Their goal is to ensure that no one feels alone during this challenging time and has the information and resources needed to navigate this stage of life.

This episode explores their journey and discusses adult children’s common challenges when caring for aging parents. In addition, Kim & Mike offer valuable advice and resources for those in a similar situation, such as finding the proper care for your loved ones, balancing work with caregiving responsibilities, and self-care.

This episode is for you if you are going through a similar experience or want to learn more about navigating life transitions. Please show your support by commenting, sharing a review, or using the five-star rating. And don’t forget to subscribe to our channel, so you never miss an insightful conversation. We appreciate your support.

CONNECT WITH KIM & MIKE BARNES
Co-Founders | Parenting Aging Parents

Website: https://parentingagingparents.com

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/parentingagingparents

The Caregiver’s Key – A Guide to Gathering Essential Information:
https://parentingagingparents.com/the-caregivers-key


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