Aging Gracefully: Some Things Many of Us Forget Written by: Joyce
Author Carolyn Brent and a Panel of Experts Share their Wisdom November 8th, 9th and 10th
These days we only have to flick on the TV to find ourselves inundated with a barrage of commercials for products that are supposed to make us look younger. All around us, we are told that getting older is something we need to hide, mask or “fix.”
But the truth is, every one of us is getting older, and the more we focus on staying young, the less attention we seem to be giving to the practical and emotional realities of the naturalprocess aging.
Baby Boomers, once known as the “hippie generation,” are now reaching retirement age. While they are starting to have to deal with many issues around their own aging, many of them also have parents who are elderly and can no longer care for themselves. As a result, tens of millions of Baby Boomers are currently caring for their elderly, ill or dying parents. The problem is, there is very little information or support for Baby Boomers and their families, to help them deal with all the emotional, financial and legal aspects of care giving, and the inevitable death of their parents. And without this information and support, many families find themselves torn apart by financial strain, and arguments arising from frustration and confusion.
For these reasons, author Carolyn A. Brent, M.B.A. wrote her new book Why Wait? The Baby Boomers’ Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially and Legally for a Parent’s Death. Carolyn is a former clinical educational manager in the pharmaceutical industry. She is an activist and advocate working with the U.S. Congress for the purpose of creating change to protect seniors and veterans from financial and medical abuse.
In her book, Why Wait? Carolyn provides a comprehensive handbook for family caregivers, outlining a step-by-step process that can spare caregivers and their families the stress of conflict at a time of grieving and loss, and provide an opportunity to mend fences and renew the connection and communication they once enjoyed with each other.
The book Why Wait? is having its official Amazon launch on Tuesday November 15th. To celebrate this launch, Carolyn will be hosting a FREE 3-part telesummit, with a panel of experts in the field of aging and care giving on November 8th, 9th and 10th:
8 Leading Expert Speakers on Preparing Emotionally,
Financially and Legally for the Death of a Parent
DATES: November 8th, 9th, 10th, 2011
TIME: 12noon PST, 3pm EST, 8pm UK, 9pm Europe
LENGTH: 90 minutes each
Guest speakers:
- Carolyn A. Brent, M.B.A. – speaker, activist, author of Why Wait?
- Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC – author, coach, book promotions
- Mikol S. Davis, Ed.D. – Clinical psychologist specializing in aging issues
- Caron Goode, Ph.D. – Founder of Academy for Coaching Parents
- Patricia Tyson RN/BSN – Hospice Nurse
- Joyce Joneschiet – consultant for seniors and Baby Boomers
- Ameenah Fuller, MPP – Publisher and Candidate forCaliforniaStateSenate
- Carolyn Rosenblatt, RN, BSN – author, attorney, specializing in legal issues of aging
To register FR*EE, go to:
http://babyboomersguide.org/book-launch/telesummit.html
If you cannot attend the live event, register anyway because the audio will be available for a limited time after the event.
On that call, you’ll receive over 4 hours of
compassionate advice and practical information to help you deal the topic
no one really wants to talk about, but absolutely must.
To find out more about how to buy the book, and receive all these free gifts on November 15th, go to: http://babyboomersguide.org/book. On that page, you can sign up for a “launch reminder” so you don’t forget to come back and get the book and claim your gifts on November 15th.
Aging can be a scary topic for many of us. But it can also be a time when we become more graceful and wise. I know Carolyn’s book—and her work as a speaker and activist—will surely help thousands of people learn how to deal with this very important subject, which is relevant to all of us.
I do invite you to check it out.
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Author and public speaker, Carolyn A. Brent, provides a comprehensive handbook for family caregivers, highlighting the crucial conversations siblings and their aging parents must have. She draws upon her own heartbreaking family experiences, plus exhaustive research on the subject, outlining a step-by-step process that can spare caregivers and their families the stress of conflict at a time of grieving and loss, but also an opportunity to mend fences and renew the connection and communication they once enjoyed with each other.
You can also download a free Medical Check List by clicking this link.
And please do leave a comment below. I would love to hear about your personal story or experiences on this topic.
Carolyn A. Brent, M.B.A., is a former clinical educational manager in the pharmaceutical industry. During her role as a panelist on many clinical studies, she developed a passion to inform the public about the many side effects of drugs, especially those used in the care of the elderly. When her own father became ill with dementia in 1997, she began to experience firsthand the frustration of not only coping with the medical world, but also the legal, financial, and, of course, emotional aspects of caring for her aging father. Today, Carolyn is an avid activist and advocate working with the U.S. Congress for the purpose of creating change to protect seniors and veterans from financial and medical abuse. She has appeared on many local and national TV and radio shows, and is a sought-after keynote speaker. She resides in Northern California.
Her book Why Wait? The Baby Boomers’ Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially and Legally for a Parent’s Death is coming out Nov 15, 2011.
