Love Doesn't Pay The Bills Podcast
1) There are Roles for Both Informal and Formal Supports in Caregiving: With Guest Donna Thomson
Informal or natural supports are care that is provided as part of a relationship, unpaid and outside of particular organizations or structures. It's what we build relationships from and a deep part of...Show More
2) Start Small: With Guest Suzanne Ricklin
Financial impact can be one of the most difficult aspects of being a family caregiver. Suzanne Ricklin joins us to discuss the particular impact of caregiving on Women investors, and encourages each ...Show More
3) Everybody Cares: With Guest Jay Chaudry
Jay Chaudry and Lisa get philosophical about care. We acknowledge the multi-faceted nature of care as a main feature of the human experience.  Beyond narratives that place care firmly on one side or...Show More
4) What Would It Mean to Have Work Requirements Attached to Medicaid: With Guest Mary-Beth Malcarney
We've talked a lot recently about possible cuts to Medicaid. Â One possible way de facto cuts could be implemented is work requirements. Â Mary-Beth Malcarney joins us to talk all about how such require...Show More
5) What Caregivers Can Do to Preserve and Protect Services for People With Disabilities: With Guest Casey Doherty
There are threats to Medicaid among many other services, and today we talk about how to help preserve access to public services for disability related support needs that help both caregivers and peopl...Show More
6) Susan Reinhard LDPTB 032025 final
What is the care provided by family caregivers financially worth? We discuss the value of unpaid care in America, how this value is beginning to be recognized or properly supported and what listeners...Show More
7) We Need to Keep Medicaid Strong for care recipients and families: with Guest Nicole Jorwic
With recent threats to Medicaid funding, we discuss why Medicaid is important to care in the United States, what it is and what cutting funds might mean.“More than 72 million people have health insura...Show More
8) We Built a Fabulous Care Team Around Us: With guest Mike George
Mike George helps families rewrite their caregiving story – from one of sacrifice and exhaustion to one of joy, strength and resilience. A family caregiver himself for 3 decades, Mike intimately under...Show More
9) Microdoses of Self Care for Family Caregivers: With Guest Dr. Merle Griff
Dr. Merle Griff is the author of  the author of "Solace in the Storm: Caring for Loved Ones of Every Generation" as well as the owner of SarahCare Senior Solutions. She has lived experience caring for...Show More
10) A Systemic Failure to Invest in the Care Workforce: With Guest Joe Macbeth
The Chief Executive Officer and President of the National Alliance for DirectSupport Professionals (NADSP), Joe Macbeth joins us to talk about the labor pool for these employees. Joe's experience in t...Show More