In this squirrel-filled CGS, Jennifer and Steve pass along fantastic advice from a veteran home health aide on how you can best help them to ensure your loved one is well cared for. Plus, hear how Gagi and Nana handled the big Verizon outage last week (spoiler: it confused them) AND we have "How's your mom/dad/whatever" updates from listeners!

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Happy New Year! In this episode, Jennifer and Steve run through some suggestions for New Year's resolutions for caregivers.

Intro snippet of "Auld Lang Syne" is by Fresh Nelly, provided by the Free Music Archive.

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Sadness and even depression around the holidays is not uncommon, but it can be a problem faced by caregivers and care recipients in particular. In this episode, Steve and Jennifer talk with therapist Emily West from Self Space in Seattle, Washington about what to do about it.

Links mentioned in this episode: Self Space Seattle

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