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Caregiving in the Time of Corona: An interview with Taura Taylor

May 4, 2020 Mindy Fried

Episode Notes In this episode, we welcome sociologist Taura Taylor, a Visiting Lecturer at Georgia State University who teaches about race and resilience. Over the years, Taura has played a caregiver role to a number of family members, and three years ago, her mother moved in with her. Taura talks about the culture of caregiving…

EP7 — Q&A with Karen Wasserman, Elder Care Expert

November 26, 2019 Mindy Fried

This is our final episode for Season 1! In this episode, elder care expert, Karen Wasserman, responds to listeners’ questions and concerns.

EP6 — Homophobia in elder care

November 19, 2019 Mindy Fried

This episode explores homophobia in elder care, featuring the LGBT Aging Project founder, Dale Mitchell. We also meet Rebekah Levitt, Executive Director of Rogerson House, who brought LGBT sensitivity training to her staff. And we hear from Laura Barr, who shares her own concerns about homophobia in institutional care.

EP2 – Ai-Jen Poo and Sarita Gupta: Reimagining Caregiving Policies

October 29, 2019 Mindy Fried

Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta, call for a comprehensive caregiving policy in the U.S. Ai-jen is the Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and she and Sarita co-direct Caring Across Generations.