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From Guilt to Good with Jeanette Yates
Support for caregivers, plus care tech you can trust.
Practical guidance on burnout, boundaries, and guilt, with simple care-tech translation so tools feel safe, supportive, and straightforward.
From Guilt to Good with Jeanette Yates
Latest Episodes
How to Help an Aging Parent Stand Up Safely Without Replacing Their Favorite Chair
What happens when your aging parent starts struggling to get out of their chair—but absolutely refuses to give up the chair they love?Jeanette talks with Matt Cavanaugh, Director of Customer Engagement at Enhance-It, about a simple devic...
How to Use Music to Calm, Connect and Engage Someone With Dementia
Most caregivers already know music can be comforting. But there’s a big difference between putting on a favorite playlist and intentionally using music as a caregiving tool.Jeanette talks with board-certified music therapist and SingFit ...
Safety Without Hovering: Helping Aging Parents Stay Independent
What if your aging parent had a simple way to tell you when they actually needed help?No phone.No complicated app.No yelling from another room.And no constant monitoring.In this episode, Jeanette talks with Do...
How to Have Hard Conversations With Aging Parents Without Creating Resistance
Talking to an aging parent about driving, assisted living, finances or accepting help can quickly turn into an argument.According to Aging and Change Coach Tami Calais, one reason is surprisingly simple: families often begin the conversa...
You’re One Phone Call Away From Becoming a Caregiver with Nicole Smith
Most people don’t become caregivers gradually.Sometimes everything changes with one phone call.For Nicole Smith, it was more like three.Her mother developed Alzheimer’s, her stepmother was diagnosed with aphasia, and her fa...
Fan Mail
just wanted to say thank you! I am a recent caregiver for my mother. Discovered your podcast today while driving cross country. Listen to at least eight hours with the contact and it's like you were sitting there with me through my whole care experience lol your topics are extremely boring and I am learning how to cope with so many situations and I just wanted to thank you for very much appreciated. Definitely helping this guy out. Thanks again Kevin Oeste
Collinsville, Illinois
