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Carolyn A. Brent: A Caregiver'sstory of money, stress and healthBY ANDREW MORAN JAN 3, 2013 IN LIFESTYLE

San Ramon - Are caregivers across the globe the unsung heroes of daily life?Those who are unable to care of themselves completely depend oncaregivers, who dedicate most of their lives to the well-being and welfare ofthe disabled, sick, children and elderly.

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Perhaps caregivers are not given the necessary accolades that otherindividuals and even professions are provided with. Here are some statisticsfrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regardingcaregivers located in the United States:

- Out-of-pocket costs for caregivers are estimated to be $5,531

- At least a quarter report having a difficult time balancing work and life

- More than half report their health had gotten worse while caregiving

- Two-thirds neglect going to the doctor because of the involved duties

- There are roughly 34 million unpaid caregivers helping someone over 18

These figures are just a glimpse of what caregivers have to deal with

throughout their years looking after loved ones. They dont complain,though, but rather they just work to enhance and enrich the lives of theirfamilies and aging parents.

One of these people is Carolyn A. Brent, the bestselling author of WhyWait? The Baby Boomers Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially &Legally for a Parents Death, who has lectured across the U.S. discussingthe importance of addressing aging and care in the home.

Using her own experience looking after her father, her book provides thenecessary tools to deal with financial, legal and emotional matters that takeplace due to the near-death of elderly parents. Brent writes about whatchoices and final decisions have to be made while caring for a loved one.

With close to 80 million Baby Boomers residing in the U.S., such material,like Brents, is deemed a necessity to many of the adults, who have beenlabeled as the sandwich generation looking after both their aging parentsand their children because of the endless paperwork involved and costsassociated with the situation.

For the elderly, now is the time for conversations about end-of-life issues totake place with their children, not later. And if your parents dont bring thesubject up, as a concerned child you should, stated Brent in an interviewwith Sensitive Self-Help. Why wait to begin talking? Why wait until there isa crisis? It is much better to hold these crucial conversations early whenyour parents are still healthy and can articulate their wishes, needs, andconcerns. When a family has a plan, it is much easier to work together as ateam.

Brent has worked with both the federal and state governments in order to

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bring issues of concern to the elderly to public officials, such as Medicare,Medicaid, assisted living and the Veterans Administration. She has alsoworked with legislators to protect seniors from both financial and medicalabuse.

Much of her work has been part of A Caregivers Story (CGS), a non-profitorganization that is meant for baby boomers and caregivers and equipsthem with complimentary financial, legal and medical resources as well asgiving them medical information and other queried data.

On the CGS website alone there is a tremendous amount of informationrelated to affordable health care options, caregiver resource programs, legalresources, funeral services, psychosocial support and other pertinentmatters.

Due to overwhelming success of Brents initiative, she has taken part inmedia interviews, published guest posts at different media outlets, providedorations at speaking engagements and offered byline editorials related to avariety of end-of-life issues.

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