Liz O'Donnell is the author of Working Daughter: A Guide To Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making A Living, named one of the best books of the year by Library journal, and of Mogul Mom & Maid: The Balancing Act of the Modern Woman. She is the founder of Working Daughter, a community for women balancing eldercare and career.
In this episode Liz O’Donnell discusses how financial advisers can support and guide female clients as they juggle their caregiving responsibilities.
Those who tend to sick or aging loved ones often put everyone else's needs before their own. Here's how to maintain your health—and sense of self.
Even if you're not a caregiver now, odds are that you will find yourself in the role someday. In the United States about one in five adults is providing unpaid health or supportive care to someone they love — an aging parent, a family member or child with a disability or a spouse, partner or friend with an illness. We asked experts on caregiving and aging, as well as dozens of people who have been caregivers themselves, for their best advice to help the next generation of caregivers.