Caregiving Love Stories and Sanctuary Spaces At Home

Caregiving Club On Air

We’re launching this episode on February 14 – Valentine’s Day – so it’s a perfect time to look at the special caregiving role of spouses and partners. This episode also celebrates National Caregiver Day on February 18 and the ways we can practice more self-care at any time but especially when caregiving and in our home living environments. In this episode we talk to Dr. Jessica Zitter, a hospice and critical care doctor who is also a documentary filmmaker. She talks to us about her new film, “Caregiver: A Love Story” which is a poignant picture of what spouses go through when their partner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. We learn about what palliative care is and how to prepare for loss of a loved one. Sherri also provides Caregiver Wellness information specifically for spouses and partners who tend to take on more physical caregiving tasks themselves that can impact their health over time. And since “love” is the theme for this episode, Sherri shares in Pop Culture some of the celebrity caregiving love stories of people she has interviewed on TV and for articles including: lifestyle guru B. Smith and her husband Dan Gasby, Kim Campbell wife of country music star Glen Campbell, and Sylvia Mackey, wife of NFL Super Bowl star of the 60s and 70s “No. 88” former Baltimore Colt, John Mackey. She also highlights her favorite caregiving love story movies. For Well Home Design, Sherri talks about how to create Sanctuary Spaces in our homes for much-needed escapes for caregivers. As always, the episode ends with Sherri’s Me Time Monday Wellness Hack explaining the color psychology and scientific studies behind pink colors, pink clouds, living with rose-colored glasses and looking for silver linings.