Episodes
Monday Oct 30, 2017
Frauds and Scams Targeting Seniors and How AARP is Helping
Monday Oct 30, 2017
Monday Oct 30, 2017
AARP NC Volunteer, Helen Mack, brings her considerable experiences as an educator to discuss frauds and scams targeting seniors and how AARP is helping.
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Take Time for Stillness or Make Time for Illness
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
From YOUR CAREGIVER MINUTE with Peter Rosenberger.
Saturday Oct 07, 2017
October 1 2017 Caregivers With Hope Show
Saturday Oct 07, 2017
Saturday Oct 07, 2017
From October 1 2017.
Guests include:
Michael Gardner from Christian Care Ministry/Medi-Share
Tracey Maxfield, RN: (From Vancouver) Dementia Expert for three decades discussing "Sundowning"
for more information: www.caregiverswithhope.com
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
Michael Gardner from Christian Care Ministry Discusses Medi-Share
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
Medi-Share is a healthcare sharing ministry where members share each other's medical expenses. Members of Medi-Share have a God-honoring choice for their healthcare and although not insurance, Medi-Share is acceptable under the law.
Tuesday Aug 15, 2017
Caregivers By WholeCare
Tuesday Aug 15, 2017
Tuesday Aug 15, 2017
For more than twenty years, Elizabeth Moss, CEO of Caregivers By WholeCare, has provided exceptional care to families in Middle Tennessee. With her background as a nurse, Elizabeth understands first hand from a professional viewpoint the need. From her own journey, she understands the personal need for quality caregivers to help families in need. A champion for families facing difficulties in caring for aging parents or loved ones with special needs, Elizabeth and Caregivers By WholeCare bring a comprehensive list of services to meet the needs of any caregiving situation. From skilled care to companion care, they serve a lengthy list of families in the Middle Tennessee area —including mine.
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A Prisoner ....and Yet
Wednesday Jun 14, 2017
Wednesday Jun 14, 2017
Since 2011, numerous inmates at a local correctional facility have volunteered to help us with our prosthetic limb recycling program. I recently took a few hours to meet with some of the newer men working there, and listened to their journeys. Once qualifying for this unique program hosted by Core-Civic (formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America.), these men disassemble used limbs donated from all over the country, in order to recycle all the usable parts (feet, pylons, knees, connectors, adapters, and even screws).
Tom* serves as the current team leader in the shop. His time there is nearly over and he feels ready to rebuild his life outside of prison. In a powerful intersection of Standing With Hope’s prosthetic limb and caregiver outreaches, Tom shared about his wife, who was an amputee, and how he served as her caregiver for many years. As you can imagine, his story connected with me.
Several years ago, Tom’s wife’s health declined significantly and Tom’s own health deteriorated, as well. He medicated his stress with substance abuse; taking him into dark places. When she passed away, Tom spiraled out of control and made choices that landed him in prison. “Peter, the stress I felt as a caregiver took me down. I simply couldn’t handle it,” he stated frankly. Clean and sober, Tom has a new outlook on life. Sitting quietly in the shop, surrounded by a table full of prosthetics in various stages of deconstruction. Tom added, “While I don’t like being locked up, I am grateful I’m here.” “If I weren’t here, I’d have crawled into a bottle and would be dead today. I was that self-destructive.”
A Prisoner ...and Yet
When Tom arrived in prison, he heard about Standing With Hope’s limb recycling program, and knew it fit him perfectly. His release date is soon; one of his first tasks when he is out is to donate his wife’s prosthetic limb to our program. While Tom’s journey includes harsh experiences, he continues to face life with courage, along with a conviction that he is in a better place—even while in prison. Although incarcerated, Tom emanates a freedom that seems to elude so many who’ve never even seen the inside of a correctional facility. After praying together, I drove home from the prison with a sense of awe at the amazing, redemptive work of Christ—manifested in a workshop buried in the center of a prison.
For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners. Psalm 69:33 ESV
Resin and Supplies
Periodically, large amounts of acrylic resin with a harder (catalyst) require purchasing, in order for the technicians to make quality prosthetic sockets for each patient. We recycle so many parts of a prosthetic legs, but we must purchase resin. Not only do we have to purchase it, but we need to ship it, along with the parts we recycle. Because the resin is a hazardous material, it’s expensive to ship. The immediate need for purchasing and shipping the resin, along with the parts through our inmate recycling program: $6,500 . Click here to donate towards this expense.
Our Mission
Both the prosthetic limb outreach AND the radio show for caregivers, reflect our desire to model 2 Corinthians 1:3-4,
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
*Permission was granted to use name, story, and photos
Monday Jan 18, 2016
Aging In Place Transition Services
Monday Jan 18, 2016
Monday Jan 18, 2016
One of our long-time sponsors, Sara Beth Warne of Aging in Place Transition Services stopped by the studio and shared tips for caregivers when loved ones want to stay in their own home.