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Carolyn A. Brent: A Caregiver's

story of money, stress and health
BY 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 on
caregivers, who dedicate most of their lives to the well-being and welfare of
the disabled, sick, children and elderly.

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Perhaps caregivers are not given the necessary accolades that other
individuals and even professions are provided with. Here are some statistics
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding
caregivers 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 their
families and aging parents.
One of these people is Carolyn A. Brent, the bestselling author of Why
Wait? The Baby Boomers Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially &
Legally for a Parents Death, who has lectured across the U.S. discussing
the importance of addressing aging and care in the home.
Using her own experience looking after her father, her book provides the
necessary tools to deal with financial, legal and emotional matters that take
place due to the near-death of elderly parents. Brent writes about what
choices 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 been
labeled as the sandwich generation looking after both their aging parents
and their children because of the endless paperwork involved and costs
associated with the situation.
For the elderly, now is the time for conversations about end-of-life issues to
take place with their children, not later. And if your parents dont bring the
subject up, as a concerned child you should, stated Brent in an interview
with Sensitive Self-Help. Why wait to begin talking? Why wait until there is
a crisis? It is much better to hold these crucial conversations early when
your parents are still healthy and can articulate their wishes, needs, and
concerns. When a family has a plan, it is much easier to work together as a
team.
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 also
worked with legislators to protect seniors from both financial and medical
abuse.
Much of her work has been part of A Caregivers Story (CGS), a non-profit
organization that is meant for baby boomers and caregivers and equips
them with complimentary financial, legal and medical resources as well as
giving them medical information and other queried data.
On the CGS website alone there is a tremendous amount of information
related to affordable health care options, caregiver resource programs, legal
resources, funeral services, psychosocial support and other pertinent
matters.
Due to overwhelming success of Brents initiative, she has taken part in
media interviews, published guest posts at different media outlets, provided
orations at speaking engagements and offered byline editorials related to a
variety of end-of-life issues.

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