Caring for Your Aging Parents While Earning a Living

“Now, I wish that the businesses that employ them, the people we elect in Washington, were doing more. But until they do right, we can control only ourselves. So I would say expect that you will be a caregiver if you're not already. And even if you're in the throes of it, whether you're in the middle of the creep or the crisis, there are still things you can do to be organized and to control.” Liz O’Donnell- Author and Founder-Working Daughter Title: Caring for Your Aging Parents While Earning a Living Talking Points: 1. Your second book, Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Earning A Living, just came out in paperback. Can you tell our listeners why you wrote about this topic? 2. Our clients are often struggling to balance work and caring for an aging parent, what is the best advice you can give them? 3. Do you recommend that working women talk to their bosses about the challenges they are facing? 4. How has working from home impacted the caregiver who is still trying to earn a living? 5. What other resources do you offer for working caregivers? Contact Liz WorkingDaughter.com 617-365-7172 / liz@workingdaughter.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz3point0/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/workingdaughter Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LizODonnellAuthor Twitter https://twitter.com/LizODTweets Twitter https://twitter.com/WDTweeting Instagram https://www.instagram.com/workingdaughter/ Bio: Liz O’Donnell is the founder of Working Daughter, a community for women balancing eldercare, career, and more. An award-winning writer, her book, Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Earning A Living, was named one of the Best Books of the Year by Library Journal. In 2020, she launched National Working Daughters Day which is celebrated annually on the third Tuesday in November. A former family caregiver she is a recognized expert on working while caregiving. The AARP says, “Few understand family caregivers as well as Liz.” She has written on the topic for ma