The Unexpected Caregiver

Ready or not, you’re a caregiver and Kari Berit can help. This weekly program will help arm the average “boomer” with valuable help on getting the proper care for and reconnect with your aging parents.

Broadcast on KYMN every Thursday from 11-11:30 a.m.

• The Unexpected Caregiver | Soul Service-Caring for a dying loved one May 16, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Call May 9, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Stories of hope from God’s Hotel May 2, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Caring from a Distance April 25, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Caregivers as Advocates for loved ones with dementia April 18, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | What to do when someone dies April 11, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Hormones and Caregiving with Dr. Sara Gottfried April 4, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Ease of Estate Sales March 21, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Making the Move Gentle March 7, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Every Caregiver Needs A Lift With Katie Gilstrap February 28, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Ethical Wills-The Personal Will February 21, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Girlfriends with Aging Parents February 14, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Senior LinkAge Line February 7, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Silent Crisis of Caregiving January 31, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Sandwiched between Mom-in-Law and the Adult Kids January 24, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Music Therapy Supporting Your Loved One and You January 17, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Using Memory Magz to Connect with Your Loved Ones January 14, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Products You Don’t Want To Discuss But Must January 10, 2013
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Finding a Shoulder (or Ten) to Lean On December 27, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Dementia: a daughter’s journey December 6, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | A Difficult Time to Be a Daughter November 29, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Expand Your Mind to Improve Your Caregiving November 22, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Unexpected Roles of the Unexpected Caregivers November 15, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Unexpected Roles for Unexpected Caregivers with Cynthia and Wayne November 15, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | A Caregiver’s Role-Welcome back Coy Cross November 8, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Family Or Guardianship With David Hvistendahl November 1, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Technology Enhanced Care October 26, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Family Boundaries: An interview with my brother October 18, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Call Tubman for Caregiver Help October 11, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Own Your Future with Deb Newman October 3, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Nancy Lee, Keeping Your Home Fall Safe September 21, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | ‘The Dhance’ by Coy F Cross – A Caregivers Search For Meaning September 13, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Caring for Mom with Depression – A Conversation with Teri Knight September 6, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Increase in assisted living services or service creep August 23, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | My Sister Has Huntingston’s Disease August 16, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Role of A Case Manager August 15, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Comfort in the New Normal August 2, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Medical Equipment For Your Independence July 18, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Impact of Health Care Reform on Caregivers with Michele Kimball July 12, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Sorting Out Home Care Options June 28, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Misconceptions of Military Support June 14, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Women and Loss: Help from Legacy Financial May 31, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | 3 In 4 Need More May 24, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Vision Issues with Kate Grathwol May 17, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Learning to Reconnect With Anthony Cirillo May 10, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Relief From Stress and Anxiety with Breathing May 3, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Journeying through early onset Alzheimer’s disease with Rick Phelps April 26, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Positive Aging April 19, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Personal Side of giving care to our spouses Part 2 April 12, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Personal Side of Giving Care to our Spouses April 5, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver – Committed But Not Married Pt 1 March 29, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Veterans Benefits March 22, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Retrofitting Your Home March 15, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | More on Senior Scams with Kris Maser March 8, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Be Wise to Scams with Gary Johnson February 23, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | A look into Home Care with Karen Hanson February 17, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Tim Freeland’s Local Caregiving Story February 9, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Families Taking Care of Families (Five Tips) February 3, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | You and Your Brain January 19, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Nurse in a Box with Nurse Tina January 12, 2012
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Pat Samples December 22, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Kari Berit on the holidays December 15, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Lessons in Love and Living with Dr. Reiss December 8, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | I Can’t Hear You December 1, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Greatest Uninsured Risk in Retirement November 17, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Art of Comforting with Author Val Walker November 11, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Music Therapy: Supporting your loved one and you with Melissa Hirokawa November 4, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Caregivers Need Flexible Work with Teresa Hopke October 27, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Working with Alzheimer’s Disease with Andrea Kay October 20, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | How To Find A Dental Home October 13, 2011
• An Unexpected Caregiver’s Story with Jonathan Rauch September 29, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Easing your parents’ move September 22, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Ask Nurse Tina September 15, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver – Thursday Sept 1st September 2, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Planning end of life care with 5 Wishes August 25, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Expand Your Mind With Marge Engellman August 18, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | A Read on Alzheimer’s Disease with Katy Read August 11, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Long Term Care Funding update with Gayle Kvenvold, Pres and CEO of Aging Services August 4, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | 3 in 4 Need More with Dr Marion July 29, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Generational Activities that Give Back–Making a Red Cross Disaster Kit July 21, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Lessons Learned From a Year of Playing Host to Mom/Mom-in-Law July 14, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Connie Goldman, Who Are You Now? July 7, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Dental Health for Your Loved Ones with Shirley Gutkowski July 1, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Understanding even more about LTC insurance with Deb Newman June 24, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Connie Goldman on Late Life Love June 9, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Turning Crisis into Opportunity with Sini Ross May 19, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Empowering Seniors to make their own decisions with Jill J. Johnson May 12, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Why we all need a little education on aging with Harry R. Moody of AARP April 28, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Ask Nurse Tina – Technology That Assists April 21, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Who helps your loved ones – Getting to know the aids with Tony Sexton April 14, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | I’m your memory, Gen. Using Geneology to tell your stories March 31, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | By popular demand, Long term care insurance with Deb Newman March 25, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Touring Senior Housing with Jill J. Johnson March 17, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Begin Here-Help at the end of your loved ones life, interview with Kat Reed March 17, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Guardianship and Conservatorship, an interview with Trace Schuppel of Action Conservators February 24, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Resources every caregiver needs: the Savvy Senior Sources Guide February 17, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Understanding Alzheimer’s, meds and behaviors with Nurse Emily February 4, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | How AAHSA is Helping the Family Caregiver – an interview with President Larry Minnix January 21, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Getting help from a Geriatric Care Manager, interview with Beth Foss January 13, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Listening to your aging parents January 6, 2011
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Ask Nurse Tina about anxiety December 23, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Checking in around the holidays December 16, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Interview with Ed Lufkin December 9, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Stories from Verlyn Anderson December 2, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | It takes “Gumption,” to grow old: a book review with author Faye Berger November 11, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Promise of Care with Carey Lindeman October 28, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Ask Nurse Tina: UTIs October 21, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Healing Touch October 14, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Ask Nurse Tina: COPD September 30, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Connie Goldman on Stories of Caregiving September 23, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Spirituality and Aging with Keith Homstad September 17, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | A personal Story of Alzheimer’s with Chris Lien August 26, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Ask Nurse Tina: Diabetes August 19, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Capturing Life Stories” with Beth Sanders August 12, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Navigation the new health care with MN AARP directior Michele Kimbal July 29, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The Financial Cost of Time in Caregiving with Jennifer Ragborg July 22, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | MN Supreme Court Justice Paul Anderson – 8 points of extremely good advice July 15, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Assisted Living with Nurse Tina #3 July 8, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Empowering yourself with your doctor with Trisha Torrey July 1, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Funeral Resources with Chris Hill June 24, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Fearless Caregiving with Gary Barg June 17, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Ask Nurse Tina #2: Understanding aging changes in your 5 senses June 10, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Embracing the Ill with Lori La Bey #2 June 3, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Hiring someone else to manage your parent’s money – Kim Weimer May 27, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Ask Nurse Tina #1, Addressing changes in your parent May 20, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Alzheimer’s Speaks with Lori LaBey May 13, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Myths of Reverse Mortgages, Part II with Beth Paterson May 6, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Basics of Reverse Mortgages with Beth Paterson-Part I April 29, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Transforming long term care with Eric Schubert April 15, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | When Mother-in-Law Moves, a conversation with Dick Schaaf, Pt 2 April 8, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | When Mother-in-Law Moves, a conversation with Dick Schaaf April 2, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Basics of Long Term Care Insurance with Deb Newman March 25, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Creating an ethical will with your parents March 18, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The five S’s of caregiving March 12, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Outside help for your parents with Karen Ekberg March 5, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Jan Malcolm, CEO of courage center February 25, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Tammy Briggs part 3 February 18, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Northfield Senior Center, Lynn Pederson February 4, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Peter the Movie Guy reviews Cocoon January 28, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Poetry and Caregiving with Steven Augustus January 21, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Common Bonds of Caregiving January 14, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Interview with Michael Rousseau January 7, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Peter the Movie Guy reviews ‘Up’ January 4, 2010
• The Unexpected Caregiver | ‘Your Brain’ with Dr. Paul Nussbaum December 17, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | How to beat the holiday blues with Pat Samples December 10, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Call to Action update December 3, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Betty Fries and Mariyln Canfield interview November 26, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Gene Pearson interview November 20, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Lee Atkinson interview November 12, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Aging journey series | Caregiver stories November 5, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Peter the Movie Guy, Pt 3 October 29, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The dangers of denying our age October 22, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Estate Planning for Blended Families with Dr. Jim McCabe October 15, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Peter the Movie Guy, Pt 2 October 8, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | You, your parent and their doctor October 2, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Financial Questions September 24, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Movies with caregiving themes September 17, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | FIve Stages of care giving grief September 10, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Fitness for the Brain September 3, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Fostering Communities for a Lifetime – Reporting on MN 2010 Project August 27, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Understanding legislation that affects aging & caregiving-Interview with Gayle Kvenvold, President & CEO Aging Services of MN August 20, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Understanding legislation that affects aging & caregiving-Interview with Gayle Kvenvold, President & CEO Aging Services of MN August 15, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Talking with Mom and Dad July 10, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | The legal side of aging and caregiving July 6, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Play June 26, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | From stability to mobility with guest Amy Belcher June 24, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Story telling June 12, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Using music in caregiving Pt I and II June 5, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Age assertive, Driving & mentoring May 21, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Your parents and money April 30, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Using video to preserve family stories April 24, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Making the decision April 16, 2009
• The Unexpected Caregiver | Intro to health care directives April 10, 2009
• ‘The Unexpected Caregiver’ with Kari Berit. Describing your new role as a caregiver April 2, 2009