Informal Caregiving and Alzheimer’s Disease Podcast

Episode 1: Intro - Alzheimer’s disease and caregiving

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 05:02:05 GMT

Hello this is Azucena and I am a graduate student at Northwestern University Master of Public Health program. As part of my growth in public health I am supporting Healthy Washington Heights to establish this podcast. My hope is that this podcast can be a place where we can discuss big topics together related to caregivers' experiences.

Episode 4: Why Alzheimer’s disease is relevant to public health ?

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:16:42 GMT

Hello, welcome back. This is episode 4. This is the last episode of this podcast.

My name is Azucena and I am a graduate student at Northwestern University in the Master of Public Health program.

Today we are going to talk about reasons why Alzheimer’s disease is relevant to public health and we will also revisit some of the topics I discussed throughout this podcast.

Episode 3: “you need a whole team!”

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:12:08 GMT

Hello, welcome back. This is episode 3.

My name is Azucena and I am a graduate student at Northwestern University in the Master of Public Health program.

Today we will revisit the conversation on building a village discussed in episode 2.

Throughout this episode I will incorporate part of my conversation with a group of informal caregivers. Specifically I will address common experiences related to mental and physical challenges, and presenteeism.

Episode 2: Creating a village

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:07:29 GMT

Hello, welcome back. This is episode 2.

My name is Azucena and I am a graduate student at Northwestern University in the Master of Public Health program.

Today we will talk about different topics related to caregivers' experiences. Specifically we will talk about mental and physical challenges, and presenteeism.

Throughout this episode I will incorporate the perspective of Dr. Rachel O'Conor's on these topics.