February 2009
Climbing Everest - one step at a time
Welcome to Family Care Radio, the internet radio show for New Zealand's community of family carers and those they support at home.
In this programme, we hear from Martha Beck, best selling author, life coach, 'O' magazine columnist ... and carer. Hear Martha's ideas about how carers can be kinder to themselves.
We also talk to Dr Rosie Marks, a remarkable Kiwi physician and paediatrician who has devoted her career to supporting families with high health and disability needs.
Listen to the show
We've split the show into two half hour parts so it's faster for you to download. Listen to the whole programme, or choose from the list of individual features.
Part 1Part 2What's in Part 1
Climbing Everest 'You give more care - you deserve more care!' - Martha Beck
Martha Beck is an inspirational American life coach, academic, writer and columnist, who has a great deal to offer New Zealand carers. Martha's son Adam has Down Syndrome, and inspired her book
Expecting Adam. Martha has been described by her friend and mentor, Oprah Winfrey, as 'the smartest woman I know'. In a wide-ranging and inspirational interview with Laurie Hilsgen, Martha reflects on her own experiences and draws on her expertise as a life coach to motivate and help carers. Read the fascinating transcript, or listen to short audio clips.
Unfortunately, technical problems and poor audio quality mean we can't offer you the whole interview. We also have a feature article based on the interview in the latest issue of
Family Care magazine! Order your copy below.
Hear Laurie talk
about her interview with Martha,Download
the full transcript of the interview.Hear Martha's advice (we apologise for the poor audio quality, due to a thunderstorm during recording):
Climbing Everest one tiny step at a timeChallenges for male carersDepression and the need to be happyYou are loved - it's OK to care for yourselfFind out more about Martha by visiting
her website or reading
her column in the online version of Oprah Winfrey's 'O' Magazine. You can download affordable, inspirational talks by Martha at her site. Her books are available in shops, at libraries, or secondhand on TradeMe.
Creative Carers
Marylynn Boyes Duration: 3 mins
Marylynn Maloney Boyes lives in Tawa, Wellington, where she supports her sister, who has a mental illness. Marylynn grew up in Petone, Wellington in the 1950s and as a child cared for her mother, who was also mentally unwell.
Marylynn trained as an English teacher, and for the past 15 years has run writing groups for carers, helping them to produce and publish collections of their own.
Listen to Marylynn reading
'Up Everest'and
'Up Olympus'Read
'Up Everest'; read
'Up Olympus'
Ask your pharmacist
Ask your pharmacist Duration: 4 min 30
Your local pharmacy is the place to go, not just for medications, but for all sorts of information to make your caring role easier. In the first of our new Listen and Learn Five Minute Feature series, 'Ask your Pharmacist', Ann Privet from the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand talks about the role chemists play today, and the kinds of formal and informal services they provide.
Let's get Legal with Richard Calvert
Living wills Duration: 12 mins
If you can't tell your doctors what you want because you're too ill, your living will can speak for you. Having a living will can save you and your family a great deal of anguish. In this introduction to our new Listen and Learn feature series with the Public Trust, solicitor Richard Calvert talks about why a living will is important, and how having one can help you and your family.
What's in Part 2
Specialist advice
Hear from one of NZ's top Paediatric specialists
Duration: 18 mins
If you support a child or young person who has disabilities, take the time to listen to Dr Rosie Marks, who specialises in treating children who need intensive care. Dr Marks was the first person to receive Carers New Zealand's Recognition Award for her dedication to supporting families with health and disability needs. She is the president of the Paediatric Society of New Zealand and works as a developmental paediatrician at Auckland's Starship Hospital. Family Care Radio spoke to her about the scope of her work and the issues faced by those she helps. Carers NZ thanks Rosie for making time for this interview.
ActiveWellness with ACC - Keeping safe in the bedroom
Keeping safe in the bedroom Duration: 3 mins 7 secs
Hear the fourth feature in our
Keeping Safe At Home series with ACC's Jessica MacDonald - Keeping safe in the bedroom.
Managing Continence At Home
Sourcing continence products Duration 5 minutes
Sonja Karon is a continence advisor with the Auckland District Health Board. In the last
Five Minute Feature Sonja talked about the kinds of products that are available to help families manage continence needs at home. In this feature Sonja talks about issues carers face when sourcing continence products
Meditation with Anna Filliol
Balancing and Grounding Duration: 5 minutes
Daily life can sometimes leave us feeling drained. Use this 'Balancing and Grounding' meditation when you want to replenish your energy, or if you are feeling out of sync in some way. Push the play icon, and enjoy your well-deserved window of time out!
I
n our next show!
Our programme next time features interviews with Auckland District Health Board geriatrician Maree Todd, whose professional skills benefit many carers of older people, and Brigid Magner, whose father (the author Maurice Shadbolt) and mother (former broadcaster Barbara Magner) both developed dementia. We talk to Alzheimer's NZ about programmes to help families living with the consequences of the disease ... and as usual, there will be five minute features developed with you in mind. As always, there will also be a new meditation with Anna Filliol!
Family Care Magazine
The summer issue of Family Care is available now, and the autumn issue will be distributed in late March. If you're already on the mailing list you'll receive the magazine automatically. Otherwise, request your free copy by phoning Far North (09) 406 0412, or email sara@carers.net.nz