As the Baby Boomers enter their golden years, America herself is aging. We are either facing an uncertain future ourselves, or making decisions as to the best options for our aging parents. This week on BROADSIDED, we discuss those options and are joined by Lisa K. Meeks, a certified professional geriatric care manager. Lisa understands the role of the caregiver firsthand, having been caregiver to her elderly grandmother during the end stages of her life. With her combination of practical and clinical experience, Lisa is uniquely qualified to assist families in caring for their aging loved ones. When making such decisions, there are factors to consider such as personal finances, the abilities of the elderly person, health factors and other issues. Most of us hope to retain our independence for as long as possible, but any or all of the above factors can be a barrier to that.
Lisa K. Meeks, MS, CMC, CTRS, is a Fellow/Certified Professional Geriatric Care Manager, and has worked specifically with the specialized allied health needs of the older adult since 1993. She has owned and operated SeniorCare Options since 2001, and she is an active member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, and is one of only a handful of certified care managers in Georgia. In addition to her degrees and national certifications in her fields, Lisa’s credentials include a Certificate of Gerontology from Kennesaw State University, and a certification in Program Development for Dementia Clients. She is the Past-President of the NAPGCM South Eastern Chapter, a member of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association, and is the only Fellow / Certified GCM in Georgia.
SeniorCare Options is a Geriatric Care Management service specializing in senior advocacy, needs assessment, and “care at a distance.” They are self-desribed as a cross between a hospital case worker and a “Daughter for Hire” We look forward to speaking with her about her unique approach to caring for the elderly.
*Due to technical issues, we were not able to air this segment last week – warm thanks to our Producer, Dustin Gilder for his frantic efforts to get us on the air and to Scott Crider for agreeing to come back.*
For the second half of the hour, we will be joined by Scott Crider, founder of the grassroots phenomenon, Dogs Against Romney. Anyone with a television or access to social media has heard about the infamous “Seamus-gate” incident, in which the presumptive GOP nominee strapped the family pet to the top of his station wagon for a trip. In June 1983, Romney and his family were preparing for their annual vacation from their Belmont, MA home to a family cottage in Beach O’ Pines, Ontario. Seamus was enclosed in a carrier that Romney had equipped with a windshield and strapped on the roof of the family’s Chevy Caprice station wagon. Sometime during the 650-mile trip from Massachusetts to Ontario, the dog became afflicted with diarrhea, causing excrement to flow down the windows of the car. Romney stopped at a gas station to hose down the dog, the carrier and the car, then put Seamus back in his carrier, and continued the 12-hour trip to the family’s vacation home. During a 2012 interview. Romney stated that Seamus enjoyed being in the dog carrier, an “air-tight kennel,” and that he was not aware of any violations of Massachusetts law. *Yes, Willard, it’s illegal.* Mrs. Romney has complained that the news media has exaggerated the severity of the incident and compared traveling in the roof-top dog carrier to riding a motorcycle. Given that dogs possess no opposable thumb with which to grasp the handlebars… we’re thinking she’s probably wrong about that. PETA has weighed in on the cruelty of the act, as well as many other animal rights organizations.
Enter Scott Crider.
Scott Crider is an award winning digital creative director,
social media/interactive marketing strategist, and blogger living in Gulf Shores, Alabama. A Web 2.0 pioneer since 2005, Crider’s background in social media includes authoring two blogs that have received millions of visitors and massive media attention from virtually all major U.S. news media and many International media outlets. His work was also written about in a book about viral culture. Scott has demonstrated acumen in harnessing the power of Facebook community-building and strategic application of social plug-ins to drive narrative across all media channels, online and offline.
So, what do you get when you take one digital media guru and cross it with a politician who, many suspect this incident personifies his disconnected, clinical leadership style? DOGS AGAINST ROMNEY. We’ll examine both sides of the issue – see if it’s much ado about nothing or does it speak to a larger character issue with a man who is asking us to make him the leader of the free world? We’ll find out.
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OK Russell, hauling on top of car is bad idea. Let’s see if Debbie will allow you to do that to your little princess. I doubt it. Now, horses in trailer, cows in trailer, pigs in trailers are all in a protected enclosed space being transported in an approved manner – pulled behind a vehicle.. kennel in bed of pickup truck also approved and not in danger of falling off top of car. Kennel on top of car is stupid just like pigs in trailer on top of semi truck would be stupid. I do like that we agree that Romney is not a good choice for Prez. 🙂
Approved by whom??
And btw, we agreeing that Romney isn’t a good choice isn’t me saying Obama is a good one either.
We are doomed…………..
Of course it is political. He never argued that it wasn’t . It is after all geared towards dog owners and not really dogs. But, the point is the same about having someone who makes that kind of decision running to be the President. Just saying. And yes, his life is now an open book as a candidate so having a satirist run with the story is just funny.
And what kind of decision is that? What’s the difference in him carrying a dog in a kennel on top of his car, and animal control putting them in a cage in the back of the truck? Or a cowboy riding the circuit, pulling a horse trailer with a horse in it from state to state to the next rodeo? Or pulling livestock for hours down an interstate, packed like sardines in a trailer.
If his decision to do this was so wrong and bad, where is the outcry for any animal treated the same way by anyone?
Or should we just call this exactly what it is?
So he uses his so called “love for dogs” as a front for nothing more than a political smear campaign as this is less about the poor abused dog and more about his disdain for a political candidate……….sad.
Ahhhhh, so riding in the back of the truck is OK unless the owner of said dog is running for president. THEN it’s a problem! What kind of dog lover is this? Is this about the dog or about the candidate?
Sis, what’s the difference in riding a dog on top of a car in a kennel, and riding a dog in the back of a pickup truck everywhere you go?
And no, I’m not defending Romney. I can’t stand the sight of him. This country is beyond politicians saving it.
Love the photo of TESS BAKER!!! LOL