Caring for Pa

Episode 85 January 24, 2025 00:34:25
Caring for Pa
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Caring for Pa

Jan 24 2025 | 00:34:25

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Show Notes

Understanding the shock, pain, and anxiety that comes after a terminal diagnosis is often best articulated through first-person stories. Today we’re speaking to Matt Parkes about how he cared for his dad, Jeff, at the end of his life. Jeff became aware something was seriously wrong health-wise in 2011. Something had changed. Something felt different. He had a number of episodes where he would lose his balance, and eventually he was diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a rare brain condition that causes problems with movement, vision, speech, and swallowing. Not wanting to ‘diminish’, Jeff decided he wanted to end […]

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