Susan J. Farese Interviewed on ‘Love Conquers Alz’ Podcast – Episode #22

Here is the link to an inspiring, poignant and important interview that I was a guest on – the ‘Love Conquers Alz‘ #Podcast Episode #22 ‘On The Power of Art’. The incredibly compassionate, articulate and empathetic hosts were podcasters/filmmakers Susie Singer Carter and Kassi Crews. We recorded it on Mothers Day, 2020 and it was posted online on Wednesday, October 7, 2020.

I was so honored and it was such a pleasure for me to be a guest on the Love Conquers Alz Podcast! I know that my maternal grandmother and soulmate, Ann, (who suffered from early onset Alzheimer’s Disease and passed away in 1971) was listening from up above when I shared my tribute #poem to her, ‘Ann’s Zest Ends’ ! She passed away in 1971.

Besides reading Ann’s’ Zest Ends on Love Conquers Alz, I also read my poem “Caregiver” dedicated to all persons caring for family members or friends with dementia and other disabilities or diseases. Caregiving can be truly stressful, and caregivers need to take care of themselves so they can care for others.

Links to listen/watch:

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Vc2q0JqPtYuz7UMZCXSGL

Stitcher http://bit.ly/LCAStchr

Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-conquers-alz/id1492023291

Youtube https://youtu.be/WlBDM5WW6s8

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More links:

Love Conquers Alz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loveconquersalz

My Mom and the Girl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyMomAndTheGirl

Go Girl Media: https://www.gogirlmedia.com/

Susie Singer Carter IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0802053/

Kassi Crews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KassiCrews

Kassi Crews IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187707/

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Here’s my previous 2014 blog post including my tribute poem to Grandma Ann, ‘Ann’s Zest Ends” :

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Caregiver: A Poem

 

 Dedicated to Caregivers of Dear Ones with

Alzheimer’s, Memory Disorders and Dementia, Past, Present & Future

 

(I wrote this poem in March, 1993 at the “Caregiver Day” Seminar at The Barrington, a Senior Living/ Assisted Living Facility in Largo Florida and presented it to the audience in honor of Caregivers. I wrote it from the perspective of the Caregiver).

Caregiver

by

Susan Farese, MSN, RN; SJF Communications 1993

I, your loving Caregiver

Need my own care as well

So I can be your guiding strength

Hearing stories you may tell…

 

And follow when you wander

And take the lead at times

Answering your many questions

Listening to your words and rhymes…

 

I, your loving Caregiver

Need time alone for me

To relieve my stress from worry

So your support I can be…

 

Whether I should write a poem

Or take a bubble bath

Or go to see a movie

Or walk along some path

Or call a friend and chat awhile

Or a big hug receive

Or scream and yell from frustration

(This time I really need)

 

Please don’t misunderstand me

I wear my green ribbon with pride

You know you’re very special to me

And my love for you I’ll not hide.

 

Just one more thought I ponder

A wish I will convery

Through all the trials and tribulations, don’t fear…

I remain your Caregiver today…