The long-term care system is one of the most important issues families will face, yet few people understand it until they are in the middle of a crisis.

In this episode of Love Conquers Alz, hosts Susie Singer Carter and Don Priess welcome Lindsay Friedman, a care advocate, writer, and educator dedicated to transforming how families navigate aging, caregiving, and long-term care. Lindsay is a four-time healthcare startup founder on a mission to solve real-world problems in caregiving and long-term care. (Our kind of girl!!)

Lindsay’s perspective is uniquely powerful. She has experienced the system from every side: as a nursing assistant working in memory care and nursing homes, as a family caregiver, and even as a care recipient herself.

She shares how these experiences inspired the creation of two groundbreaking platforms:

• CareBloom – a technology designed to help families monitor caregiving tasks and ensure accountability in care environments
• LTC Nav – a free planning resource helping families understand the financial and logistical realities of long-term care before crisis strikes

Together, Susie, Don, and Lindsay dive into the real challenges families face, including:

• The lack of accountability in many care facilities
• Why planning for long-term care earlier is essential
• The emotional realities of caregiving and aging
• How technology could improve oversight and protect vulnerable patients
• The importance of empathy and dignity in caregiving

This conversation is honest, emotional, and deeply informative. It reminds us that while the system may be broken, awareness, planning, and compassion can make a powerful difference.

Because at the end of the day, the heart of caregiving is simple:

Love.

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What if shopping for medical equipment felt empowering instead of depressing? Caregiving is hard enough. Getting the right equipment should not be. In this episode, Hosts Susie Singer Carter and Don Priess talk with Erica Sell, founder of Harmony Home Medical in San Diego, about how the right equipment can help families keep loved ones at home longer, safer, and with more independence.

Erica breaks down what Medicare typically covers (and what it does not), how reimbursement can work, and why the system often forces families to wait until a crisis. They also explore practical home solutions like high-low adjustable beds that still feel like home, safer bathing options, lift chairs, mobility devices, ramps, and monitoring tools that protect privacy.

Plus, a moving story about how one piece of equipment gave a man his community back.

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One of the most precious resources in dementia care are the stories we share.

Today, we welcome back two deeply respected members of the Love Conquers Alz family for a conversation rooted in care, credibility, and shared purpose that has led to a major milestone:

Marianne Sciucco, registered nurse, author, and founding member of AlzAuthors, a groundbreaking global, rigorously vetted hub for Alzheimer’s and dementia books, blogs, films, and podcasts, is passing the baton to senior care professional, writer Lance A. Slatton, host of the award-winning All Home Care Matters podcast and YouTube channel.

, For over a decade, Marianne and the AlzAuthors team have thoughtfully spotlighted the most meaningful and reliable literature available for the Alzheimer’s and dementia community. At a time when families are often overwhelmed by information, their careful curation created a trusted guidepost grounded in lived experience and compassion.

Lance brings more than two decades of experience in senior care and continues to be a consistent, dependable voice, not only as a podcast host, but through his work as a Senior Case Manager with Enriched Life Home Care Services.

What connects Marianne and Lance is presence. Both have remained steady voices in an ever-changing landscape, offering stringently curated, reliable resources to caregivers and families when clarity matters most.

Join us as we celebrate a community that refuses to let its most valuable assets—truth, art, and love—fade into the noise. Subscribe, share with a caregiver who needs a lifeline, and tell us what resource you want to see next. Your voice shapes where this library goes from here.

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