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Caregiving for an aging parent is difficult enough, but when adult siblings argue over the extent of a parent’s condition and needs, the caregiving plan, and who should be in charge, it makes caregiving harder and more frustrating. Those sibling bonds may become so frayed during caregiving that those relationships are weakened forever afterwards. Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D., a psychologist, author, and healthcare consultant, will share ideas about how siblings can pull together, not apart, to better serve their parents and themselves. **Sponsored by Arden Courts Memory Care Community**
Date April 27, 2021
Hosted By WellMed Charitable Foundation
Tags Barry, Barry Jacobs, caregiver, caregiving, elderly, family, family dynamics, Jacobs, Partner, Rivalry, Senior, Stress
Barry Jacobs, PsyD
Barry J. Jacobs is a clinical psychologist, family therapist, and the Director of Behavioral Sciences for the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Springfield, Pennsylvania. He is the co-author (with Julia L. Mayer, Psy.D) of AARP Meditations for Caregivers—Practical, Emotional and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family (Da Capo, 2016) and the author of The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers—Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent (Guilford, 2006). He is a co-editor of the e-book, Collaborative Perspectives—A Selection of CFHA’s Best Blogs From 2009-2015 (CFHA, 2017).
Dr. Jacobs has given more than 400 presentations on family caregiving for family caregivers, community groups, and medical and mental health professionals. He is the national spokesperson on caregiving for the American Heart Association and an honorary board member of the Well Spouse Association. He has served on the expert panel for the Caregiver Crisis Great Challenge for TEDMED.com and as a board member of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, a national organization on the integration of mental and physical healthcare. In 2016, he received its lifetime achievement award, the Don Bloch Award. He has held adjunct faculty positions with the Temple University School of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and the Department of Psychology of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
A blogger on family caregiving topics for AARP.org and the Huffington Post, Dr. Jacobs received his bachelor’s degree from Brown University and his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann/Widener Universities.
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