For the Russerts, caring for Dad is a team effort
Still independent, ‘Big Russ’ gets help from family, friends and neighbors
By Tim Russert
 

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Trading Places: Caring for Mom and Dad
May 20 2008: NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman checks in to see how her parents are faring, one year after they moved their lives to become a bigger part of hers.

 
May 22 2007

Even in his final days, Bob Curry, NBC’s Ann Curry’s father, brought his family together with humor, love, and fierce determination. Ann shares an interview with her dad and reports on coping with loss in Part 3 of our series, Trading Places. (Nightly News)

 
Buying Time For Dad

May 21 2007: When her father fell ill, NBC’s Maria Menounos decided to take over as the sole source of support for her parents — a decision which bought him time he didn’t think he had.
 

 
Feb. 20 2007: Our series on caring for parents continues with the story of a Florida woman struggling to decide — with her parents — what to do next. After they share their story, Dr. Marie Bernard, director of the Oklahoma Geriatric Education Center, offers practical advice for millions who face a similar situation. (Nightly News)

 

 
Aging Without Children, Who Provides Care?
More Americans aren’t having children, and many worry about eldercare. NBC Nightly News

By Dr. Nancy Snyderman
Chief medical editor
NBC News
updated 7:37 p.m. ET, Wed., May. 2, 2007
 

NEW YORK – Barbara Meltzer is a busy professional. Unmarried, she’s never had children. And as she gets older, she fears that might put her in quite a predicament.

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Feb. 19 2007: NBC’s Kevin Tibbles reports from Minnetonka, Minn., where one nursing home has a unique way of dealing with patients who have dementia. (Nightly News)
 

This one-minute-movie contains our best advice for taking care of aging parents.

Are you ready to take care of your parents and deal with Medicare and our screwed up health care system? I wasn’t ready but my father was diagnosed with cancer. my mother had a stroke and my mother in law had a heart attack and kidney failure in the same week. My life changed forever when I got the call that my father had stage 4 cancer and he was 3000 miles away with nobody around to help him.

Father gets moved to a rehab facility and is up all night delusional and trying to get out of bed.

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A podcast by Vicki Hinze discussing the topic of aging parents from the perspective of having cared for her parents as well as witnessing truths from strangers.