Barry Baines
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1,145 appearances
30 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2024
last heard 3 Apr
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I don't remember very often when the issue where, you know, I was seeing a patient, let's say during a health maintenance exam, and I may have known about their family, but, you know, it was rare that I would ask, so, you know, are you involved in caregiving for your elderly parents? And, you know, how's that going? You know, it just, it was not on the radar screen.
And so my first, this is more of a, informational plea for our listeners is that I was always ready to be helpful if I knew, but if you don't know what you don't know, it's difficult to move that forward. And so oftentimes waiting for the physician or nurse practitioner or the professional medical provider that you're seeing to sort of
you know, make the opening, you know, put up the ante and make the opening bet, you know, on, well, how are things going in this? I think it will be very important for people who are involved in caregiving to just put that on the table, just as part of, and to say, well, how are you doing?
And just, you know, like matter of factly, even though people feel it's an obligation, oftentimes, if you're a family member to do this, it does have consequences, you know, clearly down the road. So my first plea for people listening, like I say, I wish I knew then what I know now, but, you know, let's just move ahead.
But to really encourage people, if they're involved in being a part of care of a parent, a cousin, a relative, a friend, whatever, to put that on the table. So that's, okay, but now here's the question, okay? is so what's the path for a caregiver to get help, you know, moving ahead? And it might not even be because they're burned out, because obviously I always like, you know, prevention.
I think everybody benefits if we could prevent that from happening. So can you share some of your wisdom and insight as to how a caregiver can can kind of be more, you know, proactive about how to deal with this, because you already, you know, pointed out on the medical side, the quicker and sicker, so they're home.
And then there's all the activities of daily living that oftentimes, you know, family caregivers get, you know, dressing, bathing, toilet, I mean, just the whole you know, a bunch of things and are not really prepared. And so you'd be, you're very reactive to what happens. And it's always the phone call. Oh no. But I have a job where I have my kids as well.
So I'll, I'll kind of be quiet and listen because, uh, um, see what, you know, what I missed.
Yeah, yeah. Barry. Yeah, so this is a question that I believe encompasses both professional caregivers and family caregivers. And it builds on Clarence's question that he had for, again, how do you kind of recover from caregiver burnout?
But before you have to recover from it, are there a handful of what I would call red flag signs that you are dealing with caregiver burnout, whether it be professional or family, and they're I mean, it's somewhat different because of settings typically, but can you share your expertise on that?
What are those red flags that, boy, if you're experiencing this, you are showing signs of caregiver burnout very obviously, and it's time to then, I guess, raise the- Raise the red flag. The white flag that I need help. I can't just put this myself.
Yeah, Terry.
Barry? Yeah, so on this same list, we have Minnesota, North and South Dakota. I had a friend who actually was a recipient of a kidney transplant. He lived in New York. And Could you just tell us a little bit if you know, is it a state registry where priorities are concerned?
Because I sort of recall that the waiting list in New York was like two years and that he was sort of shopping around for other states where he might be able to get on a list that was a bit shorter. Can you just talk a little bit about how that priority piece of things work and state registries?
And porcine or pig heart valves have been used in medicine for valve replacement for you know, for a while, certainly before the technology of, you know, pretty artificial valves. Yeah.
Yeah. Barry. Yeah. Kind of building on this with the donations, this focus is mostly on agreeing to be an organ donor. And then typically you say you have to be on a ventilator and it's an in-hospital death. Could, What is your interface with live donation? Obviously, this would have to be with a paired organ, like a kidney. You're not going to donate your heart if you only have one of them.
How does Lifeforce interface with people who are interested in being live donors?
Great, thanks.
Last thoughts, Barry? I think Susan and Nicole just really covered
the basis on it and you know shared and also you know that sharing is so helpful that you know it really brings a human face to the experience and and oftentimes because that that emotional feeling is what oftentimes makes this so meaningful as opposed to just a you know a check mark you know on your driver's license when you hear the actual story
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