TAL #018 JENN CHAN

TOPICS OF NOTE:

  • What caring for her grandma in her early 20's looked like
  • The power of supportive family + how you can get your family on board
  • The role Chinese culture may have played in her role
  • The importance of playing to everyone's caregiving strengths
  • A Senior Shower: what it is (and why I want to attend them)
  • Things we can do to support the family caregivers in our lives
  • Bringing awareness to our stories and sharing them
  • What got Jenn through grieving the loss of her grandma
  • The power within support groups

 

QUOTES OF NOTE:

“It’s okay to ask for help and it doesn’t mean that you’re failing or not good enough.”
— Jenn Chan
“I really want to pull people together.”
— Jenn Chan
“I hear her (grandma) and the way she did it and she never quit so I’m just gonna keep at it, with my own style.”
— Jenn Chan

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