Get the guidance, support, and information you need to help your aging parents
Inside the online ONLY program guided
by geriatrician Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH
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Helping older parents is not an easy journey
Which is why you need expert guidance. And ongoing support.
Helping aging parents is a marathon through a complicated new land.
Every day I work with people helping older parents and I know how they struggle. Chances are, you’re experiencing...
- Worry that your older parent may not be safe anymore — especially if they live alone and are having trouble managing their home, driving, medications or finances
- Conflict with your parent when they won’t listen to your advice, resist the help or life changes they need
- Frustration with how hard it is to get answers and help from your parent’s doctors
- Guilt and anxiety because you can’t do enough to solve it all and feel like you’re “letting everyone down” when you’re stretched too thin
- Confusion about how to get started or what to do next and how to get your parents the care and help they need
- Overwhelm with the amount of time and energy it takes to find answers online and figure out everything on your own (only to find conflicting results)
Whether your main concerns are about health, safety, declining independence or you’re just struggling to figure out the next caregiving step, the right kind of guidance will make your journey much easier.
Join us and you'll have the expert guidance and support you need to navigate this journey. We’ll help you get your parents the care they need while preserving your relationship -- and your sanity.
JOIN NOWTestimonials
Dave S.
Thank you for your advice as I supported my parents navigating their final years from afar. I Joined Helping Older Parents earlier this year as my patience trying to support my ailing mother was waining. Both the online course materials and answers to my questions during the calls were exactly the support I needed!
PJ
I've been here about three years, from the time I started noticing weird kinks in my mom's memory through her death last month in an assisted living facility. It's been a huge help to have support and guidance.
Becky E.
Dr. K, I just wanted you and others know what a fabulous support and educational program this is. Using this as a tool, my husband and I were able to get my 88-year-old aunt to her primary care physician for a verbal diagnosis and referral to a neurologist. Thank you for this type of program and your heart for caregivers and those requiring the care.
What if it were easier to get expert advice on helping older parents with health, safety, and quality of life?
You don't need to spend so much time feeling lost, frustrated, guilty, or overwhelmed when it comes to your aging parents.
And you definitely don't need to feel alone!
The Helping Older Parents Membership helps people like you…
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Get your parent the care they need (and help them accept it), so they can be healthier, safer and happier
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Improve your relationship with your parent, so you have less conflict and more connection
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Preserve your own mental, emotional and physical wellbeing, so you don’t get burned out from helping your parent
With help like this, you can have more clarity, confidence and peace of mind.
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If you’ve ever felt you just don’t know where to start (or what to do next)
If you’ve wished you could ask experts your questions...
If you’d like to have professionals help walk you through the next steps to stay ahead of the game...
If you’re looking for answers on how to give your parent the best life possible with the care they need…
Then, you owe it to yourself to give membership a try for 30 days, risk-free.
JOIN NOWThrough the Helping Older Parents Membership you will:
- Get guidance and coaching from Dr. Kernisan (Dr. K) — an MD specializing in treating older adults
- Learn from geriatric care managers and eldercare experts how to effectively manage the life changes that come with helping older parents
- Discover game-changing approaches to helping aging parents, so you can finally get them the care and support they need
- Get clarity on what to expect for the future and what to ask doctors, so you can be proactive about your aging parent's health and caregiving needs
- Get answers in live calls with me and aging care experts, so you’re equipped to solve real-life scenarios
- Learn proven strategies for addressing difficult family dynamics, so you can get more aligned on what’s right for your older parent
- Find support from others on the same journey if you need it, in a private, expert-moderated membership forum
Testimonials
C.B.
The support and frequent reminders that just showing up is important and that we're doing the best we can has reduced the tension I feel from self-blame when things aren't going perfectly, which greatly improves my relationship with my mom and other family members.
L.P.
It’s changed my experience so much! I am much more patient with the process! I would say that it shifted my relationship with my mother from combative to supportive.
S.M.
Feel like this Group has improved my journey & knowing the resources of HOP and Group calls are there for me. It really feels like a community who are experiencing many similar challenges. It can make such a difference - it has for me - just try it to see if it's something that can help you!
With support and guidance like this, you can:
- Help your parents be safer, healthier and happier by following proven geriatrics approaches for the care and wellbeing of aging adults
- Find the caregiving information and resources you need in less time and with less hassle, so that you have more time available for yourself or your parents
- Make even difficult family relationships easier with game-changing communication strategies and goals coaching
- Spend more time connecting and less time arguing, so that you can be there for your older parent in the ways that matter most
- Feel less guilty, frustrated, or helpless, so that you can sleep better at night and avoid the dangers of chronic caregiving stress
The Helping Older Parents Membership is a program designed specifically to guide and support people caring for declining aging parents
You’ll have ongoing access to guidance and suggestions from me, Dr. K, and my hand-picked team of aging care experts.
With the Helping Older Parents Membership, you’ll have the direction, expert guidance and support you need to help you take the next best steps for your parent and yourself. You don’t have to walk this journey alone.
Don’t miss out on this unique ongoing support program I’ve created, just for people like you!
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Dr. Leslie Kernisan
"I knew I needed to give more people helping older parents access to experts like me and geriatric care managers... That’s why I created the Helping Older Parents program."
This is the first-ever program of its kind led by a geriatrician, featuring the support of professional geriatric care managers
HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS FOR YOU:
Medical issues are at the root of most challenges our older parents face. As a geriatrician, I’m a medical doctor who has specialized in the healthcare of older adults.
In the membership, I won’t be acting as your MD or your parent’s doctor. However, I WILL teach you how geriatricians handle health issues in vulnerable aging adults, what to expect with common conditions, and we can coach you on what to ask your parent’s healthcare providers. My goal is to help you get your parent more of the healthcare they need and less of what they don’t need.
But helping older parents goes beyond addressing medical concerns: it’s all about setting up a care system that can support an older adult as abilities change due to health problems.
That’s why we geriatricians do our best work when we partner with geriatric care managers. And that’s why I’ve recruited a team of experienced geriatric care managers into the Helping Older Parents membership.
Geriatric care managers (also now known as “Aging Life Care Professionals”) are licensed professionals who specialize in helping older adults and their families with common late-life challenges. They advise our members on sticky challenges, including:
- Finding and accessing the right services, care and housing
- Ways you can help your older parent adapt to changes
- Best approaches for mediating family relationship issues
- Steps for creating a long-term care plan
- How to handle advance planning documents
- Need-to-know info on accessing benefits to pay for care
- And more
In my private practice, I know how important it is to access the right professionals for the right problems. That’s the experience I want for you. And it’s why geriatric care managers are such an important part of the membership.
JOIN NOWMeet Our Expert Geriatric Care Managers
Michelle Allen LCSW C-ASWCM
“Hi, I’m Michelle and I’m a licensed clinical social worker, working in geriatrics since 2003.
My passion is to help older adults and their families create long term care plans, communicate wishes about aging and dying, navigate the confusing maze of health and long term care providers, advocate for good care, and cope with major life transitions.”
Linda Fodrini-Johnson MFT CMC
“I am a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and a Certified Professional Care Manager with over 30 years of experience. I am the 2010 past President of the Aging Life Care Association as well as past President of the Western Regional Chapter in 2007.
I have a lifelong passion for assisting families and connecting them with the right resources. I’m a great believer in providing information families need to make good decisions about how to care for a loved one.”
Malka Young LICSW CCM
“I’m a social worker and geriatric care manager who has been helping older adults and their families solve their most challenging problems for over 30 years.
Having worked in teaching hospitals, home care, nursing homes, hospice and in the community, I have coached older adults and their caregivers to become active managers and connect them to the services they need for their best quality of life. Collaboratively, I look for solutions that balance safety and an older person’s need for a vital and engaged life.”
What You Get When You Join the Helping Older Parents Membership
(The ONLY online caregiving membership featuring regular guidance from a board-certified geriatrician and professional geriatric care managers)
Your membership includes:
Part 1: Group Q&A Coaching Calls with Dr. K and Geriatric Professionals
Every week, in live calls with me, Dr. K, and with our other aging care experts, you’ll get the chance to have your questions answered and learn from other members’ questions.
This is a priceless opportunity to chat with me or one of our care managers, to get extra insights and suggestions.
And if you can’t make it to the calls live? Every coaching session is recorded and available to listen to on-demand. You'll also be able to download an audio-only recording for convenient listening while commuting or on the go.
Our group calls are especially good for coaching members on how to get through a sticky situation, identifying good questions to ask of your parent's health providers, and much more.
These Q&A calls are also great for getting help with addressing housing and care needs, tactics to get a parent to accept more help, examples of how to manage difficult behaviors, when to use a therapeutic fiblet, and much more.
Part 2: Helping Older Parents Essentials Course By Dr. K
This self-paced course delivers my signature roadmap and proven model for helping older parents — with better results.
I’ve taken proven strategies from my clinical geriatrics practice to create lessons that are straightforward, engaging, and based on real-life scenarios.
Every video and audio module is online, and you’ll also get downloadable PDFs of lessons, cheatsheets and resource guides to reinforce everything taught in the course.
In 8 on-demand modules, I’ll walk you through:
- Module 1: Checking for health and safety issues, so you know what’s really a concern and what to do first
- Module 2: Communication strategies for working with parents, siblings and doctors to smooth relationships and get better outcomes
- Module 3: Assessing possible memory and thinking problems (including evaluation challenges)
- Module 4: How caregivers can get essential support and prioritize real self-care
- Module 5: Getting organized, so you can get out of constant overwhelm
- Module 6: Setting goals and navigating difficult decisions
- Module 7: What you must know about medical, long-term care, end-of-life care and financial advance planning
- Module 8: Rethinking roles, so you can really help your parent with what matters most
There is no single book that covers the information in this course. You get the value of my medical training, research and first-hand experience working with older adults for 16 years.
Part 3: Helping Older Parents Online Members Group
Unlike most other online support groups, this is a truly private online membership community hosted outside Facebook. This allows us to offer an ad-free online forum where you can keep your information private. (You don’t even have to reveal your full name.)
It’s a space where you can connect with people like you, plus get additional insights and suggestions from me and our geriatric care manager experts.
When you need help, just pose your question in the forum. I’ve hand-picked a community moderator with expertise in eldercare, Carol Bradley Bursack, to point you towards whatever resources you need to solve any challenge you're facing.
But the online group is also a place of emotional support. You can vent, share progress and celebrate wins. (Being validated and encouraged is what members often say they didn’t know they were missing.) You can engage with others going through the same journey and get their perspectives. Or you can quietly learn from the community and the stories we share.
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PLUS! You'll also get these extra bonuses & resources when you join us today!
1. Assessing Your Older Parent Workbook
Wondering what kind of help your parent needs, and what to do next?
Designed by Dr. K and the care managers, this workbook makes it easy to figure out what to do next, to ensure that your parent's aging needs are identified and met.
Our members have found this resource invaluable for keeping track of what to do next, to support the health and wellbeing of aging parents.
2. Custom Relaxation Audios Designed for Helping Older Parents
To help members with the most common worries, fears, and feelings that helping an aging parent brings up, Dr. Kernisan collaborated with a professional to create a set of custom relaxation audios.
These are helping our members reduce stress and improve sleep, by gently redirecting the mind towards better perspectives on how we can support our aging parents during these challenging times.
Note: The purpose of this online membership and any related coaching is education and support, not medical diagnosis or treatment. Dr. Kernisan is a licensed medical doctor but in her role providing guidance to our membership community, she will NOT be acting as your doctor or your parent’s doctor. Participating in this online membership does not imply or establish a doctor-patient relationship with her, and this program cannot be a substitute for medical encounters with a qualified health professional. This is a non-medical group program designed to provide education and support related to common age-related health, living, and caregiving challenges. For medical concerns related to yourself or your parent, or to have a person's medical information reviewed, you will need to contact and get care from a licensed medical professional in your state.
Dr. Leslie Kernisan
"There are 7,000 geriatricians in the US, approximately. But there are 20 million Americans over the age of 75. That means there’s only about 1 geriatrician for every 3,000 people over age 75. So we can't count on older adults being cared for directly by geriatricians. But we can coach and support through group programs, like this membership."
Most older adults can’t get access to a geriatrician when they need it
Waitlists for specialized geriatric care are growing, and in many regions, specialists aren’t available. But non-specialists aren’t experts in late-life healthcare, so it can be a risk trusting your parent’s health to a health provider who's not trained in geriatrics.
Out-of-pocket costs are high for geriatric care management services
Geriatric care managers can help families solve a wide range of challenges caring for older adults. But services typically range from $150 - $200 per hour.
And when you do get an appointment, you don’t always know how to get the most of the time by asking the right questions — if you’re starting without the right knowledge.
After searching, too many people helping older parents realize they can’t easily access the geriatric professionals they need.
I don’t want that for you — especially when a better way is at your fingertips and affordable for everyone.
When you join the Helping Older Parents program, you get a clear path through the challenges ahead and reliable sounding board.
Which means you can avoid wasted time, energy and regrets.
And you can ensure you have access to all this — whenever you need it, as long as you need it — for a fraction of what you'd usually pay to access an expert.
JOIN NOWYou can see significant improvements in your parent’s wellbeing, your wellbeing and your relationship — even if you only use the program when you need it
Some weeks or months helping your older parent will be easier, others harder. That’s the nature of the journey.
We’re here to help when things come up.
When you’re stuck or you’re ready to plan the next step with your parent, it helps to have expert advice on hand.
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Try the Helping Older Parents Membership if...
✓ You want to help your parent stay as safe, healthy and happy as possible, without getting stuck in conflict or overwhelm
✓ You need support to feel more confident and at peace in your role as a helper
✓ You want to improve communications with your parent, other family members and care providers
✓ You just wish someone would give you the scripts of what to say, to really help in tough situations
✓ You want practical strategies for times when nothing seems to work, but you can’t accept the way things are
✓ You know you should be enjoying these last times with your parents, but it’s too stressful
✓ You worry that you’ll have regrets about the way things were handled for your parent, and you want to avoid all those ‘what if’s’ down the road
✓ You’re feeling the weight of stress and need strategies to stay healthy yourself
We can help -- and we'll show you how when you join risk-free for 30 days.
JOIN NOWOur 30 Day Risk-Free Guarantee
I’m confident that these Helping Older Parents packages will provide you with a level of expert guidance and support that you just can’t get anywhere else. That’s why I’m offering you 30 days, risk-free, to try them. If they don't meet your expectations for any reason, simply email support and we will send you a refund.
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FAQ
I’m already so busy. How can I fit in a course and guidance program?
How does the online group work, and why isn't it on Facebook?
Why does it cost extra to access the online group?
What is the membership continuation program?
What if I'm not comfortable sharing private family issues in a group?
I'm concerned about an aging spouse, not an aging parent. Can I join?
I'm an older adult concerned about my own health, and I'd like to be in Dr. Kernisan's program. Can I join?
Remind me again what a geriatrician is? Is that the same as a gerontologist?
What is your refund policy and what happens if I want to cancel my membership?
Do you offer a family or sibling plan?
Online support groups are often free. Why should I pay to join the Helping Older Parents Membership?
How is the Helping Older Parent Membership different from the Helping Older Parents with Early Memory Loss Course?
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