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Take Control of Your Health a series of short radio segments aimed at helping people make changes to improve their own health

Heart Health | People sharing stories about recognizing, treating and managing heart valve disease. Find out more about Taking Control of your heart health here.

Diabetes | People sharing strategies and insights about preventing and managing diabetes. Find out more about Taking Control of Diabetes here.

Caregiving Conversations | Caregivers discuss the challenges of caring for a loved one with a serious diagnosis or in the last stages of life

What Matters Most | Family members discuss facing a loved one’s serious illness with an open heart and loving support

“I now know the challenges of diabetes”

Kalli talks about how she is taking responsibility for keeping track of her blood-sugar and managing her diabetes, now that she is a teenager.

Caregiving Conversations: Lakota Tradition Views Death as a Scout

LeMoine talks about how death is understood from the perspective and tradition of his Lakota heritage.

Caregiving Conversations: Dream Provides Guidance

LeMoine shares how his Lakota tradition provides a philosophy for life that guides his family in dealing with end of life decision making.


Caregiving Conversations: Faith is Key

Russell talks about how his faith helped him and his wife, as she faced terminal cancer.

Caregiving Conversations: Setting Priorities

Carol talks about how her late husband insisted that she be his only caregiver, and how she knew their time together was precious.

Caregiving Conversations: Sharing Emotions and Feelings

Carol talks about the importance of having trusted people to talk with about emotions and feelings, when a loved one is dying.

Caregiving Conversations: Putting Papers in Order

Glenda describes how family members have proactively drawn up health care directives, wills and powers of attorney, so everyone’s preferences are known.

Caregiving Conversations: Seeking Advice from Experts

Glenda shares how she found caring for her mother easy, but needed help and advice when it came to financial concerns.

Caregiving Conversations: Give Voice to your Questions

Bob-e advises family members to “use your voice” to ask questions, get direct answers, or simply speak from your heart.

Caregiving Conversations: Smooth Adjustment to Long-term Facility

Marybeth shares how her husband’s placement into a long-term facility to care for his dementia, helped their relationship, in his final time.

Caregiving Conversations: Ask Many Questions

Chris and her sister were surprised and dismayed, at how hard it was to navigate the health care system on behalf of her parents.


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