In 1996, when Denise Brown launched CareGiving.com, everyone told her she was wasting her time. Now it's the go-to destination for family caregivers. A conversation with one of Next Avenue's 2017 Top 50 Influencers in Aging.
Chicago native Denise M. Brown founded CareGiving.com at a time when Google, Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia didn't even exist. Everyone told Denise she was wasting her time. No one would be interested in a website like CareGiving.com. She launched the site anyway and now, over twenty years later, CareGiving.com is the go-to destination for millions of family caregivers desperate for practical advice and encouragement. Jana talks with Denise about her early influences, how she manages her own parents and the two-day, National Institutes of Health event that shocked Denise into the realization that caregivers are invisible even the medical community.
Note: this episode originally aired November 2, 2017. It has been lightly edited.
For a transcript of the original episode, and an update on Denise's work, click here: Transcript and Update
Blog post mentioned in the show (Denise M. Brown): "What They Need Isn't What I Need"
Attend CareGiving.com's Fourth Annual Caregiving Conference (Nov. 7-10, 2019)
Denise contact info: 773-343-6341 | denise@caregiving..com
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