Carolyn A. Brent

Carolyn Brent, also known as Carolyn A. Brent, is an American author, bodybuilder and elder-care legislation advocate.^[2][3][4][5] She is best known as an award-winning advocate and the author of the best-selling books, The Caregiver's Companion: Caring for Your Loved One Medically, Financially and Emotionally While Caring for Yourself and Why Wait? The Baby-Boomers Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially and Legally for a Parent’s Death.^[4][6][7] Brent is also the founder of the nonprofit organizations, Caregiver Story and Grandpa's Dream.^[8][9][10]

Carolyn A. Brent
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Author, legislation advocate^[1]
Years active	2008–present
Known for	The Caregiver's Companion: Caring for Your Loved One Medically, Financially and Emotionally While Caring for Yourself Why Wait? The Baby-Boomers Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially and Legally for a Parent’s Death
Website	www.caregiverstory.com

Career

Expertise

Brent is an expert on aging and sibling and family aging issues.^[11] She is a frequent public speaker and radio and television commentator on the topic of elder care.^[12][13] Brent is the host of "Across All Ages" on NTV ABC.

In 2016 Brent won first place in the "60s and up" category at the 2016 National Physique Committee South Florida bodybuilding and bikini competition.^[14][15]

Authorship

Brent's books cover the topics of elder caregiving, estate planning, sibling contracts, and family legal and financial conversations.^[16][17][18]

In September 2011, Brent released Why Wait? The Baby-Boomers Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially and Legally for a Parent's Death. The idea for the book came from Brent's experiences as the primary caregiver for her father for 12 years.^[19][20] In January 2015, Brent released the self-help book in large print through Thorndike Press, The Caregiver's Companion: Caring for Your Loved One Medically, Financially and Emotionally While Caring for Yourself.^[21] According to the Library Journal, The Caregiver's Companion is "an excellent, comprehensive guide" for caregivers.^[22] Today's Caregivers Magazine recognized Brent's Caregiver's Companion with the 2015 Caregiver Friendly Award.^[23][24]

Books

• The Caregiver's Companion: Caring for Your Loved One Medically, Financially and Emotionally While Caring for Yourself (ISBN 978-0373893096)
• Why Wait? the Baby Boomers' Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially and Legally for a Parent's Death (ISBN 978-0615475011)
• The Caregiver's Legal Survival Guide (ISBN 978-1545499023)
• The Caregiver's Financial Survival Guide (ISBN 978-1545498323)
• The Caregiver's Emotional Survival Guide (ISBN 978-1545497159)
• Transforming Your Life Through Self-Care: A Guide to Tapping into Your Deep Beauty and Inner Worth (ISBN 978-1538120842)
• Amazing Grace: How My Father Taught Me to Rejoice in the Word of Our Father (ISBN 978-0-578-78322-2)
• The Caregiver's Companion (2nd Ed.) (ISBN 978-1-335-90988-6)

See also

• Elder care
• Geriatric care management
• Health advocacy

References

1. "Five Tell-Tale Signs Your Aging Parents Can't Live Alone". Sun Sentinel. January 18, 2012.
2. . Washington Times. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
3. . Body Mind Spirit RADIO. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
4. Stambler, Deborah (January 8, 2013). "Tackling End of Life Issues". The Huffington Post. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
5. "Carolyn Brent – Author of "Why Wait…" – Transforming Families and the Landscape of Elder Caregiving". The Oakland Post Online. June 15, 2011. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
6. Moran, Andrew (January 3, 2013). "Carolyn A. Brent: A Caregiver's story of money, stress and health". Digital Journal. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
7. "Women Who Shine Nominees & Vote". Yahoo! News. September 20, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
8. "Transforming Your Life Through Self Care". WTVR. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
9. "Tips and Advice for Caregivers". ABC 10. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
10. "The Caregiver's Companion". Nebraska TV. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
11. "Five signs your parents should not live alone" (PDF). Bradenton Herald. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
12. "Eldercare and the Ed Lucas Story". Prime Time Radio. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
13. "An agonizing decision: When it's time to move parents". Chicago Daily Herald. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
14. "Carolyn Brent NPC winner". NPC News Online. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
15. "Boomers Beware the Woes of Elder Care". Thrive magazine. Retrieved March 23, 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
16. "Books for All Ages" (PDF). Escape Magazine. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
17. "Local senior advocate: Carolyn A. Brent" (PDF). San Joaquin Magazine. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
18. "Transforming Your Life Through Self Care". CBS Virginia. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
19. Mowatt, Allison (December 22, 2011). . Connections Magazine. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
20. Thomas, Carla (June 15, 2011). "Carolyn Brent – Author of "Why Wait…" – Transforming Families and the Landscape of Elder Caregiving". The Post News Online. Archived from the original on November 19, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
21. "Worth checking out..." Caregiver Solutions. Spring 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
22. "Reviews". Library Journal. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
23. . Today's Caregivers Magazine. 2015. Archived from the original on September 2, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
24. "Caregiving guru Carolyn Brent gives others hope for the future". Blasting News. Retrieved October 9, 2016.

Further reading

• Informational Hearing of the Assembly Aging & Long-Term Care Committee, February 2013
• Congressman Jerry McNerney Letter to Carolyn Brent

External links

• "10 Tell-Tale Signs Your Aging Parents Can't Live Alone"
• Mother's Day with Dr. Brenda Wade and Carolyn A. Brent, MBA
• Tribune Broadcasting – Author and Award-winning Advocate Carolyn A. Brent shares her new book, “The Caregiver’s Companion”