Gary Barg: It’s a pleasure talking with you again. You were on our cover a few years ago and that was a lovely conversation, so I appreciate your time today.

Joan Lunden: Absolutely. Since that time, I have gotten so embedded in the space of caregiving and senior care, and obviously health care, but this new health campaign I’m working on is so perfect for caregivers. They are so much more at risk because of the stress and strain. Not just the physical and emotional strain of taking care of others, but they’re just so overwhelmed by it that they really tend to take worse care of themselves. When you go to the site, CholesterolConversations.com, what I really was so impressed by was that they basically built a tutorial course for all of us to take to be better patients and to make better use of that little four to six minute time period, if you’re lucky, that you get at the doctor’s office.

Gary Barg: The program is “It Takes 2,” but the truth is you as a caregiver are caring for at least two. When you go to the doctor for your loved one, you’re right to have your own tests done. You need to care for you, you need to care for your loved one and you need to partner with your physician...read more

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