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Listen to or Subscribe to the Alzheimer\u2019s Speaks Podcast on Apple <\/em><\/p>\n

Lessons Learned Through a Caregiving Journey: How To Do More Than Survive<\/strong><\/p>\n

#CompassionateCare\u00a0 #FromBitterToBetter\u00a0 \u00a0#SupportingCaregivers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lori La Bey talks with Jill and Phil Pietroburgo. Jill has worked in the fields of mental health and education for 36 years and has written two children\u2019s books. Her first book, Sometimes Grandma Calls Me Jean<\/em>, honors her mother, who lived with dementia. Her second book will launch soon and is called From Your Hands To My Heart, <\/em>which can be preordered. Jill also volunteers as a Community Educator for the Alzheimer\u2019s Association. She and her husband Phil also run a non-profit ministry called Eagles\u2019 Wings Ministries, which is celebrating its tenth year.<\/p>\n

Phil Pietroburgo has been married to Jill for 36 years. He has served in public education for 25 years. He is retired as a middle school principal from Willow Springs, MO. Phil continues to serve children and families through a new role as Children\u2019s Pastor at First Baptist Church in West Plains, MO. Phil has been serving as a children\u2019s pastor for 7 years.<\/p>\n

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Subscribe, Watch, and Listen to the Alzheimer\u2019s Speaks Podcast on YouTube above<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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