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My Two Elaines with Martin J. Schreiber
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Today's Guest
Martin J. Schreiber is the former Wisconsin governor and is an award-winning crusader for Alzheimer's caregivers and persons with Dementia. You're reaching audiences nationwide at live events and through various forms of media. Marty uses humor and compassion as he shares lessons from his ongoing decade-plus journey as a caregiver. He speaks on tours at conferences, civic organizations, senior communities, libraries, and much more around the country.
He has given more than 600 presentations since launching his awareness campaign in 2016. Whether in Texas, Idaho, New York, Missouri, Florida, Ohio, or even closer to home, caregivers tell Marty that his message gives them encouragement and hope that they can manage their challenging situation. Marty's book, My Two Elaine's: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver, is a winning acclaim from caregivers across the country. It was rated as the number 11 best Alzheimer's book of all time by bookauthority.org and was named to the caring.com list of best caregiving books of both 2017 and 2018.
Now in its fourth print edition, My Two Elaine's has been released as an e-book, an audio book, and on CD. Net proceeds are used to promote Alzheimer's caregiving support. While writing My Two Elaine's and while still caring for his wife at home, Marty helped the Alzheimer's Association launch Operation Stronger Together in 2015. This multi-year awareness program has helped the southeastern Wisconsin chapter connect record numbers of families to education and resources that are vital to successful caregiving. He's also collaborated with Wisconsin state government and various business groups to help create the online dementia-friendly employer's toolkit, which is now used as a human resources department and employee assistance programs. These initiatives have led to Marty being recognized with awards from Alzheimer's associations and other organizations. Marty and his wife Elaine, who passed away in 2022, are parents of four children and they have 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
About Dr. Raj
Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.
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