Care Club
The Podcast
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Care Club is for anyone juggling careers, kids, parents, all the while trying to eat enough protein, do 10,000 steps a day, and somehow keep everything afloat. This is your space to feel held, and part of a community of people who are figuring it out right alongside you.
Latest episode
- Episode 3
A Geria-WHAT?
Never heard of a Geriatrician? Most people haven’t — until they need one. Professor Lim breaks it all down so you’re not figuring it out under pressure.
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35 min · Care Club
45%
of dementia cases
could be prevented
- Hosted by Madryn Sanderson
- Expert guests
- Real stories
- For the sandwich generation
The conversation you've been waiting for.
It’s a lot. The appointments, the worry, the five-hour round trips, the siblings who “can’t make it,” the guilt that shows up whether you do everything or nothing.
Nobody prepared you for this season.
We are here to hold your hand through it.
This one's for you if...
You've Googled "signs of dementia" at 11pm and gone down a rabbit hole
You're trying to get your parents to accept help and they keep saying they're fine
You don't mind doing it all — but are you a swan? OK on the surface, but struggling underneath?
The interstate sibling visits for a roast and says "they seem fine to me"
— Latest episodes
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- Episode 1
Parenting Your Parents
What happens when both your parents receive dementia diagnoses three weeks apart — while you’re juggling teenagers, a demanding career, and a five-hour round trip every weekend? Jacinta has been there. The raw reality, the creative strategies, and the trip to Canada that never happened.
EP. 01
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- Episode 2
45% Of Dementia Is Preventable
with Kaele Stokes — Executive Director, Dementia Australia
You’ve noticed something’s different — but is it ageing, or is it dementia? Kaele cuts through the fear, the myths, and the overwhelm. She unpacks why a diagnosis can actually bring relief, and the practical steps that change everything.
EP. 02
03
- Episode 3
A Geria-WHAT?
with Professor Kwang Lim — Geriatrician & Founder, BRITA
Most people have never heard of a Geriatrician — until they suddenly need one. Then it’s a crash course in something completely new, under pressure, with no idea where to start. Professor Lim breaks it all down so you’re not figuring it out in a waiting room.
EP. 03
— Your host
Madryn Sanderson
Founder, Care Club
Madryn has been working in the “ageing” space for over a decade. As the founder of Care Club — and someone sitting exactly where you are – she genuinely gets it.
Regularly talking to families all in the same (or very similar!) situations, with the same pressures, the same challenges and the same questions and concerns, Care Club is her way of saying “You’re not alone!”. It’s a way of sharing personal stories that people can connect with and relate to. And it’s a way of sharing the wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise that is out there – making it more accessible, in an easy to digest, on-the-go format.
Care Club is a way of empowering you to feel understood, to connect you with experiences and expertise that can help you build your knowledge and insights as you navigate this journey and maybe, even to have a smile or a laugh along the way.
Warm, direct, and genuinely invested — Madryn is here to ask the questions you didn’t know you needed answered.
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Sometimes you're so busy trying to give them everything — you miss what they're actually asking for.
— Jacinta Duffy, Episode 1
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Care Club
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