Put Your Mask On First: The Caregiver's Guide to Self-Care

Caregiving is hard because it’s hard. There is no other way to say it. Let us be your companion in this journey. Let us help you navigate the many changes you will experience, from different roles to different thoughts of what a normal life is. We encourage you to take to take care of you in order to take care of them—you must Put Your Mask on First! Let us show you how. Put Your Mask on First is a ground breaking new book for caregivers to help them deal with the changes in their loved one and their own life by starting with taking care of yourself first. The book, written by life change and quality of life experts Dr. Gary Bradt and Scott Silknitter covers the need for caregivers to take care of themselves first with strategies in the following areas: Why you have to take care of you first How to manage guilt and anger Dealing with small daily changes Dealing with life altering changes How to ask for help Pursuing your path to happiness Life happens please let us help you work through those issues that may arise so you and your loved one can enjoy a higher quality of life.

Scott Silknitter is the founder of R.O.S. Therapy Systems and a TV contributor for CBS affiliate 

TV, Speaking, and Contribution experience includes:

• Featured expert for the Caregiving 101 series on multiple TEGNA owned TV stations
• Caregiving segment expert for Lifetime TV's The Balancing Act
• TEDx Speaker 2015
• Content for Foxnews.com, Parkinson's Foundation, Lewy Body Dementia Association and more
• Speaker at multiple functions including American Society on Aging and Southern Gerontological Society

Industry experience includes:

• Co-author over 15 caregiving books and creator of three activity book series
• Created educational courses used by caregivers and agencies in North America
• Endorsements from the National Council for Certified Dementia Practitioners, Lewy Body Dementia Association, and other agencies.
• Product designer with multiple patents of adaptive products to help seniors and those with special needs

 
Dr. Gary Bradt is an author, clinical psychologist, leadership consultant, C-Suite executive coach and speaker on the topic of adapting to and leading through change. Dr.Bradt gained national attention in 2000 when Dr. Spencer Johnson, the renowned author of Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life chose him as the leading speaker on the message of that blockbuster bestselling book.

Dr. Bradt earned his BA in psychology from Duquesne, University. He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Hahnemann University and Hospital, which in 2007 honored him with the "Excellence in Professional Psychology"award. Only the second graduate to be so recognized at the time, this award underscored Dr. Bradt's contributions to the field of professional psychology through his achievements as an author, leadership consultant/coach and world-class speaker.

Gary has joined the fight to improve quality of life for caregivers by taking his global experiences of providing tools to work through change and applying them to this effort.