Speech Topics

Speaking engagements featuring Barbara McVicker are
emotional, content-filled, interactive, theatrical, and dynamic.
Choose from topics that provide invaluable information:

  • Caregiver Challenges
  • 3 Generations of Preparedness: Planning Across the Ages
  • Caregivers in the Workforce: Balancing Work and Care
  • Maneuvering the 10 Speed Bumps of Caregiving
  • Family Dynamics: Sibling Headaches
  • Long Distance Caregiving
  • Hospice and Dying
  • No Plan + No Action = Conflict
  • Crucial Conversations: Communication
  • Barbara’s List from Stuck in the Middle
  • Financial and Emotional Burdens of Caregiving
  • Rewards of Caregiving
  • You Know You Are a Caregiver If…
  • 9 Tips for Helping Mom Decide to Move
  • Cures for the Overwhelmed Caregiver
  • Caring for the Caregiver
  • Lunch with Barbara: A Support Group
  • Action Plan: Checklist
  • Dementia: Recognizing Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
  • Sooner Than Later: Are You Ready?
  • 12 Ways to Age Well
  • Depression: The Caregiver and The Elderly
  • Hiring a Care Manager and Other Helpers
  • Why I Wrote the Book
  • Life After Caregiving: Coping with the Loss
  • Mourning: No Correct Way to Grieve
  • Legacy Matters: Ethical Wills
  • 15 Actions to Take When a Crisis Hits
  • Financial Burdens: Money Matters
  • Information Resources: Websites, Books, Checklists
  • HR Departments/Benefits/EAP
  • 6 Documents You and Your Parents Must Have
  • 4 Questions to Ask a Possible Stroke Victim
  • Caregiving as Transformational
  • Long-term Care Insurance
  • Funeral Planning
  • The High Cost of Waiting
  • Housing Options
  • Hospital/Doctor Checklists
  • The Overwhelmed Caregiver – Time Management
  • The Family Meeting
  • Needs Assessment Checklist
  • Vascular Events – Stroke and Heart Attack