Making caring for your ageing parents easier
I have helped more than 1,000 families navigate the ageing, dementia and caregiving journey - and can help your family too.
💛 Clarity for today, understanding options for tomorrow
💛 In-the-moment actionable strategies
💛 Creating a solid plan for the future
💛 Connecting with other families
💛 Weekly Q&A sessions with me
Think of me as your family's ageing and dementia coach.
With Talking Ageing, your family is not alone
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Hi, I'm Melissa Levi 👋🏼 (and my Gma!)
Clinical Psychologist & Author
Raise your hand if you are...
✔️ Feeling unprepared for all the caregiving responsibilities, and struggling to balance your parent's care with your own family, work and life responsibilities
✔️ Struggling with your own emotions; anxious, overwhelmed and heartbroken watching Mum and Dad age, their diagnoses, cognitive decline etc.
✔️ Unsure what the future holds, and how quickly things might change.
✔️ Avoiding big conversations with Mum, Dad and your siblings. Unsure where to begin, what to discuss or how to manage conflicting views.
✔️ Worrying about your parents' safety when they're home alone, and concerned about their quality of life and independence
✔️ Struggling to communicate with a parent who has a different version of reality (do I tell them the truth? do I answer the same questions over and over again?)
✔️ Struggling with progressed Dementia (aggression, agitation, sundowning, wandering and so much more)
✔️ Unsure how to introduce support services without arguing with your parents
✔️ Worried about the financial implications of long-term care
If that's you, my all-access Talking Ageing membership is for your family
Together, we'll solve problems, you'll have more clarity for today, and you'll understand the options and next steps for tomorrow.
The Workshops
Knowledge, strategies, scripts & resources. All included with your
annual membership
The Workbook
Downloadable checklists, scripts & resources - for you, your parents and your family
The Community
Walk this journey with others. Connect, share, learn and navigate together
Live Q&A's
Weekly sessions with Melissa and expert partners
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Your family can expect:
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Learn practical skills and strategies to make day-to-day care & life easier
Step into Mum's world. Understand what your parents are experiencing, and know how to respond
Maintain connection, argue less, and see an increase in joyful and meaningful moments
Find greater self-care balance, and get better at juggling the rest of life too (kids, friends, work & yourself)
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The membership includes
all my Dementia workshops:
Pre-Diagnosis,
Receiving a Diagnosis & What to Expect Next...
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💛 Noticing changes?
💛 Receiving & coping with a diagnosis
💛 Dementia and treatments explained
💛 The next steps for your family; conversations, expectations and future planning.
Independent Living with Early to Moderate Dementia
💛 Practical strategies to making home safer to live in
💛 Safety with medications, navigating the community etc.
💛 Communication strategies to maintain social connections
💛 Defining a meaningful life; what matters most to Mum or Dad.
Progressed Dementia incl. Challenging Behaviours (BPSD)
💛 What to do when Mum's reality is different to yours? Do I always tell the truth? (e.g. doesn't know that Dad has passed away, wants to go home etc.)
💛 Rethinking BPSD, and what is Mum trying to communicate?
💛 Practical strategies to deal with agitation, aggression, wandering, disinhibition, paranoia & much more.
And these workshops too:
Difficult Conversations & Future Planning
Step-by-step to have difficult conversations most families avoid until it's too late. Understand Mum's wishes, create family alignment & plan for the future.
Reduce Caregiver Stress & Prevent Burnout
The *only* caregiver self-care course you need to reduce caregiver stress and prevent burnout
Navigating the
Aged Care Maze
Have clarity when navigating the aged care maze. Understand the process, your government agencies (My Aged Care & ACAT in Australia, Eldercare in the USA), and more.
COMING SOON
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And connect with other
families on the same journey...
Connect. Share. Learn
Share stories and connect with other families navigating the same journeys
Solve challenges
Have more clarity for today, understand the options and next steps for tomorrow.
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Weekly Q&A's
Webinars, and discussions
with Melissa and expert partners.
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Common questions
Are these workshops for me?
Are you navigating the ageing, dementia or caregiving journey with Mum, Dad or an ageing loved one? And are you keen to understand more, make the journey a bit easier, not feel alone, and provide best care possible? If yes - this workshop is absolutely for you!
Is this just for Australians?
No. Ageing is a universal experience.
The knowledge, strategies and exercises are used by families around the world. I have worked with families from Australia, the USA, the UK, Europe and Asia. Just note that being Australian, I use 'Mum' instead of 'Mom', 'Ageing' instead of 'Aging'.
What if Talking Ageing isn't right for me?
I'm confident that I can help you and your family. However, if Talking Ageing isn't the right solution for you, please contact us within 14-days of payment for a full refund.
Do you have an online community?
It's happening right now! Be one of our first 20 members and secure a founders discount, for life.
What device do I need to access Talking Ageing?
Any device. I personally find the larger the screen the better, but you can use any mobile device, tablet or computer. Additionally, I recommend that you print off the PDF exercises.
What access will I have to Melissa?
If you’re looking for me, this is where you’ll find me: Pre-recorded workshops, live webinars and Q&A sessions. I will also be setting up a private community so you can connect with me, my team and your peers; your extended village.
Note: As stated in our Terms of Use, Talking Ageing Pty Ltd is not engaged in rendering therapy services by providing this site, and your use of the site does not create any therapist-patient or other treatment relationship between you and Talking Ageing or Melissa Levi or any of its representatives.
🔒 I have helped 1,000+ families. Cancel anytime.
With Talking Ageing, you're never alone.
My promise to you is that together, we'll solve problems, you'll have more clarity for today, and you'll understand the options and next steps for tomorrow.
I will provide you with the same strategies, knowledge, scripts, resources and exercises that I've given to 1,000+ families face-to-face.
Melissa
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"Warm and compassionate, Melissa offers sound clinical information and practical advice... Sure to be helpful for all families."
- Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, UNSW Sydney
"We all MUST talk about old age and cognitive impairment, and Melissa shows the way!"
- Associate Professor David Burke, Discipline of Psychiatry, UNDA Sydney
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