Taking Care with Joan Lunden

Taking Care With Joan Lunden is a courageous new four-part series that explores the often difficult subject of caregiving. The show underscores the urgent need for understanding the stressful relationships that can evolve and offers guidance on how to manage expectations, providing insight into what support is already in place.

Comprehensively examining the physical, mental, emotional, and lifestyle adjustments associated with caregiving, Taking Care With Joan Lunden provides the support that many new caregivers need, highlighting options and lucidly exploring realistic strategies. The show is as much about the carer as the cared for and takes a candid look at real families as they grapple with life-changing choices.

Meet Your Host

As host of Good Morning America for almost two decades Joan Lunden is the longest running host ever on morning television. She's reported from 26 countries, covered four presidents, five Olympics, and two royal weddings.

Joan is also part of the sandwich generation, facing the challenges of juggling motherhood and caring for her 91-year-old mother. A long-time heath and family advocate, Joan Lunden has dedicated much of her career to helping women find health, happiness, and balance: five years ago she created Camp Reveille, a women's wellness retreat. Besides being an award-winning television journalist, Joan is also an entrepreneur (launching her own line of home décor) and a bestselling author whose books include Healthy Cooking, Healthy Living, Growing Up Healthy, and A Bend in the Road is Not the End of the Road. She is the mother of seven and exemplifies "today's working mother."

Experts and Guests

Taking Care With Joan Lunden has enlisted a first-rate group of experts including Alexis Abramson, PhD, author and award-winning lifestyle gerontologist; Elinor Ginzler, author, caregiving expert, and AARP's Director of Livable Communities; Sherry Parrish, Emmy-Award winner and certified social-worker; and Sherri Snelling, Chairman of the National Alliance for Caregivers. With the support from AARP, the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and the National Alliance for Caregivers, our experts take an exhaustive approach to examining the challenges associated with caregiving and help families develop successful coping strategies for both caretaker and recipient.