Carolyn A. Brent

Carolyn Brent, also known as Carolyn A. Brent, is an American author, bodybuilder and advocate for elder-care legislation. She is renowned for her award-winning advocacy and her best-selling books, "The Caregiver's Companion: Caring for Your Loved One Medically, Financially and Emotionally While Caring for Yourself" and "Why Wait? The Baby-Boomers Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially and Legally for a Parent’s Death." Additionally, Brent is the founder of the nonprofit organizations, Caregiver Story and Grandpa's Dream.

Expertise
Brent is an expert on aging and sibling and family aging issues. She is a frequent public speaker and radio and television commentator on the topic of elder care. Brent is the host of "Across All Ages" on NTV ABC.

In 2016 Brent won first place in the "60s and up" category at the 2016 National Physique Committee South Florida bodybuilding and bikini competition.

Authorship
Brent's books cover the topics of elder caregiving, estate planning, sibling contracts, and family legal and financial conversations.

In September 2011, Brent released ''Why Wait? The Baby-Boomers Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially and Legally for a Parent's Death''. The idea for the book came from Brent's experiences as the primary caregiver for her father for 12 years. In January 2015, Brent released the self-help book in large print through Thorndike Press, The Caregiver's Companion: Caring for Your Loved One Medically, Financially and Emotionally While Caring for Yourself. According to the Library Journal, The Caregiver's Companion is "an excellent, comprehensive guide" for caregivers. Today's Caregivers Magazine recognized Brent's Caregiver's Companion with the 2015 Caregiver Friendly Award.

Books

 * The Caregiver's Companion: Caring for Your Loved One Medically, Financially and Emotionally While Caring for Yourself (ISBN 978-0373893096)
 * Why Wait? the Baby Boomers' Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially and Legally for a Parent's Death (ISBN 978-0615475011)
 * The Caregiver's Legal Survival Guide (ISBN 978-1545499023)
 * The Caregiver's Financial Survival Guide (ISBN 978-1545498323)
 * The Caregiver's Emotional Survival Guide (ISBN 978-1545497159)
 * Transforming Your Life Through Self-Care: A Guide to Tapping into Your Deep Beauty and Inner Worth (ISBN 978-1538120842)
 * Amazing Grace: How My Father Taught Me to Rejoice in the Word of Our Father (ISBN 978-0-578-78322-2)
 * The Caregiver's Companion (2nd Ed.) (ISBN 978-1-335-90988-6)