Living Choices
This episode focused on community building and community engagement strategies. Jack Perez discussed her Kuel Life initiative, emphasizing the need for midlife and beyond support using a model that includes membership, content from experts and product offerings from sponsors. Gary Barg highlighted the importance of personal stories in caregiver communities, noting the success of his…
Elizabeth Magallon Fleury shared her business, Life’s Encore Planning, which helps families navigate caregiving and aging. Delon Canterbury is a geriatric pharmacist. GeriatRx is a Telehealth Concierge Deprescribing consulting service helping patients, providers, and senior facing businesses. Delon highlighted the importance of pharmacogenomics. Joyce Waterhouse PhD talked about the company she founded Inlet Health; and…
Carol Chiang and Rebeca Sternbach were able to offer their perspectives as both occupational therapists and aging in place housing consultants as commentary on the Silvernest and Village to Village Network offering. Michael Skaff also offered his perspective. The leaders of Silvernest and Village to Village Network introduced their alternative senior living options. This Living…
Special Guest Benjamin Surmi introduced our PT OT topic. Paul Petitt: ‘The value we provide to the individual is to focus our services on prevention and proactively address issues that would otherwise interfere with the older adult.’ David Richards: ‘We have a tool called Performance plus which is like Peloton for an older individual. It’s…
Bill Armbruster highlighted the need for middle housing and home sharing. Susan Ryan from the Greenhouse Project described their 371 homes in 32 states (as of July 2022), focusing on dignified, home-like settings. Rebekah Churchyard introduced Canada’s first dementia care farm, Green Care Farms, which offers outdoor activities and sensory engagement. Jamie Gold discussed co-living…
Six different aspects of fitness for older adults are discussed. You will learn about some great innovations. Recorded on 6-23-22, this episode is part of our Fitness and Wellness series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance. Andy Tubman, Co-Founder and Chief of Music and Therapeutics, Musical Health Technologies aka SingFit SingFit is an…
Learn about nutrition for older adults. Why haven’t we devoted more space for this category at retail? Mature dogs get more space for their dog food. Star Director of Culinary Services for Koelsch Communities shares secrets to making easily consumed food more tasty. Hydration is very important for older adults, especially for those with dementia.…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon, and Debbie Howard Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed, followed by Debbie’s summary of this show. Presented by Debbie Howard, Aging Matters International Washington Post 6-9-24 BUoyed by Regulatory Vacuums, Silicon Valley Is Building a Booming Online Wellness Market That Aims to Leave the Doctor’s Office…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon, and Debbie Howard Additional discussion from Ellen Khalifa. Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed, followed by Debbie’s summary of this show. Presented by Debbie Howard, Aging Matters International Washington Post 6-9-24 Buoyed by Regulatory Vacuums, Silicon Valley Is Building a Booming Online Wellness Market That Aims…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, and Ray Gordon Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed. Presented by Elizabeth Magallon Fleury, LifesEncore.com Wall Street Journal Wellness 4-27-24 Millions of American Kids Are Caregivers Now by Ansberry Clare https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/child-caregivers-caring-parents-2b956149 Apple News Access https://apple.news/APE244aKKS2m894jSqQG3gQ American Society of Caregiving Youth https://aacy.org/ Presented by Ellen Khalifa, Tiny Habits Coach for…
