Social Isolation and Mental Health
This Rethinking Aging Club Podcast episode focused on prioritizing self-care and wellness for caregivers, effective exercise programs for older adults, developing products and services that improve older adults’ lives, and integrating wellness in home design. Our speakers emphasized the importance of addressing psychological and social factors in addition to biology, and highlighted the potential of…
Sky Bergman discussed her film “Lives Well Lived” and its intergenerational projects, reaching over 500 students and older adults. Susan Ostrowski introduced Reading2Connect which provides age and dementia-friendly reading materials to facilitate conversations between older adults and younger people. Readable and user-friendly for older adults. The books are easy to handle and navigate, printed on…
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 Dr. Zalan Alam, MBBS, FRCGP GP Partner and Clinical Director IMC Debunking the Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression by Dr Joanna Moncrieff https://lizearlewellbeing.com/podcast/debunking-depression-professor-joanna-moncrieff/ h/t Ellen Fallows https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ellen-fallows-95647b168_debunking-the-chemical-imbalance-theory-of-activity-7150432330296246273-SmT1/…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, and Ray Gordon Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed. Presented by Ray Gordon, Architect / Urban Planner / Futurist Fortune Wellness 11-19 Superaging by Liz Seegert https://fortune.com/well/2023/11/19/superagers-fight-off-age-related-diseases/ 95+? Join the Study (study for US residents only) https://www.superagersstudy.org/en/group/571/home Presented by Elizabeth Magallon Fleury, LifesEncore.com Business Insider 12-6-23 by…
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 NY Times Dying Broke Series Continued by Jordan Rau Debbie Presented 11-14 Article First in Series in Our 11-21 Show. 11-19-23 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/health/guide-to-assisted-living.html…
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 Ellen Khalifa, Tiny Habits Coach Focused on Improving Health Span Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 10-24-23 Visual Feedback System for Gait Rehabilitation in Older Adults https://jneuroengrehab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12984-023-01260-2…
