Youth Caregivers, Fractures Supplements Study, Monitoring Your Parents 9-22-26
For our September 22, 2026 News for the Ages by Rethinking Aging Club episode, we discussed monitoring our parents with tech and how to introduce this to them. A research study questioning the benefits of calcium and vitamin D supplements. And the reality of child and teenage family caregivers.
Presented by Elizabeth Magallon Fleury, CAPS, Life’s Encore Planning,
LifesEncore.com
Vox 8-28-26 How to Spy on Your Aging Parents Without Freaking Them Out by Adam Clark Estes
https://www.vox.com/life/500898/apple-watch-aarp-security-camera
Apple access
On our 9-1-26 News for the Ages podcast episode, we discussed mobile phone emergency medical information access for responders.
Use fall detection with Apple Watch from Apple Support
Elizabeth referred to different generations. Here’s a helpful Generations at a glance guide developed by Linda Sherman.
Presented by Ellen Khalifa, Habits Coach for Healthspan and Wellspan
Habits Coach for Healthspan and Wellspan—For Falls Prevention Week: 5-20-26 https://bmjgroup.com/calcium-and-vitamin-d-supplements-offer-little-to-no-meaningful-benefit-on-fracture-and-fall-prevention/
Researchers in Canada reviewed the results of 69 randomized controlled trials involving 153,902 adults that assessed the effect of calcium or vitamin D supplements – or a combination of both – on reducing the number of fractures and falls compared with placebo or no treatment.
Study: https://www.bmj.com/content/393/bmj.s913
Linda referred to the CEO of Solius Labs being on our self-care podcast on July 23rd where he explained benefits of personalized UVB light therapy through Solius, which can increase vitamin D levels.
Ellen shared an article in our 10-21-25 News for the Ages episode on men getting osteoporosis.
Presented by Debbie Howard, Caregiver Advocate, Co-founder, Living Best
New York Times 8-5-26 The U.S. Relies on Family Caregivers. Millions of Them Are Kids by Helen Ouyang
The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household – even if they’re kids.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/magazine/child-family-caregivers-aacy.html
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The study: https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/ppi/topics/ltss/family-caregiving/caregiving-in-us-2025.doi.10.26419-2fppi.00373.001.pdf
“Care recipients themselves are mostly older adults; nearly half are age 75 or older. Most of these older adults face multiple chronic health conditions. Common primary conditions include age-related decline, Alzheimer’s or other dementias, mobility limitations, cancer, and postsurgical recovery. Cognitive issues are prevalent: 27 percent of caregivers report 2 Caregiving in the US 2025 that their care recipient has Alzheimer’s, dementia, or another memory-related impairment. Caregivers under 50 are more likely to manage short-term or mental health conditions, whereas older caregivers typically support those with long-term physical health issues. These patterns highlight how the caregiving trajectory differs across the lifespan.”
Debbie Howard mentioned an August 2023 study done on the special traits that family caregivers develop that can be very beneficial to employers. Reported in HBR available only with subscription.
The publicly available Rutgers study that was highlighted.
Elizabeth reported on this topic in our 5-28-24 News for the Ages podcast episode.
Discussion hosted with commentary by: Managing Editor Boomer Tech Talk, Rethinking Aging Club podcasts founder, executive producer and co-host Linda Sherman with co-host Ray Gordon, architect, urban planner, futurist, former Pratt Institute grad school professor and avid science reader; and Debbie Howard, caregiver advocate and co-founder, Tokyo-based AgeTech platform Living Best.
Our Asia Pacific friendly schedule for our News for the Ages by Rethinking Aging Club live podcast episode recordings:
September 22, 2026 6-7pm EDT (September 23: 7am JST/KST; 6am SGT)
UK – 11pm GMT
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