Aging In Full Bloom

Elizabeth Marcus is my guest. She is the author of Don't Say a Word: A Daughter's Two Cents. The book is about Elizabeth's parents, Edna and Leo, a perpetually warring, tyrannical pair in their 80s. They begin wintering In Mexico, where they abandon their usual prudence to embrace adventure and a bevy of sketchy new friends. Soon, Edna adopts a pair of shyster builders whom she trusts over her own architect-daughter Elizabeth, and farcical house results. Blithely indifferent to the calamities that result, the pair refuse all help from their too-compliant only child. Though unique in its loony details, Don’t Say A Word! will resonate with beleaguered adult-children everywhere who will recognize the special misery of watching their parents become taken over by dementia. Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at aginginfullbloom@gmail.com - Aging in Full Bloom with Lisa Stockdale is sponsored by Capital Health Care Network, an Ohio-based, family-owned and operated company, providing solutions that help seniors age o

No one says aging is easy. And I think this poem from Patricia Fleming does a great job of reminding us about that. Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at aginginfullbloom@gmail.com - Aging in Full Bloom with Lisa Stockdale is sponsored by Capital Health Care Network, an Ohio-based, family-owned and operated company, providing solutions that help seniors age on their own terms. Those solutions include home care, senior living, nursing home and rehab care, and hospice. Learn more at Capital Health Care Network. Follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast player. Android user? http://www.subscribeonandroid.com Copyright 2022 Lisa Stockdale

Who doesn't remember working the broom and towel in front of the TV with Body By Jake? Now in his 60s, Jake knows how important it is to stay active and physically healthy. I talk with Jake about his beginnings on TV, and what he is doing today to help older adults stay active during COVID-19. Jake started as a personal trainer with clients including Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford, whom he trained for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Steinfeld became Chairman of the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006 and served until 2011 under Governor Jerry Brown. As a tribute to his lifelong devotion to physical fitness and for his persistent teaching of the Fitness Life Style, he was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame, Class of 2006. Jake was named Chairman of the National Foundation for Governors' Fitness Councils in 2012. Through the cooperation of public and private partnerships, the NFG

This episode is to help everybody understand what area agencies on aging do all across the country and your state. I talk with Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging's Communications Manager Steve Centofanti. COAAA is one of twelve area agencies on aging in the state of Ohio, and one of more than 650 area agencies on aging in the United States. Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging helps older adults and individuals with disabilities live safely and independently in their homes for as long as possible with the assistance of various service providers. COAAA arranges and coordinates non-medical in-home services that help with daily living, such as homemaking, personal care, transportation, home-delivered meals, emergency response, minor home modification, skilled nursing. COAAA has licensed social workers and registered nurses who are care coordinators, are care managers. They connect individuals who need help in the home to area service providers who provide those services, such as transportation, as providing home-de

Caring for a parent, spouse, or relative who cannot care for themselves due to age, infirmity, or illness is one of the noblest human activities. It's also one of the most stressful, posing challenges that can be painful, confusing, frustrating, and deeply rewarding-sometimes all at once. When Caregiving Calls is an invitation to a deep conversation about caregiving and its meaning for you. Aaron Blight has lived the caregiving experience many ways-as a family caregiver for a mother-in-law struggling with brain cancer as it stole her mental clarity and ultimately her life; as the owner of a home care company that supported thousands of families living their own versions of the same journey; and as a researcher, lecturer, and consultant traveling the world to learn from family caregivers and their professional helpers. He shares his insights in eighteen brief, thoughtful chapters that examine the many facets of caregiving. He explores how caregiving reshapes family relationships, challenges comfortable assumpt

Even though we are going through times where we can't connect like we used to, or want to, offices on aging around the country are still an important part of older adults' lives. I talk with Trudy Wilson, Director of Prime Time Office on Aging. Prime Time is a senior center located in Jefferson County (OH), serving people who are 60 years and older. Prime Time is a division of Trinity Health System and is part of the larger Catholic health initiatives, known as Common Spirit Health. Prime Time is only one of two senior centers that are in that system that is affiliated with the local hospital. Prime Time offers a wealth of activities and services to keep you active and healthy! Whether it be our health screenings, Bible studies, crafts, computer classes, garden group, or just getting together for a good ol' game of bocce, we are always looking for new and exciting ways to help our members live life to the fullest. https://www.primetimejeffersoncounty.com/ (https://www.primetimejeffersoncounty.com/) trudyw

Wow, what an honor to speak with Lifting Hearts With The Arts Founder & President Maya Joshi. With COVID-19 causing her and her family to limit their family visits, she and her sister start LHA to work with assisted/independent living facilities to pair residents with members of their team based on mutual interests. Individuals from their organization then reach out via Zoom, Skype or FaceTime to connect with residents. Based in Chicago, the group is now touching lives in Nevada and Texas as well! Find out more at https://www.liftingheartswiththearts.org/ (https://www.liftingheartswiththearts.org/) Find out more on my blog at https://aginginfullbloomwithlisa.blogspot.com (https://aginginfullbloomwithlisa.blogspot.com) Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at aginginfullbloom@gmail.com - Aging in Full Bloom with Lisa Stockdale is sponsored by Capital Health Care Network, an Ohio-based, family-owned and operated company, providing solutions that help seniors age on their own terms. Those solutions include hom

I interview Lee Gutkind, author of My Last Eight Thousand Days. This is his 17th book, and I couldn't put it down. "This revealing, candid, and vivid portrait of one man’s view of aging written by the man who played a crucial role in establishing literary, narrative nonfiction in the marketplace and in the academy, examines male aging in a way we’ve not seen before." In My Last Eight Thousand Days, Gutkind turns his notepad and tape recorder inward, taking his skills as an immersion journalist to perform a deep dive on himself. Here, he offers a memoir of his life as a journalist, editor, husband, father, and Pittsburgh native, recounting not only his many triumphs, but also exposing his missteps and challenges. You can purchase his book by going to his website, https://leegutkind.com/books/my-last-eight-thousand-days/ (https://leegutkind.com/books/my-last-eight-thousand-days/) Find out more on my blog at https://aginginfullbloomwithlisa.blogspot.com (https://aginginfullbloomwithlisa.blogspot.com) Email me

I welcome my good friend Cindy Paige to the episode. She has written a book that I want you to know about, and hear her story behind the writing of it. This book is a collection of practical strategies, artfully woven together with storytelling of the pain of the journey and the humor of life. Told as a metaphor to climbing Mount Everest, Summit will meet you in your current situation and set you up to reach your personal destination of peace and happiness. "Are you stuck in the aftermath of life’s storm? Climb out of pain to find peace. Everyone experiences pain and loss—and it hits you like a storm. This book is a collection of practical strategies artfully woven together with the storytelling of the pain of the journey and the humor of life. Told as a metaphor for climbing Mt. Everest, Summit will meet you in your current situation and set you up to reach your personal destination of peace and happiness. You will be guided to: • Prepare. From where you are to where you want to be—you will map your destina

A great heartwarming story, based around the old black telephone we all grew up with. Find out more on my blog at https://aginginfullbloomwithlisa.blogspot.com/2020/06/stop-loneliness-from-ruling-day-during.html (https://aginginfullbloomwithlisa.blogspot.com/2020/06/stop-loneliness-from-ruling-day-during.html) Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at aginginfullbloom@gmail.com - Aging in Full Bloom with Lisa Stockdale is sponsored by Capital Health Care Network, an Ohio-based, family-owned and operated company, providing solutions that help seniors age on their own terms. Those solutions include home care, senior living, nursing home and rehab care, and hospice. Learn more at Capital Health Care Network. Follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast player. Android user? http://www.subscribeonandroid.com Copyright 2022 Lisa Stockdale

We are smack in the middle of summer 2020 and there's a lot going on. Well, there's also a lot that isn't going on or happening because of the virus. Some of us are working from home. Some of us are out of work. Vacations have been canceled, postponed, or modified. We've got politics, politics, and more politics. Breaking news, fake news. With an election looming right around the corner, social unrest, protesting, rioting, racism, COVID-19. I'll say COVID-19 again. A challenge to health care system issues and concerns about our children returning to school. Smoldering heat in some parts of the country, which makes wearing these masks particularly challenging. And we're being encouraged to refrain from or limit gatherings. That means different things to different people. But one thing I think we can all agree on, there's a lot going on. And with so much going on, I think it's real easy to lose perspective. when I say it's easy to lose perspective. Don't worry. I am not going to tell you what to think or

Age may bring wisdom but it also brings a greater chance of health problems, and some health problems might require surgery to make you better. We have a great conversation with Capital Health Care Network's Delores Moore, or as everyone likes to call her, Ms. D. She is an administrative assistant, who will soon be celebrating her 85th birthday. She recently had a knee replacement surgery. She knew she needed it done, and with the strong encouragement of her eldest daughter, she had it done, and soon will be taking care of her other knee. If you or someone you love is elderly and needs surgery, there is good news: Health care, in general, is doing a much better job of caring for the elderly, and that means better outcomes after surgery. The older patient deserves the same quality of care and the same access to information needed to make health care decisions as younger patients. That means, first and foremost, not making surgery decisions based solely on one factor: chronological age. Geriatrics is the spe

Our topic today is going to be focused on the importance of staying connected during COVID-19. And I'm really speaking more to people who have family members in long-term care settings like nursing homes or assisted living. But I think there's value here for all of us. Even if you are not in one of those settings or you don't have a family member or a loved one in one of those settings. Here in Ohio, as in most states, visitation has been prohibited in nursing homes. Now, our Governor just signed a new law, which is going to take effect soon, that will allow visitation, outdoor visitation for assisted living communities. But the nursing homes on that front, they're still saying no to visitation. And what we know as health care providers is that there is a cost associated with this stance. A cost to our residents. And I understand, we all understand why it has to be done. Because we're trying to protect a very vulnerable population. But we also believe that quality of life matters and that we have to figure

We're talking about a program called Matter of Balance. I have Kim Willis, a program coach, in the studio with me who teaches Matter of Balance. It's all about fall prevention, overcoming the fear of falling and all those things that help us live more successful lives as we age. Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at aginginfullbloom@gmail.com - Aging in Full Bloom with Lisa Stockdale is sponsored by Capital Health Care Network, an Ohio-based, family-owned and operated company, providing solutions that help seniors age on their own terms. Those solutions include home care, senior living, nursing home and rehab care, and hospice. Learn more at Capital Health Care Network. Follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast player. Android user? http://www.subscribeonandroid.com Copyright 2022 Lisa Stockdale

We're are talking about a program called Opening Minds Through Art. And I have a certified instructor with me, Kim Willis, also from Capital Health Care Network. This program was developed by Elizabeth "Like" Lokon, and is taught at Miami University in Oxford, OH. Kim tells about the strengths of the program, including the multi-generational successes where college students work with our older adult population struggling with dementia. The episode I reference about music can be found here - https://www.spreaker.com/user/11242242/something-magical-about-music (https://www.spreaker.com/user/11242242/something-magical-about-music) https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/centers/scripps/community-connections/opening-minds-through-art/index.html (https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/centers/scripps/community-connections/opening-minds-through-art/index.html) Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at aginginfullbloom@gmail.com - Aging in Full Bloom with Lisa Stockdale is sponsored by Capital Health Care Network, an Ohio-based,

This episode is about the importance of old friendships. Staying connected to people from your past especially, we're going to focus on childhood friendships. How that keeps you connected and engaged and socializing. And how at the end of the day, that equals a better life with more happiness and a sense of community and connectedness. With me on this episode is Debbie Ayers, a Medicare enrollment specialist, and also our Community Relations Manager at Capital Health Care Network. Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at aginginfullbloom@gmail.com - Aging in Full Bloom with Lisa Stockdale is sponsored by Capital Health Care Network, an Ohio-based, family-owned and operated company, providing solutions that help seniors age on their own terms. Those solutions include home care, senior living, nursing home and rehab care, and hospice. Learn more at Capital Health Care Network. Follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast player. Android user? http://www.subscri