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By David Solie
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David Solie is an author, educator, speaker, and thought leader in the area of geriatric and intergenerational communication. His book "How To Say It To Seniors: Closing the Communication Gap with Our Elders" is a landmark text that has been read and reread by legions of baby boomers searching for a better approach to working with their parents and other older adults. His blog radio shows provide listeners with "new ideas and strategies” for understanding and communicating with aging parents. Experience has taught him that many listeners will have an "ah ha' moment regarding an older parent or client that will forever change the course of their relationship with this person.
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The Aging in Place Dilemma: Outside Care in the Home - Dec 03,2011 | My guest Steve Barlam is a recognized leader in the field of geriatric care management. He is a Certified Care Manager (CMC) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). He co-founded LivHOME in 1999, a professionally-led, home care company. Steve is going to share with us tips and insights on creating more successful conversations with seniors about at-home care | 12/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Control Reinforcements For Aging Parents: Telehealth - Oct 28,2011 | Technology is changing the aging landscape by providing "reinforcements" for aging in place. My guest William Miska is the founder of Telehealth, which provides 24/7 "vital healthcare and safety monitoring" products and solutions for seniors. We are going to be discussing the benefits and limitations of these new technologies, the scope of services, and whats on the horizon. This program will be of special interest to Boomers in terms of their aging parents but more importantly in terms of their own aging in place strategy. | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Siblings Dilemma: How Do You Make Good Choices? - Oct 15,2011 | My guest Elizabeth Zaski (Beth) is a former Senior Vice President of Nielsen Media Research and has extensive executive management background. She is currently the COO and Co-founder of Lifelines Academy and Network a company focused on educating and connecting professionals serving seniors. Even with Beth’s management background and extensive knowledge of products and services available for seniors; it is still challenging to get nine siblings to agree and to communicate in a loving way options to their parents. Let’s see how Beth and her siblings have overcome some of these challenges and teach us how they learned to work as an effective team. Beth and her business partner, Sheryl Hunter JD, CEO and Co-founder have an e-book coming out this fall on the up and coming careers that are available for professionals that want to serve seniors. | 10/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The End of Life Hero: Conversation with Tim Tosta - Oct 08,2011 | My guest Tim Tosta is a cancer survivor, a seasoned hospice volunteer, and executive coach to the legal and business communities. He is the author of #DEATH tweet, Book 02- 140 Perspectives on Being a Supportive Witness to the End of Life. We are going to be discussing his new book that was written to help individuals, families and friends at the end of a loved one’s life. It is intended to relieve some of the suffering, to address the fears and uncertainties, and to reveal some of the extraordinary gifts bestowed at the end of life process. | 10/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Falling Out Of Control: The Fall Dilemma with Aging Parents - Sep 17,2011 | Falls are a “clear and present danger” to our aging parents. My guest, Rein Tideiksaar Ph.D., PA-C is the president of FallPrevent, LLC, a consulting company that provides educational, legal and marketing services related to fall prevention in the elderly. We will be discussing the causes and impact of falls in the elderly as well as pracitical strategies to prevent them. We will be answering the following questions: Where do falls among older adults most frequently occur? What are the major risk factors for falls? How can caregivers make the home safe for elders? What kinds of exercise reduce the risk of falling ? All aging parents are at risk for falls. This show offers listeners insights and practical advice on how to prevent them. | 9/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Tremble Clefs of Portland: A community choir for people with vocal challenges due to Parkinson's - Apr 16,2011 | My guest Jodi Winnwalker, CEO of Earthtones Music Therapy Services in Portland, Oregon, has helped form a new music therapy group and choir in the Portland Metro area for people with Parkinsons Disease who talk too-softly(plus their care-partners and families). The choir is called The Tremble Clefs. The goals of the project are to use researched- based-music-therapy techniques to improve vocal quality, strength, clarity, volume, projection, and breath support. In addition the program provides mental stimulation, promotes emotional well being & self esteem, provides opportunities for social connection & support in a wheelchair-accessible fun, success-oriented, musical environment at little to no cost. As important, it provides an opportunity for the family members of people with PD to proactively participate while educating the public about what people with Parkinsons Disease CAN DO. Join us to learn more about the power of music to change the lives of patients and their families.... | 4/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Lesson: What We Learn From Caregiving For In-Laws - Mar 12,2011 | My guest Bill Shanks is a caregiver, husband, and blogger. He has a history of being a caregiver for an "in-law," a role he hadn't planned on playing. But he found it transformative, giving him a strong sense of commitment, caring, and love. On our show we will explore some of Bill's lessons as a caregiver of an in-law. We will look at what worked, what almost worked, and what fell flat. In the course of the discussion, we will look at the profound, the mundane, and Bill's suggestions on how to avoid the isolation that many caregivers experience. This practical, all too human tale of finding deep meaning in service to an in-law is an important message for an aging population where "blended families" now out number "non-blended" ones. | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Residential Retirement Puzzle: What's the Secret? - Feb 26,2011 | My guest Donna Pick Pick is the founder of "Senior Residential Choices", a free residential referral service for seniors. She personally matches the senior’s individual needs with the specific retirement communities: Independent/Assisted, board & care homes and Alzheimer’s/dementia facilities. Donna holds an administrator license for “Retirement Facilities for the Elderly.” She is going to be sharing her "pearls and insights" about finding the best residential community match for seniors. If your family is thinking about or actively involved in the "senior housing" question, then this show is an excellent resource to find out from an industry expert on the subject. | 2/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Five Most Important Questions Most People Don't Know to Ask Retirement Communities - Feb 05,2011 | My guest Natalie Johnson has spent the past twenty years in the real estate and retirement living industry. Years ago, out of love and ignorance, Natalie became an expert at doing the wrong thing for her parents. If she had known what she knows today, her parents future would have been much different. Through her own personal experience, Natalie knows how to guide adult children and their parents through the steps of gaining independence and the benefits of retirement living. On our show, we are going to discuss the five most important questions most people don't know about retirement communities. The focus will finding ways for aging parents to have more control of their lives no matter where they live. In addition, we will look at ways to "vet" a retirement community in terms of financial strength, quality of services, and what it's like to live there. If someone in your family is considering the retirement community option, Natalie's wisdom and insights will prove invaluable. | 2/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Capturing the Legacy: Memoir Writing for Aging Parents - Nov 13,2010 | My guest Marcia Rudoff has written a book entitled: We Have Stories-A Handbook for Writing Your Memoirs. She has been teaching memoir writing classes and workshops for over a decade. Our show will discuss how aging parents can benefit from memoir writing in the following ways: 1. Beneficial brain work 2. Gifting a legacy to future generations 3. Productive engagement Adult children benefit from seeing their parents sustaining an interest in a meaningful activity, reading their parent's stories, and finding life lessons in the material. The need to create a legacy is a compelling developmental task in the last phase of life and memoir writing is an ideal vehicle to assist the process. | 11/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who Can't - Nov 06,2010 | My guest Vicki Kind is a clinical bioethicist who has written a book entitled The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who Can't. Her book is a guide for families and healthcare professionals who are struggling to make the right decisions for those who are losing or have lost capacity. We are going to be discussing the four tools that make decision making a compassionate process for predictable dilemmas like taking away the car keys, moving to a long-term care facility or making the end-of-life decisions. Her work provides an adaptable system for making choices while respecting the individual’s values and beliefs. The tools and strategies we will be discussing will help listeners remove the continuous angst of, “Am I doing the right thing?” | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Leaving Dilemma: Finding the Right Goodbye - Oct 23,2010 | As we come along side our aging parents in the final phase life, we realize that this is ultimately about goodbye, many times sooner then we expect. How do adult children navigate these deeply emotional and painful currents? My guest, Kelsey Collins, has written a book about this dilemma entitled Exit Strategy: Leaving this Life with Grace and Gratitude. Our show will explore the following topics from her book: 1) What is an “exit strategy” in the context of aging parents and their families? 2) What can adult children do when their aging parents are still alive to make this a less painful process? 3) What can adult children do to enrich their relationship with their aging parents? 4) What is a “good death?” 5) How do adult children use you material when they are “long distance” caregivers? 6) What do you recommend when adult children cannot do it all themselves? 7) What is “adopt an elder?” 8) Given how uncomfortable your topic is for families, what are some of the best ways to initiate and sustain these critical conversations? | 10/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Long Term Care Dilemma: What's the Plan? - Sep 18,2010 | Everyone knows that long term care for aging parents is a self-funding issue, but this is simply an observation, not a plan. The question haunting all families is “what’s the plan and where do I start?” The show looks at a new approach to this dilemma called “The Long Term Care Portfolio.” This portfolio is both a planning and management system that helps families understand, coordinate, and manage all of the LTC moving parts. Our show will discuss the three key sectors of the LTC portfolio: Living Accommodations, Funding Options, and Support Services. It will include an update on traditional LTC insurance, asset based LTC products, and other funding options. If you or someone you know is trying to sort out long term care concerns, this show offers new strategies that could help educe the complexity and confusion surrounding this challenging task. | 9/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brain Ruts from Aging and Caregiving? Time to Rewire - May 01,2010 | We are swimming in an ocean of distractions which add layers of additional stress to the challenges of aging and caregiving. What can make this better? My guest, Stephanie West Allen, is an attorney, educator, conflict mediator, and devotee of neuroscience and believes she has an effective answer: Brains on Purpose™. Ms. Allen is the creator of Brains on Purpose™ programs where she shows people how to use their mind to change their brain in order to break and create new habits, increase focus and awareness, and achieve goals. In addition, she has developed a ground-breaking mediation model that utilizes the latest findings in neuroscience to facilitate resolution of conflict. She is going to discuss the science behind her program, how it works, and how listeners can use her approach to essentially "rewire" their brains. This is cutting edge thinking that is a must listen for second half of life (i.e. 50 and older) listeners. | 5/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Power of Capturing Life Stories - Apr 24,2010 | One of the two primary tasks of the final phase of life is to "create a legacy in a world where time is running short." Creating a legacy is the end product of life review. My guest, Beth Sanders, who is the founder of LifeBio, will discuss how her company helps older adults capture their life stories. We will be discussing various ways to facilitate life review. What strategies work best? How do you start the conversation? What are her favorite "door openers?" How do you capture the stories and memories you uncover? What insights and lessons has she learned doing the important work for older adults and their families. Join us for a "coaching moment" in the art of facilitating older adults through the life review process on the road to creating a legacy. | 4/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aging Parents: Keeping Track of Everything - Mar 27,2010 | The drama of aging parents is filled with subplots that can undo our best efforts to keep everything together. One of the most unnerving challenges is trying to manage and coordinate personal, financial, legal, and health insurance affairs. In an ocean of uneven transactions, things are easily lost, misplaced, or simply forgotten. What can make this better? My guest, Gideon Schein, has spent the last ten years partnering with seniors and their boomer children to provide “in-home” administration services. He is a founding partner of Eddy & Schein In-Home Administrators for Seniors. Gideon will discuss the scope and depth of in-home administration services and why they are becoming more important in a time-strapped, too much to do aging society. Our discussion will look at the basics of this subplot. What are the biggest in-home administration issues families face at the start of the process? What are some of the biggest long term issues that have to be managed? What is the first thing that needs to get done? What are the key legal documents required for daily living and being prepared? How do manage the deluge of investment papers and bank statements? How do you insure bills are paid on time? Is there any hope for gaining the upper hand on medical bills and insurance papers? What about taxes if you pay or choose not to pay them? This is a foundational show that offers listeners new strategies, suggestions, and ideas to better understand and manage these necessary yet unnerving obligations | 3/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aging Parents: Where do I begin? - Mar 13,2010 | My guest Joy Loverde has written a book that answers this timely and difficult question called The Complete Eldercare Planner. It is a book that tells adult children where to start, what questions to ask, and where to find help. On our show Joy will discuss how to find the right housing, low cost or no-cost resources, getting the best insurance, legal issues, and much more. With over thirty year as a leading consultant in the senior/active adult industry, Joy offers a practical, no-nonsense approach to help family members plan and manage eldercare and caregiver issue. This is a "must listen" show for adult children who are trying to get their bearings on this subject and need expert "coaching" to take the first steps. Listeners can call in with their questions or post them the show's chat room. | 3/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Do Nursing Home Residents Discuss with Their Shrink? - Feb 27,2010 | I am delighted to have as my guest for this show Eleanor Barbera, PhD (http://mybetternursinghome.blogspot.com/) who is an author and a licensed psychologist consulting in long-term care facilities in the New York City area. She and I will be discussing her fascinating work as a therapist to nursing home patients. Dr. Barbera answers a simple yet powerful question: what do nursing home residents discuss with their shrinks behind closed doors? It turns out they have a lot to say about leaving their homes, the loss of control, being dependent on others, how they get their needs met, how to cope with roommates, how their family reacts to their new environment, illness, dying, life beyond death and making the most of the time they have left. She offers a powerful look into a population whose true voice is rarely heard or appreciated. If you work with seniors or have aging parents, this is a show you won’t want to miss. | 2/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Connected Living-The New Social Networking for Seniors - Feb 20,2010 | "Social isolation is a huge issue with the elderly population as they often experience losses on many levels including a spouse, a friend or their home," offered Sarah Hoit, CEO and co-founder of MyWay Village and my guest on Aging Parents Insights. Her "Connected Living" program directly addresses the challenges of social isolation that these losses create in the lives of Seniors. Connected Living is a "senior-focused technology" that helps seniors get online in an easy and social way by combining access to simplified technology with personal training and support. As important, it appears that the Connected Living program is reducing depression and feelings of isolation within senior communities where the company's programs are being offered. This is a new frontier for social networking with seniors. Join Sarah and me as we discuss the myriad of ways that senior-focused technology can improve the lives of seniors and their families. | 2/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Easing the tough conversations with Aging Parents - Jan 16,2010 | Eldercare issues are complex and riddled with conflict. My guests, Debbie Reinberg and John Rymers, are eldercare specialists/mediators with EldeResolutions in Denver Colorado who are going to discuss how an “impartial” eldercare mediator can help families overcome these predictable dilemmas of aging. Learn how eldercare mediation provides a “win-win” environment for the entire family while preserving the dignity of all the participants. If you are having trouble navigating the landmines of eldercare, then this is a show you won’t want to miss. | 1/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Who Will Take Care of Them? Aging Parents and Special Needs Children - Dec 19,2009 | We are all living longer including children with special needs. As a result, aging parents who are caregivers of special needs children, many of who live at home with their parents, are facing a new set of short and long term challenges. Not only do they have to worry about how to maintain their own quality of life during their retirement years, but they have to address the immediate and future needs of their adult child. My guest, Vincent J. Russo, is an attorney and a national advocate for people with disabilities. He is a trustee of Legal Resources: Academy of Special Needs Planners. Vincent and I will be discussing the following concerns: 1. How do aging parents physically take care of an adult child? 2. How do aging parents financially provide for their child after they pass away? 3. Where will the child live? 4. Who will make the decisions for the child if the parent is incapacitated or dies? 5. How will the government benefits be maintained and maximized? This is an important show for anyone who is involved with families who have special need children. | 12/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Downsizing Dilemma - Dec 12,2009 | Aging parents can be drowning in a house full of "stuff" but continually fend off any attempt by their adult children to intervene. My guest, Claire LeSage, an expert in helping families downsize, will offer stories and advice based on her new e-book "Frazzled to Dazzled." Clarie's insight, compassion, and practical approach to helping seniors lighten the load is a "must listen" for older adults, their adult children, and senior care professionals. | 12/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Place Like Home for Aging Parent? Maybe, Maybe Not - Nov 07,2009 | Was Dorothy right? Is home the only "right" choice for aging parents or can it be counter productive and detrimental? My guest for the show is Leslie Peters, Director of Sales and Marketing at Villa Gardens, a full service, multi level retirement community in Pasadena, California. She and I will explore this emotionally charged topic with our listeners. What are the dangers of betting the farm on aging in place? Is assisted living the next step or are there other choices? How do you begin these discussions with aging parents or your spouse? What resources are available to help families make informed choices? | 11/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surviving the Sibling Wars - Oct 29,2009 | The world of aging parents is a volatile landscape where everything is exaggerated, both good and bad. One of the “bad” events is sibling infighting. This 30 minute show hosted by David Solie looks at what triggers these conflicts as well as effective ways for families to survive them. | 10/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 24 Episodes |
- Free
- Category: Kids & Family
- Language: English
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