Specifically for Seniors - A New Direction

Courtney Hogenson, is a Registered Nurse, Advanced Legal Nurse Consultant, Patient Advocate and Life Care Manager with more than ten years of experience in elder care and healthcare worker empowerment. She is also the founder of Call-Light, an innovative healthcare platform that enables patients and nurses to directly negotiate private in-home care engagements anytime, anyplace. In our discussion, Courtney and I tackle the difficult problems involved in elder care including advocacy for hospitalized patients, home care beyond what a family member caregiver or aide can provide and the costs involved. We talk about Courtney's company Call-Light (www.call-light.com) and how to find nursing home care wherever it is needed. Contact: Web Site: https://www.call-light.com Phone: 1-800-476-6523 Patient Advocacy: http://www.aginglifecare.org Contest Information: Text Number : (781) 613-0393 Contest Rules: https://www.specificallyforseniors.com/p/contest-rules/ Your Story Link: https://www.specificallyforseniors.com/p/your-story/

Priscilla Long is a Seattle based writer of science, poetry, creative non-fiction, fiction and history and a longtime independent teacher of writing. Her awards include a National Magazine Award, ten of her essays have been honored as “notable” in various editions of the Best American Essays. She wrote a science column for The American Scholar online. Priscilla has an MFA from the University of Washington and grew up on a dairy farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, USA. Priscila's book, Dancing with the Muse in Old Age, is about thriving in old age. It reflects the new ways of looking at old age as a potentially dynamic, happy, and productictive time. Priscilla and I chat about ageism and creativity and her concept that old age is a time to begin creative work. We talk about "models" - people who in their later years were creative and productive. We consider the meaning of the word "retirement" and share our thoughts on whether that word should not be used any longer. We talk about the advantages and challenges to being an oder creator and her feeling about how we should shape a new sort of old age.

Dr. Robert Krim is a leading expert on the factors that have driven and continue to drive Boston (and Massachusetts) to be the most innovative city in the US.. He Co-authored Boston Made: From Revolution to Robotics: Innovations that Changed the World. His revelations about Boston have been made into a permanent exhibit at Boston’s Logan Airport Terminal C - From Massachusetts to the World: Four Centuries of Innovation which draws millions of visitors each year. Most recently he co-founded the Innovation Trail a 2- hour guided tour through Kendall Sq and Downtown Boston of 21 sites of innovations which originated here and changed the nation or the world. Boston Magazine awarded the Trail tour as “the Best Walking Trail” In Boston in its Best of Boston July ’23 special edition. Bob taught for a decade at Clark University and became a tenured professor at Framingham State University. Now, a semi-retired professor at Framingham State, He teaches Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and founded the “co-working” Entrepreneur Innovation Center. Bob is the author of Boston Made: From Revolution to Robots: Innovation That Have Changed the World. He headed up a 20+ year long study of moree than 450 inovations that originated in Boston and changed the nation and the world. He worked with hindreds of organizations, universities and companies to tell the story. Please take a moment to take this brief survey, submit the results to https://www.specificallyforseniors.com/contact. Thank you. Question 1: Would you like to see more presentations like this one? Question 2: Would you be interested in watching and listening to a live, streaming podcast in which you couuld ask questions of the guest while the podcast was in progress? Question 3: Would you be interested in participating in a podcast club in which participants would watch a podcast and then discuss?

"Best If Used By" is a new play about aging and ageism inspired by, and performed by, 2 senior-citizen actors beloved on the North Shore. Written by North Shore writer/actor Doug Brendel (DougBrendel.com) the world premier is presented by Firehouse Center for the Arts and Ipswich Art Association with performances October 12-15,2023 at Firehouse, Newburyport. We talked with the author, Doug Brendel and director Kristina Grundmann as well as the two actors in the play Rebecca Axelrod and Barbara Bourgeois who shared their views on the play, their lives and presented a brief sketch from the show.

This is the fourth episode in Specifically for Seniors podcasts in conjunction with Hebrew Senior Life and Orchard Cove's kseries on cognitive fitness, In the first episode we spoke with Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone on Brain Health and Cognitive Fitness. In the second episode of the series, we reviewed the relationship of physical exercise and brain health, in the third we discussed challenging your brain and learning new things. John Ralston has been the Director of Culinary Services at Orchard Cove Senior Living Community in Canton Massachusetts for 14 years. He previously held similar positions with Hilton and Marriott Hotels. Tina Reilly is the Clinical Nutrition Manager at Hebrew Rehabilitation Center. Previous to this position, Tina was the Director of Food and Nutrition Services at Kindred Hospital, Boston. Her experience includes being a dietician at several Boston hospitals, including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Tina has a B.S. in Clinical Dietetics. Link to Mind Diet Component Servings and Scoring: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KY0qeZFyxgPypQFJGjbl4jLd2M2JGnF3/view?usp=share_link

Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy. An historian by training, he has specialized in the exploration of historical problems that have contemporary policy implications. His book, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States (2000), was named the best book in U.S. history by both the American Historical Association and the Historical Society; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. A significantly revised and updated edition of The Right to Vote was published in 2009.  Prof. Keyssar chaired the Social Science Research Council's National Research Commission on Voting and Elections, and he writes frequently for the popular press about American politics and history. Keyssar's latest book, entitled Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? (2020), is published by Harvard University Press. problem for President Biden than Donald Trump,

Judy Kugel currently is a columnist at The Boston Globe, writing regularly on issues related to aging.  JUDY Retired AS Associate Dean of Students at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She has helped people to make life choices since 1970 when she co-founded the Boston Project for Careers, one of the first organizations to promote job-sharing for professionals. Her personal essays and travel articles have appeared in major newspapers, magazines and on several websites and on her twice-weekly blog at www.70-something.com  Her latest post was her 1,627th. A graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Political Science, she holds an M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from Boston College and  is the author of 70-Something:  Life, Love and Limits in the Bonus Years. Judy and I talk about whether we older adults are our own worst enemies when it comes to ageism, and how our perception about age changes as we get older. We talk about eating healthfully, exercising and training our brains, her blog and her book 0-Something: Life, Love and Limits in the Bonus Years. Judy advises us to wring the most out of every day and be grateful .

Robert Krim, author of Boston Made will be presenting alive discussion at Orchard Cove, a senior living facility in Canton, MA on September 7, 2023. The presentation will be recorded and played as a podcast in early September, 2023. This is a promotional video for that podcast. Video of Bob Krim on Innovation Trail Courtesy of Sam Seidel, Unplanned Podcast

If you are a fan of Netflix's hit show Jewish Matchmaking this episode is one you do not want to miss. We chat with Aleeza Ben Shalom from Israel about becoming a professional matchmaker, the differences in dating in the 50's and 60's and now, the show itself, her computer database, how she met her husband, breaking up with ChatGPT and more. Aleeza is an American-Israeli matchmaker and dating coach, known for her expertise in helping Jewish singles find love and form lasting relationships. She is also a popular speaker and author, having written several books on relationships and personal growth. Instagram: @aleezabenshalom Books: Get Real Get Married: Get Over Your Hurdles and Under the Chuppah https://www.amazon.com/Get-Real-Married-Aleeza-Shalom/dp/148004590X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1XEEUXQYRV0MI&keywords=aleeza+ben+shalom&qid=1690740139&sprefix=aleeza+ben+shalom%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-1 Virtual Dating: Your Guide to a Relationship in a Socially Distanced World https://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Dating-Relationship-Socially-Distanced-ebook/dp/B08NCXYYTB/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1XEEUXQYRV0MI&keywords=aleeza+ben+shalom&qid=1690740139&sprefix=aleeza+ben+shalom%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-2

A man, his beanie and Harry Potter glasses, an umbrella and a sign that reads "Free Advice Offered and Accepted". That's George Vaill's story as he sits in Harvard Square offering advice to all who pass. Al Roker and so many Harvard students drop by to chat.