A Graceful Life

Gordon Walker and Norm Dale join Jeanne McCusker to discuss how Charlottesville can create a dementia friendly community.  

Jeanne McCusker talks with Liz Hart, Volunteer Coordinator, of All Blessings Flow Charlottesville that aims to provide healthcare resources and services to our neighbors in need.

Doris Gelbman, Elder Law Attorney at Gelbman Law PLLC, talks with Jeanne about getting off to a good start in 2026 and managing affairs to start the year. 

Teresa Haase, Director of Bereavement Services at Hospice of the Piedmont, joins to discuss ways in which people suffering from grief during the holidays can learn to deal with it.  

Jeanne McCusker talks with Kelly Eplee, board chair, Elias Alonzo, Development Director, and Beth Neville Evans, founder, of the GuateMaya Alliance about Jeanne's recent trip to Charlottesville's sister city Huehuetenango, Guatemala and the relationship between the two locations.  

Rachael Kesler Palm joins the show again to talk about ALS, the progress made toward a cure, and the push for more government funding to find it.

Jeanne talks about the Memory Café at the Center, a new program aimed at assisting those with dementia and Alzheimer's, with Jennifer Crews, Program Director at the Center, and Steve Brinkley, a member of the Committee for the Memory Café.

Jeanne is joined by Rachael Kesler Palm to discuss her new book: Bada** Women of Charlottesville. 

Jeanne McCusker talks with Randy Rodgers, Manager of Insurance Counseling at Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA), about the ins and outs of Medicare coverage and health insurance in the wake of changes at the federal government level. 

Jeanne McCusker discusses the work of the Alzheimer's association and the upcoming Walk to End Alzheimer's in October with Walk Manager for Charlottesville and Greater Augusta Sheri Owen and Matt Laird, the Charlottesville Walk Chair.