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AGEUcational Inaugural Episode with Roy and Terry
Roy and Terry talk about why they started the AGEUcatoinal Podcast and the direction they want to go. This will be providing information of their journey as well as speakers that are professionals in a related discipline, stories of seniors, their families, and their caretaker.
Join them on this exciting journey. You are not alone and we are here to help in whatever way possible.
They would love to hear from you as well.
www.ageucational.com
Full Transcript Below
Roy - AGEUcational (00:03):
Hello, and welcome to the inaugural episode of the age educational podcast. I'm Roy, we're going to be instituting a podcast. We've had the educational, uh, website and, uh, Facebook for quite some time. We've delivered a lot of, uh, uh, of our own content. Then we kind of backed off and have been curating some lately. And we've decided to go ahead and, uh, start a podcast for this as well. I mean, what we want to do is cover a lot of angles of the aging spectrum, you know, stages, spectrums, where, uh, we, you know, we can talk to some professionals, some, uh, seniors, some family members, some caregivers, uh, you know, people telling their story and some things that they've learned along the way, you know, we just want to make it a, just a good forum and try to present, uh, you know, information that's interesting on this process because, uh, no, we're all getting there.
Roy - AGEUcational (01:14):
We can't stop it. And, you know, just like us, we have, um, you know, no, I'm not, Terry's not, I, I may be aging a little bit, but she's definitely not. Uh, but you know, we have aging parents and, uh, you know, Terry still actually has, um, uh, one younger daughter just, uh, in her younger twenties. So, you know, there are times that she may be considered part of that sandwich generation. Not that she's still at home, but, you know, still does take some attention. So, um, we just felt like it's important to put the information out there to let people know that they're not alone in their struggles. Um, maybe provide some hints, tips, tricks, you know, I'm fortunate enough. Both of my parents are still living. Um, you know, I've been in the senior living industry as a consultant for the last 20 years. And not that I, I'm not, you know, the, the purpose of this show is not to advocate for any one type of living. It's mainly just to present information. We feel like, I think everybody needs to make the choice that's best for them financially and what their needs are. Sometimes that may be staying at home, living with the relative may be senior living, but, uh, you know, there, there is an answer for everybody that's out there. Right.
Terry - AGEUcational (02:38):
Right. And I mean, when you just start out your, as your parents are aging and different ailments are coming up, you know, it's, it's hard to start at the very beginning and just hearing different, um, conversations about what's worked for other people that, that helped me a lot when, I mean, my dad had Alzheimer's for a long time, probably for about 12 years, but my mom took, took care of them as long as she could. I mean, I got kinda bad. And, um, then he ended up going into a, um, I don't know it was a tribe. Well, first you went to a retirement center, but it was like, it was like, um, it wasn't, it was kind of assisted living, but it was, it was, um, you know, he had to wear an ankle monitor just in case he would bolt for the, for the door, which he did a couple of times and, uh, you know, he'd run out and then somebody would come after him.
Terry - AGEUcational (03:41):
And, and they'd be looking around saying, Mr. John, where are you? And he'd say, here I am, you'd stand up right there from the bushes where he was on ramp from everybody. Um, but then, uh, he lived there for a couple of years and then he ended up in a group, an Alzheimer's group home, and it was awesome. There were six, you know, six to eight people who lived there who were patients. And then, uh, they had staff around the clock, um, heavy at different times. And, um, it w it was an awesome experience there. Yeah.
Roy - AGEUcational (04:17):
And it's a difficult, uh, it's difficult to know what to do because, uh, if it's a spouse, of course, we never want to let them go. And we had an, you know, this has been probably 10 or 12 years ago had an unfortunate event that, uh, we had neighbors across the street that were, um, uh, the, the wife had started suffering Alzheimer's and she was somebody that liked to, um, escape and like to get out and roam around. And so the husband, unfortunately, he was elderly as well, and wasn't in the greatest of health, but he didn't want to, you know, have to put her somewhere. And so he kept her at home. They put some door alarms on, he had wedges under the doors where she couldn't open them and thought he had everything worked out. And so one morning I woke up about four 30, five o'clock and, um, you know, there was a bunch of red flashing lights out the front window.
Roy - AGEUcational (05:15):
So I got up, went out and found out that this, uh, that the wife had escaped during the night. And this was on a, uh, you know, kind of a cool night. It was probably in upper thirties or forties. She had escaped in her night gown and wandered across the street. And at the time I had an old Jeep and she had gotten in the back of that Jeep and the police found her over there sleeping, and they got lucky because she didn't shut the door. Good. And the dome light came on. So that was the, what kind of cued the police and fire department to walk over there and check it out. Sure enough. They found her. And, you know, shortly after that, she did have to go to a memory care facility where they could take care of her. But, um, sometimes even the best of intentions, you know, things don't work out. And then the other thing to think about is there used to be a lot of statistics on caregivers. And, um, you know, at one point I think 80% of caregivers would, uh, pass before the person that they were taking care of, especially in that Alzheimer's environment, because it is just such a strain and so much, uh, work and sleep deprivation, and I've never been through it. So I'm not even trying to say, I can understand what people go through, but I just know from talking to different people, that it's very, very difficult.
Terry - AGEUcational (06:44):
Well, yeah. And, and, um, you know, I I've really feel like in, in my case or my dad's case, mom really overcompensated for him a lot. And, and didn't, you know, we'd know, notice things here and there. And I lived pretty close to him, so we saw them a lot, but, um, and we always joked about, you know, little things that he would do here and there. And, uh, just not think anything of it and just kind of Mark it up to aging, but, but it got to, you know, he would S when he did things like stick his key car keys in the freezer, and we, we had no, no idea what was going to be next, you know? Um, and just a lot of mental things that you have to do too. Like, we'd have to go and get the mail out of the mailbox because he waited for that mail. Um, um, and, uh, there was direct, we were finding bags of direct mail pieces to him because he would send it in thinking that he was going to win a million dollars if he gave $5 here, $10 there. And he talked to anybody who called, you know, there are just things that it's just, it's hard, it's a mental game, it's a physical thing. It's
Roy - AGEUcational (08:01):
Well, and that's a, you bring up a good point about the, uh, about if, especially if they're with a spouse about the, it's hard for the children to know exactly what's going on because the spouses tend to overcompensate for them. And sometimes they do it, um, trying not to let other people know what's going on. And sometimes they, you know, it's just a loving relationship and they try to take care of each other enough that you really don't know, um, you know, what may be going on with the other, with the other person.
Terry - AGEUcational (08:37):
Right. And, and I mean, and in my case, I'm sure we'll talk about this more in depth, but, uh, in, in dad's case, he would, he would have, you know, uh, times when he would get kinda me verbally abusive. Um, and, uh, you know, he kinda, he got it got mean there toward the end. So we had to kind of trick him into go into the hospital. I don't suggest waiting until that happens to, um, to do, to make some, you know, have some action, take some action, um, you know, just kind of check it out along, uh, along the way and try to be as prepared as you can in this situation. It's just not an easy thing at all. Right.
Roy - AGEUcational (09:25):
Yeah. And there's so many new developments with, um, you know, some, maybe there's not cures, but there's a lot of meds that slow it down on a lot of things. So if you suspect that, just trying to get in and get people tested, or get yourself tested and, and see, it's always better to know where you're at than to speculate and, uh, you know, try to see what kind of help you can get the, you know, some other topics I think that, uh, need to be addressed. We'll be, uh, driving, you know, that's always a difficult conversation and, you know, it's one that we kind of jokingly have now that, um, it's my sister got my mom a, some kind of a key, uh, alert. Like if you lose your keys, you can look it up and see where they're at. And it's got like a little, uh, Oh, I can't even think of what the code is, but it's like a tile. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a tile. Okay. So she got her tile and I was, you know, w mom was like, well, I don't know why I got that. I never lose my keys. And I, I said, well, it's not a key finder. It's a, it's a, it's a, uh, ignition jammer. And so I said, instead of trying to talk you to giving your keys up, she's my sister, just gonna jam the signal on your key, where you can't start the car,
Terry - AGEUcational (10:46):
You do have to be creative.
Roy - AGEUcational (10:49):
So, uh, but anyway, you know, that, that those are difficult conversations, but also caregivers. I mean, you know, th uh, hopefully we can, uh, get some, uh, some other experts in that caregiving to just, you know, tips that can help, because, like I said, you, uh, sometimes the caregivers end up getting sicker than the people they're taking care of because of the time and the stress that goes into being a caregiver, not only for Alzheimer's, but for any, you know, aging individual that needs a lot of help. And so, you know, there are a lot of places to turn for, help out there for respite care, different things. So, you know, hopefully we can, we can get into all of that, but, you know, just some general topics I've thought about, you know, poly pharmacy. Uh, we go to a lot of doctors, law doctors prescribes all the meds, and if you're don't have a good pharmacist, you know, the doctors should ask what you're on, but sometimes they don't. Sometimes if you have a good pharmacist, they will catch it. But a lot of times they don't. And so knowing what medicines interact and just being careful and asking the question, not that we on the show, we'll be able to tell you what's polypharmacy, but the, uh, knowing when to talk to your medical professionals and say, Hey, look, I'm taking this. I, you know, I'm taking this, this and this, how are they interacting? What are they doing? Because sometimes there can be deadly consequences
Terry - AGEUcational (12:24):
And keeping track of it. I mean, today, it's, it's easier than you think to keep track of it. There's so many apps available. Um, you should be able to have an updated list on all the medications that you've taken and are on. Um, so you can just kind of pull it out and you don't have to worry about having a little folded up piece of paper in your wallet. You know, seeing which date it was from, you know?
Roy - AGEUcational (12:48):
Well, and that's, it's important because like, um, you know, it's been a few months since your mom had her event, but when she did, then there was a scramble to find all the medication to get them all written down. So he could take two of them,
Terry - AGEUcational (13:01):
A big, clear tub full of her stuff. And I'm the one who helped her do her, you know, do her weekly medications in her little planner and everything, but she had added a couple of things and I just, you know, walked around with this tub until I got it all entered.
Roy - AGEUcational (13:16):
Yeah. But it's important if you have a, an emergency event to know that when they go, so, uh, you know, try to get out ahead of that stuff, keep the records, uh, with, um, smartphones. I'm sure there are some apps now where you can list all that and scan them with QR codes just to keep up with them. So, you know, those are the kind of things that we hope to get into you on the show, uh, diabetic management, there's, uh, you know, like myself, I have to, uh, test and try to keep my glucose levels low. I have to work at it for sure. Don't do as good as I need to be, but working on it. So, you know, would be able to talk firsthand knowledge about some things like that, that help us out, but hopefully we'll have a wide range of things to, um, you know, interest. There's just, uh, you know, there's so much going on out there now. And, uh, healthcare and politics, we have vaccinations and, uh, you know, everybody has to make the right choice for themselves now, for sure. But then, and then there's a lot of things, the other things that may be not healthcare related, but scams things to look for when you get, uh, emails, unfortunately, uh,
Terry - AGEUcational (14:32):
You know, text messages. Yeah.
Roy - AGEUcational (14:34):
People trying to scam us at all areas, calling and saying, Hey, your granddaughter's here and, you know, needs money. And, you know, that's something that mom had pulled on her. And it's funny because my, my daughter, uh, was sitting on the couch right next to her when this guy was trying to say, Hey, your granddaughter is, uh, stuck in Europe and she needs this money. And she, she let her keep talking after a while. And, you know, luckily she just has one granddaughter. She just had one granddaughter at the time. So, you know, she looked over and said, well, she's sitting right here, but you know, those are just the kind of things that, uh, can put you into a panic if you really don't know where you're, you know, where they are and do they need help?
Terry - AGEUcational (15:20):
Oh, an IRS. Oh my gosh. So many of those scans, there's so many things that you just, not any normal people would ever think of. Think of stories like that. Yeah.
Roy - AGEUcational (15:30):
Yeah. And with email today, you know, there's a lot of these phishing emails that look legit from Hey Powell or from Amazon or different things like that, that people send out. And if, you know, it's just, uh, the best thing to do is just close it out, go into your account and try to do it without responding to the email, because that's what they hope that you'll do is just respond and put all of your information in there where they can steal it, you know? So those are, um, definitely some things that we hopefully that we can get into. Um, anyway, there's just a world of, uh, we've got a lot of food insecurity. So some things that we can do to help feed people are where you can go to turn for help. Um, anyway, you got any other
Terry - AGEUcational (16:25):
Yeah. For many different things, but, uh, yeah, that, you know, th the aging parents and, and, uh, the older adult kids who are making their own decisions, but you might not agree with some of them.
Roy - AGEUcational (16:41):
Yeah. Well, we used to have a saying that, you know, for a long time I was a volunteer ombudsman in my County. And we used to, you know, we would get calls from kids all the time saying, you know, mom stopping this treatment or this or that. And, you know, our answer for that was, was, uh, you know, there's no law against somebody making a bad decision as long as they have their faculties. Um, but you know, as children, sometimes we hate to see decisions that are made. So that definitely is, um, definitely is something to try to determine, you know, are they making decisions in their right mind? And then also learning to deal with that, that it has to be their decision that we have to unfortunately live with that sometimes.
Terry - AGEUcational (17:27):
And I can't, I mean, gosh, I can't even imagine not being able to be independent, you know, which is with all these things, like the driving aspect of it, mom says, she'll give out, give up her license when she's 90. Now she said that we've got it on tape. Now. She said that at one time, but boy, she is not going to go without and screaming that's for sure.
Roy - AGEUcational (17:51):
Yeah. Well, the other great thing, I mean, cause you know, like I said this, unfortunately, I mean I fall into the aging category and luckily I'm still healthy and can do a lot, but we talk about the driving aspect, but now we've got Uber and Lyft, so it doesn't necessarily have to be taking somebodies independence away. It's just finding a different way to get them to where they want to go. But unfortunately, you know, in our society, especially, you know, my age and older that was, uh, uh, a definitive point of independence is when you got your driver's license, you could take off, go anywhere you want to. And um, so it it's, it's hard I'm sure, but we have to look at these other alternatives and say the, you know, the true point of driving is to get to point from point a to point B. And there's another method that we can do that and still be, uh, you know, independent without having to bother anybody else to come do that for us.
Terry - AGEUcational (18:54):
Yeah. I may have tried to get mine a couple of years before hand in the middle of the night taking the car, you know, that all another thing. Oh my gosh. And get caught every time. Right.
Roy - AGEUcational (19:05):
Right. All right. You have anything else?
Terry - AGEUcational (19:11):
No, we just, there's just a lot of aspects here that we can cover and um, we will, we will do it.
Roy - AGEUcational (19:20):
Yeah. And the other thing too, we want to be sure. And invite professionals, uh, seniors, adult children, uh, to, uh, give us an email, uh, eitherRoy@ageuknationaldotcomorterrywithayterryatageuknational.com. And tell us your story and we'll see if we can't, you know, set up a time to do a typing, to get everybody on. We would love to hear stories and you know, this is some of this is going to be about us and the things that we're going through that we also want to hear from others and make it about, uh, you know, make it about community. That's the way that we'd get through all of this.
Terry - AGEUcational (20:07):
Yeah. You have, you have to have, uh, a big community to reach out to, or just, uh, you know, close knit, good friends. Us.
Roy - AGEUcational (20:17):
Yeah. Yeah. Right. All right. Well again until next time, uh, it is age educational age, G E U C a a
Terry - AGEUcational (20:31):
E I O N a L.
Roy - AGEUcational (20:34):
Yeah. Age education.com. We're on all the major social media, Facebook, uh, Instagram, Twitter, and probably YouTube. I think we should have a YouTube channel with these videos going up on that too. Pretty same. So anyway, check us out until next time. I'm Roy Terry take care of each other. Happy new year, happy new year.
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AGEUcational Inaugural Episode with Roy and Terry
Roy and Terry talk about why they started the AGEUcatoinal Podcast and the direction they want to go. This will be providing information of their journey as well as speakers that are professionals in a related discipline, stories of seniors, their families, and their caretaker.
Join them on this exciting journey. You are not alone and we are here to help in whatever way possible.
They would love to hear from you as well.
www.ageucational.com
Full Transcript Below
Roy - AGEUcational (00:03):
Hello, and welcome to the inaugural episode of the age educational podcast. I'm Roy, we're going to be instituting a podcast. We've had the educational, uh, website and, uh, Facebook for quite some time. We've delivered a lot of, uh, uh, of our own content. Then we kind of backed off and have been curating some lately. And we've decided to go ahead and, uh, start a podcast for this as well. I mean, what we want to do is cover a lot of angles of the aging spectrum, you know, stages, spectrums, where, uh, we, you know, we can talk to some professionals, some, uh, seniors, some family members, some caregivers, uh, you know, people telling their story and some things that they've learned along the way, you know, we just want to make it a, just a good forum and try to present, uh, you know, information that's interesting on this process because, uh, no, we're all getting there.
Roy - AGEUcational (01:14):
We can't stop it. And, you know, just like us, we have, um, you know, no, I'm not, Terry's not, I, I may be aging a little bit, but she's definitely not. Uh, but you know, we have aging parents and, uh, you know, Terry still actually has, um, uh, one younger daughter just, uh, in her younger twenties. So, you know, there are times that she may be considered part of that sandwich generation. Not that she's still at home, but, you know, still does take some attention. So, um, we just felt like it's important to put the information out there to let people know that they're not alone in their struggles. Um, maybe provide some hints, tips, tricks, you know, I'm fortunate enough. Both of my parents are still living. Um, you know, I've been in the senior living industry as a consultant for the last 20 years. And not that I, I'm not, you know, the, the purpose of this show is not to advocate for any one type of living. It's mainly just to present information. We feel like, I think everybody needs to make the choice that's best for them financially and what their needs are. Sometimes that may be staying at home, living with the relative may be senior living, but, uh, you know, there, there is an answer for everybody that's out there. Right.
Terry - AGEUcational (02:38):
Right. And I mean, when you just start out your, as your parents are aging and different ailments are coming up, you know, it's, it's hard to start at the very beginning and just hearing different, um, conversations about what's worked for other people that, that helped me a lot when, I mean, my dad had Alzheimer's for a long time, probably for about 12 years, but my mom took, took care of them as long as she could. I mean, I got kinda bad. And, um, then he ended up going into a, um, I don't know it was a tribe. Well, first you went to a retirement center, but it was like, it was like, um, it wasn't, it was kind of assisted living, but it was, it was, um, you know, he had to wear an ankle monitor just in case he would bolt for the, for the door, which he did a couple of times and, uh, you know, he'd run out and then somebody would come after him.
Terry - AGEUcational (03:41):
And, and they'd be looking around saying, Mr. John, where are you? And he'd say, here I am, you'd stand up right there from the bushes where he was on ramp from everybody. Um, but then, uh, he lived there for a couple of years and then he ended up in a group, an Alzheimer's group home, and it was awesome. There were six, you know, six to eight people who lived there who were patients. And then, uh, they had staff around the clock, um, heavy at different times. And, um, it w it was an awesome experience there. Yeah.
Roy - AGEUcational (04:17):
And it's a difficult, uh, it's difficult to know what to do because, uh, if it's a spouse, of course, we never want to let them go. And we had an, you know, this has been probably 10 or 12 years ago had an unfortunate event that, uh, we had neighbors across the street that were, um, uh, the, the wife had started suffering Alzheimer's and she was somebody that liked to, um, escape and like to get out and roam around. And so the husband, unfortunately, he was elderly as well, and wasn't in the greatest of health, but he didn't want to, you know, have to put her somewhere. And so he kept her at home. They put some door alarms on, he had wedges under the doors where she couldn't open them and thought he had everything worked out. And so one morning I woke up about four 30, five o'clock and, um, you know, there was a bunch of red flashing lights out the front window.
Roy - AGEUcational (05:15):
So I got up, went out and found out that this, uh, that the wife had escaped during the night. And this was on a, uh, you know, kind of a cool night. It was probably in upper thirties or forties. She had escaped in her night gown and wandered across the street. And at the time I had an old Jeep and she had gotten in the back of that Jeep and the police found her over there sleeping, and they got lucky because she didn't shut the door. Good. And the dome light came on. So that was the, what kind of cued the police and fire department to walk over there and check it out. Sure enough. They found her. And, you know, shortly after that, she did have to go to a memory care facility where they could take care of her. But, um, sometimes even the best of intentions, you know, things don't work out. And then the other thing to think about is there used to be a lot of statistics on caregivers. And, um, you know, at one point I think 80% of caregivers would, uh, pass before the person that they were taking care of, especially in that Alzheimer's environment, because it is just such a strain and so much, uh, work and sleep deprivation, and I've never been through it. So I'm not even trying to say, I can understand what people go through, but I just know from talking to different people, that it's very, very difficult.
Terry - AGEUcational (06:44):
Well, yeah. And, and, um, you know, I I've really feel like in, in my case or my dad's case, mom really overcompensated for him a lot. And, and didn't, you know, we'd know, notice things here and there. And I lived pretty close to him, so we saw them a lot, but, um, and we always joked about, you know, little things that he would do here and there. And, uh, just not think anything of it and just kind of Mark it up to aging, but, but it got to, you know, he would S when he did things like stick his key car keys in the freezer, and we, we had no, no idea what was going to be next, you know? Um, and just a lot of mental things that you have to do too. Like, we'd have to go and get the mail out of the mailbox because he waited for that mail. Um, um, and, uh, there was direct, we were finding bags of direct mail pieces to him because he would send it in thinking that he was going to win a million dollars if he gave $5 here, $10 there. And he talked to anybody who called, you know, there are just things that it's just, it's hard, it's a mental game, it's a physical thing. It's
Roy - AGEUcational (08:01):
Well, and that's a, you bring up a good point about the, uh, about if, especially if they're with a spouse about the, it's hard for the children to know exactly what's going on because the spouses tend to overcompensate for them. And sometimes they do it, um, trying not to let other people know what's going on. And sometimes they, you know, it's just a loving relationship and they try to take care of each other enough that you really don't know, um, you know, what may be going on with the other, with the other person.
Terry - AGEUcational (08:37):
Right. And, and I mean, and in my case, I'm sure we'll talk about this more in depth, but, uh, in, in dad's case, he would, he would have, you know, uh, times when he would get kinda me verbally abusive. Um, and, uh, you know, he kinda, he got it got mean there toward the end. So we had to kind of trick him into go into the hospital. I don't suggest waiting until that happens to, um, to do, to make some, you know, have some action, take some action, um, you know, just kind of check it out along, uh, along the way and try to be as prepared as you can in this situation. It's just not an easy thing at all. Right.
Roy - AGEUcational (09:25):
Yeah. And there's so many new developments with, um, you know, some, maybe there's not cures, but there's a lot of meds that slow it down on a lot of things. So if you suspect that, just trying to get in and get people tested, or get yourself tested and, and see, it's always better to know where you're at than to speculate and, uh, you know, try to see what kind of help you can get the, you know, some other topics I think that, uh, need to be addressed. We'll be, uh, driving, you know, that's always a difficult conversation and, you know, it's one that we kind of jokingly have now that, um, it's my sister got my mom a, some kind of a key, uh, alert. Like if you lose your keys, you can look it up and see where they're at. And it's got like a little, uh, Oh, I can't even think of what the code is, but it's like a tile. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a tile. Okay. So she got her tile and I was, you know, w mom was like, well, I don't know why I got that. I never lose my keys. And I, I said, well, it's not a key finder. It's a, it's a, it's a, uh, ignition jammer. And so I said, instead of trying to talk you to giving your keys up, she's my sister, just gonna jam the signal on your key, where you can't start the car,
Terry - AGEUcational (10:46):
You do have to be creative.
Roy - AGEUcational (10:49):
So, uh, but anyway, you know, that, that those are difficult conversations, but also caregivers. I mean, you know, th uh, hopefully we can, uh, get some, uh, some other experts in that caregiving to just, you know, tips that can help, because, like I said, you, uh, sometimes the caregivers end up getting sicker than the people they're taking care of because of the time and the stress that goes into being a caregiver, not only for Alzheimer's, but for any, you know, aging individual that needs a lot of help. And so, you know, there are a lot of places to turn for, help out there for respite care, different things. So, you know, hopefully we can, we can get into all of that, but, you know, just some general topics I've thought about, you know, poly pharmacy. Uh, we go to a lot of doctors, law doctors prescribes all the meds, and if you're don't have a good pharmacist, you know, the doctors should ask what you're on, but sometimes they don't. Sometimes if you have a good pharmacist, they will catch it. But a lot of times they don't. And so knowing what medicines interact and just being careful and asking the question, not that we on the show, we'll be able to tell you what's polypharmacy, but the, uh, knowing when to talk to your medical professionals and say, Hey, look, I'm taking this. I, you know, I'm taking this, this and this, how are they interacting? What are they doing? Because sometimes there can be deadly consequences
Terry - AGEUcational (12:24):
And keeping track of it. I mean, today, it's, it's easier than you think to keep track of it. There's so many apps available. Um, you should be able to have an updated list on all the medications that you've taken and are on. Um, so you can just kind of pull it out and you don't have to worry about having a little folded up piece of paper in your wallet. You know, seeing which date it was from, you know?
Roy - AGEUcational (12:48):
Well, and that's, it's important because like, um, you know, it's been a few months since your mom had her event, but when she did, then there was a scramble to find all the medication to get them all written down. So he could take two of them,
Terry - AGEUcational (13:01):
A big, clear tub full of her stuff. And I'm the one who helped her do her, you know, do her weekly medications in her little planner and everything, but she had added a couple of things and I just, you know, walked around with this tub until I got it all entered.
Roy - AGEUcational (13:16):
Yeah. But it's important if you have a, an emergency event to know that when they go, so, uh, you know, try to get out ahead of that stuff, keep the records, uh, with, um, smartphones. I'm sure there are some apps now where you can list all that and scan them with QR codes just to keep up with them. So, you know, those are the kind of things that we hope to get into you on the show, uh, diabetic management, there's, uh, you know, like myself, I have to, uh, test and try to keep my glucose levels low. I have to work at it for sure. Don't do as good as I need to be, but working on it. So, you know, would be able to talk firsthand knowledge about some things like that, that help us out, but hopefully we'll have a wide range of things to, um, you know, interest. There's just, uh, you know, there's so much going on out there now. And, uh, healthcare and politics, we have vaccinations and, uh, you know, everybody has to make the right choice for themselves now, for sure. But then, and then there's a lot of things, the other things that may be not healthcare related, but scams things to look for when you get, uh, emails, unfortunately, uh,
Terry - AGEUcational (14:32):
You know, text messages. Yeah.
Roy - AGEUcational (14:34):
People trying to scam us at all areas, calling and saying, Hey, your granddaughter's here and, you know, needs money. And, you know, that's something that mom had pulled on her. And it's funny because my, my daughter, uh, was sitting on the couch right next to her when this guy was trying to say, Hey, your granddaughter is, uh, stuck in Europe and she needs this money. And she, she let her keep talking after a while. And, you know, luckily she just has one granddaughter. She just had one granddaughter at the time. So, you know, she looked over and said, well, she's sitting right here, but you know, those are just the kind of things that, uh, can put you into a panic if you really don't know where you're, you know, where they are and do they need help?
Terry - AGEUcational (15:20):
Oh, an IRS. Oh my gosh. So many of those scans, there's so many things that you just, not any normal people would ever think of. Think of stories like that. Yeah.
Roy - AGEUcational (15:30):
Yeah. And with email today, you know, there's a lot of these phishing emails that look legit from Hey Powell or from Amazon or different things like that, that people send out. And if, you know, it's just, uh, the best thing to do is just close it out, go into your account and try to do it without responding to the email, because that's what they hope that you'll do is just respond and put all of your information in there where they can steal it, you know? So those are, um, definitely some things that we hopefully that we can get into. Um, anyway, there's just a world of, uh, we've got a lot of food insecurity. So some things that we can do to help feed people are where you can go to turn for help. Um, anyway, you got any other
Terry - AGEUcational (16:25):
Yeah. For many different things, but, uh, yeah, that, you know, th the aging parents and, and, uh, the older adult kids who are making their own decisions, but you might not agree with some of them.
Roy - AGEUcational (16:41):
Yeah. Well, we used to have a saying that, you know, for a long time I was a volunteer ombudsman in my County. And we used to, you know, we would get calls from kids all the time saying, you know, mom stopping this treatment or this or that. And, you know, our answer for that was, was, uh, you know, there's no law against somebody making a bad decision as long as they have their faculties. Um, but you know, as children, sometimes we hate to see decisions that are made. So that definitely is, um, definitely is something to try to determine, you know, are they making decisions in their right mind? And then also learning to deal with that, that it has to be their decision that we have to unfortunately live with that sometimes.
Terry - AGEUcational (17:27):
And I can't, I mean, gosh, I can't even imagine not being able to be independent, you know, which is with all these things, like the driving aspect of it, mom says, she'll give out, give up her license when she's 90. Now she said that we've got it on tape. Now. She said that at one time, but boy, she is not going to go without and screaming that's for sure.
Roy - AGEUcational (17:51):
Yeah. Well, the other great thing, I mean, cause you know, like I said this, unfortunately, I mean I fall into the aging category and luckily I'm still healthy and can do a lot, but we talk about the driving aspect, but now we've got Uber and Lyft, so it doesn't necessarily have to be taking somebodies independence away. It's just finding a different way to get them to where they want to go. But unfortunately, you know, in our society, especially, you know, my age and older that was, uh, uh, a definitive point of independence is when you got your driver's license, you could take off, go anywhere you want to. And um, so it it's, it's hard I'm sure, but we have to look at these other alternatives and say the, you know, the true point of driving is to get to point from point a to point B. And there's another method that we can do that and still be, uh, you know, independent without having to bother anybody else to come do that for us.
Terry - AGEUcational (18:54):
Yeah. I may have tried to get mine a couple of years before hand in the middle of the night taking the car, you know, that all another thing. Oh my gosh. And get caught every time. Right.
Roy - AGEUcational (19:05):
Right. All right. You have anything else?
Terry - AGEUcational (19:11):
No, we just, there's just a lot of aspects here that we can cover and um, we will, we will do it.
Roy - AGEUcational (19:20):
Yeah. And the other thing too, we want to be sure. And invite professionals, uh, seniors, adult children, uh, to, uh, give us an email, uh, eitherRoy@ageuknationaldotcomorterrywithayterryatageuknational.com. And tell us your story and we'll see if we can't, you know, set up a time to do a typing, to get everybody on. We would love to hear stories and you know, this is some of this is going to be about us and the things that we're going through that we also want to hear from others and make it about, uh, you know, make it about community. That's the way that we'd get through all of this.
Terry - AGEUcational (20:07):
Yeah. You have, you have to have, uh, a big community to reach out to, or just, uh, you know, close knit, good friends. Us.
Roy - AGEUcational (20:17):
Yeah. Yeah. Right. All right. Well again until next time, uh, it is age educational age, G E U C a a
Terry - AGEUcational (20:31):
E I O N a L.
Roy - AGEUcational (20:34):
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