Aging Matters

Conversation with Lora Pollari-Welbes, Executive Director, and Thomas Adams, President, Board of Directors, Encore Learning, about membership, educational courses, and social activities of Encore Learning; also, course instructor and volunteer opportunities.

Conversation with Kenneth Vaz, MD, Hip and Knee Replacement Surgeon, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, about joint conditions and treatments including joint replacement surgery.

Conversation with Jennifer Kanarek, Program Manager, NV Rides, and Carol Edelstein, Secretary, Board of Directors, Shepherd's Center of Arlington, McLean, and Falls Church, about transportation needs for older adults and related services offered by these organizations in the community.

Conversation with Jim Joseph, President, Financial Services Advisory, about selecting a financial professional, maintaining financial stability during the pandemic, and current economic indicators and financial market expectations with the new Federal Administration.

Conversation with Karen Love, Executive Director, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) and Chuck McClatchey, DAA Advisory Board Member living with dementia, about diagnosis and management of dementia symptoms, effects of the pandemic on people living with dementia, and how DAA can help them, their care partners, and families.

Conversation with Jecoliah Ellis, Manager, Media Relations & Communications, Washington Regional Transplant Community, and Betty Graves-Bender, spouse of kidney transplant recipient, about eligibility requirements for organ donation, organ transplantation information, and personal account of spouse's kidney transplant

Conversation with Santa Claus, North Pole, about life at the North Pole, how Santa's spouse and elves help prepare for his annual journey, traveling issues on Christmas Eve, and reflections about Christmas

Conversation with Mitch Opalski, Certified Dementia Practitioner/Owner, SYNERGY HomeCare, about in-home care services adjustments during COVID-19, and ways adult children can observe changes in the status of their aging loved ones during holiday in-person and online visits.

Conversation with Stephen Izaguirre, Community Outreach Coordinator, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, about scams, identity theft, and fraudulent schemes, how older adults can avoid being victims, and ways the Attorney General's Office can help.

Conversation with David Mog and Jan Greenberg, Volunteers, Elders Climate Action (ECA), about ways to reduce the devastating effects of climate change and ECA's actions to address issues related to this crisis.