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Mark Goddard, Vice President of Clinical Services at InfoBionic.ai, joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio show to talk about how technology is evolving to save lives when it comes to atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular disease, and coronary heart disease.

Mark explains, "Atrial fibrillation causes blood clots to form. And those blood clots can transmit through your body and wind up in your head or your lungs or your heart or your extremities. So atrial fibrillation needs to be well understood. The symptoms need to be discussed, especially with elderly patients who aren't as necessarily active and may not have the same symptoms as someone who is active would have related to fibrillation. People need to understand the impact and relevance of such an arrhythmia."

Learn more about InfoBionic's AI-enabled MoMe ARC remote heart monitoring device which sends data in near real time to the cloud for review.

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Mark Goddard talks about InfoBionic.ai's MoMe ARC device which transmits data in near real time. It's a wearable device, either as a patch you stick to your chest, or one that has three electrodes that you could wear. You just need to be within 30 feet of the data transmitter, which sends data to the cloud for review. It's easy to wear, and you don't even notice that you're wearing it. The company says its virtual telemetry solutions set the highest standard in a continuous monitoring capability to enable more proactive and timely cardiac interventions. They are working with AI to develop a method to try to prevent atrial fibrillation altogether. Mark is Vice President of Clinical Services at InfoBionic.ai.

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Mark Goddard, Vice President of Clinical Services at InfoBionic.com, joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio show to talk about how AI is being used to monitor atrial fibrillation and save lifes.

Mark explains, "Artificial intelligence is making a big change. Our first AI algorithm approved by the FDA and we're going to deploy on our system is one that will tell the medical practitioner whether the heart pumping function is normal or not normal. If the normal amount of blood is being injected out of their heart with every heartbeat, it'll say, okay, we're good. If it's not, it'll let the practitioner know that things aren't good, and that's associated with heart failure. So it's a great tool that will be able to be used with an EKG that's a bit of a game changer, and it will be deployed in the next six months."

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Good health practices can avoid developing heart problems. We can improve our quality of life by getting enough sleep, keeping active, and eating well. Mark Goddard, Vice President of Clinical Services at InfoBionic.ai, joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio show to talk about keeping our heart healthy.

Mark says, "It'll make a big difference in the way you feel. And and while we're still here, we always want to feel as good as we possibly can and do as much as we can. So following the traditional suggestions related to diet, don't eat foods with lots of preservatives within them.

"Hydration is critical. It's a whole other subject, because the concentration of what they call electrolytes within your body is critical in maintaining normal heart rhythm. Having electrolytes that are completely out of balance quite often causes arrhythmias that are far more lethal than atrial fibrillation, ones that can create a bad scenario within a few seconds, not a few hours or days.

"Making sure your blood pressure is maintained appropriately, your blood sugar is okay, making sure your lipids are good too. You don't want anything going on that's going to change the structure of your heart. And if it does, then you wind up with [the potential for] arrhythmias..

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Discover why residents can’t stop raving about the food at Chateau Retirement Communities in Washington—a rare distinction in senior living! In this episode of the Answers for Elders podcast, host Suzanne Newman sits down with Tom Wichert, Vice President of Culinary Services. He shares how passion, creativity, and genuine care for residents have transformed dining into an experience that feels more like fine dining than a cafeteria meal.

Tom previously worked for a family-run restaurant, the Cheesecake Factory, and Ruths Chris Steakhouse before moving to Washington to become the Chef at the Bellevue Restaurant. Wanting a better work/life balance, he joined Chateau in 2012. He attributes their success to his team, having skilled and incredible directors in each building, with tons of experience and longevity with Chateau.

Tom's hobby is custom-brewed beer, and he shares that passion with residents through tastings and other events. Tom explains, "When I first started, it was me and another employee... so we started making in a bucket kind of thing. Then it just evolved. And I would say the last few years, I've gotten a little bit more involved in it, and thankfully, the Chateau has given me whatever I needed to do that, which is great. I was able to go to a brewing school three or four years ago and learn a lot of stuff that was helpful...

"And I always get the residents involved. I do beer tastings in wine tastings as well. But the beer tasting, they keep asking me, Hey, do you got any beer in competition? Did you win anything? I've gotten a few gold medals, and the National Home Brewers competition.... The residents like it and they get a kick out of it, and opening it up to the residents, that is so special. There's something so unique for them to experience. It's fun to get involved with the residents, and to see them happy. Sometimes when I do a beer tasting, when I'm done, they they'll clap and they'll say, 'Thanks, Tom,' and then they start helping me clean up. I say, 'I have it. I'll clean it up. Don't start moving chairs, please. I got it.' But they still do it. So it's a family-type thing, like your family Thanksgiving, and everybody's pitches in and help clean up. So I kind of look at it that way."

Chateau Retirement provides independent living, assisted living, and memory care services. They have been locally owned and family operated for more than 25 years. Chateau Retirement has three communities in Washington's Seattle/Puget Sound area: Chateau Pacific in Lynnwood, Bothell Landing in Bothell, and Chateau Valley Center in Renton. Visit them online or call 800.960.1944. Visit Chateau's specialist page on Answers for Elders.

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Discover why residents can’t stop raving about the food at Chateau Retirement Communities in Washington—a rare distinction in senior living! In this episode of the Answers for Elders podcast, host Suzanne Newman sits down with Sherrelle Collingridge, Culinary Service Director at Chateau Bothell Landing. She shares how passion, creativity, and genuine care for residents have transformed dining into an experience that feels more like fine dining than a cafeteria meal.

Sherrelle attributes their great food to the employees and a wonderful team, whose dedication to the resident culinary experience is a big piece of that. Sherrelle runs three full-service restaurant-style dining rooms at Chateau Bothell Landing, which creates a lot more cross-training opportunities and options for growth, change of scenery, and so forth. The front of house staff in particular form very strong bonds with residents, and those relationships are why staff tend to stick around. The majority of front of house staff in particular are hired-in as high schoolers, often with no prior work experience. It is rewarding and satisfying to watch these kids as they learn and develop, a unique experience for them, and one of the more rewarding aspects of the job for her and her leadership team. 

Sherrelle has always worked in the industry, first having been hired as a server at Cristwood (now Cristwood Park) in junior high, and ended up getting a culinary degree at Edmonds Comm. College. Crista paid a management company to run the culinary program at Cristwood, and Sherrelle was fortunate to get a lot of training and development opportunities as a young manager. She joined Chateau Pacific in 2000, and over the years held several roles in the culinary program, including a three-year run as Executive Director at Chateau Pacific. She has been at Chateau Bothell Landing since 2013, and opened all three of the dining rooms on that campus.

Chateau Retirement provides independent living, assisted living, and memory care services. They have been locally owned and family operated for more than 25 years. Chateau Retirement has three communities in Washington's Seattle/Puget Sound area: Chateau Pacific in Lynnwood, Bothell Landing in Bothell, and Chateau Valley Center in Renton. Visit them online or call 800.960.1944. Visit Chateau's specialist page on Answers for Elders.

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Chateau Retirement

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Walk to End Alzheimer's

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The food is raved about at Chateau Retirement in Washington, unusual for senior living communities. What makes Chateau different and have such great resident feedback? Chateau Retirement's Vice President Culinary Services Tom Wichert and Sherrelle Collingridge, Culinary Service Director at Chateau Bothell Landing, join Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders podcast.

How do Tom and Sherrelle see culinary services evolving in the future? Sherrelle says, "It will continue to focus on individual personalization. Every every ten years or so, we think this is going be the wave of the really healthy people. It hasn't quite happened yet. They say they want to be healthy, but when fried chicken is on the menu, we sell 90% of those specials. But other things, the gluten-, dairy-free, more of a global cuisine. It's no longer just about like American Chinese. They'll do Indian food, Mexican, Thai, and Vietnamese, and different cultures that we get a chance to play with. And our job is somewhat to educate the residents, to expose them to things that they maybe never had before. And they get annoyed sometimes, and ask, 'why don't you just call this sauce something simpler?' I'm like, 'Because this is what it's called.' So if you go to a restaurant now, you know what an airline chicken is now. You know what a beurre blanc is, because you got it and you can order it."

Tom adds, "I think eating later is going to be a thing... We will get residents come in that want specifics things and have specific needs, so we will will cater to that as best we can. We really haven't had the really big push for some of the specialty things, but I think just an open variety of different kinds of things is happening. As far as individualizing goes, can you put something Thai on, or I saw this, or here's the recipe for this, could you do that for me, could you make that? Could you make this for grandma?"

All together, well over 100 employees in the culinary. Tom says, "The hiring process is so important, getting the right people, and about the young kids, teenagers, for a lot of them it's their first job. The main thing with them is getting the right attitude. We can train them, do anything to serve. So getting the right person in there, that wants to be there. Residents love younger staff. They always have, because I think that to them that's that's the age of their grandparents."

How does the restaurant style work at Chateau? Tom says, "I think the intensity of that, along with the caring that we do for the residents, comes together and all works really well. The staff is fantastic, and they care about the residents. We really care, and we really want to do the best for the residents. Whatever the resident wants, we're going to do our best to it."

Sherrelle says, "I don't want to overuse the term family, but I spend more time with my dining room managers than I do my own kids, who are now grown up and in their twenties now. But they're my work kids, they're my frontline staff as well. So I'm kind of pouring into those guys, so they can pour into the servers and the residents, it all kind of flows together."

Chateau Retirement provides independent living, assisted living, and memory care services. They have been locally owned and family operated for more than 25 years. Chateau Retirement has three communities in Washington's Seattle/Puget Sound area: Chateau Pacific in Lynnwood, Bothell Landing in Bothell, and Chateau Valley Center in Renton. Visit them online or call 800.960.1944. Visit Chateau's specialist page on Answers for Elders.

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Walk to End Alzheimer's

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Vivatude is more than a new YouTube channel — it’s a movement and mindset for women over 40 who want to live with emotional strength, financial freedom, spiritual clarity, and vibrant health. YouTube hosts Lauren Archer, Kate Phillips, Tracy Cromwell, and Anu Arora join Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to introduce themselves and the brand new show Vivatude.

Many woman over the age of 40 are part of the sandwich generation. You may be looking at kids still at home and caring for a senior loved one. You also may be dealing with a career that has gone a little bit stagnant. You don't know how to advance your career. Maybe if your kids have left home, you're looking at yourself in the mirror wondering, is that all there is? What's my next chapter? We believe that your next chapter could be your best chapter.

Lauren Archer explores pathways to greater fulfillment, energy, and joy on Vivatude. Get ready to be encouraged, uplifted, and reminded that no matter where you are in life, you can spark your vitality and begin again.

Kate Phillips joins the Vivatude team eager to share the “Rich Life Revival”—a journey of discovery that allows us to rewrite the rules when life throws curveballs! The Rich Life isn’t a net worth number or a retirement date. It’s living a life of purpose and prosperity right now, right where you are.

Tracy Cromwell knows the struggles associated with food, body image, stress, poor gut health, and self-confidence first-hand. In 2006 Tracy was 180 lbs, diagnosed with pre-diabetes, and living the chaotic life of a yo-yo dieter. Her personal journey to health recovery inspired her to change careers so that she could walk alongside others and support them as they walk their own journeys to health. Tracy is the ideal coach for the confused and frustrated dieter.

Anu Arora is an executive and team coach, keynote speaker, and mindfulness expert who has dedicated her career to helping people lead with compassion, clarity, and courage. With more than two decades of experience in leadership at Microsoft and as the founder of Infinite Potential Leadership, Anu blends deep corporate expertise with a human-centered approach to growth. She is known for her ability to bring people together, unlock resilience, and create spaces where authenticity and connection thrive.

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Suzanne Newman welcomes Tracy Cromwell and Anu Arora, two of new Vivatude hosts. Tracy brings her expertise in physical and environmental wellness. Anu is a social and intellectual wellness coach.

Tracy says, "I want to bring some techniques you can put into place very simply. You choose what's most important, and I help you figure out how to implement. I've really got some great guests lined up now. I've got an amazing organizer who's helped me immensely to organize my space because I know we're inviting environmental wellness, make it so that I can breathe in my own space and then I have other other guests that are going to bring wonderful tidbits about the things you could do for nutrition."

Anu adds, "I work with teams, organizations, and individuals on the epidemics of our current times. We are lonelier than ever before, and human beings are meant to be social animals. We are called social animals, and yet we've just turned on to our devices and we somehow have imagined that those devices are going to bring us connections. And as a result, there's more mental illness than ever before. And what I want to bring is the understanding and I have such a huge network of relationship coaches and experts in this area. But just starting with, why is it important for us to go back to this basic need of belonging, of being together, and then from there, finding ways to connect and build trust in this isolated, scary world."

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Vivatude host Lauren Archer joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show. Whether you’re navigating caregiving for a senior parent, rediscovering your identity in midlife, or seeking inspiration for your next chapter, you’ll find empowering tools, heartfelt stories, and expert insights right here with spiritual and emotional wellness host Lauren Archer.

Lauren says, "I think of it as the heart and soul, and it's those invisible things. We can have a lot of things going right on the outside. And yet, you have one piece of emotional stress in your life, and it's enough to bring it to your knees. It can be all-consuming. And with the degree of fear and division and uncertainty happening in the world, it's affecting our nervous system. So I'm going to be bringing experts and authors and women who have walked through the fire of their own transformation to share some stories and some practices about what they've done. When we address the underlying emotions, we can experience big shifts. And then on a spiritual level, we are not talking about religion. We are talking more about how each individual finds their own sense of meaning, purpose and value. And when we're off, when we're doing things in our life that aren't in alignment with our values. We feel it, it's subtle, but we feel it. And so it's finding that connection again."

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