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Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Rosanne Leipzig, a trailblazer in transforming the way we approach aging individually and as a society.  In her 40+ year career, she has treated thousands of patients and trained hundreds of doctors and practitioners in all specialties of medicine.  She is the Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Professor and Vice Chair, Emerita of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.  We talked about her new book, Honest Aging: An Insider’s Guide to the Second Half of Life.

* Rosanne's inspiration for writing the book
* Ageism, both external and internal
* What is normal as we age and how to talk to loved ones about it
* How old is too old to hold public office
* Sex! No, older adults don't just stop having sex when they get to a certain age

You can purchase Honest Aging book from the publisher, on GoodReads, Bookshop, and Amazon.

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Dr. Mia talks with Frances Hall and Bob Cain about the unique needs of adult children who are caring for their aging parents and how their organization Adult Children of Aging Parents (ACAP) helps. Frances Hall is the founder of ACAP, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing information, resources, and community for adult children caring for their aging parents and themselves. Bob Cain is a Chapter Coordinator for the Winston-Salem NC chapter of ACAP and Vice President of Marketing for Piedmont Home Care. 

• We talked about why the word "caregiver" is notably missing from ACAP's name. 
• ACAPCommunity Podcast; specifically sibling dynamics episode with Alyssa Botte (Dec 20, 2020). Videos from various chapters on YouTube. 
• Locating via zip code on Eldercare Locator your Area Agency on Aging's Family Caregiver Specialist. Piedmont Triad Area contacts here. 

Email:  [email protected]
Toll-free 1-877-599-ACAP (1-877-599-2227)

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Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Mariah Robertson and Dr. June Howell about seeming contradictions: geriatrics was the lowest filled medicine specialty in the 2022 match yet geriatricians are among the happiest physicians.

2022 Medicine & Pediatric Fellowship Match rate- graph on Twitter

Program for All-inclusive Care of Elderly (PACE) 

Hospital at Home

Home-based Primary Care via Independence at Home (IAH) Medicare Demonstration Project 

CAPABLE program

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Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Debbie Freeland, geriatrician and Health & Aging Policy Fellow 2021-2022, about policies and advocacy for older adults.

We discussed big "P" Policy vs little "p" policy:
"P"olicy: Congress and/or State level legislation: SNL parody on "How a Bill does NOT become a law"
"p"olicy: agencies that carry out laws such as Health & Human Services,  CDC, FDA, CMS, local health departments,

D-CARE Study
Senate Special Committee on Aging in DC contact
Congressional Committees- another way to influence policy
How to write an Op Ed
Master Plan on Aging

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Dr. Mia talks with Neal Shah, CEO and Co-Founder of CareYaya, a new way to find eldercare at home: leveraging college students interested in healthcare careers and technology to create affordable $15/hr direct pay between the person who need care and the student.

Newly expanded into NC triad (Winston-Salem, High Point, Greensboro) area as well as Wilmington area.

Families/clients to request care from CareYaya here.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Students who are interested in becoming a caregiver: www.careyaya.org/apply

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As part of Innovations in Aging mini-series, Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Peter Abadir, Associate Professor in Geriatric Medicine and Engineering at Johns Hopkins about technology in aging. Dr. Abadir talks about Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research (AITC) and  Gerotech Incubator Program that brings together teams of students, trainees, and faculty members from medicine, engineering, nursing and business to collaborate on innovative solutions to improve life for aging people around the world.

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Alzheimer's related technologies: www.alzstore.com

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Dr. Mia talks about common physical, cognitive, and emotional changes in older adults, that adult children and other family members who may have noticed over the recent holidays.  

More info on specific negotiating tips with your family members here: https://www.negotiage.com/resources/tactics

Self-administered memory test: SAGE, available in multiple languages: https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/brain-spine-neuro/memory-disorders/sage

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Welcome to ask Dr. Mia podcast conversations on aging well. I'm a geriatrician on the mission to empower older adults and all who care about them to thrive with aging. As a primary care doctor and a memory specialist practicing the full range of medicine from home to the hospital, I bring on diverse guests to embrace the complexity within you and in the world around you. 

For far too long, geriatricians have been talking about innovations in aging and developing innovative models of care amongst ourselves. Ask Dr. Mia podcast is my attempt to share this amazing body of knowledge and amazing people to you, the global public. 

There are only 7,000 geriatricians within the United States and certainly we are not able to care for the 56 million older adults older than age of 65 living in the US today, much less than the growing number of older adults who are going to be 73 million by 2030. But we can spread geriatric knowledge to the world. And that's why I'm so excited to share season two of Ask Dr. Mia podcast with all of you. 

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Season 1 of Ask Dr. Mia podcast concludes after a baker's dozen of episodes. Dr. Mia talks about the highlight of each episode in season 1, behind the scene happenings, and upcoming Season 2 in 2023. 

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Continuation of the conversation with Dr. Sharma,  dual board-certified in physical medicine & rehabilitation and pain management, about holistic pain solutions based on the 5R's in Dr. Sharma's book The Pain Solution: refuel (food), revitalize (exercise), recharge (sleep), refresh (meditation/mindset), and relate (social connections). This part 2 talks the remaining 2 R's: mindset and social connections. 

The Ask Dr. Mia Podcast will pause for the holidays and return for Season 2 in Jan 2023. Happy Holidays!

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