This episode of the Living to 100 Club Radio Show explores the development and use of Virtual Reality for seniors, an immersive visual experience that expands the world of the viewer, provides opportunities to virtually leave the four walls of their residential community, and helps to overcome social isolation. Rendever provides its VR platform in senior living communities in the US and Canada. Our guest Kyle Rand, CEO of Rendever, will talk about how the company uses this new virtual reality technology to build communities and increase resident engagement through positive shared experience. It is also seeing how the power of virtual reality and shared positive experiences help seniors check off bucket list items, revisit meaningful places like their childhood homes, and stay connected to their families regardless of physical distance. Hear about research showing benefits for depression, and its impact with patients with dementia. Be sure to join us to learn more about Rendever.

This episode of the Living to 100 Club Radio show explores adult day care programs, and the support, education, and crisis management provided to families whose loved ones have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. Adult day care programs offer structured therapeutic activities, such as cognitive stimulation and socialization for seniors with a dementing disorder in safe, secure environments. They also offer families needed respite, and opportunities to exchange advice, solutions, and community resources with other caregivers. Our guest, Scott Tarde, CEO of the George Glenner Alzheimer’s Family Center, will be talking about their Town Square model. This care model immerses participants in settings like a barber and beauty shop, diner, pet store, museum, even an auto repair garage, that trigger earlier, better-preserved memories and reduce agitation and irritability. Join us and learn more about innovative Town Square model that is breaking new ground for adult day care centers.

Today we are going to discuss the diversity of sexual expression in older adulthood, and how to pursue sexual wellness in later life. What does it mean to be sexually well in later life? And how can we achieve our sexual goals? These questions are still relatively taboo and often reserved for a “charmed circle,” though the conversation about later life sex is gaining momentum and becoming more inclusive. Our guest, Maggie Syme, a sexuality and aging researcher, will be talking about the biopsychosocial aspects of sexual expression, challenges to sexual wellness, diversity, sexual citizenship, and how ageism can impact our sexual and intimate lives. Join the conversation.

In this episode, we take a close look at lifestyle steps that everyone can take to living longer, healthier lives and even make it to 100 years of age. How do we become a centenarian, and what are the leading lifestyle patterns that we now know increase our lifespan? What are the leading causes of death and what are the characteristics of those who manage to avoid, survive, or delay these causes of death? We will also focus on the two big “Cs” cardiovascular disease and cancer and how lifestyle choices can impact the onset or progression of these conditions. The Blue Zones those geographic regions around the world where there is a higher incidence of centenarians will be discussed as models for healthy living. Our guest, Dr. Michael Howard, has an encyclopedic understanding of the recommended choices and the risks to avoid if our goal is to live to be 100. Be informed, stay informed. Join us for this invaluable learning opportunity.

This episode of the Living to 100 Club Radio show takes a close look at how technological innovation can improve the health and well being of older adults. Smart homes, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, social robotics and wearables like smart watches and health trackers will impact all age groups but baby boomers are increasingly becoming voracious consumers of cutting edge technology. And, technology companies are beginning to wake up to the emergence of a techsavvy older generation, a phenomenon labeled the “silver rush” that these companies are beginning to cash in on. Our guest, Dr. Geoffrey Lane, a board certified geriatric psychologist with the VA Healthcare System who has worked with older adults for over 15 years, has a distinct interest in this new specialty, gerontechnology. Geoff will outline the latest and hottest trends in gerontech that keep seniors physically and mentally sharp, safe, and connected.

This episode takes an in-depth look at our relationships, what makes them satisfying, how to improve them, and how to use them in our quest to living longer. Relationships can be with spouses, significant others, family members, whether our relationships are straight or gay, are long standing or short term, and stable or unstable. This episode will cover the topics of intimacy, sexual performance, acceptance, communication style, warning signs of cracks in the relationship, and ways to fix the cracks. It is all about What Happily Married Older Couples can Teach Us.

Today is guest is Elaine K Sanchez, caregiver speaker, co-founder of CaregiverHelp.com, a video-based support program for family and professional caregivers, and author of the unflinchingly honest and surprisingly funny book, Letters from Madelyn, Chronicles of a Caregiver. We will be talking about how to develop an Attitude of Creative Indifference toward caregiver anger, guilt, depression, grief, and dementia-related challenging behaviors, with a special emphasis on dealing with surprising and inappropriate dementia-related sexual behavior.

Even though we could live to be 100 we will all ultimately — like all living things -- die. Dying can be a painful experience where dignity, control and sometimes, personhood, are lost. The motto of the Hemlock Society is Good Life Good Death. Although many of us know about Advance Directives, Hospice, and Palliative Care, we also have the option, in California, of a medically assisted death with the help of a physician. We will talk about who is eligible for this help, how it works, and when it doesn’t. Other remedies will be discussed that are gentle, non-violent, and compassionate. The laws in other countries, including our neighbor, Canada will be discussed as well as the current situation in the United States. Resources will be mentioned.

This episode is dedicated to the film, “Lives Well Lived” directed and produced by Sky Bergman, Professor of Photography and Video at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California. Sky Bergman is an accomplished, award-winning photographer. Her fine art work is included in permanent collections at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Lives Well Lived is Sky’s directorial debut. The film explores the wit and wisdom of 40 people between the ages of 70 and 100 who share their views on living successful, meaningful, and long lives. The show will interview the filmmaker, explore her reasons for making this film, responses from viewers around the country, and lessons she has learned from her audiences. Lastly, we will explore if there’s a sequel on its way and what it might look like.

This episode covers 3 clinical syndromes that besiege many older adults: depression, dementia, and delirium. For those who are not working in health care or may have heard the terms but don’t know how to distinguish among them, this show sets out to explain their similarities and differences. The presenter is the host of Living to 100 Club show, Dr. Joe Casciani, a geropsychologist who has been working with seniors, their families, and caregivers for over 30 years. This is an important subject just due to the sheer volume of older adults who receive assistance from caregivers– paid and unpaid. In the US alone, at least 30% of caregivers are caring for someone with cognitive impairment. Pushing forward to live as successfully as possible in our later years and being effective as caregivers for our older relatives and friends, means being an informed consumer and having facts at our disposal to make important, necessary health care decisions. Join us for this educational program.