ProAging Podcast

A live & interactive discussion with Esther Greenhouse, the visionary creator of the innovative Enabling Design Approach to address multiple challenges caused by the built environment with a single approach that enables to people to thrive. Raising awareness of the dis-abling impacts of the built environment on us as we age, how this increases demand for care, and how it impacts caregivers...while creating solutions via the Enabling Design Approach

Esther Greenhouse An internationally recognized expert on Universal Design, Aging in Place, and Age-Friendly Community Planning, Esther’s leading-edge perspectives are contributing to positive change.

Esther Greenhouse, M.S., CAPS (pronouns:  she/her) CEO, Silver to Gold Strategic Consulting

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Back by popular demand! Tracy Cram Perkins authentically shares hands-on solutions for reducing repetitive questions, melt downs, and wandering using simple fixes found at hardware and office supply stores. Tracy Cram Perkins is the author of Dementia Home Care How to Prepare Before, During, and After is a four-time dementia caregiving survivor with over 16 years of caregiving experience. It is her mission to supply caregivers with proven shortcuts to reduce the stresses of dementia care. View the previous discussions here

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A live & interactive discussion with Nicole Smith as she shares her unique journey of caregiving for her mother with Alzheimer's.

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Join us for a live & interactive discussion with Lisa Geraci Rigoni, a professional organizer, move manager and the author of 17 Spatulas and the Man Who Fried an Egg. Lisa has contemplated why we keep accumulating and holding on to objects and at what point stuff becomes clutter. She will share the culmination of decades of lessons and conversations with her clients, with the goal to make letting go less stressful and more insightful.

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Intentionally reviewing, managing, and growing our network of friends, family, and outside providers is essential our future planning. It can be empowering, fun, and saves us money too!Join us for a live & interactive discussion that will explore the value of managing your network and specific ideas and approaches to improve your health, personal relationships, family life (and people just like family), income, and career opportunities.Glenna Crooks, Ph.D author of the forthcoming book Longevity Pioneering: Building Your Village. 

View the on-demand recording and chat transcript here https://www.retirementlivingsourcebook.com/videos/building-your-personal-village-for-your-solo-aging-aging-in-place-affordability-and-more 

Join us for a conversation with one of senior living’s most influential and high-profile thought leaders and connectorsWith over 35 years of industry leadership, Bob has earned the reputation of “agent provocateur” in the seniors housing and care industry and aging services field. He has been described as an ice-cutter and scout in identifying industries and trends that will disrupt the future of seniors housing, aging services, and aging more broadly. 

Bob Kramer

View the full recording with chat transcript https://www.retirementlivingsourcebook.com/videos/the-future-of-senior-living-discussion-with-bob-kramer 

Join us for a live & interactive discussion with a noted author and thought-leader who will guide us through a thoughtful and inspirational journey that explores significant questions about mortal existence, the nature of loss, and life’s most difficult challenges. 

Brent Green Author of Questions of the Spirit: The Quest for Understanding at a Time of Loss; Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers; Generation Reinvention; Noble Chaos: A Novel; and WARRIOR: The Life and Lessons of a Man Who Beat Cancer for 57 Years.

For the on demand recording and chat transcript visit https://www.retirementlivingsourcebook.com/videos/a-journey-to-discover-answers-for-the-most-critical-questions-in-your-life

Join us for a live & interactive discussion with the leadership of The Association on Aging with Developmental Disabilities (AADD) Incorporated in 1994, AADD has a primary objective of bringing the aging and developmental disability fields together to create and provide best practices for people aging with developmental disabilities

Association on Aging with Developmental Disabilities https://www.agingwithdd.org/

• Katherine Farache

• Pamela Merkle

For video recording, chat and contact information visit https://www.retirementlivingsourcebook.com/videos/aging-with-developmental-disabilities 

"Because She's My Mother" by Paula Stone combines both poignancy and humor to follow the bittersweet journey of an adult daughter as she cares for both her mother and herself. Among the many issues the play raises are the challenges and conflicts of both the caregiver and care recipient as they each struggle to face loss and let go into the nature of life.  This link to an unlisted youtube videorecording of the play is being offered to the ProAging Community for only streaming at no charge as a community service and not for commercial purposes.

Link on the National Alliance for Caregiving website (where the play is a Take Care Community Resource) Direct link to the play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K47-vzRQ9ZQ

Paula Stone [email protected]

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Are you concerned about a loved one, client or resident of a senior living community forgetting about pots on the stove? Cooking fires are the leading cause of home fires in the U.S. responsible for to hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries every year! 

A live & interactive discussion on this topic with Mark Baldino, the founder of the world's first smart cooktop suppression system. Learn how this innovative easy-to-install and technology can save lives.

To view the video recording, chat and more visit https://www.retirementlivingsourcebook.com/events/dangers-of-kitchen-fires-for-older-adults