The Art 2 Aging

Statistics tell us that as we get older, we become more prone to falls. Whether from tripping over something like a curb on the street or the dog at home, once we get past age 65, balance starts to become an issue.

But some incredible technology with bullet proof evidence that it works is being utilized by an Israeli company called Gait Better. They’ve taken the technology and applied it in real world situations with amazing results.

Our guest this week on The Art 2 Aging is the CEO of Gait Better, Hilik Harari.

Artificial intelligence. AI, as we know it, more familiarly.

Everyone is talking about AI and how it’s going to change just about everything. Which has many of us worried about just how and how much it’s going to change everything.

Should we fear it? Plunge ahead and embrace it, come hell or high water?

Regular POV contributor, Dave McCaughan, has his own take on AI. And, as usual, he makes a helluva lot of sense.

Running Time: 5:30

We have had a number of guests on The Art 2 Aging who have spoken out about ageism in the workplace and how its insidious nature prevents qualified older adults from re-entering a job market that believes if you’re over 50 or 60 you’re irrelevant.

This week, thanks to our powerhouse guest, Loren Greiff, we tackle the problem from the point of view of the job seeker. What does an executive with 30 years experience need to do to get re-hired - and not just re-hired but with a substantial pay increase as well? You’ll find some great answers in this week’s episode.

As someone once famously said, “everything is related.” When it comes to our bodies, that couldn’t be more true.

This week on POV, yoga expert instructor, Janine Agoglia who writes Yoga Living 50 And Beyond on Substack, talks about how movement is vital in our lives. Without movement, our bodies will stiffen up which, in turn, will affect our emotional wellbeing and then our mental state of mind. That’s what we mean when we say that everything is related.

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Ever wonder about how social policy - especially healthcare policy- is created? It’s not something that many people consider because social policy just is. However, the story behind healthcare policy, social security, meeting the needs of the older population, feeding the poor – is far more complex and downright complicated than you would ever consider.

Our guest this week is Erin Maruzella and she is neck deep in social policy creation, especially when it comes to healthcare for older Americans. Formulating such policy in the current political climate is an almost Herculian task., as she explains in this week’s episode of The Art 2 Aging.

Regular contributor, Dave McCaughan, joins us this week for his POV on how to keep life interesting during retirement or, really, at any time in our lives.

Dave is a former ad executive with McCann in Australia who has turned his attention to examining and commenting on retirement – something that has led him to very interesting observations about living in our later years.

Every so often, we come across someone who is ripping up the rule book on aging. And we know we have to get them on the show.

Our guest this week is a 70 year old man named Mike Drak. Mike lives just north of Toronto. And he decided a few months ago that he wanted to lose a lot of weight, regain his health and keep it that way.

So, he committed to competing in a full triathlon in early August and began training hard. Here’s his story and it includes some disturbing details about his experience with a popular weight loss drug.

AI is all anyone seems to talk about, these days. And with good reason. It’s going to have an enormous impact everywhere and on everything. This is especially true when it comes to devices designed for an aging population, something we can refer to as Age-Tech.

Think of Age-Tech as the intersection of an aging population and technology.

This week on POV, Ezra Schwartz presents a trust-based framework for responsible AI development, demonstrating how inclusive design, evidence-based validation, and human-centered implementation can harness AI's potential while preserving dignity and autonomy in aging.

Millions of people around the world practice yoga. It’s an ancient form of exercise, originating in India more than 5 thousand years ago.

Used to be that you had to physically attend a yoga class to receive instruction but the combination of online technology and the pandemic has produced numerous ways to hit the mat, as they say, from the comfort of your own living room.

One of the best newsletters we’ve found on Substack on the subject of yoga is called Yoga Living 50 and Beyond. It’s the brainchild of our guest this week, Janine Agoglia who has really mastered the online format and tailors her classes for those over 50.

May 1st kicked off a unique and very special social media campaign that runs until the end of the month. It’s called Flip the Script and it’s the brainchild of a group of volunteers led by Janine Vanderburg. Janine is CEO of Encore Roadmap and her mission - one she has chosen to accept - is to tear down the old walls of prejudice surrounding aging. Flip the Script intends to destroy the outdated narratives around aging, particularly in the workplace. Janine Vanderburg offers us her POV this week.