Dementia Empowered: Confident Caregiving with Legal, Financial, and Daily Support

Every older adult needing nursing home care has a legal right to protect assets and pay for that care with Medicaid. But for every resident on Medicaid, the nursing homes lose money every day. As t…

When it comes to estate planning, people rarely understand the full scope of the project. They've seen gatherings on TV where there's a ceremonial reading of a will. Unless they've supported an aging…

In early 2023 millions of people watched intently as a young and healthy NFL player named Damar Hamlin took a hit to the chest and went into cardiac arrest on the field. The likelihood of surviving …

The stories of music as a therapeutic tool are breathtaking. A dying person alleviates worry for everyone in the room as music brings the family together. A person with advanced dementia who rarely…

Consider someone with a challenging diagnosis. Not only may the medical condition limit the activities that brought the person joy, but so may the treatment for that condition. What if there were a …

We all do it. We accumulate stuff. What happens when we need to move out of our homes, we need a higher level of care, or we pass away? Someone has to do something about all that stuff.

Shannon Cost…

Life is all about transitions. From school to your first job, from single to getting married, having your first child, planning for retirement, etc. Every stage of life comes with transitions. But …

About ten years ago, Dr. Atul Gawande published Being Mortal and it became a New York Times bestseller. A trained surgeon, Dr. Gawande was trained to target a specific problem and fix it. In this bo…

Maybe you have listened to all of the guests on this show and it has you thinking about your goals and concerns for the future. Cardiovascular disease, dementia, accidental falls -- these can be inc…

Are you making a New Year's Resolution? Maybe something related to your health? You can make this resolution, this promise to yourself, at any time to improve your life. The long-term benefits for y…

You've heard the story of Ebenezer Scrooge. He was a miserable curmudgeon with a cold heart. Scrooge declined invitations to donate to poor children and only reluctantly let his clerk, Bob Cratchit,…

The wife of a man living with dementia needs to go to work, but cannot leave her husband alone. She will care for him at night but needs him to receive skilled care during the day.

A woman with limit…

The phone rings and the caller claims to be from your pharmacy. The caller needs you to verify information so that your prescriptions can be filled. A flashing red message appears on your computer s…

Cuts, abrasions, punctures, skin tears, burns, blisters -- wounds can take many forms. There is a normal process that the body goes through to heal a wound. As we age, the process breaks down. Thi…

So much of estate planning and elder law is about planning for incapacity and preserving a person's hard-earned savings from the high cost of long-term care. Many chronic diseases that lead to incap…

Imagine an older adult who sustains an injury and has surgery. That adult has different options when it comes to recovering and regaining full function. There are skilled nursing facilities that of…

Older adults often face a series of challenges all at once: financial struggles, loss of independence and self-sufficiency, grief and loss, chronic illness or pain. This may explain why the rate of …

There is an epidemic happening that may be difficult to see. When older adults lose a spouse or friends, loneliness and isolation can be the result. This happens even when family members check in fro…

When you cast a ballot in an election, you see many names. Maybe you recognize some names, while others are people you don't know much about. In order to choose the right person, it's important to k…

Every autumn people dress up as ghosts and goblins. Some people observe All Saints Day and All Souls Day. It all originated in a Celtic tradition called Samhain and the belief that spirits walk the …