Podcast
Elder Abuse – Caregiver Summit – Smilecast 134
Elder Abuse Elder Abuse takes on many forms. Self-neglect, physical and sexual, financial. Would you know the signs of abuse when visiting mom or dad? Learn what to look for and what to do should your loved one be the victim. As part of our caregiver summit, Sue Susskind walks...
Guardianship – What You Don’t Know Will Scare You – Smilecast 133
Guardianship – What You Don’t Know Will Scare You I had the pleasure of interviewing Catherine Falk for our Caregiver Smile Summit. Even with advance directives and powers of attorney you may not be protected. Just ask Catherine Falk, daughter of Peter Falk (Columbo). She’ll cover a topic most of...
Senior Scams and Frauds – What’s the Latest and How to Avoid – Smilecast 132
Senior Scams and Frauds – What’s the Latest and How to Avoid Here is another installment from our Caregiver Smile Summit. See how you can avoid senior scams and frauds. You know the kind – the fake IRS agent on the phone, the Nigerian sweepstakes winner. There are so many scams...
Retirement Income Planning from an Economist’s Viewpoint – Smilecast 131
Retirement Income Planning from an Economist’s Viewpoint Here is my interview with Mike Seibert from the Caregiver Smile Summit. There are so many competing interests trying to tell us what to do with our money – from your 401(k) broker to the media to your brother-in-law Phil. Mike is decidedly...
Estate Planning and More – Interview w Wendy Witt – Smilecast 130
You Don’t Have to Own an Estate to Do Estate Planning! Wendy Witt, founder of AMillionFamilies.org, is one of my guests on the Caregiver Smile Summit. She is an Attorney and her social enterprise is focused on protecting a million families with responsible planning. She has mentored over 8,000 elder...
Conscious Aging – Smilecast 129
Conscious Aging – A Way of Life As part of my Caregiver Smile Summit, I have had the pleasure of interviewing more than 50 experts in the health, aging and caregiving fields. Dr. Maria Zayas, a practicing psychologist and a faculty member of the Psychology Department at Brenau University, is...
Senior Isolation – Segment from the Charlotte Today Show
Senior Isolation A recent article in The Washington Post focused on the millions of Chinese citizens living alone. There was a particular emphasis on one: Han Zicheng. He literally wanted to be adopted. Han posted note in a bus shelter. According to the Post, the headline read: “Looking for someone to...
6 WAYS TO AVOID SENIOR SCAMS AND FRAUDS – Smilecast 128
Senior Scams on the Rise – My Article from Sixty and Me In the U.S., victims of elder financial abuse can lose a cumulative sum of about $3 billion a year, according to Bob Blancato, head of the Elder Justice Coalition and expert in the Caregiver Smile Summit. And guess...
Less REM Sleep Tied to Greater Risk of Dementia – Smilecast 127
Less REM Sleep Tied to Greater Risk of Dementia People who get less rapid eye movement (REM sleep) may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a study published in the online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. This is the stage when dreaming occurs. There...