Aging Today Podcast

Elaine Sanchez is the owner, author, and speaker of CaregiverHelp.com, an organization she created to give caregivers some of the resources and encouragement they need to carry on their essential work. She returns to Aging Today to continue our discussion about helping caregivers through an extensive support system she provides to help navigate the physical stress and emotional strain of caregivin...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed Alexis Baker of Bridgetown Music Therapy. Alexis explains how music can make a big difference in our lives as we age. The benefits of music-oriented activities for retired seniors range from stimulating memory, reducing stress, and increasing movement to simply bumping up daily happiness. Alexis and her colleagues provide musical activities for r...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed Diane Leveton, an insurance and financial consultant. Diane explains financial plans and solutions for long-term care. We talked about what it means to become a care advocate in these times. After all, there is nothing easy or gentle about aging and plenty of confusion about how to deal with it. With many options and even more questions, it’s eas...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed Nancy McDonald and Laurence Overmire. She’s a storyteller; he’s a genealogist. Together, they teach you how to explore your ancestry for tales. Back for their second show, storytellers Nancy McDonald and genealogist Laurence Overmire join us to share the details about how you can find gold (storytelling gold, that is) in your family tree. As acto...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed Erin McCune, co-founder of Easeenet.com. Erin explains digital estate planning and how it can effortlessly organize your online life. Honestly, I don’t know anyone who enjoys the task of finding and organizing all their important documents, official records, account numbers, and passwords, then keeping them constantly updated and in perfect order...

Have you ever uttered these words under your breath, "I'd like to smack old age right in the kisser...POW"? Aging is inevitable. With aging comes a loss of independence. Which jeopardizes our desire to age in our own home. That’s where a highly valued caregiver can enter into our lives providing the growing assistance you desire to remain independent in your own home....till your last breath. Mike...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed David Crumm of Front Edge Publishing. David explains some of the gifts and challenges of aging. As we age, it’s common for us to ask, “Now what?” Author and editor David Crumm shares some of the answers from his latest book and the resources of Front Edge Publishing and the online magazine, ReadTheSpirit.com. He shares his insights about aging so...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed writer Marilyn Haus. She explains the challenging personal struggle of life with a bipolar twin. In her book, Half of a Whole, Marilyn reveals the unadorned, compelling story of the struggle to protect her bipolar twin brother while seeking to individuate herself, all while enmeshed in the repressive culture of an overzealous family. She relates...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed Desiree Stinson of Harbor Heights Apartments. Desiree explains how senior living with style can enhance retirement. Desiree is the General Manager of Harbor Heights, a 55+ community that focuses on stylish, carefree living. Harbor Heights is at the forefront of modern interiors, impressive architecture, community activities, expansive indoor and...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed Steve Toll from ComForCare. Steve plays songs that celebrate America. Freedom, family, and fireworks are some of what we celebrate on Independence Day. However you choose to celebrate the holiday, you can boost that patriotic sentiment with songs that are part of our American heritage. Our good friend, Steve Toll, ComForCare’s Manager of Therapeu...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed caregiving expert Elaine Sanchez. She discusses support for stressed caregivers. Elaine Sanchez is an author, speaker, co-founder of caregiverhelp.com, and the person behind the video-based CaregiverHelp Support Group program. She has a passion for helping others manage the emotional stress of caregiving, which comes through in her book, “Letters...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed Dr. Meagan Lawler (Clinical Psychologist). Dr. Lawler explains how to manage conflict to transform contentious relationships into positive ones. It could be said that when two people are in the room, there are three opinions. Have you ever felt that way? Dr. Lawler is a retired clinical psychologist and former Executive Director of the Oregon Med...

The Aging Today podcast is a family affair today as my dad, Dave Turnbull, joins me and my brothers Doug, Brian, & Paul to celebrate Father’s Day. In our family, the fifth commandment (honor thy father and mother) is a big deal. So today, we invite you to peek in as my three brothers and I join my father to tell some stories from the past and to thank you, Dad, for fashioning us into the men we ar...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed Stephanie Rudeen, Director of Donor Engagement from the ALS Association Oregon and SW Washington Chapter. She’s joined by a friend of the show David Judd. May is ALS Awareness Month, and the ALS Association has one unifying message for everyone diagnosed with ALS: You are not alone! When David was first diagnosed in 2019, he soon found a special...

This week on the Aging Today podcast, I interviewed Georgena Eggleston of the Integrated Wellbeing Institute. Georgena explains why grief is “an inside job.” She notes that Memorial Day permits us to think about grief as we remember and mourn those who sacrificed their lives in military service. While grief changes over time, it never goes away completely. And there’s nothing wrong with people who...

Mother’s Day is coming, and I have the joy of interviewing two loving moms — my mother and sister, Marilyn Turnbull and Karen Dials! These two wonderful mothers are very important and influential women in my life. Today, we’re opening up our personal lives to talk about how our mothers each made a difference in our lives, and we’ve inviting you to think about how the mothers in your life have done...

Vivian Garner and Stephanie Rudeen join us to announce ALS Awareness Month. For everyone living with ALS, the ALS Association has one unifying message: You are not alone! When Vivian was first diagnosed with ALS in 2020, she soon found a special group of people to lean on for the many kinds of support she needed. Today, she is asking you to join her in this fight. Alongside her is a long-standing...

Many of us today are living in blended families. With blended families come all kinds of complications leading to unintended consequences. That’s why planning ahead and making time for estate planning matters. Our guest, John Boylston, is a practicing estate attorney; he explains how a Revocable Living Trust can often do more for you than a Will. The benefits are numerous, including avoiding proba...

John shares his view on the Dos and Don’ts of Medicaid Planning. We all desire to avoid costly mistakes that could expose us to unnecessary expenses. Concerns over not having enough to pay for our care is the primary concern of retirees today. Long-term care is something that we all know we should plan for but there are always financial surprises and the costs can be more expensive than we anticip...

As a practicing attorney and the Managing Shareholder of Myatt & Bell, PC, Justin Martin knows that effective estate planning begins with intentional communication among the generations. His passion is to build up, strengthen, preserve, and protect families for generations. Justin knows that it takes good communication and proper planning to accomplish this for families and to establish generation...

As co-directors of the Brain Health and Alzheimer Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai have created the 30-Day Alzheimer's Solution: The Definitive Food and Lifestyle Guide to Preventing Cognitive Decline. Today, they join us to share their expertise and show you how to protect your brain and prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Don’t miss this show! #Po...

As co-directors of the Brain Health and Alzheimer Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai have created the 30-Day Alzheimer's Solution: The Definitive Food and Lifestyle Guide to Preventing Cognitive Decline. Today, they join us to share their expertise and show you how to protect your brain and prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Don’t miss this show! #Po...

Are you a caregiver to an aging relative and wonder if you’re doing all you can to support them? And what about you? Are you concerned about your own aging process and worried that you won’t have the care and assistance you may need? This week, caregiving expert Stephanie Erickson from the Erickson Resource Group joins us to encourage all of us to plan well for aging well. Don’t miss this show!

The studio’s full today as I interview Rich Ward, Connie Powell, and Ian Duckworth from ComForCare of West Linn. They explain how caregivers support independent living at home. Indeed, the real value of a highly-skilled caregiver is how much they contribute to the independence of those who want to live at home rather than opting for another senior living option. From recruiting gifted caregivers t...

Neil Nathan, MD, joins us to explain why mold toxicity may be the cause of many chronic diseases as we age. In fact, Dr. Nathan literally wrote the book on this subject. When we think of obstacles to aging well, mold toxicity probably isn't at the top of our list. However, Dr. Nathan says there is strong evidence that many of our chronic diseases can be traced to mold toxicity. When traditional me...