Answers For Elders Radio Network

As part of the Parkinson's Path, Lianna Marie says that hope is a key part of everything, fighting illnesses or even difficulties in life. We developed an initial "H.O.P.E. test" to assess attitudes and feelings about Hopefulness, Optimism, Practicing acceptance, and Enlisting the help of others. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shawn D'Amelio from With A Little Help talks about making sure your senior loved one’s home supports them so that they are better able to age in place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shawn D'Amelio from With A Little Help talks about what qualities make a senior loved one a great candidate for aging in place. For instance, can they function at home by themselves, drive, go grocery shopping, cook their own meals? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kelley Smith at CarePartners Living talks about the end of the caregiving journey, after your loved one has passed, to find a new purpose. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements raises the question: How do you assess mom and dad for the next step? There's a step of care, home health, brought in if mom or dad have had a stroke or surgery, a temporary service. This can be a confusing topic. In-home care and home health are two different things. In-home care does not require a prescription or an order from a doctor, while home healt...

Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements explains how to introduce care into the home. How do you bridge that step? It could be as simple as getting a housekeeper, or hiring someone to do the yard work. There are built-in cultural thought-processes for each generation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements explains that as our bodies age naturally, we tend to focus more on survival-type thinking: “Who's coming over today?” “Did I take my medicines?” “When can I get my gutters cleaned?” and other types of chores. Our brain becomes more occupied with those things rather than regular living. Our goal as we age is to continue living to our fullest, and having t...

Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements   discusses how to talk about best supporting their loved ones, whether it's additional care in the home or a move. How do you talk about these sensitive subjects. Don't wait to ask questions – don't wait to gather information. People are afraid: you do your loved ones a disservice if you don't learn more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

Lynn Creasy provides an overview of Foundation House at Northgate , a not-for-profit independent living and assisted living community with 104 units established 22 years ago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shawn D'Amelio talks about CarePartners Living partnerships such as With A Little Help . She is the VP of Washington State Homecare Association, which is setting a benchmark for the quality of care that your loved ones receive. They also provide education that our legislators need. With a Little Help is a good resource, so if they don't move you, they have relationships with those who would. She a...

Shawn D'Amelio talks about CarePartners Living partnerships such as With A Little Help . It's helpful to have a partner during the transition from in-home care to a community, after living in their home for 50 years. It takes time to process that, but typically it becomes a crisis. There's confusion between home health and home care. Home health is occupational and physical therapy, visiting nurse...

An expert familiar with all of the specialized needs of aging transitions in life can make those transitions so much easier. Senior real estate specialist Cheryl Darlington joins Suzanne to talk about the transition to senior living. Cheryl works for HomeSmart Ion Real Estate in Edmonds, Washington. At the time of this interview, Cheryl worked for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Est...

Deborah Myers from We Speak Medicare helps seniors with medicare navigation and selecting healthcare supplemental programs. She’s organized the Spring into Health Fair taking place on April 14, 2019 in Puyallup at the Puyallup Seventh-day Adventist Church. The event provides health screenings from multiple entities. It’s free to enter and most services there are also free. Some services may have a...

Lianna Marie says that hope is crucial for those diagnosed with Parkinson's. Having hope can be more important than medication or medical procedures. Simply having hope makes your brain release endorphins that fight pain, an asset for Parkinson's, so we can physically change by changing our mindset. And there has also been an explosion of treatments in the last decade. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Lianna Marie describes her family experiences with Parkinson's following the diagnosis of the disease. Her mother's diagnosis was confirmed at 49 years old, when Lianna Marie was in her teens. Her mother had an arresting tremor, and the doctors assessed it as "the better kind" of Parkinson's, and she was able to work another 10-15 years. Diagnosis for everyone is different. See omnystudio.com/list...

Lianna Marie describes her personal experiences with Parkinson's, her mother having lived with the disease for 30 years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discovery 2019, the 34th Annual Alzheimer's Regional Conference, was sponsored by Aegis Living . Kathy Stewart, VP of Nursing for Aegis Living, talks about warning signs when it's time to get help for dementia or Alzheimer's. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Clark, VP of Growth Strategies for Aegis Living , discusses the programs and foundations of Aegis living. They operate 13 senior living communities in the Seattle area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Annie Jacobsen talks about family caregivers. Once you have a family member in medical care, the family member’s role is to help the medical team understand the person they’re caring... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kelley Smith at CarePartners Living provides advice on how to go through the process with aging loved ones. The role reversal in caring for a loved one needs to preserve your loved ones' dignity. You need to preserve your role as the son or daughter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shawn D'Amelio discusses the four stages of the caregiver's journey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements talks about how to be observant about life changes with our senior loved ones. There may be a time when you see clues in body language or other areas that your loved ones need help, but they don't know how to ask. Let's say you visit every other month and you see the mail is now piled up, or there's now stale food in the fridge, or they're holding walls a...

Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements talks about helping our senior loved ones with Aging in Place. How do we support our Mom and Dad in their home? One thing is to contact the appropriate department at your county for free community services and resources. It isn't tied to Medicaid, it's your tax dollars at work. To keep seniors active and stimulated, some library services can be delivered,...

Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements talks about the biggest thing she's been running into, which is people becoming paralyzed by their own fears, lack of knowledge or their perceptions of their responsibilities or expectations. As fearful as it is to deal with dignity and grace with issues of aging with our parents, people need to take action. When we get to this point where we think we sho...

Kelley Smith , VP of sales and marketing at CarePartners Senior Living , talks at Discovery 2019, the 34th Annual Alzheimer's Regional Conference. CarePartners operates seven dementia-dedicated senior care facilities in Washington. Sometimes intervention happens too soon — it has to be the right marriage of timing and where seniors are in their journey. The facilities, the Cottages, are four littl...