At Home, On Air

Join us as we discuss 'What We Can Learn From Aging Dogs: The Dog Aging Project' with Dr. Daniel Promislow, the Co-Director and Primary Investigator of the Dog Aging Project and a Professor at the University of Washington. In this conversation with Dr. Promislow, we discuss his ongoing research project – current findings, how to get involved and what the team hopes to learn. The Dog Aging Project,...

Join us as we discuss Pet Ownership is 'Medication with Jessica Bibbo, Ph. D., a Research Scientist at the Center for Research and Education with the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging. Many of us experience the benefits of owning a pet. They connect us, motivate us to walk, keep us on a schedule and more. In this conversation with Jessica Bibbo, we learn about her recently concluded research study...

Join us as we discuss Alive Until You’re Dead: Notes on the Home Stretch with author and Buddhist teacher Susan Moon. Sit back, relax and enjoy an inspiring and thought-provoking book reading and conversation with Susan Moon. She shares stories and personal insights about what it means to be a human approaching death, inviting us to feel fully alive in the final stretch of our own lives. At Home W...

Join our hosts, Susi Stadler and Rachael Friedman, as they discuss communication for dementia care with our featured guest, Adria Thompson, the Founder of Be Light Care Consulting and a Dementia and Communications Consultant. This is a refreshing conversation about dementia care focused on how we talk about dementia, as well as how we talk to people with dementia. Adria uses her expertise as a spe...

Join us as we discuss Everyday Family Caregiving with Dave Iverson, PBS broadcast journalist, author, film maker and the author of 'Winter Stars.' This is an intimate discussion with Dave Iverson about his book, ‘Winter Stars,’ a moving and insightful record of ten years of family caregiving describing the everyday experiences and ever evolving personal relationships with loved ones, professional...

Join us as we discuss caregiving with Rajiv Mehta, the CEO and Founder of Atlas of Care. As people learn to see care in their lives more clearly, they become better at caring for themselves, their families, and their communities. In this discussion, Rajiv Mehta addresses recent innovations in tools and methods for self-exploration and improvement, and the impacts these have had in a wide range of...

Join us as we discuss Preparing to Care with Bob Stephen, Vice President of Caregiving and Health Programs at AARP. Caregiving is a core life skill that tends to be neglected until it’s too late. This season’s opening episode of At Home, On Air features Bob Stephen. We’ll hear about his own experience with family caregiving as well as the challenges and opportunities across the arc of a caregiver’...

Elder Wisdom: An Overlooked Resource in Trying Times Panelist featured are women leaders, who are lifelong change-makers and paved their own paths where no roads existed! This discussion with Amy Meyer, Sandy Mori and Jennie Chin Hansen moderated by Sasha Shen Johfre is insightful as well as inspiring. We invite you to listen to our podcast, and please share your thoughts on social as we learn fro...

Let's discuss Aging in Many Places: Neighborhoods, Health and Wellbeing in Later Life with Jessica Finlay, MA, PhD University of Michigan. Jessica Finlay has dedicated her research to investigating the qualities of neighborhoods and cities that enable healthy aging and allow people to age well in their communities. Opportunities for community connection are all around, from a neighborhood market t...

Join us as we discuss Afro- and Age-Futurism with Raina J. León, PhD, Poet, Writer, Artist, Educator and her mother Dr. Norma Thomas, LCSW, Educator. Norma and her daughter Raina are frequent collaborators. They recently put forth and co-wrote a piece about afro- and age-futurism in a recent issue of Generations. What can be learned from afro-futurism, which visualizes a future where people of Afr...

Let's discuss art and aging with Evan Johnson, Program Director of the Lake Merritt The Lake Merritt Independent Senior Living and the Director of the Cosmic Elders Theater Ensemble. Get invigorated and energized by this conversation with theater artist and creative community builder, Evan Johnson. His work with older adults focuses on discovering the life force of playfulness and joy! Evan facili...

Join us as we discuss funding aging with a commitment to racial equity with Janet Y. Spears, CEO of the Metta Fund, a private foundation dedicated to advancing health and equity in aging. In this role, she leads one of the only California foundations with a population focus on older adults, working with nonprofits, the community, and government partners to influence solutions that foster more equi...

Join us as we discuss medical advocacy with Patricia Knight, a lawyer and the Founder of Pacific Coast Health Advocacy. This conversation with Patricia Knight and Talya Onorato explores the role of health advocacy in health care and end-of-life planning. At Home With Growing Older is proud to be your host of At Home, On Air a bi-weekly radio hour offering connection, community and knowledge to our...

Join us as we discuss new and old ways to connect for our happiness and health with Kasley Killam, MPH, Founder Social Health Labs. Living in 10 different cities before turning 30 taught Kasley Killam the art and work of forging new friendships and building community. She decided to focus her career on battling the growing epidemic of loneliness in America and launched Social Health Labs, which wo...

Join us as we discuss the future of aging at its intersection with technology with John and Candiece Milford, a power couple with much passion and experience in the field of aging. John is the Co-Founder of Tech-enhanced Life, an initiative that explores the intersection of aging and technology with the Longevity Explorers, a community of older adults who discuss products and services. Candiece is...

Susan O’Connell is not only an ordained Zen Priest but also a serial entrepreneur, who was instrumental in realizing a new kind of senior community … with 20 units reserved for long term Zen teachers from the San Francisco Zen Center and 221 living units in total. This conversation is about the journey to and the practice of this undertaking. At Home With Growing Older is proud to be your host of...

Join us as we discuss turning climate anxiety into climate action with Dr. Michael "Mick" Smyer, Ph. D, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Bucknell University and the Founder and CEO of Growing Greener. Dr. Mick Smyer has combined his expertise in the aging field and psychology with his commitment to mobilizing people across generations to take action to fight climate change. This conversation is...

Join us as we discuss the emotional tasks of creating a vision for your own good death with Author Katy Butler, Award Winning Journalist and Thought Leader. Taking time to plan and talk about our own good death does not typically make the ‘most desirable conversations list’ with family and friends; however, making a point to find ways to broach the topic can help us feel more at peace and, to some...

Join us as we discuss mindful self-compassion with David Fredrickson, a Psychotherapist and Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher. Over the last few years, we have all come face to face with vulnerability and loss, especially older adults. In this conversation we explore the practice of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC). We can’t avoid many of life’s difficulties, but we can develop a way of relating to our...

Join us as we discuss end-of-life issues in the Chinese American community with the Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC). Sandy Stokes and Theresa Cheng from CACCC discuss two of their programs: 'Mindfulness for Stress Reduction of Caregivers in the Chinese Community' and 'Heart to Heart Café,' where participants play cards designed to help people talk about difficult subjects...

Join us as we discuss elderhood with Louise Aronson, M.D., Professor of Medicine at UCSF, Author of Elderhood, and 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist. There's childhood, adulthood... and elderhood. In this conversation, we will explore this third phase of life and how we can better prepare for it individually and as a society. At Home With Growing Older is proud to be your host of At Home, On Air a bi-w...

Join us as we discuss Right Place, Right Time: Choosing Home for the 2nd Half of Life with Ryan Frederick, Author and Founder of Smart-Living 360. “If you care enough to watch your diet, exercise regularly and save responsibly, then you also ought to carefully consider your home at every stage of life.” Ryan just published a book, 'Right Place, Right Time' to help readers recognize and optimize th...

Prepare to be moved and inspired by our conversation with Sarah Hill, as she shares her experiences as an end-of-life doula. We will explore the nuts and bolts of her role, how she taps into and influences the experience of dying for her clients and their families, and the ways in which death doulas are reshaping the cultural conversation about end-of-life. We will address how this differs from ho...

Join us as we discuss co-housing with Charles Durrett, author of Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent Living—The Handbook (as well as several other books on cohousing), and the Owner and Principal Architect of The Cohousing Company, a consulting firm which has adapted its cohousing design experience to affordable housing developments and senior neighborhoods. Charles presents ofte...

Clare Cooper Marcus is Professor Emerita in the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the Principal of Healing Landscapes, a consulting firm that specializes in researching the effectiveness of restorative landscapes in healthcare settings. She is internationally recognized for her research on the social and psychological implicati...