Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years

We have another great program, when we will be joined from Ontario by Dr. Patricia Spindel.  Patricia is the Chair of Seniors for Social Action Ontario, she was a co-founder of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, and she is a former President of Concerned Friends of Ontario Citizens in Care Facilities. She is also a recipient of a Government of Canada medal for service to her community.   We are...

Geriatrician, Dr. Michael Wasserman,  Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine, returns to the program!  He is an author and editor of numerous books, a speaker, and a tireless advocate for improving healthcare for older adults, as well as improving care received in nursing homes.  He will join us to continue our discussion of some of the pressi...

We'll be joined from right here in Austin by Marcela Cabay, of Ria Health, which uses an evidence-based approach to addiction that is vastly different from the 12-step programs. And Dr. Mara with more on living a passionate life through the obstacles of life.

We'll be joined by Michelle Young Doers to discuss her book, Killing for Profit: The Dark Side of Hospice.  Michelle is a respiratory therapist who served for 5 years on the ethics committees of 4 major hospitals, she was a clinical instructor, and she worked on the front lines of health care during the SARS outbreak and the swine flu outbreak.  In her work, she has played an important role in the...

We have another live show to help us start off the New Year 2024 on the right foot! Vietnam War veteran, Zen Buddhist monk, Founder of the Zaltho Foundation, and author, Claude AnShin Thomas, has been on the show several times to discuss finding peace within and around us.   We're happy to have him back to start off the year with a discussion of creating peace within ourselves in 2024!

Title:  Civil Rights Advocate and Author, Jake Sloan We'll be joined by Jake Sloan, who spent most of his adult life working as a civil rights advocate and labor-management consultant.  Jake will be joining us to discuss his new book, Standing Tall:  Willie Long vs. U.S. Government at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. This book is about Jake's experience as one of the "Original 21ers," a group of young...

Gregg is a hospice and workplace chaplain and a professor.  While writing this book about his own survival from personal and family traumatic brain injury, providing hope, healing, inspiration with his story, he experienced several more family losses during the Covid pandemic.  Gregg will discuss his book and the post-script about how these losses strengthened his understanding of grief, while dee...

We have another live show to help us start off the New Year 2024 on the right foot! Vietnam War veteran, Zen Buddhist monk, Founder of the Zaltho Foundation, and author, Claude AnShin Thomas, has been on the show several times to discuss finding peace within and around us.   We're happy to have him back to start off the year with a discussion of creating peace within ourselves in 2024!

This is our first live program for 2024 and it's a great one! Marie-Therese Connolly will join us from Washington, D.C., for a discussion on Ageism in the healthcare system,  elder justice, and her new book, The Measure of Our Age. MT is a leading national expert on elder justice who was awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant for her work that has shaped policy, research, and practice for decades. She...

Filmmaker and Actress, Susie Singer Carter, joins us for the entire program for a conversation with Dr. Mara about her new documentary film, No Country For Old People, based on Susie's own lived experience as a family caregiver for her mother in a nursing home, showing the dark side of even the best of the nursing homes. In her film, Susie uses her own mom's story to take deep look into the the sy...

Filmmaker and Actress, Susie Singer Carter, joins us for the entire program for a conversation with Dr. Mara about her new documentary film, No Country For Old People, based on Susie's own lived experience as a family caregiver for her mother in a nursing home, showing the dark side of even the best of the nursing homes. In her film, Susie uses her own mom's story to take deep look into the the sy...

Musician, author, yoga/meditation teacher,  Interfaith Minister,  author of over 30 books,  weekly contributor to Medium,  and host of the new podcast, Coaching Nuggets and Insights, Reverend Gudjon Bergmann returns to the show to help us bring in the new year with more inner peace and mindfulness in our very noisy world. Dr. Mara with more on living with passion in the coming New Year. And Ruben...

Author and human rights/LGBTQ+ advocate, Michael Caputo returns to the show from NYC.  In July 2020, he joined us to discuss his autobiography, Dear Pat Cooper, about his journey with a loving family and an absent father.   This time, he's back to discuss his second book, Chameleon: A Memoir.  In this memoir, Michael shows us another side of  himself, in which he vividly describes his harrowing jo...

Filmmaker and Actress, Susie Singer Carter, joins us for the entire program for a conversation with Dr. Mara about her new documentary film, No Country For Old People, based on Susie's own lived experience as a family caregiver for her mother in a nursing home, showing the dark side of even the best of the nursing homes. In her film, Susie uses her own mom's story to take deep look into the the sy...

Author and human rights/LGBTQ+ advocate, Michael Caputo returns to the show from NYC.  In July 2020, he joined us to discuss his autobiography, Dear Pat Cooper, about his journey with a loving family and an absent father.   This time, he's back to discuss his second book, Chameleon: A Memoir.  In this memoir, Michael shows us another side of  himself, in which he vividly describes his harrowing jo...

We are back with another live show! Iowa Long-Term Care Ombudsman and former Iowa Congressional Candidate, Kim Weaver-Fritzche, returns to the show!  This time, Kim will discuss the importance of advocating for our elderly loved-ones in Long-Term Care.

Alice Bonner, Senior Advisor for Aging Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Chair of Moving Forward: Nursing Home Quality Coalition and  Mark Miller, President of National Association of State Ombudsman Programs, both join us for a discussion of Long Term Care and what we can do to improve the quality of life for residents now and in the future. And Dr. Mara with more on Passionate Living and...

We are back with another live show! Robert Signore, President of Thrive Pavilion, a nonprofit senior community based entirely in virtual reality, joins us to tell us more about the social, emotional, and health benefits that can come from this virtual reality community. We will delve into the origins of the Thrive Pavilion and how the community has grown to include hundreds of seniors from around...

We are joined, once again from Toronto, by Christiana Egi, RN, geriatric and mental health specialist, dementia advocate, author, and owner/operator of Alexis Lodges.  This time Christiana brings us her latest children's book about understanding a grandparent with dementia,  Unraveled.  In this illustrated book, Christiana Egi reveals how easy it is for loved ones to overlook the importance of the...

We are joined, once again from Toronto, by Christiana Egi, RN, geriatric and mental health specialist, dementia advocate, author, and owner/operator of Alexis Lodges.  This time Christiana brings us her latest children's book about understanding a grandparent with dementia,  Unraveled.  In this illustrated book, Christiana Egi reveals how easy it is for loved ones to overlook the importance of the...

Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, joins us to discuss how Long Term Care, especially skilled nursing facilities, is the scene of the collision of money, politics and denial.  With the loss of direct care workforce and closures of nursing centers, there's a "fatal contraction" of supply in long term care.  Ir...

We are back with another live show! Robert Signore, President of Thrive Pavilion, a nonprofit senior community based entirely in virtual reality, joins us to tell us more about the social, emotional, and health benefits that can come from this virtual reality community. We will delve into the origins of the Thrive Pavilion and how the community has grown to include hundreds of seniors from around...

We are back with another live program! Carol Polcovar returns to the show, live from Honolulu, Hawaii! Carol is an adjunct professor at Hawaii Pacific University and is a playwright, poet, director, producer, and teacher of American History, Civil Law and Writing.  This time Carol joins us to discuss her first book her historical mystery series,  A Murder on Allen Street, creativity, and more of h...

We are back with another live show! Live from Queensland, Australia, Bob Eden joins us! Bob is a depression recovery specialist and author of The Gift of Depression and Insights from Beyond Depression.  Bob joins us to discuss his journey to recovering and embracing of a joyful life. And Dr. Mara with more on living a passionate life.

Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, joins us to discuss how Long Term Care, especially skilled nursing facilities, is the scene of the collision of money, politics and denial.  With the loss of direct care workforce and closures of nursing centers, there's a "fatal contraction" of supply in long term care.  Ir...