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"Once you pass on, your heirs will have the same rights and responsibilities to repay the loan and keep the home or to sell the home and keep the difference." ~ Rodney McGraw Title: What is a Lifestyle Home Loan? Introducing the game-changing Lifestyle Home Loans with Rodney McGraw! Join us on Life Happens as we uncover this little-known strategy that's been helping baby boomers purchase their dre...

Loneliness and Dementia: "There are parts of the brain that are involved in Emotion regulation and processing of emotions and interaction. So, if you're not putting yourself in a position to be flexing those cognitive muscles, they’re going to start to deteriorate after a while."— Shadi Gholizadeh Are you concerned about the loneliness crisis among older adults? In this episode of Life Happens wit...

"And about 10 years ago, people started to come up to me in my talks, and they'd say, you know, I'm doing this for my parents, but who's gonna take care of me when I'm old?"— Joy Loverde Welcome to a special episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood. In this episode, Kim has a thought-provoking conversation with the renowned author, Joy Loverde, who wrote the book "Who Will Take Care of Me When I'm...

"Assistance for Seniors with Low Vision: A lot of our seniors being older in their seventy's, eighty's, even 90s vision is a problem, and that is one of the handicaps as we age that comes into play."— Debby Posso   Welcome to another episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood! In this episode, our special guest, Debby Posso from Senior Rides and More joins Kim Hegwood to discuss th...

"Our goal is to always sort of remove the overwhelm factor of getting started... So you can start by simply going to the room that you least use in your home and kind of working in that direction."— Linda Jordan Welcome to another episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood! In this episode, we have a special guest, Linda Jordan from Strategic Moves Realty, who will be sharing her expertise...

The Importance of Self-expression in Dementia Care: "Expressing sense of self, which is what we're focused on, is, to my mind, the single most important thing we can do for our loved ones and our clients. If imagine that we cannot say who we are, what we've done in our lives, what we think about the world, what we're experiencing now, imagine we can't do that. It is like being...

Therapeutic Support for Stroke Patients: "You give them those opportunities to do those portions because what you're doing is allowing them to strengthen themselves, gain strength, gain endurance, and gain a new way of independence."— Consuela Marshall   Title:  Strokes- What you need to know if you are the caregiver. Welcome to another episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood. In to...

Misunderstanding about Medicare coverage: "And what they're really referring to is, you know, my great aunt fell and busted her hip. And, she went into rehab, and she was in there for, you know, for a week or two, and then they sent her home, and now she's rehabbing at home. And Medicare is gonna pay that bill, but the delineation really is you gotta be getting better. And the point t...

The Difference Between Caregiver and Companion Services: "A caregiver is hands-on care. That's for a senior who has progressed their aging journey to the point where they may need some hands-on care with Dressing, and toileting. Whereas companion services, we are oftentimes, the 1st step that a family may take, or a senior may take when they're understanding, okay, I wanna age indepen...

The Challenges of Caregiving: "Yeah, there are several challenges. I would say the top three. One is definitely dealing with caregiver guilt. What happens for the family caregiver all of a sudden, all these choices, all these demands, all these responsibilities are on your shoulder."— Tami Anastasia Welcome back to another episode of "Life Happens with Kim Hegwood." I'm you...

Home Equity Conversion: "So the real advantage of the home equity conversion is you now have your own piggy bank because it's your own money. You can use it any way you want to use it. And if it's to take care of the spouse, that's fine."— Allan Berger   Welcome to another episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood. In today's episode, we have a special guest, Allan Berger...

The Link Between Periodontal Disease and Diabetes: "If you have periodontal disease and, say diabetes, the periodontal disease makes the diabetes much worse. And they found, actual research has been done, and they find that if they clean their teeth every 3 months, it lowers the A1C."— Dr. June Sadowsky  Welcome to another episode of "Life Happens with Kim Hegwood." In today&#3...

LGBTQ+ Discrimination in Senior Centers: "How can they acclimate themselves from identifying as being in an LGBT community and then having to just not disclose what they are once they go into, a senior center or a nursing home, whereas it's not recognized there."— Tracee Seals   Welcome to another episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood. Today, we have a special guest, Tracee Seals,...

"Home Care: 'They can assist with things in the home that you can't do as well as you used to.' Companion Care: 'Sometimes we just need someone to talk to, someone, to help read a newspaper or a magazine, someone to discuss the news with just so they can have supervision, and someone just literally there with them.'"—Vernita Metoyer   Seeking care options for yourself...

"Don't just take it. You know, I've seen people pushed out of the hospital way before they were honestly, you know, emotionally ready. I mean, everything is a process."— Jodi Kay Benusa In my podcast episode with Jodi Kay Benusa from USA Geriatric Services, we dive into the chaotic world of caregiving when unexpected events occur. From sudden falls to panicked situations, we expl...

"Smaller in those situations is probably going to work out better because there's more opportunity for one-on-one care. The staffing ratios are typically a little bit smaller. The community is a little bit smaller, so we're not overwhelmed when we transition into you know, a new community, a new living, a new routine."— Ashley O'Sullivan  Here is what Kim will ask Ashley. 1....

"You never correct them. You never ask them questions that are gonna confuse them, and you just enter their world with them."— Susan Cushman 🎙️ Calling all caregivers and adult children navigating the challenges of aging parents! 🌸 In this insightful episode of "Life Happens with Kim Hegwood," we dive into the world of Alzheimer's and relationships with author Susan Cushma...

The Power of Singing to Organize and Calm: "What it's actually doing is helping somebody be organized cognitively. It's helping someone be organized neurologically. And it's this organization that creates the calm, that creates a reduction of negative behaviors."— Andy Tubman   On this episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood, we explore the therapeutic benefits of singing an...

“Caring for a Spouse with Dementia: "When you've been married 20, 30, 40 years, that person is an extension of you. And so, it takes a great deal of effort to suddenly realize what part of you is the partner and what part of you now has to begin to step out and see yourself as the caregiver."— Robin Smith Andrews On this episode of "Life Happens with Kim Hegwood," we explor...

"We put physicians on such a high pedestal sometimes, which isn't a bad thing unless it prevents us from doing our job of being an advocate. And so just realize, that one, they're human too. Two, remember your job is as an advocate. It is your right to ask questions and to speak up on behalf of the patient."— Erin Gaylean   Welcome to "Life Happens with Kim Hegwood" whe...

How a grassroots Facebook group is advocating for nursing home residents: "We are just families that want to get stuff done. That's all we are."— Mary Nichols   On this episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood, Kim is joined by guest Mary Nichols to discuss the advocacy work being done for long-term care residents in Texas. Mary and a group of family members banded together out of ne...

Retirement Planning: "Either we learn from what our parents did right or maybe we learned from what they didn't do right."— Michelle Alleman   In this episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood, we explore the various benefits of life insurance in retirement planning. We cover different programs offered by Alman Group and how they can help one plan for retirement. The discussion includ...

Finding Calm Amid Chaos: "The biggest piece to going from chaos to calm is understanding and accepting that your life has changed, accepting that you're going to do the best you can with the information you have at the time and that through that, you're learning."— Katherine Knight   Title: From Chaos to Calm: ACaregiver's Guide to Dementia In this episode of Life Happens wit...

"Dementia is not the end of your life. It's just the beginning of something different." — Peter Berry In this episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood, the speaker shares their personal experience of being diagnosed with dementia at the age of 50. The diagnosis triggered changes in their family and business, but they eventually realized that life wasn't over with the disease, jus...

Mediation is the opportunity for the family to have a qualified conversation where they have been nibbling with each other. They are now in the presence of a professional who's going to help them each be heard and to hear a radical idea. ~ Barbara Manousso   Title: The Magic of Elder Care Mediation   Talking Points: 1.   What is Elder Care Mediation? 2.   When adult children caring for an agin...