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This Is Getting Old: Moving Towards an Age-Friendly World Podcast with Dr. MELISSA BATCHELOR

Dr. MELISSA BATCHELOR

Getting older? Guess what - so is everyone else! But aging doesn"t have to mean slowing down or settling for less. Because aging isn"t a problem to fix - it"s an adventure to embrace! 🎙️ Welcome to This is Getting Old: Moving Towards an Age-Friendly World, the podcast that flips the script on what it means to grow older - and let"s be real, this show is for ANYONE BORN BEFORE 1997 (yes, that"s you, Millennials!). Hosted by Dr. Melissa Batchelor, nurse, nurse practitioner, educator, and aging

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EP87: Part 3: Adaptive Equipment with Melissa Batchelor

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2021/11/23

Typically, around 85% of people will experience swallowing problems medically known as dysphasia at the end of life. Your loved ones or the people you care for can have trouble swallowing food, liquids, or both. This is a 4-part series on Alzheimer's Care and Swallowing Problems, and this episode is focused on Adaptive Equipment. In Part 1, I talked about The Basics of Swallowing Problems. In Part 2, Modifying Textures + Flavor Building and Part 4, Maximizing Independence In Eating. If you missed

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06:22

EP86: Alzheimer’s Care: Swallowing Problems Part 2:...

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2021/11/16

Typically, around 85% of people will experience swallowing problems medically known as dysphasia at the end of life. Your loved ones or the people you care for can have trouble swallowing food, liquids, or both. This is a 4-part series on Alzheimer’s Care and Swallowing Problems, and this episode is focused on Modifying Textures + Flavor Building. In Part 1, I talked about The Basics of Swallowing Problems. In Part 3, I will review what Adaptive Equipment is and how to use it; and In Part 4, I

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08:06

EP85: Alzheimer's Disease Care: Swallowing Problems...

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2021/10/30

Alzheimer's Disease Care: Swallowing Problems Part I: The Basics with Melissa Batchelor Typically, around 85% of people will experience swallowing problems, medically known as dysphasia, at the end-of-life. What this means is that your loved one, or someone you care for, has trouble swallowing food, liquids, or both. This is a 4-part series on Alzheimer's Care and Swallowing Problems, and this episode is focused on The Basics. In Part 2, I will talk about how to Modify Textures +

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26:36

EP84: How to Age Well: The Power Positive Aging

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2021/10/12

How do you feel about becoming older? Do you see it as a rite of passage or a dreaded occurrence that you must endure? As we become older, "health" means more than simply being free of illnesses. Every older person may achieve "positive aging," also known as "healthy aging," if they strive to make better alternatives to improve their life in the long run. Dr. David Lereah, PhD, is one of the few who fully grasps this concept. Thus, don’t miss another life-changing episode of This Is Getting Old:

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24:58

EP83: Creative Aging Sparks Joy, Connection, Purpose

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2021/10/05

If you wish to maintain health and longevity as you age, it may be helpful to include a special muscle group in your workout: your creative muscles. According to ongoing studies, creativity is essential for healthy aging. Engaging in creative activities like singing, theater, and visual art may help older people feel better. Further, creativity, linked to the personality characteristic of openness, can help people live longer. In this episode of This Is Getting Old: Moving Towards An Age-Friendly

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04:32

EP82: Alzheimer's Disease Care: 3 Tips for Eating and...

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2021/09/28

Alzheimer's Disease Care: 3 Tips for Eating and Drinking at Home I went home to help my 70-year old mother take care of my 91-year old grandmother, who'd been in a nursing home for a year and a half during COVID. Grandma Trudie was extremely debilitated, and in this episode, I share. When your loved one is as weak as my grandmother was, you may need to make some adjustments that allow her to continue to feed herself. This video is part of a 3-part series on Alzheimer's Care and the other videos can

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05:32

EP81: Alzheimer's Disease Care: 3 Tips to Shampoo...

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2021/09/21

I went home to help my 70-year old mother take care of my 91-year old grandmother, who'd been in a nursing home for a year and a half during COVID. Grandma Trudie was extremely debilitated and my Mom needed me to help her figure out how to provide basic care - including how to wash her hair. In this episode, which is part of a 3-part series on Alzheimer's Care, I will give you 3 Tips for how to shampoo someone’s hair while sitting in a chair. My Grandma Trudie has pretty significant seborrheic

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04:36

EP80: Alzheimer's Disease Care: 3 Tips for...

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2021/09/16

I went home to help my 70-year old mother take care of my 91-year old grandmother, who'd been in a nursing home for a year and a half during COVID. Grandma Trudie was extremely debilitated, and could only bear her body weight when she first came home. She could not pick up her feet to even step side-to-side or pivot - which had the potential to put a lot of work on my Mom’s back until Grandma Trudie regained some of the strength in her legs.. In this episode, I share a 3-part series on Alzheimer's

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03:42

EP79: What is Ageism?

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2021/09/02

Have you ever felt like someone discriminated against you because of your age? Maybe you didn't get that promotion because you were too young, or perhaps you felt like they didn't hire you because you were too old. In either scenario, I doubt you ran down the road and told your friends because you had just been the victim of a “raging ageist”. In this episode of This is Getting Old podcast, we tackle the biggest problem with America's mindset about aging and the prejudices that today's current

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35:37

EP78: New Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease with Howard...

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2021/09/01

New Drug for Alzheimer's Disease "Don't let yourself be sucked in by all of the publicity and marketing about the new drug for Alzheimer's. Think about whether it's got any benefit, the side effects— which can be very severe, and think about where that money otherwise would go." Howard Gleckman, Senior Fellow, Consultant, and Editor, TaxVox Blog ________________________________________________ Aducanumab (brand name AduhelmTM) received expedited approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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04:15

EP77: Repetitive Verbalizations & Alzheimer's Disease

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2021/08/26

In this episode of This is Getting Old podcast, listen if you are coping with handling an older person or loved one going through repetitive verbalizations and Alzheimer's Disease. Let me tell you a story of two residents that I used to take care of a long time ago — Walter and Miss Lucy and how we managed their behaviors. Every day, about three o'clock in the afternoon, Walter would begin to yell, "I'm a bad man!" And he would do that all the time. And the irony is, Walter used to be a pastor when

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28:30

EP76: Aging: Words Matter - Part 2 with Patricia...

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2021/08/24

Self-imposed ageism is real. I’d be interested in your thoughts about this quote - drop a comment below. In the words of Maggie Kuhn founder Gray Panthers, "The first myth is that old age is a disease, a terrible disease that you never admit you've got, so you lie about your age. Well, it's not a disease—it's a triumph because you've survived. Failure, disappointment, sickness, loss—you're still here." While I know Maggie Kuhn did great work founding the Gray Panthers and was actually a early

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23:50

EP75: Aging: Words Matter - Part 1 with Patricia...

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2021/08/17

Words are powerful. They influence how we think, behave and approach things. They can produce labels, misunderstandings, misrepresentations and change our perceptions in profound and meaningful ways. In this episode of This Is Getting Old: Moving Towards an Age-Friendly World showcases GSA's work on Reframing Aging. Tune in as our guest —Patricia D'Antonio, BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP—offers us ways to reframe our language when talking about and thinking about aging. Part One of 'Aging: Words Matter Part

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30:51

EP74: Five Tips For Aging Well

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2021/08/10

We have a lot more control over aging well than most people think. Successful aging can be attributed to a wide range of habits that are modifiable - meaning if you have don’t have healthy diet or don’t exercise, you can begin to make small changes over time that will improve your overall health. It’s never too late to get started. In this episode of Dr. Melissa Batchelor's This Is Getting Old: Moving Towards An Age-Friendly World, powerhouse healthy-aging advocates, authors, and speakers Bob and

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EP73: 5 Tips for Becoming an Age-Friendly Business:...

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2021/08/03

Are businesses in your city going the age-friendly path? If they are not, they make up the many companies worldwide that are missing out on this crucial initiative that supports and benefits senior consumers. In this episode, I provide essential yet often forgotten things that businesses should include in their spaces to accommodate the needs and ensure the continued patronage of older adults. It makes common sense that the more comfortable an establishment is for older people, it will also be

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09:03

EP72: Ageism In The Workplace with Randi Zuckerberg

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2021/07/27

Age is just a number. But in the workplace, your age can have a negative impact - maybe you were passed over for that promotion because your boss thinks you’re “too young”. Or maybe you feel that you weren’t hired for a position because the organization implied you were “too old”. Either way - this is ageism and we need to be more aware of it so we can address it. In data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is predicted that by the year 2024, workers aging 55 and older will represent 25

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03:48

EP71: Alzheimer's Disease and Marriage

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2021/07/20

That moment comes in the life of married couples when the other half may begin to experience memory issues. Typically, this will change the dynamics of the marriage itself because the person who's experiencing Alzheimer's or dementia will not function in the way they used to. In this episode of This is Getting Old podcast, listen if you are struggling to handle a spouse or a senior loved one repeating themselves a lot, or maybe they're stuck on a specific story that they're telling. Key points

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25:04

EP70: Transportation Options for Older Adults: NV Rides

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2021/07/13

Transportation Options for Older Adults: NV Rides with Jennifer Kanarek "One of the best ways to get people interested in caring for older adults is to have a positive experience—NV Rides volunteer driving program does just that." -Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN ______________________________________________ When you're young and you got your driver's license, driving yourself from place to place was an entirely new level of independence. Losing the ability to drive as we grow older

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41:33

EP69: Do I Need Long-Term Care Insurance? And Future...

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2021/07/06

"More than 40% of people over 65 years old misperceive that Medicare covers long-term care." -Marc A. Cohen, PhD Long-term care is care across a range of settings and can include medical and non-medical services that assist individuals who cannot care for themselves for extended periods. Also, long-term care is often provided at a person's home, largely by family and friends. Thus, it's a challenge to discern whether you even need long-term care insurance coverage. If you can afford this type of

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08:05

EP68: Bladder Infections: To Treat or Not to Treat in...

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2021/06/29

Bladder Infections: To Treat or Not to Treat in Older Adults? “Asymptomatic bacteriuria in long-term care is more common than actual Urinary Tract Infections. About 35 to 40% of men and about 50% of women in long-term care have it—that's even higher for women with urinary incontinence.” -Jamie Smith, MSN, FNP ____________________________________________________________________ When someone is aged and frail, the risk of a bladder infection is higher, raising the chances of delirium, hospital

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