Martial arts teacher Larry Rhodes is almost 60, but he has the fitness of a 40-year-old, and he believes that you’re never too old to learn to defend yourself. In fact, he didn’t take up karate until his mid-forties, and now teaches at Koei Kan Karate Do in San Luis Obispo. In this exciting episode [...]
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Sleep — we all need it, yet as we age we can encounter all sorts of problems falling and staying asleep. This week’s guest expert is Dr. Barry Feldman, Medical Director of the Coastal Sleep Disorders Center. He describes many of our most common sleep disorders, and shares some valuable tips that we can put [...]
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Your aging loved ones may be unaware that they possess hidden assets that could make their later years much more comfortable. But who do you call to find it? In the San Luis Obispo area you call Debra Trout of Trout & Associates, a Licensed Professional Fiduciary. Debbie Trout is our dynamic guest expert for [...]
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Do you ever find yourself practically screaming at an older loved one so they can hear you? Do you have difficulty picking out a friend’s voice in a crowded room? Do you ever have ringing in your ears? These are just a few of the very frequent symptoms of hearing loss. Maybe you’ve noticed it [...]
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Kasey Watson performs miracles every day. Her elder clients have the artwork to prove it, and some of them have never picked up a brush before. She is head of the Central Coast Chapter of Art Without Boundaries, a consortium with the mission to improve the quality of life for individuals with Autism, Alzheimer’s disease [...]
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Over a decade ago Gari Cave got a call that her mother-in-law was found walking down the road in the middle of the night with her clothes flung over her arm. Doctors determined after extensive tests that Gari’s loved one had Alzheimer’s Disease. Although the news was grim, at that moment a dream was born. [...]
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Age is defined by your functionality — not your chronology — according to Kitty Wilde, RN, our guest expert for this show. Kitty is a registered nurse who specializes in elder advocacy, caregiver training, first aid and CPR training, elder housing consulting, and many more services. Kitty’s company, Elder Care Residential Services, helps elders to [...]
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You’re a Baby Boomer, and suddenly you’re unemployed — what do you do? Israel Dominguez has the answer. He is the Director of the Business and Entrepreneurship Center (BEC) at Cuesta College, and he’s our guest expert for this episode of The Best is Yet to Be. The BEC provides a wealth of services free [...]
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Dr. Debra Valencia-Laver is our special guest for this episode of The Best is Yet to Be. She is the Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at CalPoly, and runs the Gerontology program. You’ll learn the differences between gerontology and geriatrics, and what the latest research is on aging. What happens to your [...]
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Toothbrushes that analyze saliva? “Magic” carpets that measure physical fitness? These are just a couple of of exciting technologies that are being developed to help us stay young, healthy and independent. There are many other technological wonders that are available today, and our guest expert Gary Chambers of Mobility Therapy discusses them in this fast-moving, [...]
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