Aging in Place

During our lighting round segment on the Answers for Elders radio show, expert Dr. Jill Bjerke joins Suzanne to answer three top questions about aging in place as part of this month's Specialist Spotlight.

This month's Specialist Spotlight on Aging in Place features Dr. Jill Bjerke, the creator of Silver Spaces, an online assessment tool to help you identity safety risks and dangers in your home that you haven't noticed. If you want to remain in your home in your later years, Dr. Jill talks talks about many of the risks you can avoid. Dr. Jill Bjerke is April's Specialist Spotlight on Aging in Place at Answers for Elders.

Dr. Jill Bjerke, CEO of Silver Spaces, joins Suzanne for this month's Specialist Spotlight on Aging in Place. People don't ask these questions enough. We get emotionally attached to a locale, and while our health and lifestyle changes, our home stays the same. Tasks that seem so simple can become complicated when we age. When should you start this planning? “It really should start when you're thinking ahead about retirement, because that's the time to think about. When you get to your seventies or eighties, all of a sudden it becomes, 'Can I stay here?'”

Juli Anne Gibson joins Suzanne to talk about home maintenance, which not only keeps a senior safe, it can defer expenses, or increase the value of our home. Maintaining a home can help seniors aging in place in their homes for as long as they can.

Juli Anne Gibson talks aging in place and downsizing, about being able to recreate a space for seniors that feels like home. This episode kicks off the topic of environmental wellness: surrounding yourself with an environment that brings you joy; being in an environment that supports you; living sustainably and being mindful of the world we live in. This is one of the 8 foundational principles of wellness, featured as part of the Vitality Revolution podcast series sponsored by Humana.

Ryan Herd talks about how machine learning can detect changes in behavior to help caregivers and their senior loved ones in a noninvasive way.

Ryan Herd: If mom leaves the fridge open for a few hours, will she eat spoiled food? With the app, you'd be alerted and could call her to check the fridge.

Innovator Ryan Herd joins Suzanne to talk about providing hope, dignity and a sense of wellness for aging seniors living alone in their homes.

Ryan Herd joins Suzanne to talk about how Caregiver Smart Solutions' innovative app helps families and seniors.

National aging-in-place expert Dr. Jill Bjerke on finding and removing dangers in your home with the Silver Spaces App.