Health and Wellness

Home Health and Wellness
Tracy Cromwell and Anu Arora with Vivatude

Modern Caregiving, Modern Wellness

Caregiving has changed dramatically across generations—and today’s women over 40 are leading a new kind of caregiving revolution. Vivatude hosts Tracy Cromwell and Anu Arora join Suzanne for a candid conversation about how caregiving looks different for Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. Together, they explore how women in the “sandwich generation” are balancing family, career, and the care of aging loved ones—all while trying to maintain their own physical, social, and occupational wellness.

What is on Your Bucket List?

Recently, I received a call from world-renown dementia expert, Angelia Brigance. As Executive Director of Harbour Pointe Senior Living in Mukilteo and a friend...
Betty the Bald Chicken: Lessons in How to Care

2 Tricks to Calm Yourself When Frustrated

Alzheimer's Speaks podcast host Lori La Bey provides two techniques to find yourself calmer and re-centered when you're feeling overwhelmed and frustrated.
Make a Senior Smile

Take Time to Make a Senior Smile

Tonya Hilson at CarePartners Senior Living joins Suzanne to talk about how we can do better with our seniors to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation. Tonya says, "If they still have a pulse and a heartbeat, they want to still have you near them, whether they remember you or not. I would love to see people take the time to make a senior smile."
Dr. Shawn Weiss

Always Be Learning, No Matter Our Age

One should always be learning to keep our minds intellectually stimulated. Older people with mobility challenges might not think about making intellectual wellness a priority, but even those living in a senior living community have all sorts of ways to keep the healthy mind. Dr. Shawn Weiss joins Suzanne on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to talk about Intellectual Wellness, one of the eight foundational principles of senior wellness featured in this summer's Vitality Revolution podcast series.
Retirement and fulfillment coach Larry Jacobson

What’s Next After We Retire?

Retirement and fulfillment coach Larry Jacobson joins Suzanne to talk about finding purpose and fulfillment, not just pleasure, after retirement.
Kelly Fennelly, ACE Senior Fitness Specialist

Getting More Protein As We Age

Fitness and wellness coach Kelly Fennelly joins Suzanne on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to talk about changes that happen to our bodies as we age, and what to do about it to keep ourselves healthy. What do you eat? How do you move? What kind of exercises do you do?

Fall Prevention: Checking In, with Tracy Marcom

During Fall Prevention month, be a watchdog for your senior loved one. Tracy Marcom at Cascade In-Home Care asks: What is a family's role...
Bee Organized

Mobility Challenges and Decluttering

Suzanne Allbee, CEO of Bee Organized Seattle, joins Suzanne Newman to talk about decluttering, particularly for those with challenges such as ADHD or mobility limitations.

Foundational Principles of Wellness, Part 1

Elena Cuevas, Regional VP of Sales for MorningStar Senior Living, joins Suzanne Newman at MorningStar Senior Living at Silver Lake in Everett, Washington. Elena and Suzanne talk about the community and wellness as a fundamental principal they apply for their residents and family members. They introduce eight dimensions of wellness that encompass a holistic approach to making someone's survival more realistic. MorningStar has 34 communities in 12 states.