Social Wellness

Welcome to the Vitality Revolution!

Social Wellness is one of the 8 foundational principles of senior wellness. Friends and loved ones add what may be the most important ingredients to a happy and fulfilling life. Maintaining relationships with family and friends by enjoying regular social interactions satiate the heart. It is also noteworthy that social interaction is vital as it relates to Alzheimer’s and Dementia, and how studies show it can slow down the progression significantly.

Vitality Revolution: The Eight Foundational Principles of Wellness

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Paula Sikes, Director of Resident Engagement at Cogir Senior Living

Tips to Help Seniors Connect With Community

Paula Sikes, Director of Resident Engagement at Cogir Senior Living, joins Suzanne to talk about social wellness. She recommends some tips to help people connect with community. Social wellness is a focus in this summer's Vitality Revolution podcast series.
Paula Sikes, Director of Resident Engagement at Cogir Senior Living

Family Helps Our Social Health

How does a family help facilitate senior wellness? Why is it important for caregivers not to isolate themselves with their loved one, but to engage with their friends and peers? Paula Sikes, Director of Resident Engagement at Cogir Senior Living, joins Suzanne to talk about social wellness, a focus in this summer's Vitality Revolution podcast series.
Paula Sikes, Director of Resident Engagement at Cogir Senior Living

Community and Healthier Seniors

Why is social engagement good for our health? Paula Sikes at Cogir Senior Living joins Suzanne to talk about the benefits of community for seniors. Social wellness is a focus in this summer's Vitality Revolution podcast series.
Paula Sikes, Director of Resident Engagement at Cogir Senior Living

Community and Our Better Health

Paula Sikes, Director of Resident Engagement at Cogir Senior Living, joins Suzanne to talk about the benefits of community to our health. Social wellness is a focus in this summer's Vitality Revolution podcast series. Cogir's senior living program is called Cadence senior living, the acronym CADENCE standing for C (cognitive) A (active) D (dementia) E (expressive) N (nourishing) C (community) E (environmental). Paula is the Director of Resident Engagement for Cogir Senior Living. Social wellness is more than just sitting down with friends, dating someone, or having a relationship. It's having fulfillment that you're an active participant in the world.
Life coach Laurie Hardie

Answers for Elders and Reinventing Your Life

Life Coach Laurie Hardie interviews Answers for Elders host Suzanne Newman for episode 70 of her podcast ''Interrupted: Act 2: Reinventing Your Legacy.'' We talk about her podcast and her network and how this podcast has grown into an empire of help and support for elders and their caregivers. She has awesome tips on how to grow your podcast into a viable business. Grab a cup of coffee and come hang out with us for some answers.
Social wellness Cogir senior living

Being Accepted with Dementia at Senior Living, Part 2

Michelle Cornelius talks about helping re-socialize seniors who had to remain isolated during the pandemic in senior living communities.
Michelle Cornelius at Cogir Senior Living

Being Accepted with Dementia at Senior Living, Part 1

Michelle Cornelius talks about helping those with dementia adjust socially in their senior living community.

How to Start Writing Your Memoirs

Lori Hutson talks about how to go about writing memoirs, coming up with a theme and deciding what you'd like to accomplish through writing.
Moving and relocating

Living Your Bucket List: Moving Abroad

Lori Hutson talks about seniors moving abroad to Mexico, Costa Rica, or Portugal, which have a lower cost of living and nice climates.
Suzanne Newman on Interrupted: Act 2 Reinventing Your Legacy

Suzanne Newman on Interrupted: Act 2 Reinventing Your Legacy

Listen or watch Suzanne Newman as she talks about caring for her aging mother on the podcast "Interrupted: Act 2 Reinventing Your Legacy."
Life coach Laurie Hardie

Affirming Ourselves in the Things we Do

Life coach Laurie Hardie talks about how to affirm ourselves through positive self-talk, and simple things we can do to make a difference for others.

Nurturing Connections: The Family Caregiver’s Guide to Socializing While Caregiving

We explore strategies and tips on how family caregivers can be social while fulfilling their caregiving responsibilities.
Tonya Hilson at CarePartners Living

Social Wellness at CarePartners Living

Tonya Hilson at CarePartners Living talks about how social wellness keeps seniors grounded in the best quality of life in senior living. This segment focuses on social community, our ability to connect with others.

Traveling with Seniors, Part 4 with Kelley Smith

In this vacation hour, Kelley talks about how to travel with your senior loved one to get them experiencing life once again. There's still a lot of pandemic fear and lots of questions about bringing joy during a family trip. In this segment, Kelley talks about sporting events and other excursions, staycations that families can do with their senior loved ones locally.

Traveling with Seniors, Part 3 with Kelley Smith

In this vacation hour, Kelley talks about how to travel with your senior loved one to get them experiencing life once again. There's still a lot of pandemic fear and lots of questions about bringing joy during a family trip. In this segment, Kelley talks about senior bucket lists, and finding ways to help senior loved ones visit places they'd like to see but never had the opportunity.

Traveling with Seniors, Part 2 with Kelley Smith

There's still a lot of pandemic fear and lots of questions about bringing joy during a family trip. In this segment, Kelley talks about preparing for a trip. Bring a fact sheet listing their doctor, primary care physician, everyone that might need to be contacted in case of an emergency. Make sure you have a care plan, all the medications. Does the destination have everything in place should there be an emergency? Consider the conditions that might cause trouble if they have hearing, eyesight or mobility issues, because you don't want to get there and have it be an unsafe, unpleasant time for all of you.

Traveling with Seniors, Part 1 with Kelley Smith

In this vacation hour, Kelley talks about how to travel with your senior loved one to get them experiencing life once again. There's still a lot of pandemic fear and lots of questions about bringing joy during a family trip. This segment provides an overview of concerns and considerations.

Traveling With Senior Loved Ones with Kim Spencer

Kim Spencer at Serengeti Care provide tips for how to travel well with a senior loved one, for family reunions and other summer events,...