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Understanding how patients and caregivers navigate the growing complex nature of healthcare, underscores how broken our healthcare system can be.  Our current healthcare system demands patients have a college degree in health literacy, superior medical communication skills, extraordinary illness management skills, disposable time to make it to inconvenient multiple appointments and someone waiting in the wings to manage multiple medications. Without adequate help and support, the burdensome journey to seek care can be the cause of unintended complications.  

If you’ve been a patient or a caregiver, this may sound all too familiar to you.  In this episode, host Brian Browne and cohost Lizzy Rasmussen are joined by Samantha Whitman an expert in patient burden/obstacles.  Join us as we discuss the unintended consequences for patients and caregivers as they navigate through a less than friendly system.

Timestamps

0:50 Obstacles for caregivers and patients

2:08 Defining “patient work” and discussing patient obstacles

9:12 Impacts of patient work on patient and caregiver health

14:30 Patient work in acute versus chronic illnesses

18:00 The obstacle of limited time for patients and caregivers

21:10 Identity and Stigma associated with being a patient

22:15 Tools to mitigate negative effects of patient and caregiver work: social support, advocacy, and community

28:40 System-wide changes to reduce patient work

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Unhealthy snacks are linked with higher BMI, higher visceral fat mass and higher rates of chronic disease.   However, not all snacking is unhealthy.  Snacking is actually a healthy way of achieving optimal cognition, weight, and wellness goals.  In this episode, host Brian Browne and co-host Lizzy Rasmussen delve into the data and research and discuss the Why, What, When, Where and the How of healthy snacking. Send us your feedback.



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1:49 What is snacking?

4:58 Is snacking beneficial? 

5:35 Snacking and glucose regulation, concentration, mood, and hydration

12:00 Snacking to promote nutrient-dense eating habits 

14:45 Overconsumption versus satiation 

16:18 Ultra processed snacks 

20:33 The “who, what, when, why, and how much” of snacking 

21:12 Who: individualized approaches to snacking  

22:20 What: the importance of snack composition 

25:18 When: timing of snacking 

28:53 Why: physiological hunger versus emotional eating 

31:56 How much: why quantity matters  

34:28 Protein-based snacks 

36:28 Carbohydrate-based snacks 

37:53 Healthy fat-based snacks 

Yoga is the most popular complementary health approach practiced by adults in the United States and throughout the world.  There is evidence that yoga slows down age-related and neurodegenerative brain decline. Yoga also creates better balance, flexibility, and mental health.  How does yoga play out for an aging population?  Join host Brian Browne and co-host Lizzy Rasmussen along with Jennie MacGoy, a yoga professional, as they discuss how yoga can benefit an aging population with unexpected health and wellness gains.



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Timestamps

1:08 Introduction to yoga expert Jennie MacGoy

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2:40 Jennie’s journey to teaching yoga

3:53 The universality of yoga

6:08 Components of a yoga practice

10:20 Adaptive and accessible yoga practices

16:17 Yoga and brain health

17:40 Yoga and sleep health

19:00 Power vinyasa, yin, and restorative yoga practices

21:29 Meditative aspects of yoga: is the mental aspect more difficult than the physical?

23:52 Stigma surrounding the practice of yoga

29:29 How to implement yoga into your (busy) life

Science, research, and innovation has been integral in providing us with better health, disease reduction and longer lives.  In fact, we are living longer, and most adults can expect to live many more years than their predecessors.  However good this trend of longevity is, it is met and rightly so, with pushback. 

What is the purpose of longevity if it’s not met equally with Quality of Life.  What is quality of Life?  It’s the meaning, value, and the WHY we place on how well we live our lives and how satisfying they are. 

In this episode of the Brain Health 365 podcast, host Brian Browne and co-host Lizzy Rasmussen tackle “What is quality of Life?” And, “How does Quality of Life impact my brain health and overall wellness?” We invite you to listen to the episode and join the conversation. 

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Time stamps 

 0:55 Defining Quality of Life

6:08 The Physical Domain: pain, energy, and sleep

11:20 The Psychological Domain: attitude, mood, and self-esteem 

16:50 The Social Domain: social support and personal relationships 

22:24 The Independence Domain: level of independence, activities of daily living, work, and self-medication

28:20 The Environment Domain: freedom, physical safety, home and neighborhood environments, social determinants of health, ability to learn, and more 

33:37 The Spirituality Domain: religiosity and spirituality 

37:39 Less Stress Tip:  

38:33 Fun Food Fact:

Providing a good quality of life and a creating moments of joy are the gold standard those living with dementia and their caregivers. Imagine using a simple app that provides a sense of familiarity, accomplishment and produces positive dementia behaviors as a byproduct. In this episode, Brain Health 365 host, Brian Browne has an inspiring discussion with Bruce Elliott, cofounder, and CEO of Memory Lane Games. Memory Lane Games has created a digital health platform for monitoring and managing cognitive decline with games. Find out how two guys having a drink in an English pup led to the creation of an award-winning technology creating a meaningful impact for caregivers.

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While there are some risk factors you cannot control for dementia, such as age, gender and genetics, reducing major risk factors that can be controlled is the gold standard.  While heart disease remains the number one killer in the United States, it also heavily impacts your brain health risk for dementia.  Host Brian Browne and Co-host Lizzy Rasmussen guide this episode of the podcast with some detailed insights and recommendations to keep your brain, dementia risk and your cognitive health in good shape as you age.



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