Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years Dr Mara Karpel Your Golden Years

We're back live from Austin, TX on this Memorial Day weekend!

Joining us, once again, from Austin, TX, by Jay Schneider.

Jay is the founder of Bridge to Shore Interventions, conducting addiction Interventions both Nationally & Internationally, as well as working with families, lawyers, admission specialists, physicians, agents or anyone that may be concerned with a friend, family member or loved one and is ready to help them gain access to a new way of life.

We also have guitarist, singer  and songwriter Daryl Strodes will join us with his music and adventures in playing not only with Area Code but his own group in Europe.

And Dr. Mara continues her discussion on ageism in elder care and how we can help our elders in spite of it, while living a passionate life.

We're back with another live show from Austin, TX!  

Joining us from Austin is Rosie Davis, founder of the international organization, Yellow Heart Memorial, advocate for COVID victims, and co-author of the book, Who We Lost: A Portable Covid Memorial.  Rosie lost her mother, Mary Castro, to Covid-19 in May 2020 and she put her own grief into action by starting Yellow Heart in January 2021 with the goal to humanize the number of lives lost that were reported daily.  She is now a full-time advocate for Covid victims, long-haulers, and Covid orphans.  The healing from this three-year pandemic is only just beginning.

Also, Dr. Mara with tips from the field as a geriatric specialist and a family member of a resident in long-term care.  She'll discuss how ageism affects quality of life in the nursing home and what families can do to advocate for their loved ones.  And, of course, how to live a passionate life while doing this!  

Alice Bonner, Senior Advisor for Aging Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Chair of Moving Forward: Nursing Home Quality Coalition and  Mark Miller, President of National Association of State Ombudsman Programs, both join us for a discussion of Long Term Care and what we can do to improve the quality of life for residents now and in the future.

And Dr. Mara with more on Passionate Living and Caregiving in the "new normal."

And we will get to know a little bit more about Minerva Kuhr in Bay of Banderas in Mexico!

Geriatrician, Dr. Michael Wasserman, is the Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine.

He was a tireless advocate for vulnerable older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, with multiple publications and television appearances. He served as a member of the National Academies “A Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus” Committee, and also served on California's Community Vaccine Advisory Committee. Dr. Wasserman is Editor-in-Chief of the upcoming textbook, "Geriatric Medicine: A Person Centered Evidence Based Approach," and author of the book, “The Business of Geriatrics.”   In addition, Dr. Wasserman serves on the Board of the Wish of a Lifetime Foundation from AARP and he has spoken extensively and been published on a variety of topics involving geriatrics, long term care, and healthcare business & finance.

Dr. Wasserman joins us to touch on some of the pressing current issues of geriatric healthcare and nursing home care. 

Also amazing Cellist Tanya Anisimova will talk with us about her music and Ukraine.

In addition, Dr. Mara continues with Passionate Living and Caregiving in the "new normal."

We will be joined by Shonté Jovan Taylor, Neuroscientist and Founder of  OptiMind Coach & Leader Training Institute.   Shonté will help us start off the New Year with a discussion of harnessing the power of our brains. 

Dr. Mara continues with the discussion of finding our way back to our path of passion, as well as some caregiver issues in 2023's "new normal."

And twins Ruben & Minerva continue exploring the Yucatan Pennisula and talk about Chetumal.

Alice Bonner, Senior Advisor for Aging Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Chair of Moving Forward: Nursing Home Quality Coalition and  Mark Miller, President of National Association of State Ombudsman Programs, both join us for a discussion of Long Term Care and what we can do to improve the quality of life for residents now and in the future.

And Dr. Mara with more on Passionate Living and Caregiving in the "new normal."

And we will get to know a little bit more about Minerva Kuhr in Bay of Banderas in Mexico!