The Agewyz Podcast

Jana Panarites
The Agewyz Podcast

Author and (now former) caregiver Jana Panarites engages with unsung heroes — people caring for family members, friends and relatives amid the demands of their own lives — plus experts in the field of aging, and artists who use media to creatively address major health issues and challenge widespread assumptions about aging. You can find transcripts for many of our episodes on the Agewyz Media website: www.agewyz.com. Laugh, cry, share and know you're not alone.

  1. Dr. Pauline Boss on The Grief That Has No End

    04/09/2020 · BONUS

    Dr. Pauline Boss on The Grief That Has No End

    The Coronavirus pandemic has forced many residential care facilities to go on lockdown and implement “no visitor” policies.  As a result, family members with loved ones in care facilities are feeling a heightened sense of “ambiguous loss”—a term coined by pioneering educator and researcher Dr. Pauline Boss to describe a form of never-ending grief.  Common in caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, this feeling of grief arises because the person with dementia is “there but not there.”  Another form of ambiguous loss was noted by Dr. Boss in the early 1970s, when she interviewed family members of pilots who were missing in action during the Vietnam War.  These family members were unable to “let go” of their loved ones because they did not know whether the pilot was dead or alive.  Dr. Boss elaborates on both forms of ambiguous loss and tells us how she has experienced it in her own life.  She offers suggestions for how to lower stress levels and increase our tolerance for ambiguity, for caregivers and non-caregivers alike who are now confronting new and confusing relationships, ruptured by dementia and social distancing. Note: this episode originally aired on May 30, 2019.    For a transcript of this episode please click here: Episode 171   Explore the work of Dr. Pauline Boss: Ambiguous Loss New from Agewyz Media!  Life Stories for the Ages Subscribe to The Agewyz Podcast:  iTunes Got a story to share? Email us any time at jana@agewyz.com Music: "Arashi" by Kakurenbo | CC BY NC | Free Music Archive

    39 min
  2. Jason Resendez: LatinosAgainstAlzheimer's

    02/27/2020

    Jason Resendez: LatinosAgainstAlzheimer's

    Growing up in Alice, Texas, Jason Resendez didn't have any experience with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.   But more recently dementia has started to become an issue in his family.  Now the issue has come full circle: as Executive Director of the LatinosAgainstAlzheimer's Network, all Jason thinks about are the changing demographics in the Alzheimer's community, and in our nation.  That's because the number of Latinos in the US over age 65 is set to triple by the year 2050, when the care and treatment of Latinos with Alzheimer's disease will be a critical health equity issue.  Jason tells us how LatinosAgainstAlzheimer's is coordinating Alzheimer's awareness and brain health promotion efforts in the Latino community, where individuals have unique barriers to the health care system, or issues around stigma and language access that other communities don't necessarily have. For a transcript of this episode and update on Jason's career click here: Transcript and Update Connect: LatinosAgainstAlzheimer's Report: Latinos & Alzheimer's Disease: New Numbers Behind the Crisis "Celebrating the Power of Memory with Disney's Pixar's Coco" (Jason Resendez, 10/30/19, Medium) NEW from Agewyz Media!  Life Stories for the Ages Subscribe to The Agewyz Podcast:  iTunes Got a story to share? Email us any time at jana@agewyz.com Music: "Feels Like Fuzz in My Head" by Dlay | | CC BY NC ND | Free Music Archive "Tomoshibi" by Kakurenbo | | CC BY NC | Free Music Archive

    43 min
  3. Medication Overload: Time For An Action Plan

    01/30/2020 · BONUS

    Medication Overload: Time For An Action Plan

    In the last two decades the number of people age 65 or older who are taking five or more medications has increased 300 percent. A problem that is much bigger than America’s opioid crisis, the scope and impact of over-prescribing in older adults is detailed in “Medication Overload: America’s Other Drug Problem,” a report co-authored by The Lown Institute’s Judith Garber, a Health Policy and Communications Fellow at Lown; and Shannon Brownlee, Senior VP at the Institute and author of the book, “Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer.” We talk with Shannon and Judith about what’s driving the practice of over-prescribing, solutions that have been effective in tackling the problem and what you can do to prevent adverse drug events. This episode airs on the heels of a newly-released report from Lown titled, “Eliminating Medication Overload: A National Action Plan.”  Note: this episode originally aired April 11, 2019. For a transcript of that episode click here:  Transcript   Original Report: Medication Overload: America’s Other Drug Problem Just released: “Eliminating Medication Overload: A National Action Plan” Lown Institute Action Plan Issue Briefs (quick takes): Reducing Pharmaceutical Industry Influence Implementing Prescription Checkups Improving Information at the Point of Care Raising Awareness of Medication Overload Educating and Training Health Professionals NEW from Agewyz Media! Life Stories for the Ages Subscribe to The Agewyz Podcast: iTunes Got a story to share? Email us any time at jana@agewyz.com

    45 min

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Author and (now former) caregiver Jana Panarites engages with unsung heroes — people caring for family members, friends and relatives amid the demands of their own lives — plus experts in the field of aging, and artists who use media to creatively address major health issues and challenge widespread assumptions about aging. You can find transcripts for many of our episodes on the Agewyz Media website: www.agewyz.com. Laugh, cry, share and know you're not alone.

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