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The Better Health While Aging Podcast

Get practical health tips from a geriatrician and other experts! We discuss common health problems that affect people over age 60, the best ways to prevent and manage those problems, and we also often address common concerns and dilemmas that come up with aging parents and other older loved ones.

080 – Interview: Smartwatches as Medical Alert Devices
(What to Know & How to Choose)

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Dr. K talks with Richard Caro, PhD, a co-founder of Tech-Enhanced Life, who recently spent a few weeks carefully testing and reviewing four types of smartwatches that can serve as medical alert devices in the event of a fall or other personal health emergency. They discuss:

  • The Tech-Enhanced Life approach to evaluating innovations and newer technologies
  • The problem with existing medical alert devices
  • What key things to consider, when choosing a personal emergency response system (PERS) device and service
  • Why Richard and Dr. K recommend automatic fall-detection in a medical alert device
  • Which four smartwatch devices Richard selected for further testing
  • The difference between the Apple Watch 3 and 4, when it comes to using them as a medical alert
  • Why most medical alert services charge a monthly fee
  • How these newer smartwatch devices compare to more traditional PERS devices
  • The benefits of being able to “practice” summoning help
  • Richard’s preferred combo of medical alert features that no smartwatch offers (yet)
  • What to keep in mind if considering a medical alert for someone with dementia
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079 – QA: Advice for Older Parents Frustrated by Their Family’s Concerns

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079 – QA: Advice for Older Parents Frustrated by Their Family's Concerns
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Dr. K addresses an older parent’s concerns and frustrations regarding her son’s attempts to help her with her health, and their differing views on what she needs. She covers:

  • What to do if you’re an older parent frustrated by your adult child’s concerns for you
  • How to communicate better and help your family understand what matters most to you
  • Why it’s essential to address goals, priorities, and advance planning
  • Why everyone needs to think about acceptance and boundaries
  • The importance of fostering a stronger relationship and more connectedness
  • Why older adults should be very careful about entirely cutting off their adult children
  • How to negotiate a better way forward, and how to get help doing so
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078 – Interview: The Biology of Aging & Longevity

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078 – Interview: The Biology of Aging & Longevity
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Dr. K talks with geriatrician and geroscientist John Newman, MD PhD,  about the biology of aging and his research on ketogenic diets and geriatric syndromes. Dr. Newman is an assistant professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and in the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF. He also works on improving the hospital care of older adults. They discuss:

  • How aging biology research helps us understand fundamental aging processes that affect all animals
  • The complex relationship between aging and disease, and what is the geroscience hypothesis
  • Cellular hallmarks of aging, and biomarkers to assess physiological age
  • How we can assess someone’s physiological age
  • Why biomarkers of aging aren’t as useful as functional assessments of older people
  • How insulin, fasting, and other aspects of metabolism are related to aging
  • What Dr. Newman has learned from studying ketones and aging in mice
  • What is known about ketogenic diets in humans
  • What’s been shown to improve healthspan and lifespan (in mice)
  • Why metformin, a diabetes drug, is a “really good drug”
  • Why things that slow aging in the lab may not work in humans or under real-world conditions
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077 – Interview: Making Advance Care Planning Easier Through PREPARE

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Dr. K talks with geriatrician Rebecca Sudore, MD, an expert in helping older adults address advance directives, end-of-life planning, and other aspects of advance care planning. Dr. Sudore is the creator of PREPARE, an easy-to-use online program designed to help older adults talk about what matters most with family members and health professionals. She is also a Professor in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. They discuss:

  • Why Dr. Sudore created California’s first easy-to-read advance directive form in 2005
  • What families in focus groups told her, about making decisions for someone else
  • Why it’s important to address more than legal forms and end-of-life situations
  • Why older adults need to discuss what matters to them, with family and with their health providers
  • How PREPARE uses short videos and worksheets to help older adults think through what matters, and share their values with others
  • Her research proving that PREPARE does help older adults address planning
  • Why many older adults don’t address advance planning, and how we might change this
  • Advance care planning for Alzheimer’s and other dementias
  • Tips on getting reluctant older parents to talk about their wishes and address their planning
  • How to find an easy-to-use advance directive for all 50 states on the PREPARE website
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076 – Flu Shots for Older Adults: What to Know (2018 Update)

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Dr. K explains what all older adults and family caregivers should know about annual vaccination against influenza. She also reports on the statistics from last year’s flu season. This episode covers:

  • What is influenza, and how many people are affected every year
  • Why older adults are at higher risk of harm from the flu
  • How the vaccine works
  • The two key ways you can protect yourself from the flu
  • How pneumococcal vaccination helps protect against flu complications
  • What to know about flu shots designed for older adults
  • Which influenza vaccine she thinks is best for most older adults
  • What to do if your older relative is unable or unwilling to get vaccinated
  • What to know about the intranasal flu vaccine available for people age 2-49
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075 – Preventing Falls: 4 Approaches to Ask Your Doctor About

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075 – Preventing Falls: 4 Approaches to Ask Your Doctor About
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Dr. K reviews her four most used fall prevention approaches, which are routine in geriatrics care but are often overlooked by busy primary care providers. She covers:

  • The three questions about falls that PCPs should be asking older adults
  • How the CDC’s STEADI fall prevention algorithm can help you understand what your health provider should be doing
  • Why medication review is an essential part of fall prevention
  • The importance of checking blood pressure sitting and standing
  • How a physical therapy evaluation can help
  • The recent research suggesting Tai Chi helps prevent falls
  • How to get a good home safety assessment done
  • Why Vitamin D is no longer recommended for fall prevention (but is still worth taking)
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074 – Interview: How the Village Model Supports Aging in Place & Community

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074 – Interview: How the Village Model Supports Aging in Place & Community
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Dr. K talks with UC Berkeley Professor Andrew Scharlach about his work studying the Village Model and other approaches to supporting aging in place. He is an expert on creating aging-friendly communities and formerly directed Berkeley’s Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services.  They discuss:

  • What is a Village and what’s usually included in the Village model
  • How Villages differ from Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs)
  • The grassroots history of the first Village and the growth of the Village model
  • Why aging in community may be a better goal than aging in place
  • Why Professor Scharlach and his colleagues decided to study Villages, and what they’ve learned so far
  • How Villages appear to benefit their members
  • How the goals and ambitions of Villages have evolved over time
  • How Villages manage funding and other challenges
  • Whether Villages are a good fit for people who are frail or declining
  • Whether Villages really do prevent unwanted relocations
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073 – Anticholinergic Medications & Protecting Brain Health

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073 – Anticholinergic Medications & Protecting Brain Health
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Dr. K explains what older adults and families should know about anticholinergic medications and their negative impact on brain health. Many commonly used over-the-counter and prescription medications are anticholinergic, and on the Beer’s List of Medications Older Adults Should Avoid or Use With Caution. She covers:

  • What it means for a medication to be anticholinergic
  • The evidence linking anticholinergics with confusion, delirium, and dementia
  • Seven commonly used types of medication that are quite anticholinergic
  • Why it’s important to minimize anticholinergics if you’re worried about memory or have been diagnosed dementia
  • How you can determine whether you or your parent’s medications are anticholinergic
  • What to do, if you or an older person you care for is taking an anticholinergic medication
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072 – Cognitive Aging: How Memory & Thinking Change as One Gets Older

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072 – Cognitive Aging: How Memory & Thinking Change as One Gets Older
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Dr. K explains how memory and thinking change as one gets older, due to normal cognitive aging. She covers:

  • How cognitive aging is different from a neurodegenerative process such as Alzheimer’s disease
  • 6 ways that memory, other mental processes, and emotional processing change with aging
  • Why certain mental tasks become harder in late life
  • The difference between fluid and crystallized intelligence
  • Worrisome signs that should not be attributed to normal cognitive aging
  • Practical ways to maintain better brain function, and to compensate for normal age-related changes
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071 – Interview: How Estimating Life Expectancy Helps Older Adults Get Better Care

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071 – Interview: How Estimating Life Expectancy Helps Older Adults Get Better Care
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Dr. K talks with Sei Lee, MD, an expert on prognosis and using estimated life expectancy to improve medical care for older adults. Dr. Lee is an Associate Professor in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. They discuss:

  • What the term “prognosis” means, especially when it comes to older adults
  • Why a person’s likely life expectancy should be used to tailor medical care
  • How the answers to simple questions can be used to predict mortality
  • Why even a good life expectancy calculator can’t make exact predictions for a specific person
  • Common forms of medical care that may not be worth doing, if life expectancy is limited
  • Why it’s important to reconsider intensive diabetes treatment
  • How the Eprognosis.org website can help people learn whether cancer screening is still likely to benefit them
  • The challenges of discussing prognosis and life expectancy with older adults
  • Examples of how we can better focus medical care on “what matters the most”
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Past Podcast Episodes

  • 162 – Chronic Pain in Aging: What Really Helps & What to Know About Prescription Painkillers
  • 160 – Is Your Blood Pressure Too Low? Understanding Hypotension
  • 159 – Best Ways to Treat High Blood Pressure
  • 158 – Bradycardia and Pacemakers in Aging: What to Know
  • 157 – High Blood Pressure in Aging: When to Treat & Why It Matters
  • 156 – Methylcobalamin vs Cyanocobalamin: Which Vitamin B12 is Best?
  • 155 – Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Aging: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
  • 154 – Protein, Metabolism & Aging: Nutrition Tips for Longevity
  • 153 – Heart Failure in Aging: Symptoms, Types, and Treatments
  • 152 – Inside Alzheimer’s Research: New Medications and Innovative Care
  • 151 – How Memory Medications Like Donepezil and Memantine Work
  • 150 – Caring for UTIs in Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Nursing Homes
  • 149 – UTIs in Older Adults: Symptoms & Prevention
  • 148 – How to Plan for Successful Aging
  • 147 – Essential Parts of Medicare & Open Enrollment
  • 146 – Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults: Watchman, Medications & Other Treatment Options
  • 145 – COVID & Fall 2024 Vaccines Update
  • 143 – Unsafe Driving in Aging: What to Know & Do
  • 142 – Vitamin D: Why Less is More in Aging
  • 141 – 4 Most Common Types of Dementia in Aging
  • 140 – How to Exercise to Age Well
  • 139 – How to Treat Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • 138 – How to Promote Brain Health & Memory in Aging
  • 137 – Aging Life Care (and Geriatric Care Managers) Explained: Who They Are & How They Help
  • 136 – 8 Things Doctors Should Check After a Fall
  • 135 – How to Pay for Elder Care
  • 134 – COVID & Aging August 2023 Update: Staying Safe, Boosters & More
  • 133 – COVID Summer 2023 News Update for Aging Adults
  • 132 – COVID 2023 News Update for Aging Adults (2.23.23 Edition)
  • 131 – COVID Update for Aging Adults (12.8.22 Edition)
  • 130 – COVID Booster Update for Aging Adults (9.7.22 Edition)
  • 129 – COVID Update for Aging Adults (7.21.22 Edition)
  • 128 – COVID Update for Aging Adults (5.5.22 Edition)
  • 127 – COVID Update for Aging Adults (2.24.22 Edition)
  • 126 – Update: COVID Vaccination in Aging (1.6.22 Edition)
  • 125 – Update: COVID Vaccination in Aging (12.16.21 Edition)
  • 124 – Does Your Aging Parent Need Help?
    What to check & how to talk about it
  • 123 – Update: COVID Vaccination in Aging (10.28.21 Edition)
  • 122 – Update: COVID Vaccination in Aging (9.9.21 Edition)
  • 121 – Update: COVID Vaccination in Aging (7.29.21 Edition)
  • 120 – Depression in Aging: Diagnosis & Treatment
  • 119 – Update: COVID Vaccination in Aging (5.14.21 Edition)
  • 118 – Updates: COVID Vaccination in Aging (3.26.21 Edition)
  • 117 – Leg Swelling in Aging: What to Know & Do
  • 116 – Interview: Dr. K’s New Book: When Your Aging Parent Needs Help
  • 115 – COVID Vaccination in Aging (12.17.20 Edition)
  • 114 – Coronavirus Updates & Suggestions (11.18.20 Edition)
  • 113 – Interview: Urinary Incontinence In Aging
  • 112 – Flu Shots for Older Adults in COVID Times: What to Know (2020 Update)
  • 111 – Coronavirus Updates & Suggestions (7.16.20 Edition)
  • 110 – Coronavirus Updates & Suggestions (6.11.20 Edition)
  • 109 – Interview: Nursing Homes & Other Long-Term Care During COVID Times
  • 108 – Live QA: Aging Health in COVID Times
  • 107 – Interview: A Guide to Better Medical Care for Families of Aging Adults
  • 106 – Coronavirus Updates & Suggestions (3.27.20 Edition)
  • 105 – Coronavirus Updates & Suggestions (3.20.20 Edition)
  • 104 – Coronavirus Special: Planning to Help Aging Parents (Plus Q&A)
  • 103 – Interview: Better Sex in Later Life
  • 102 – Interview: The Importance of Grandparents & Intergenerational Connections
  • 101 – Interview: Avoiding Holiday Pitfalls with Aging Parents
  • 100 – Interview: Bill Thomas on Ageism, Housing & Changing Aging in 2019
  • 099 – Flu Shots for Older Adults: What to Know (2019 Update)
  • 098 – Interview: Medicare Open Enrollment: What to Know & When to Switch
  • 097 – Interview: Common Elder Law Issues When Helping Aging Parents
  • 096 – Interview: Paying for Long-Term Care: 2019 Updates
  • 095 – Interview: Hearing Aids & Other Hearing Loss Treatment Options
  • 094 – Interview: Hearing Loss in Aging: Why It Matters & Getting Evaluated
  • 093 – Interview: Hiring In-Home Care for Aging in Place: What to Know
  • 092- Interview: Addressing Nighttime Urination & Insomnia in Aging
  • 091 – Interview: Reducing the Risk of Power of Attorney Abuse
  • 090 – More on Avoiding Risky Medications & on Using the 2019 AGS Beers Criteria
  • 089 – Giving Yourself (And Your Family) a Gift on National Healthcare Decisions Day
  • 088 – Interview: Avoiding Inappropriate Prescribing in Aging & What to Know About the Beers Criteria
  • 087- Interview: Coping with Difficult Older Parents
  • 086 – Interview: Creating Age-Friendly Health Systems at UCSF
  • 085 – Understanding Lab Tests:
    4 Common Blood Tests for Older Adults
  • 084 – Interview: Understanding White Matter Changes in the Aging Brain
  • 083 – Interview: Disrupting Dementia and Creating Dementia-Friendly Communities
  • 082- Interview: Bill Thomas on Housing & Communities as Engines of Independence in Aging
  • 081 – Interview: How to Plan Ahead for Your Later Years
  • 080 – Interview: Smartwatches as Medical Alert Devices
    (What to Know & How to Choose)
  • 079 – QA: Advice for Older Parents Frustrated by Their Family’s Concerns
  • 078 – Interview: The Biology of Aging & Longevity
  • 077 – Interview: Making Advance Care Planning Easier Through PREPARE
  • 076 – Flu Shots for Older Adults: What to Know (2018 Update)
  • 075 – Preventing Falls: 4 Approaches to Ask Your Doctor About
  • 074 – Interview: How the Village Model Supports Aging in Place & Community
  • 073 – Anticholinergic Medications & Protecting Brain Health
  • 072 – Cognitive Aging: How Memory & Thinking Change as One Gets Older
  • 071 – Interview: How Estimating Life Expectancy Helps Older Adults Get Better Care
  • 070 – Interview: Addressing & Preventing Financial Exploitation in Aging
  • 069 – Evaluating Memory & Thinking Problems:
    10 Causes & 10 Things to Check
  • 068 – Interview: Putting Older Adults at the Center of Technology Conversations
  • 067 – Interview: Managing Difficult Alzheimer’s Behaviors Without Medications
  • 066 – Interview: Addressing Potential Self-Neglect in Older Adults
  • 065 – Reconsidering “Successful Aging”
  • 064 – What to Know About Constipation & Laxatives
  • 063 – Giving Yourself (And Your Family) a Gift on National Healthcare Decisions Day
  • 062 – Interview: Preventing Hospital Delirium & Maintaining Brain Health
  • 061 – Interview: Using Technology to Balance Safety & Autonomy in Dementia
  • 060 – Interview: Negotiating Family Caregiving Expectations After Hospitalization
  • 059 – Interview: Long-Term Care Insurance & Financing Late-Life Care Needs
  • 058 – Avoiding Missed Flu in Older Adults
  • 057 – How to Manage Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Better Brain Health
  • 056 – Top 10 Checklist for Better Health This Year
  • 055 – Interview: Bill Thomas on Ageism & Innovations to Improve Aging
  • 054 – How to Make Difficult Decisions Easier:
    Using Goals of Care & Weighing Benefits vs Burdens
  • 053 – Interview: Addressing Loneliness in Aging
  • 052 – Maintaining Mobility & Preventing Falls in Aging: Myths & Truths
  • 051 – Interview: Innovations to Help Older Adults & Family Caregivers
  • 050 – Flu Shots for Older Adults: What to Know
  • 049 – Better Primary Care for Older Adults:
    the Oak Street Health Story
  • 048 – How Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Affects Most Aging Brains
  • 047 – Unintended Weight Loss in Aging
  • 046 – Interview: Deprescribing & Reducing Risky Medications in Aging
  • 045 – HIPAA: Key Basics & 5 FAQs for Family Caregivers
  • 044 – Hospice Medications & What to do if You’re Concerned
  • 043 – How Hospice Helps at the End of Life, & Hospice for Alzheimer’s
  • 042 – Why Healthcare is Flawed & How to Improve It:
    The Work of Dr. Lawrence Weed
  • 041 – UTIs and Urine Bacteria in Aging:
    How to get the right diagnosis & avoid unneeded antibiotics
  • 040 – Dehydration in Older Adults:
    How to Prevent It, Detect It, & Treat It
  • 039 – Interview: Creating Age-Friendly Health Systems
  • 038 – FAQs On “Incompetence” & Losing Decision Capacity
  • 037 – Interview: Using Powers of Attorney to Help Older Adults
  • 036 – Interview: Minimizing Family Conflicts & Supporting Aging Parents
  • 035 – Interview: Aging in the Right Place
  • 034 – Preventing Falls: 10 Types of Medication to Reconsider
  • 033 – Safer Treatments for Insomnia in Aging
  • 032 – 5 Top Causes of Sleep Problems in Aging
  • 031 – Choosing the Safest Over-the-Counter Painkiller in Aging
  • 030 – Drugs for Difficult Dementia Behaviors: What to Know
  • 029 – The Healthy Aging Checklist
  • 028 – When Older Parents Resist Help: 4 Tips for Better Talks
  • 027 – Interview: Planning for Aging When Single & Childless
  • 026 – 4 Medications for Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias: FAQs & Tips
  • 025 – Interview: Palliative Care to Live Well with Cancer
  • 024 – Interview: Better Cancer Screening While Aging
  • 023 – Anemia in Aging: 10 Common Causes & What to Ask
  • 022 – QA: Helping a Paranoid Older Parent and Checking Safety
  • 021 – Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Risks, Diagnosis, & Treatment
  • 020 – How to Diagnose & Treat Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • 019 – Interview: How Foundations Are Improving Health & Aging
  • 018 – High Blood Pressure Treatment in Older Adults: Research Findings & Practical Tips
  • 017 – Interview: Paying for Long-Term Care & Other Family Caregiving Challenges
  • 016 – 3 Reasons You Should Have a Home Blood Pressure Monitor
  • 015 – Interview: Practical Advice for Family Caregivers & Next Step In Care
  • 014 – Delirium & Hospital Confusion
  • 013 – Interview: Solving Hard Problems in Helping Aging Parents
  • 012 – Q&A: Answers to Your Questions On Aging & Health
  • 011 – Vitamin D: The “Healthy Aging” Dose & FAQs
  • 010 – Interview: Choosing a Wearable Medical Alert System for Older Adults
  • 009 – Q&A: Answers to Your Questions on Helping Older Parents
  • 008 – Interview: Helping Families with Memory Loss: The Care to Plan Online Tool
  • 007 – How a Personal Health Record Helps You Be Proactive
  • 006 – Interview: Surviving Cancer & Better Healthcare Through Being an e-Patient
  • 005 – Interview: Otago & Proven Exercises for Fall Prevention
  • 004 – What to Do If You’re Worried About Falls
  • 003 – Interview: Helping Reluctant Parents Address Memory Concerns
  • 002 – What to Do If You’re Worried About Someone’s Memory
  • 001 – Introducing the Better Health While Aging Podcast

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