Join me as I interview Kristin Dorn from Science Care regarding Whole Body Donation for medical and educational research on May 9th, 10AM PST on blogtalkradio.com/kindethics.

Join me as I interview Kristin Dorn from Science Care regarding Whole Body Donation for medical and educational research on May 9th, 10AM PST on blogtalkradio.com/kindethics.

Science Care is a whole body donation program for medical research and education. We serve as a link between those who want to donate their body to science and those researchers and educators who need human tissue to further their medical education and research projects.

Our program is no cost to donors and their families. Once accepted, Science Care handles all transportation, cremation, filing of the death certificate, and return of the cremated remains within 3-5 weeks.

Anyone can register as a donor over the age of 18, or the family can decide to donate their loved one at the time of passing. Pre-registration is not required. We can facilitate a donation in almost every state in the U.S.except for Minnesotaand New Jersey.

While we strive to accept every donation, final acceptance into our donor program is contingent upon medical and suitability criteria at the time of passing, in order to honor the intent of donation and safely serve the needs of the medical community. Science Care is able to accept almost anyone who wants to donate, including people with cancer, heart disease, arthritis, and diabetes. Exclusions may include contagious diseases, certain past surgical procedures, and bone and joint issues.

Some of the healthcare advancements Science Care has been part of recently include cancer research through a grant with the National Cancer Institute, Alzheimer’s research, medical device development, and improving minimally invasive surgeries.

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Kim Linder from The Caregiver Hour’s Radio Show in Tampa - Listen on May 2nd 8AM PST

Viki will be interviewed on the Caregiver Hour, the radio show hosted by Kim Linder, founder of Senior Holistic Living.

Kim Linder is passionate about helping caregivers listen to their inner voice, be authentic and make conscious decisions during every stage of the caregiving process. In addition to her experience garnered from over 10 years as a professional caregiver, she personally served as primary caregiver to her in-laws for two years. Her career path has provided invaluable insight into the very real struggles, guilt, challenges, joys and sadness that caregivers often experience. And because of her personal journey, she understands and embraces the healing power of self-discovery and empowerment.

As an advocate for seniors, Kim’s grass roots experience as a Marketing Director and Executive Director of an Assisted Living Community helped her become an integral part of the senior living community. Her passion to enhance the lives of seniors motivated her to develop monthly educational and wellness programs to illustrate her belief that many seniors want to be seen and heard rather then become invisible as they age. Her work in this arena naturally led to her passion for helping the many caregivers that she encountered and interacted with over the years.

Recognizing that caregivers often shoulder a burden that they are simply not prepared to handle, Kim is gifted in detecting the warning signs that ultimately lead to imbalance in their lives. She relies on her intuition to guide her as she supports caregivers, encouraging them to feel acknowledged, empowered, centered, and balanced. This holistic approach of focusing on the whole person is gentle yet effective. And most importantly, it results in a de-stressed caregiver who is able to make wise and clear decisions for themselves and those in their care.

Kim enjoys working with professional and lay caregivers, health professionals, holistic practitioners, and all types of well-spirited people. A dynamic speaker, she has presented to a wide variety of audiences, including Regency Oaks, St. Mark Village, and BB&T Bank. In addition to her work with Senior Holistic Living, she is a certified reiki master and member of Better Living for Seniors, Women In Philanthropy, and the Florida Council on Aging (FCOA). Kim wrote a monthly column for the Tampa Tribune called The How To Guide To Graceful Aging, and her writing has also appeared in The Jewish Times newspaper, Jewish Woman magazine, and The Bugle – a senior publication.

Kim resides in Tampa, Florida with her husband, Jack. She has a son, four stepchildren, and two grandchildren – all of whom enjoy her keen sense of humor and penchant for telling a great story. Her hobbies include traveling, black & white photography, biking, yoga and attending art shows and estate sales. She wholeheartedly believes that giving back to the community is essential to creating abundance, so she donates both her time and money to the organizations that she supports. Her volunteer efforts include the Alzheimer’s Association, Suncoast Hospice Foundation and All Children’s Hospital.

If you think Kim’s approach is right for you or you’d like to know more about her, please contact her.
Senior Holistic Living
13911 W. Hillsborough Ave
Suite 113
Tampa, FL 33635
(727) 798-2663
http://seniorholisticliving.com

Four Ways to Listen (For questions, call 877-897-8255)

On the Radio:
11AM to 12PM EST Mondays on
Clear Channel 1250 AM WHNZ Impact Radio in Tampa
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On the Web via WHNZ, Live:
11AM to 12PM EST Mondays at www.whnz.com
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On your iPhone, Blackberry, or Droid, download the app at:
www.iheartradio.com
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On the Web, via Podcast:
Click here to go to our Show Archive.

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I am honored to be interviewing Terry Kaldhusdal and Mike Bernhagen about the new film, Consider the Conversation - A must see for all of us on April 6 at 2PM PST, 4PM CST on www.blogtalkradio.com

This is a “must-see” documentary about the important conversations in life. I am honored to be interviewing Terry Kaldhusdal and Mike Bernhagen about this remarkable film. April 6 at 2PM PST, 4PM CST on www.blogtalkradio.com

About the movie:
www.ConsidertheConversation.org

Motivated by their personal experiences with loss, two long-time friends – one a hospice educator in rural southern Wisconsin, Mike Bernhagen, and the other a former State Teacher of the Year, Terry Kaldhusdal - decided to join forces in early 2009 to begin a creative journey that has resulted in a film entitled Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject.

This project sheds light on the 21st century American struggle with communication and preparation at the end-of-life. It examines multiple perspectives on end-of-life care and includes interviews with patients, family members, doctors, nurses, clergy, social workers, and national experts from around the country. While in production, Mike and Terry donated more than 3,500 hours to the effort which included shooting 70 hours of film and conducting in-depth interviews with 40+ individuals from California, Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and Wisconsin. 62 “person on the street” interviews were also conducted in New York City in April of 2010.

The bottom line is that Consider the Conversation does not seek to hand down answers. Instead, it provides something far more important - the questions all of us need to contemplate. That being said, the producers have three goals for this film: 1) to change the current American attitude from one that predominantly views end-of-life as a failed medical event to one that sees it as a normal process rich in opportunity for human development, 2) to inspire dialogue between patient and doctor, husband and wife, parent and child, minister and parishioner, and 3) to encourage medical professionals, healthcare organizations and faith leaders to take the lead in counseling others.

Consider the Conversation was released on DVD via Amazon.com on March 1st and will air on several PBS stations later this year.

“With simplicity and grace, Consider the Conversation leads us to confront, on numerous levels, one of the characteristics common to us all: our mortality. This film is a wonderful catalyst for all of us to engage ourselves and our loved ones in this all-important, but oft-neglected, conversation,” said Nathan A. Kottkamp, Chairman of the upcoming National Healthcare Decisions Day.

Terry Kaldhusdal

This is Terry Kaldhusdal’s fifth documentary film. His previous work includes Thinking Like a Historian, for the Wisconsin State Historical Society, and America’s Kings and Queens, The Gilded Age in Middle America, winner of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s 2010 Public Programs Award. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has written that Kaldhusdal’s work is “clear and concise” and added that he has a “passion for learning and a talent for communicating.” Columnist Laurel Walker has called his work “A-plus” and stated that he has “a knack for documenting history.”

In 1991, Terry joined his wife as a classroom teacher and moved from Southern California to Wisconsin. He currently teaches fourth grade at Magee Elementary School in Genesee Depot. He and his students have created documentaries that include the history of the Kettle Moraine School District and personal digital stories on everything from responsibility to the three branches of government. In 2009, one of Terry’s students was featured at the AHA Film Festival in Southern Illinois.

Terry has traveled across his state and across the country as a speaker to improve our
educational system. He was honored in 2006 with the Kohl Fellowship Award and in 2007 as the Wisconsin State Teacher of the Year. Terry resides in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin with his wife, Janet, and their three children.

Mike Bernhagen

Mike Bernhagen is well-acquainted with the American medical system. From 1994 to 2003, he worked in business development with one of the Midwest’s largest integrated healthcare delivery systems and multi-specialty group practices. During this decade, his time and energy were spent focusing on things like “physician incentive compensation plans”, “revenue growth”, “patient acquisition”, and “referral relationship development”. Those priorities changed in late 2003, however, when his mother, Rita, passed away from congestive heart failure and vascular dementia. Watching her slow, physical and cognitive decline as well the struggle of his family and her healthcare providers to deal with the process inspired him to join the hospice movement in 2004.

Since that time, Mike has been on the road working as a hospice advocate. Over the course of that journey, his travels have taken him to countless destinations - clinics, churches, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, senior citizen centers, disease specific support groups, and private residences – where he’s talked with literally thousands of people from all walks of life. But, it has been with the dying and their loved ones that his most meaningful and rewarding conversations have taken place. In fact, one of the great lessons he’s learned from terminally ill people is that most are not afraid to die; rather they are afraid of the dying process. Some of the common fears they have are:

•Am I going to suffer?
•Will I be a burden upon my family?
•Will I have to leave my home?
•Will I die alone?
•Will I still get to see my doctor?
•Will I leave unfinished business?

In this documentary film, Mike sees the potential it has to make a difference—both in terms of demystifying the dying experience and encouraging people to begin the conversation about their end-of-life wishes well before the finish line is in sight. Mike currently works as the Director of Community Engagement and Care Partner Relations with Rainbow Hospice Care in Jefferson, Wisconsin. He and his wife, Denise, live in nearby Waukesha along with their two children.

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Jessica Brill Ortiz – The Consumer Voice, “Empowered, Effective and Independent Family Councils,” on March 21, 9AM PST/12PM EST

Join me as I interview, Jessica Brill Ortiz, program director of The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care as we discuss: “Empowered, Effective and Independent Family Councils,” on March 21, 9AM PST, 12PM EST on blogtalkradio.com/kindethics.

The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care was founded in 1975 out of public concern for the quality of care in nursing homes by Elma L. Holder as the National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR). The Consumer Voice advocates for public policies that support quality care and quality of life in all long-term care settings. The Consumer Voice also advocates for a strong, sufficient direct-care workforce and promotes best practices in delivering quality care. The Consumer Voice represents consumers and advocates who define and achieve quality for people with long-term care needs. They accomplish these efforts through:

Advocating for public policies that support quality of care and life;
Empowering and educating consumers and families;
Training and supporting individuals and groups to advocate for and empower consumers; and
Promoting the critical role of direct-care workers and best practices in quality-care delivery.

Under federal law, family members in a long-term care facility can join together to form a united consumer voice which can communicate concerns to facility administrators and work for resolutions and improvements by forming an independent family council. Family councils can play a crucial role in voicing concerns, requesting improvements, supporting new family members and residents and supporting facility efforts to work for high quality of care and life in the facility. Family councils also have many rights defined under the 1987 Nursing Home Reform Act. For example, when a family group exists, the facility must listen to the views and act upon the grievances and recommendations of residents and families concerning proposed policy and operational decisions affecting resident care and life in the facility. The Consumer Voice has resources, information and opportunities for family councils; visit www.theconsumervoice.org to learn more. The Family Council Center contains information, tips and tools such as fact sheets, ways to take action, sample council materials, opportunities and more.

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Grey Matters on KKZZ in Ventura, CA will be interviewing Viki Kind on Feb. 25th at 4:30PST

Grey Matters is a weekly radio show on AM 1400 KKZZ, airing each Friday from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Dedicated to empowering the Sandwich Generation and their parents through the aging process. You don’t have to figure this out alone. Aging is not black and white - grey matters!

This innovative and entertaining show is hosted by Cheri Kurman and Jim Duran. Cheri is an attorney, certified by the California State Bar as a specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. Jim is the Executive Director of Cypress Place Senior Living Facilities in Ventura and this year’s recipient of the California Assisted Living Association’s Outstanding Executive Director Award.

Learn more about Cheri and her firm at www.NormanDowler.com, and Cypress Senior Living Centers at http://www.cypressplaceseniorliving.com

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Joyce Graff from the Powerful Patient - Advice to Caregivers on BlogTalkRadio - Feb. 17th at 12noon PST

Joyce Graff host of Powerful Patient - Advice to Caregivers on BlogTalkRadio will be interviewing Viki Kind. http://powerfulpatient.org/

Do you feel helpless in the face of “the system?” This show is to help you learn how to take control and steer your way to health. Hear how others have met these challenges and overcome them. Learn how you can do so too. This program is a forum to share your experiences, ask your questions, and learn how to create and manage your health care team. Make the healthcare system work for you! Powerful Patient won a grant from Chase Community Giving. http://www.tinyurl.com/vhlchase

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Dr. Virginia will be doing part 2 of her interview with Viki, Wed. Feb. 16th 2:30PM PST

Balanced Living with Dr. Virginia on BlogTalkRadio. Dr. Virginia is a licensed Psychologist with special interests in healthy living, how contemporary living affects our mental health, and anti-aging lifestyles. She has consulted with corporations addressing safety factors and employees’ attitudes to the changing workplace, as well as with individuals in her private practice. She takes a personal approach based on solid Cognitive Psychology skills to engender comfort and trust in her clients. Dr. Virginia’s shows are appropriate for everyone. She encourages you to call in with questions and comments, especially with your ideas about living a balanced lifestyle in this complex world.

Listen live or download later. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/search/dr.-virginia/

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Right at Home Radio - Listen to the show that helps professionals and families caring for their loved ones as they age. Wed. Feb. 16th, 12:30 EST, 9:30AM PST

Right at Home on BlogTalkRadio: Right at Home patchogue
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/right-at-home-patchogue

Right at Home will be interviewing Viki on Wed. Feb. 16th at 12:30EST, 9:30 AM PST. Listen live or download later. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/right-at-home-patchogue

Discussing issues relating to seniors, caregivers, geriatric care managers, social workers, eldercare specialists, families, and loved ones as they age. Right at home - in home care & Assistance is an organization of caregivers serving all of Suffolk county on Long Island. They provide in home caregivers for seniors and others who need help to remain living in their own homes.

The radio show airs LIVE weekly, every Wednesday at 12:30 with our target audience comprising of Healthcare advocates, Seniors, and Eldercare specialists. Right at Home is a worldwide organization with offices located in Brazil and in the UK, and Corporate offices located in Omaha, Nebraska. Our radio show intends to educate, enlighten and nurture and promote eldercare resources.

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Join Marion Smith on KFOK - Aging Successfully radio show for a special Valentine show with Viki Kind. 9AM PST

Radio Interview with Marion Smith, KFOK- Aging Successfully radio show. They stream our live broadcast onto the internet 24 hours a day. KFOK features nearly 70 hours of live broadcasting per week, brought to you by dozens of broadcasters, plus computer-automated music for your late-night and early-morning listening pleasure.To listen online go to www.kfok.org and click on the green play button. Most listeners will need to go through a configuration process to get the station to play and most XP computers will give you instructions in pop-up windows on how to proceed with the installation of the Live365 internet radio player. If you have trouble go directly to www.live365.com for help in setting up your system to listen to our broadcast.

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Interview with Maria Tadd - Live Better, Live Longer - High Tech Devices for Fall Prevention and Detection on Feb. 25, 9AM PST, blogtalkradio.com/kindethics

Join me as I interview, Maria Tadd, fall prevention expert and author of “Happiness is Growing Old at Home”

Maria Tadd is a freelance medical writer and author. Her writing covers a broad spectrum including promotional materials for the pharmaceutical industry and the professional medical community, articles on spirituality and holistic health, haiku poems, and her book on elder care, Happiness Is Growing Old at Home, which has been endorsed by Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Larry Dossey and Dr. C. Norman Shealy. She has also written book chapters for Life Extension a manufacturer of nutraceuticals highlighting the use of supplements to prevent and treat diseases. As the co-founder and editor of Innerchange magazine, she conducted interviews and wrote book reviews. A graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture and a life-long student of holistic health, homeopathy, meditation and nutrition, she has a unique understanding of how to merge Eastern and Western perspectives. Maria’s knowledge of medications, herbs and supplements helped keep her mother healthy for decades until her death at age 95.
Since the publication of her book, she has been a guest on Fox 50 TV and various radio shows. She also has given talks and has presented webinars. To learn more about healthy aging please visit her web site, www.agingathome.info.

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