deLeon Dialogue interviews Viki on 6/18/10 at 6pm Pacific
June 7, 2010 by Viki Kind
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Viki will be interviewed on deLeon Dialogue about her new book, The Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision Making – Making Choices for Those Who Can’t on June 18th, 6PM pacific, on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/deleondialogue You can call in to ask questions at 347-945-5853.
deLeon, a breast cancer survivor, envisions a world where everyone is privy to, and gets life saving facts and figures, so each person is empowered with the knowledge to make the necessary choices in regard to health and wellness.
This health and wellness show informs, educates and motivates listeners to stand up, stand tall, stand firm and fight back against chronic diseases. It’s your life; you must decide how you handle the trauma that enters it. Are you going to rise above your situation, or are you going to let the situation rise above you? You must decide.
Proper health education and preventive health measures are key.
Website: http://www.deleondialogue.webs.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Choonks
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Men Let’s Talk interviews Viki on 6/21/10 at 4:30pm Pacific
June 7, 2010 by Viki Kind
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The Men’s Let’s Talk Network on BlogTalkRadio will interview Viki about her new book, The Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision Making – Making Choices for Those Who Can’t on June 21st, 4:30PM Pacific, on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/menletstalk Call-in Number: (347) 843-4559
The Men’s Let’s Talk Network (MLT) is about Faith (Belief in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, the FULL Gospel of the Word of God through Jesus the Christ), Family, Finances, Fitness and Facilities. MLT is talk radio at its best with internet radio programming, workshops, youth mentoring programs, training in networking and career business skills. MLT encourages business ownership and pursuing interest as an inventor.
Come join the Men’s Let’s Talk Network on the MLT network and on this wonderful Blog Talk Radio Program. Their weekly topics will cover the areas of FAITH, FAMILY, FINANCES AND FITNESS. Elder Jackson, Kevin Vaughan and a featured guest will bring wisdom, information, enlightenment and just a great program. Each week they will be having a “exciting new topic, new guest and a fresh look at living the way GOD wants us to live.”
Website: http://www.easysite.com/menletstalk
E-Mail: menletstalk@gmail.com
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Viki interviews Dale Carter, author of Transitioning Your Aging Parent: A Five Step Guide Through Crisis and Change, on June 18th at 9AM PST.
June 3, 2010 by Viki Kind
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Interview with Dale Carter, author of Transitioning Your Aging Parent: A Five Step Guide Through Crisis and Change, on Friday, June 18th at 9AM PST. You can call in to listen live or to ask questions at (347) 945-5152 at blogtalkradio.com/kindethics.
It is my pleasure to interview Dale as she discusses her new book, Transitioning Your Aging Parents. It was written to help adult children and families navigate the many changes their aging parents will face. Dale Carter has developed a new framework, ADAPT, from her personal experience, her background as an educator and project manager, and a sincere desire to help families and their aging parents. Readers will learn how to use the framework, apply specific strategies, and seek out appropriate resources that are right for their situation. Personal stories are woven throughout to illustrate the concepts.
–Discover how to approach any change or crisis in your parent’s life with clarity and confidence.
–Discover how this new framework will guide you in making the right decisions for your parent while balancing your own personal needs and family responsibilities.
“It’s almost as though you took all my years of training and managed to put order to it. The ADAPT method of caregiving will decrease stress and give great comfort to families in the eldercare world. My fear is that we can’t get it out to people fast enough.”
~ P.K. Beville, M.S., Founder, Second Wind Dreams & Geriatric Specialists
Dale’s website – http://www.transitionagingparents.com/
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Hospice Radio with Dr. Zoe A. Lewis interviews Viki on June 14, 10AM pacific
May 24, 2010 by Viki Kind
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Hospice Radio with Dr. Zoë A. Lewis interviews Viki about her new book, The Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision Making – Making Choices for Those Who Can’t on June 14th, 10AM pacific, on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/drzoehospiceradio
Active in both physician and community education on Alzheimer’s disease and end-of-life care for more than 15 years, Dr. Lewis has presented for Medical Grand Rounds, State and National level conferences, and at skilled nursing facilities and nursing and medical schools across the country. In 2009, she was one of many chosen faculty speakers in her area of expertise, ‘dementia and hospice care’, for the National Council on Aging. and has presented in the past for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization on volunteer service in hospice.
Dr. Lewis is an internist, hospice physician,author, consultant, radio show producer and host and national speaker. She is actively promoting her books, “I Hope They Know: The Essential Handbook of Alzheimer’s Disease and Care,” and “La Guía Holística para la Enfermedad de Alzheimer”. She appears for community service grassroots outreach, often by invitation from the Alzheimer’s Association local chapters at a variety of venues.
“Keep Your Wits! Seasoning For Reasoning”, is her current research project. This is book for Alzheimer Disease Prevention, looking at diet and exercise as possible strategies for prevention. Hope Through Knowledge Resources is a Miami Beach, Florida, privately funded grassroots semi-volunteer coalition, operating as a national web-based resource with newsletter and internet radio program serving as a focus on aging, dementia care and end-of-life care issues. The focus of the community outreach is to meet the needs of consumers, the general public and service providers by describing an array of existing services, programs and resources for the general public.
Website: http://hopethroughknowledge.org/
Books: “I Hope They Know… The Essential Handbook on Alzheimer’s Care”
Order her book in English: http://www.virtualbookworm.com/bookstore/product/I_hope_they_know.html
Order her book in Spanish: http://www.virtualbookworm.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=bookstore&Product_Code=I_Hope_They_Know_SPANISH&Category_Code
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Sandra Haymon interviews Viki Kind on June 15th at 9AM pacific
May 24, 2010 by Viki Kind
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Sandra Haymon interviews Viki Kind on June 15th, at 9AM pacific about her new book, The Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision Making. Listen live or download later at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sandra-haymon.
Dr. Sandra W. Haymon, a licensed Psychologist, is a renowned expert and speaker on aging and caregiving issues. She is the author of two books: Baby Boomers—Sandwiched Between Retirement & Caregiving http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Boomers-Sandwiched-Retirement-Caregiving/dp/1606968610/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1273973131&sr=1-1-fkmr0 and My Turn: Caring for Aging Parents & Other Elderly Loved Ones – a Daughter’s Perspective http://www.amazon.com/My-Turn-Parents-Daughters-Perspective/dp/0965296504/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1273973169&sr=1-3-fkmr0. Her latest book: Baby Boomers—Sandwiched Between Retirement & Caregiving is based on Dr. Haymon’s personal experience of having nowhere to turn and everything to learn when her own parents needed care.
This experience motivated her to combine her personal experiences with extensive research to provide others with the answers she wished had been available to her. Baby Boomers is a complete reference guide which addresses retirement concerns, as well as the medical, legal, financial, and emotional issues associated with the elderly and their caregivers. It includes: a complete Resource List of over 250 organizations that provide information and help for the elderly; a Red Flag Checklist intended to help caregivers assess their loved ones’ true level of functioning in order to determine whether they are safe living alone; a Feelings Checklist to help caregivers identify, normalize and validate their feelings, and a glossary of terms used by medical and legal professionals.
Dr. Haymon has been featured on numerous television and radio shows including ABC’s Good Morning America-Sunday, CBS’s Late, Late Night with Tom Snyder, WTBS, Turner Broadcasting and WAGA in Atlanta, GA; Solutions USA–Los Angeles, CA; K-III TV–Corpus Christie, TX; WTOC-TV–Savannah, GA; WFSU–Public Television and WCTV–Tallahassee, FL, CNN–KHNR radio–Honolulu, HI; Radio America–Boston, MA; KKVV radio–Las Vegas, NV; and WCHY radio–Savannah, GA. She was also featured in U.S. News and World Report magazine on the topic of eldercare, and her article entitled Parenting Your Parents–As Well As Your Kids–the Sandwich Generation was featured in Tallahassee Parent Magazine (Summer, 1997).
Dr. Haymon presently offers seminars, workshops and keynote addresses across the United States and Canada on the issues of Elder Care, Retirement and Work Addiction. In her Caregiver/Retirement seminars she addresses personal concerns such as: denial, medical choices, legal decisions, living arrangements, assistance programs, emotional issues, end-of-life concerns, and saying goodbye before and after the death of a loved one. She also includes a plethora of retirement options, financial information, and ways to avoid taxes and probate.
When describing herself Sandra states, with much pride, “I am truly a baby boomer in every respect and count it a blessing to have been born into such an amazing generation of people at the most incredible and wonderful time in the history of the world. We are the great producers, and we will continue to be productive—even if it is called retirement.”
http://www.babyboomerssandwich.com/
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Interview with Terri Corcoran from the Well Spouse Association on May 24, 9am pacific
May 6, 2010 by Viki Kind
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Interview with Terri Corcoran from the Well Spouse Association on May 24, 9am pacific on blogtalkradio.com/kindethics. Terri is the PR Representative, Secretary of Board of Directors and Co-editor of the quarterly newsletter of the Well SpouseTM Association. She is also a full-time caregiver for her husband who suffers from Fragile-X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome, a neurological illness causing progressive physical and mental deterioration.
The Well Spouse™ Association (WSA) is a nonprofit organization which advocates for and addresses the needs of individuals caring for a chronically ill and/or disabled spouse or partner. We offer peer to peer support and educate health care professionals and the general public about the special challenges and unique issues “well” spouses face every day.
WSA was founded in 1988 by a group of 10 who got together as a result of Maggie Strong’s book Mainstay: for the Well Spouse of the Chronically ill, published in 1987. Now the membership is close to 2000.
WSA offers: an online discussion Forum; a quarterly printed newsletter with stories by members; a twice-monthly e-newsletter with caregiving stories and helpful information; local face-to-face support groups throughout the U.S. and some in Canada; respite weekends; mentoring by fellow members; website containing many stories and resources regarding spousal caregiving; an annual conference.
Contact info for Well SpouseTM Association, support for spousal caregivers:
www.wellspouse.org
Email: info@wellspouse.org
63 West Main Street, Suite H, Freehold, NJ 07728
Phone: 800-838-0879
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Interview with Stefanie Elkins from Leeza’s Place on May 5th, 1PM pacific
April 27, 2010 by Viki Kind
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Interview with Stefanie Elkins on Leeza’s Place on May 5th, 1PM Pacific on blogtalkradio.com/kindethics. Listen live or download it later.
Leeza’s Place is celebrating their 4th anniversary. “A Caregiver’s Oasis” for families that are impacted by a loved one with a memory loss or chronic illness.
Taking care of a loved one with a memory disorder or chronic illness, can be an overwhelming and isolating experience for families. Leeza’s Place is a free community resource and referral center for family caregivers and for individuals with early stages of memory loss. We are a center of strength and purpose, providing help and hope through programs that Educate, Empower and Energize. We connect family caregivers to resources in the community and to each other for support. Leeza’s Place was developed in response to the challenges Leeza Gibbons, radio and TV personality, and her family encountered while seeking specific and needed support as caregivers.
Leeza’s Place teaches caregivers the importance of maintaining their own health while providing care to someone else.
Program Highlights include:
EDUCATION- Monthly caregiver workshops and presentations on a variety of topics related to illnesses and Caregiving.
EMPOWERMENT- Caregiver support groups, memory fitness, bereavement groups and scrapbooking-preserving family memories.
ENERGY- Prevention and wellness activities such as weekly exercise classes, Memory Television – a video production to capture your family history, guided meditation/visualization.
Leeza’s Place success is strongly based on the amazing quality support we get from volunteers/interns who provide various services. Volunteers/Interns serve as support group facilitators, provide on-site respite support during groups, and assist with programs and administrative work. We also seek dedicated individuals to assist with marketing and fundraising.
Contact
Stefanie Elkins, MJS, MM Yael Wyte, MSW
Circle of Care Leeza’s Place in Sherman Oaks Leeza’s Place at Olympia Medical Center
818-817-3259, selkins@leezasplace.org 323-932-5414, ywyte@leezasplace.org
5000 Van Nuys Suite 110, 5901 West Olympic Blvd. Suite 300A
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Los Angeles, CA 90036
Mon.-Thurs.; 10 am to 6 pm Friday; 10 am to 1pm Mon.,Wed.-Friday; 10am-6 pm Tues; 12-8 pm
Occasional late nights and Saturday’s
Local Leeza’s Place are funded by the generosity of the Circle of Care Foundation (Sherman Oaks) and Olympia Medical Center (Los Angeles).
Interview with Ron Roskos from the Brain Injury Association in Utah and brain injury survivor, Tammi Diaz on Thursday, April 22nd, 10AM Pacific.
April 20, 2010 by Viki Kind
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Viki Kind interviews Ron Roskos from the Brain Injury Association in Utah and brain injury survivor, Tammi Diaz on Thursday, April 22nd, 10AM Pacific. Listen live or download later at blogtalkradio.com/kindethics.
Tammi is a brain injury survivor and brain injury advocate. Her blog is http://catmeowbraininjury2.blogspot.com/ . Hear her story from trauma to recovery to advocacy.
Ron Roskos is the director of the Brain Injury Association in Utah. The Brain Injury Association of Utah (BIAU) was created in 1984 as a 501©(3) non-profit organization. This Association is the only non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to education and support for the issues of prevention and recovery of brain injury in the state of Utah. The BIAU has coalitions with major hospitals, governmental agencies, and rehabilitation centers to provide a network of support, information, and help.
MISSION:
The mission of the Brain Injury Association of Utah is to create a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy.
VISION:
? Stimulate public and professional awareness of the problems of brain injury.
? Provide a central clearinghouse for information and resources for the individual with brain injury and their family.
? Develop a support network for individuals and family members.
? Support specialized brain injury rehabilitation programs. Encourage existing programs and support the development of new programs where none exist.
Brain Injury Association of Utah website www.biau.org
Tammi Diaz blog site – catmeowbraininjury.blogspot.com
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Interview with Dr. Eric Shapira, author of “A New Wrinkle,” on March 25th at 9AM pacific on blogtalkradio.com/kindethics.
March 8, 2010 by Viki Kind
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Interview with Dr. Eric Shapira, author of “A New Wrinkle,” on March 25th at 9AM pacific on blogtalkradio.com/kindethics. Listen live or download later.
Eric Shapira practiced Dentistry for over 30 years on the Half Moon Bay Coastside. He received his Masters degree in Clinical Gerontology from Notre Dame de Namur University. He is an educator and has taught courses in “Healthy Aging” and “Successful Aging,” as well as courses in “Geriatric Esthetic Dentistry and Special Patient Care.”
Dr. Shapira holds an MHA (Masters in Health Administration) from the University of Phoenix. He is a Board member of the American Association of Senior Peer Counselors, a Bilingual Senior Peer Counselor for the San Mateo County Department of Mental Health and a former commissioner on the San Mateo County Commission on Aging. He is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Author, Consultant and Lecturer. Dr. Shapira is a caring, involved clinician with extensive knowledge in the aging field. His personal motto is: “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
In 2008, Dr. Shapira was awarded the title of Visiting Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Nursing by People’s Hospital #2 and the Government of China for his volunteer teaching efforts and work there this past summer.
Aging Mentor Services is Dr. Shapira’s consulting service. He helps seniors and their families with many of the complex issues about aging. ‘
His website is www.agingmentorservices.com.
His services include: Assessments (Physical, Mental, Home Safety Analysis, Care Giver analysis)
Counseling for individuals and families in transition
Memory training
Telephone counseling
Care Giver procurement and management
Care Giver training
Care Giver Evaluation
Certified hypnotherapy
Crisis Management
Strategic Elder Planning
Guided imagery
Patient advocate
Family mediation
Financial counseling
Transportation issues
Second opinions on dental treatment and treatment plans
Referral base for ancillary aging specialists: medical, dental, social and psychological
Education for family and care givers on the aging process, Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Nutritional analysis
Exercise facilitation
Bilingual/Spanish
Interview with Ron Bruno, Executive Director of Morningside Retirement and Health Services, on Feb. 24th, 9AM pst.
February 18, 2010 by Viki Kind
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On February 24th, 9AM pst, I will be interviewing the executive director of Morningside Retirement and Health Services, Inc. (MRHS) which serves elderly residents of Morningside Gardens, a 982 unit, multi-racial, middle income housing development in West Harlem. It consists of six high-rise buildings and approximately 1,700 residents. More than 50% of the households include a resident over the age of 60. Many of the older residents have lived in the Gardens since it opened for occupancy in 1957 and have “aged in place.” As a result, the complex has become what is known as a “NORC”–a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community–with a large population of elderly people with special needs. The mission of MRHS is twofold. We aim to: * HELP frail and at-risk elderly residents of Morningside Gardens remain in their own homes comfortably, safely, and with as much independence as possible for as long as they can. * PROVIDE programs which promote health and provide opportunities for education, socialization and recreation for all older residents of Morningside Gardens, with particular attention to the special needs of the infirm, homebound, and isolated.
The mission of MRHS is twofold. They aim to:
• HELP frail and at-risk elderly residents of Morningside Gardens remain in their own homes comfortably, safely, and with as much independence as possible for as long as they can.
• PROVIDE programs which promote health and provide opportunities for education, socialization and recreation for all older residents of Morningside Gardens, with particular attention to the special needs of the infirm, homebound, and isolated.
Services
MRHS now serves about 300 residents a year with an on-site staff consisting of three social workers, a full-time geriatric nurse, two part-time home health aides, a consulting psychiatrist, and approximately 150 volunteers, most of whom are elderly themselves. The professional staff provides an array of health care and social work services, which include case management, nursing care, psychiatric consultations, doctors ‘house calls’ for the homebound, entitlements counseling, home evaluations, home care and hospital discharge planning, liaison with families, lawyers, physicians, and financial planners.
MRHS’ Doctors Home Visiting Program is staffed by geriatric fellows who provide medical care to the homebound elderly under the supervision of the Division of Geriatric Medicine of St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center. In collaboration with the health care team, MRHS’ consulting psychiatrist provides psychiatric evaluations, therapeutic counseling, and medication monitoring.
In addition, educational, recreational, and social activities are offered — almost all of them planned and led by elderly volunteers. Volunteers also provide direct, concrete assistance to their neighbors, such as shopping, escorting, visiting, bill-paying, and reading correspondence.
http://mrhsny.org
Phone:
(212) 666-4000
