Category: nursing homes

Aging and Mental Health

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Anti-Aging Psychologist, Dr. Michael Brickey

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Geriatric psychiatrist Dr. Marc Agronin

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Geriatric psychiatrist Dr. Marc Agronin

Dr. Marc Agronin is Medical Director for Mental Health and Clinical Research at the Miami Jewish Health Systems and author of several books or geriatric psychiatry. His clinical work is in it large nursing home. Our interview focused on his most recent book, How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old.

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A Loving Heart

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Anti-Aging Psychologist, Dr. Michael Brickey

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: None

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This is a special edition of Ageless Lifestyles® Rather than an interview with an anti-aging expert, I am sharing a eight minute commencement address I gave for Fortis College, a private college for nurses and healthcare workers. So what advice did I give to those future nurses?

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Sleuth Secrets for Finding the Best Nursing Homes and Assisted Living

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Anti-Aging Psychologist, Dr. Michael Brickey

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Pat Dismukes

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Pat Dismukes

Chances are sooner or later someone you care about will need a nursing home. It might even be you for that fall on the ice, auto accident, or recovering from a knee replacement. Large cities have dozens of nursing homes. How do you choose the best one? How do you make sure you get optimal care once in a nursing home? Pat Dismukes, author of *5* Star Nursing Home Comparison Guide shares her sleuth secrets for getting the best possible care.

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The Other Green Revolution: Homey Alternatives to Nursing Homes

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Anti-Aging Psychologist, Dr. Michael Brickey

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Beth Baker

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Beth Baker

One of our worst nightmares is having to live the rest of our lives in a nursing home. There are almost 50% more nursing homes than McDonald’s restaurants in the US. While most are fairly well run, the structure and values of nursing home typically make them warehouses that strip residents of their dignity, independence, and any semblance of a normal lifestyle. No wonder so many older Americans ask their children to “Promise me you will never put me in a nursing home.” It doesn’t have to be that way. Beth Baker, author of Old Age in a New Age, describes dozens of facilities that really are homes.

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How to Survive a Nursing Home Stay

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Anti-Aging Psychologist, Dr. Michael Brickey

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: None

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Nursing homes used to be largely a one way journey—a place for grandma to go to die. Now a sizeable portion of nursing home patients are there temporarily for recovery from knee replacement surgery, a fall, an auto accident, cancer, or a stroke. It’s often “nursing home hell.” Your roommate complains and complains, moans and groans, and has the TV blaring 24/7. You’re not sure what the “food” is but you are sure you don’t want to eat it. People are popping in your room every fifteen minutes to empty your trash, take your blood pressure, mop the floor, give you ice, give you pills, have you fill out forms. You’re in pain and very tired but can’t sleep. I will be your guide for how to avoid nursing home hell and have a nursing home stay meet your needs and help you get back home soon—whether it is you or a family member or friend you love.

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