IGA014 – Pulling Back The Curtain To Expose Hidden HealthCare Practices – Part 1

Posted on October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 by lmowatt

Summary:

Consumer healthcare concerns continue to mount at an accelerated and unprecedented pace. Uncontrolled prices are rising more than ever, prompting valid concerns of every patient. In this episode, Lisa Berry Blackstock, from soulsherpa.net, joins Lee in a revealing discussion affecting every patient and future patient. Lee and Lisa pull back the curtain obstructing our view of essential things to know, allowing every healthcare consumer to hear tips and insight relevant to the proper management of your own healthcare. This episode is part 1 of a valuable discussion you may want to listen to several times.

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What you will learn about in this episode:

Factors contributing to the rising costs of healthcare
Healthcare profit margins
Hospital discharge problems
Medical billing errors
What to watch for when being admitted or discharged from a hospital.

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IGA013 – A Cheat Sheet For Growing Older : Positive Aging Debugged

Posted on October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 by lmowatt

Summary:

For this episode, Lee is solo for the purpose of exposing and challenging his own thinking on what Positive Aging is. He explains his "OLDER, Not OLD" tagline, and wonders about our cultural stereotyping of older people, and how "Blue Zones" become Blue Zones. Lee also points to a bit of research that give us reason to value the older brain, and suggests a few things he believes will help in aging successfully, without growing OLD.

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Questions Explored in this Episode:

How do we define Positive Aging?
The difference between growing OLDER and growing OLD.
Do our cultural customs help or hurt aging?
How "Blue Zones" become Blue Zones.
Why we need to age.
Is the older brain better or worse than a younger one?
How can we influence our own aging outcomes?

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Video and pictures of Lee upside down at Niagara Falls Show me
A few supporting articles:
"The Inner Kill : The Art of Dying Without Know It" by Richard Leider
Information about Blue Zones:

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IGA012 – A Peek At Aging From the Generation-X Perspective

Posted on October 17, 2016October 17, 2016 by lmowatt

Summary:

Where do we learn how to age? Sounds like a strange question, but it is a valid one. We are all learning how to age whether we know it or not. Lee begins to explore this by reaching out to younger people to see how they feel about various aspects of aging. For this week's episode, Lee engages 40 year old Ed Lazzari to get a peek into how this age group views aging for both themselves and their parents. The conversation gave Lee a few eye-openers that he didn't expect. See what your reactions are.

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Questions Explored in this Episode:

Manifestations of the "I'm too old" thinking
The stereotypes around us - Truth or Fiction
How social media promotes age segmentation.
Corporate age discrimination
The Fear of Mediocrity

Links and Resources mentioned in this Episode:

Episode 8 - The Inner World of Lee

Change Your POV website

Change Your POV Podcast - Episode #063

Ernestine Shepard - Oldest Female Body Builder

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IGA011 – Adjusting to Retirement by Learning to Really Work at Living

Posted on October 10, 2016October 10, 2016 by lmowatt

Summary:

Retirement is a strange beast and is different for different people. This episode exposes the thinking of two retired men to see how their thoughts about retirement have changed after being retired for a few years. Richard O'Shea shares his thoughts with Lee (the other retired guy) about what a successful retirement means and a few "secrets" about handling this phase of life. They touch such topics as retirement fears, the leisure time myth, the role of passion, and individual value systems.

“Retirement provides an opportunity to connect to a larger world, to find an inner self that couldn’t get out before, and find an outlet for who you truly are.”Lee Mowatt

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Questions Explored in this Episode:

The "leisure myth" of retirement
How retirement changes you as a person
How to replace the structure and stimulation of work after you retire.

Links and Resources mentioned in this episode:

Wooden Star Puzzle made by Richard O'Shea

Other Resources:

“Why Retire” by Richard O’Shea

How To Retire Happy, Wild, and Free.

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IGA010 – “Nine To Ninety” Reveals the Gift of End-Of-Life Discussions

Posted on October 3, 2016October 3, 2016 by lmowatt

Summary:

Juli Vizza and Alicia Dwyer are the producer and director of a powerful 30 minute video called "Nine To Ninety". This video is being screened around the country and is changing the dialog on how we discuss the end-of-life process. They chat with Lee to explore many of the behind-the-scenes events, the lessons and the impact the video is having on our culture. Watch the video and hear this discussion to experience the full impact.

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Questions Explored in this Episode:

Why discussing death is so scary
How to make the end-of-life process more discussable
Caregiver fatigue
Societal roles in caring for our elders
The cultural impact of the "Nine To Ninety" video

Links and Resources Mentioned:

Nine To Ninety Website – Has lots of additional information about this video, including a movie trailer for viewing.

Nine-To-Ninety Screening and Discussion Guide.

Nine To Ninety Discussion Guide for Educators

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IGA009: The Outlook For Aging And Care-giving Up Ahead

Posted on September 26, 2016September 26, 2016 by lmowatt

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For this episode, Lee shares thoughts with Frank Samson, who has hosted his own podcast (The Aging Boomers)for many years dealing with the issues of baby boomers and preparing them for their elderly parents as well as their own aging. Lee and Frank discuss many of the issues Frank has uncovered and captured in his book.Frank has been in the trenches and offers his insight on such topics as our cultural response to aging, the rise of dementia, care-giving issues, preventing falls in the elderly, and factors affecting longevity. Listen to the end to find out how you can get his valuable book for FREE.

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In this episode you will gain insight into:

How our culture responds to aging
The prevalence or inevitability of dementia
What are Blue Zones, and the factors that create them.
Care-giver fatigue
Taking care of loved ones remotely - long-distance care-giving
Technological support for the care-giver
Preventing falls for the elderly
factors the affect our longevity

Links and Resources mentioned in this episode:

Senior Care Authority

The Aging Boomers Book

The Aging Boomer’s Podcast

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Frank has made a generous offer to 5 listeners. Simply leave a comment on this page giving us honest feedback about this episode. On October 17th, 2016, I will select and email 5 listeners who have left comments here to tell them how they will receive this book. Good Luck.

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IGA008: The Inner World Of Lee – A Few Opinions, Ideas & Concepts

Posted on September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 by lmowatt

SUMMARY:

For this episode, Lee get a chance to express who he is, what he is about, and what drives him in meeting the challenges of the Inner Game Of Aging. Ed Lazzarri, the host of "Change you POV", explores Lee's philosophies and opinions on wellness and a balanced life. They talk about many topics that affect how we age in our culture and other aspects of our wellness. See below for details of the discussion content.

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IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

You will hear Lee's thoughts and opinions on:

How his 2004 accident affected his life and outlook.
how we learn from our societal stereotypes for both good and bad,
the difference between getting older vs. getting old,
opinions about single-generational environments such as senior communities,
his critical concept of "Better" to always improve anything,
why he started the Inner Game Of Aging Podcast,
what success means to him at this point.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Change Your POV website

Change Your POV Podcast - Episode #091

63-year-old executes a round-off back handspring

Oldest person to execute a round-off back handspring

Strength and control demonstration

RELATED EPISODES:

IGA001- Starting The Journey - An Overview of the Future

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IGA007: Respectful Beats – Drumming As A Therapeutic Experience For Seniors

Posted on September 12, 2016September 12, 2016 by lmowatt

Summary:

Respectful Beats? What do you think a business named Respectful Beats does? In this episode, Lee talks to Steve Benedetto, the owner of Respectful-Beats. He conducts interactive drumming workshops for senior citizens throughout New England. His business has grown into a full time mission of inspiring others to feel better through the healing power of music and rhythm.

Steve talks with Lee on how Respectful-Beats started, how drumming benefits older citizens (its not what you think), how he conducts his drumming workshops, and generally shares his passion for drumming with Lee and the audience.

Dig into this episode to be inspired by some out-of-the-box thinking, and learn about the many benefits of embracing and practicing your inner rhythms.

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What you will learn in this episode:

Why drumming can serve as a therapeutic exercise for senior citizens.
How drumming workshops are conducted.
How senior citizens respond to drumming as a new experience.

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But that's not all. If you are associated with an organization located in New England that would benefit from a Drum Workshop, Steve will offer a FREE workshop to qualifying listener who has left a comment on this page. Please indicate which organization you are associated with. Again, Lee will select the winner 2 weeks after this episode has been released.

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IGA006: Spirituality & Aging. Does Aging Connect Us To Our Soul?

Posted on September 5, 2016September 5, 2016 by lmowatt

Summary:

For this episode, Lee chats with Arthur Reublinger, who has been a hospice chaplain for many years. He could easily be considered to be a "Silver Inspiration" if he could just slow down enough in his life to even find out what that is. Now we can hear some of you roll your eyes already. But for those of you more introspective, just wait till you hear what this conversation contains.

They start off their discussion in the area of hospice care. (Lee: "I should actually do an entire episode on that topic because, as I discover, there is much more to learn there.") But the breadth of questions that follow in this discussion go well beyond that initial topic. This episode is sure to keep the interest of anyone who has ever wondered what they should believe.

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Questions explored in this episode:

What does a hospice chaplain do?
How does a chaplain handle the many beliefs and religions?
How people generally view the end-of-life process?
Religion vs. spirituality?
What experiences encourage our spiritual maturation as people?
The wisdom and experiences of our elders?
What is a "successful death"?

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IGA005: Essential Advise On Elder Abuse Exposes The Tip Of The Iceberg with Paul Greenwood

Posted on August 29, 2016August 29, 2016 by lmowatt

Summary:

In this episode, Lee is honored to speak with one of the country's top-most authorities on the issues of elder abuse. Paul Greenwood has been prosecuting such cases in San Diego for more than 20 years. He regularly travels around the country giving talks and presentations on such topics with his jovial British accent. He has an impressive set of credentials. In this episode, Lee and Paul have a free flowing discussion where they handle the various forms of abuse, how he maintains the dignity and respect for the victims, the frustrations he encounters in resolving abuse cases, and many other relates aspects. This chat just touches the tip of this growing problem.

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In This Episode You Will Learn:

What is Elder Abuse
The 5 forms of Elder Abuse - physical, niglect, emotion or mental, financial exploitation and sexual.
The warning signs of Elder abuse
How to protect our older citizens and relatives fro elder abuse
Caregiver tips for those caring for elders.
The profile of a typical abuse victim.

Links and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

Email Paul at: paul.greenwood@sdcda.org
Paul's impressive Resume
A few YouTube Videos:
Article: Our Graying Society: Issues of Elder Abuse and Age Bias
National Center On Elder Abuse

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