At a Senate Special Committee on Aging today, Senator Mark Udall asked panel witnesses about long-term care solutions for baby boomers.
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In 2007, Los Angeles public relations professional and aging advocate Barbara Meltzer told NBC’s chief medical editor, Nancy Snyderman, about a fear millions of baby boomers share with her. My guest for today’s video, Meltzer said she’s worried because she isn’t married and doesn’t have children. Like many of us—and that includes me—she wonders who will “take care of her” when she can’t manage her basic needs.
Childless female numbers are growing. According to a 2010 Pew Research Center study, nearly one-in-five American women ends her childbearing years without having borne a child, compared with one-in-ten in the 1970s.
“Watching over my own mother for eight years pushed every fear button,” Meltzer told me before the video interview you see here. She has channeled her fear into positive action, implementing a busy “50+” division at her p.r. firm. She chairs the communications committee for the Los Angeles County Commission for Older Adults (LACCOA), and has produced a half-day symposium for the city entitled “Pathways to Positive Aging: Creating Communities for a Lifetime.”
What We’ll Need
No man or woman is an island, made readily apparent as we age and can no longer function as we did earlier in life. We need help. Enter the concept of age-friendly communities, a place where we live and we die. They’re places, says Meltzer, with resources including accessible transportation, affordable housing and opportunities for both civic engagement and lifelong learning—a busy brain is a happier, healthier brain.
Rather than sit back and wait for “the perfect place” to materialize, Meltzer says we boomers need to become proactive, defining what we will need and taking steps now to ensure our needs are fulfilled.
It Takes a Village
AARP data verify that 90 percent of us want to stay in our homes when we age. Look around you at seniors who echo that same sentiment daily as the thought of “a facility” puts terror in their hearts.
One positive solution: The Village model. This grassroots effort materialized in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood in 2001. Neighbors joined together to develop services so older adults could stay at home, in their community. The sensible, practical concept has since been replicated nationwide in more than 100 active or developing communities where members pay reasonable annual dues in the range of $400 to $700 and avail themselves of numerous services and amenities.
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I’m getting better at listening to myself, a still-developing skill I owe in part to the discussion I had here with Carol Orsborn, Ph.D. She’s a businesswoman, theologian, motivational speaker, boomer generation expert and the author of 25 books. She’s also full of life and full of tips on how to lead a better, more fulfilling life.
I remembered what she said when I recently encountered one of the most unusual situations of my career. It was one in which—no matter what I did—the “other side” couldn’t hear me and the messages from “over there” became more conflicting and confusing, wasting my time and distracting me from my goals. I called upon some of the principles Dr. Orsborn explains in this video.
Let it go and walk away, I said to myself. And I did.
“Surrender the notion that you have control over life when things keep coming at us,” she says. When bad things happen—and they will—embrace your powerlessness, she writes in a recent blog on her site, www.FiercewithAge.com. Look for her book of the same name this fall.
It is a basic tenet of spirituality—and spirituality is work, she says. No one said what’s really valuable in life comes easily.
No One’s Exempt
Baby boomer women, like the lioness, use resilience to become fierce with age.
Among baby boomers, especially super-achievers, many have been fortunate enough to “float” through their earlier decades without too much “drama.” “But nobody gets into their 50s or 60s without something spinning out of control,” says Dr. Orsborn.
That’s where resilience comes into play, the ability to bounce back when the sand castle tumbles down. Take a breath and then take a walk. Trust your unconscious mind, and be open to that breakthrough that helps you figure out what to do next. Ask yourself, “How can I be less stressed about this issue?”
Resilient to the Core
In doing so, you’re building your “core strength,” and Dr. Orsborn doesn’t mean just beefing up your abs. It’s a quality that can be learned and nurtured, that will help your spirit remain intact as you age and endure other hardships. It will help you adapt to adversity, focus on your gains instead of losses, and rebound gracefully and productively when you knock heads with forces beyond your control.
Finally, remember, says Dr. Orsborn: You can’t always stop the bad things from happening—but you can’t stop the good things, either.
I think this video will put more good tools in your resilience arsenal. Hope so!
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February is known as American Heart Month. It’s a good time to raise awareness about heart issues, such as heart disease and heart attacks. Because it is such an important issue that effects so many people, it is crucial to take steps to protect your heart. The statistics surrounding heart disease are astounding to stay the least. For example, in the time it takes you to read this blog post, there will probably be four people who have a coronary event and two people who die from one.
That’s right, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every 25 seconds someone in America has a coronary event, and every minute someone dies from one. In 2011 alone, there were 785,000 people in America who had a coronary heart attack. It is the leading cause of death in the country, for both men and women. The more you know about it, and what you can do to protect your heart, the better!
Heart disease is largely a problem of lifestyle. Sure, there can be a few hereditary and other factors thrown into the mix, but for the majority of people it simply comes down to the way we live our lives and the choices we make. Here are some things you can do to love your heart and protect it, so that it helps to protect you:
Get tested. Get a cholesterol test done to see what’s going on with your arteries. It will give you information about if your arteries are clean and clear or have a build up that can be of concern. Cut back, or avoid, those foods that will raise your cholesterol, such as meat and dairy products.
Eat healthy. While you may be able to get away with having some treats here and there, it is important that the majority of time you are reaching for healthy foods. This includes whole grains, lean sources of protein, and plenty of fruits and veggies. Also be sure to watch your sodium intake and keep alcohol to a minimum.
Get active. Even baby boomers today are joining gyms, working with personal trainers such as myself, and getting fit. Doing exercise and keeping physically active is a great way to help keep your heart healthy. Aim to get a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise each day of the week.
Avoid smoking. If you smoke, find a successful method for quitting. If you don’t, try to limit your exposure to secondhand smoke, which the CDC reports can trigger a heart attack.
When it comes to taking care of your body, you have to have heart. And getting a healthier heart, no matter what age you are now, is within reach. Don’t become a one of the statistics of people who have a heart attack. Instead, focus on what you can do to protect your heart, and start making steps every day toward achieving those goals!
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http://www.alexisabramson.com/ Dr. Alexis Abramson is an inspiring speaker, corporate consultant, successful author and award-winning entrepreneur and journalist. Her expertise on boomers, caregivers and mature adults has been featured in many national publications including TIME, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur and People magazines. Doctor Alexis is an Emmy and Gracie award-winning journalist who has appeared, in addition to many other media outlets, as an on-air expert Gerontologist for NBC’s Today show and Weekend Today. She is also highly sought after as a keynote speaker at conferences, focusing on critical baby boomer, caregiver and mature adult issues relevant to corporations, consumers, government agencies and nonprofit groups. Her engaging presentations provide innovative insight to reach and understand this exploding demographic and to improve their quality of life.
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http://www.alexisabramson.com/ Dr. Alexis Abramson is an inspiring speaker, corporate consultant, successful author and award-winning entrepreneur and journalist. Her expertise on boomers, caregivers and mature adults has been featured in many national publications including TIME, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur and People magazines. Doctor Alexis is an Emmy and Gracie award-winning journalist who has appeared, in addition to many other media outlets, as an on-air expert Gerontologist for NBC’s Today show and Weekend Today. She is also highly sought after as a keynote speaker at conferences, focusing on critical baby boomer, caregiver and mature adult issues relevant to corporations, consumers, government agencies and nonprofit groups. Her engaging presentations provide innovative insight to reach and understand this exploding demographic and to improve their quality of life.
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Welcome to SoulFitnessDivas! My name is Deborah Williams and this is season number one of my battle of transforming my myself back to my normal weight and findng significant relief from crippling arthritis through raw vegetable juicing and other holistic means after personal hardship. I created this o to inspire others who battle with weight and to encourage them to never give up on self care and and to press onward in spite of their health challenges. As I always say, honor your temple and never give up!
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Today on Fabulous At 60, we bring back Celebrity Chemist Jerry Hickey and he shares with our host, Andrea Warshaw-Wernick, the secrets of the dietary supplement L-Theanine.
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Today on Fabulous at 60, our host Andrea Warshaw-Wernick interviews Celebrity Chemist Jerry Hickey, and asks “Why is Vitamin D the ULTIMATE Supplement?”
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www.alexisabramson.com/ Dr. Alexis Abramson is an inspiring speaker, corporate consultant, successful author and award-winning entrepreneur and journalist. Her expertise on boomers, caregivers and mature adults has been featured in many national publications including TIME, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur and People magazines. Doctor Alexis is an Emmy and Gracie award-winning journalist who has appeared, in addition to many other media outlets, as an on-air expert Gerontologist for NBC’s Today show and Weekend Today. She is also highly sought after as a keynote speaker at conferences, focusing on critical baby boomer, caregiver and mature adult issues relevant to corporations, consumers, government agencies and nonprofit groups. Her engaging presentations provide innovative insight to reach and understand this exploding demographic and to improve their quality of life.
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