Episodes
July 12, 2021
The Longevity Challenge: How Not to Outlive Your Retirement Funds
As we live longer and healthier lives, this question has become our biggest worry: How do we make sure we don’t outlive our retirement savings? Of course, it’s important to live our current life to the fullest—as we’ve learne...
June 28, 2021
Exploring the Experience of Dementia to Discover Surprising Gifts
As we close out the month of June—Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month—today’s episode features Judy Cornish, an author and founder of the Dementia & Alzheimer’s Wellbeing Network (DAWN). Several years ago, Judy, a retired e...
June 21, 2021
The Latest Research in the Global Fight against Alzheimer’s
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, and today’s episode features Elizabeth (Beth) Smith-Boivin, the Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Association Northeastern New York Chapter. Each year at this time, the Alzhe...
June 14, 2021
Paving the Path to Good Health, Nutrition and Wellness as We Age
When you talk to health experts about the factors that promote human longevity, they invariably cite good nutrition, in addition to regular exercise and an active, socially engaged, lifestyle. In today’s episode, host Ron Roe...
June 7, 2021
'Solo Aging': Building a Great Older Life, Even if You’re Alone
When we plan for our later years, most of us consider factors like health, housing, financial security, lifestyle and caregiving, but we tend of overlook one distinct possibility: What if end up aging alone? Recent studies ha...
May 24, 2021
The Evolution of a Poet Laureate Who Started Out a U.S. Marine
It’s not often that someone can recite the verses of Walt Whitman, then belt out the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps—Semper Fedelis! (Always Faithful). But that’s Evelyn Kandel, the Poet Laureate of Nassau County, who enlisted...
May 17, 2021
The Art of “Reinvention,” Part 2:On Becoming a Mystery Writer
Patricia King has had a long, extraordinary career —and she continued to evolve over the last decade, taking on a new literary identity as Annamaria Alfieri. In Part 1 of Ron Roel’s conversation with Pat earlier this year, sh...
May 10, 2021
Want to Age in Place But You're Not Sure How? NAIPC Can Help.
There’s no place like home—especially as folks get older. A recent AARP survey found that more than three-quarters of adults aged 50 and older want to stay in their homes and communities for as long as possible, yet many don’...
May 3, 2021
Eldercare 2021: A Holistic Approach to Care for Your Parents
Caring for your older loved ones has never been more challenging than it is today. Not only do many adults have to take care of their own young families, but they’re called in to address the complex, evolving needs of their p...
April 26, 2021
The Life & Times of a Tireless Champion for the Aging
As a young boy, Jack Kupferman was always surrounded by older adults—his parents ran a rest home in upstate New York and his family lived in the back. So it’s no surprise that today Jack is at the center of a major online eve...
April 19, 2021
Bridging Generations to Solve Society’s Greatest Challenges
For the first time in U.S. history, people over 60 outnumber people under 18, raising fears of a widening generational divide. But Encore.org sees things differently. It believes that the aging of America isn’t so much of a p...
April 12, 2021
Lifelong Learning Takes on Another Life
As people head toward their traditional retirement years, they often feel conflicting emotions: Part relief and excitement to be done with day-to-day work; and part apprehension, wondering, “What will I do with myself? Sure, ...
April 5, 2021
When the Next Crisis Hits the Fan, Will You Be Ready?
We’re not a country that likes to plan much—more often, Americans rely on their wits to get out of a crisis. Yet as the pace of social and economic change — not to mention climate change — has accelerated over the last severa...
March 29, 2021
When Should Your Loved Ones Choose Another Home?
Moving is never easy—at any age. Most people want to remain in the comfort of their home and neighborhood for as long as possible. At some point, however, this may not be safe or practical for our parents, and eventually the ...
March 22, 2021
How a Small, Family-owned Brush Company Took on China
Over the last 40 years, China has increasingly wreaked havoc on U.S. manufacturers, undercutting their business with high-volume, low-cost products. So when Lance Cheney, the fourth-generation owner of Braun Brush Company on ...
March 15, 2021
The End-of-Life Journey: Transforming Sorrow into Celebration
Helping a loved one prepare for the end of life is uncharted territory for many of us. But this challenge is also a part of life’s natural journey, which provides a unique opportunity for families to support and honor their l...
March 8, 2021
Generations United: The Power of Young and Old --Together
We often hear the mantra, “Stronger Together,” but no one understands the power of these words better than Donna Butts. Currently the Executive Director of Generations United, Donna has worked tirelessly to promote the collec...
March 1, 2021
The Art of “Reinvention”— Across a 60-Year Career
Many people talk about “reinventing” themselves over the course of their career, but few do it like Patricia King. At age 9, Pat decided she wanted to be a novelist, and while she would eventually achieve her goal—some 60 yea...
Feb. 22, 2021
The Essential Guide to Thriving—Not Just Surviving—As We Age
Getting old may not be for sissies, as Bette Davis once said, but that doesn’t mean we should be resigned to going through a long period of decline as we age. Quite the opposite, says Carol Waldman, a gerontologist and former...
Feb. 15, 2021
Retirement Revised: What you Need to Know about Social Insurance
Advances in health care and medicine have added years to our lifespan, but they’ve also made retirement more complicated than ever. How do we plan for this “longevity bonus,” considering the uncertainties of health care, care...
Feb. 8, 2021
Yoga and Meditation: Exploring Two Ancient Practices--Together
While the practices of yoga and meditation have been around for thousands of years, their popularity has surged in recent decades, as part of the ever-growing trend in holistic health, spiritual wellness and mindfulness. But ...
Feb. 1, 2021
Getting Your Legal Affairs in Order -- Before You Face a Crisis
If living through the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we need to make sure our legal affairs and estate plans are in order, even when we’re not ready for retirement. How do we take care of such critical needs, espe...
Jan. 25, 2021
You Gotta Have Friends — All the Way Through Life
We celebrate friendship as one of the true joys—and necessities—of life, from our childhood through our elder years. But what does true friendship really mean, and how to we sustain it in our fast-paced and changing world — e...
Jan. 18, 2021
The Art of 'Stealth' Job-hunting in your Mid-Life Years
As the economy continues to struggle under the weight of the raging coronavirus, host Ron Roel talks with Scott Passeser, a widely recognized innovator in the staffing field, about how to navigate a job market upended by fear...