Internet Radio Shows

Thank you for stopping by the Dr. Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years Internet radio program page. Here you’ll find news about this week’s show, plus an archive of all the Internet Radio Shows we’ve done since January, 2014. You can also listen to pod casts of earlier radio shows (from Austin Talk Radio) in the Radio Shows Archive and still even older newspaper articles in the Column Archives. Looking for a particular topic? Use the Search box to the right to find shows mentioning your search terms across all the archives Be sure to join me, along with my guest speakers and musical guests, every Sunday at 5:00pm (CST) on the Internet via live-stream here on our site. Click on the following link to listen in and/or join the conversation: www.blogtalkradio.com/yourgoldenyears. See you there!
June 4, 2023: Christiana Egi, RN, Geriatric Specialist, Discusses Dementia; Dr. Mara on Advocating for Quality in Long-Term Care
Christiana Egi, RN, geriatric and mental health specialist, and author of children’s books that explain to children why their grandparent might be acting differently, joins us to talk about Dementia.
May 28, 2023: Jay Schneider on Addiction Interventions; Guitarist, Daryl Strodes; & Dr. Mara on Advocacy for Long-Term Care Residents
Jay Schneider, Bridge to Shore Interventions, on how addiction interventions work. Guitarist, Daryl Strodes with some of his music. Dr. Mara on passionately advocating for long-term care residents.
May 21, 2023: Rosie Davis of Yellow Heart Memorial on the Importance of Remembering Those Lost From Covid; Dr. Mara on Overcoming the Obstacle of Ageism in Elder Heath Care and Long-Term Care
Rosie Davis, founder of Yellow Heart Memorial, advocate for COVID victims, and co-author of the book, Who We Lost: A Portable Covid Memorial. And Dr. Mara on ageism in healthcare and longterm care and how we can make a difference with our loved ones and policies.
April 23, 2023: Alice Bonner & Mark Miller – Improving Quality of Long Term Care and More
Alice Bonner, Chair of Moving Forward: Nursing Home Quality Coalition, and Mark Miller, President of National Association of State Ombudsman Programs, join us for a discussion of improving the quality of life for people in long term care. Minerva, of our Mexico travel twins, joins us. And more.
April 16, 2023: Dr. Michael Wasserman – Advocating for Long-Term Care Residents; Cellist, Tanya Anisimova; Dr. Mara on Caregiving in the New Normal
Dr. Michael Wasserman with some of the pressing current issues of geriatric healthcare, nursing home care, and advocating for the elderly. And Cellist, Tanya Anisimova.
April 2, 2023: Irving Stackpole on Nursing Home Quality of Care & the Collision of Money, Politics, and Denial; Twins on Mexico Travel; & Dr. Mara on Passionate Living and Caregiving in the New Normal
Keynote Speaker, Irving Stackpole, on how Long Term Care, especially skilled nursing facilities, is the scene of the collision of money, politics and denial and the possible solutions to the “fatal contraction” of supply in long term care. The twins in Mexico. And Dr. Mara with passionate living and caregiving in the “new normal.”

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