Best Aging
Health & Wellness Podcasts
No one has ever said aging is easy. Finances, long-term care, family relationships, loss and grieving, illness, and new roles in life are some of the many things encountered. Best Aging is the podcast empowering, informing and connecting you to Best Aging. Wendy Weidner, retired Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman, and Josh Casper, Elder Law Attorney, help seniors and their loved ones navigate all areas of aging, long-term care, family relationships through stories, guests and recent events. Find your resources, support and answers here. Informing, empowering and connecting you to Best Aging.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Health & Wellness Podcasts
Description:
No one has ever said aging is easy. Finances, long-term care, family relationships, loss and grieving, illness, and new roles in life are some of the many things encountered. Best Aging is the podcast empowering, informing and connecting you to Best Aging. Wendy Weidner, retired Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman, and Josh Casper, Elder Law Attorney, help seniors and their loved ones navigate all areas of aging, long-term care, family relationships through stories, guests and recent events. Find your resources, support and answers here. Informing, empowering and connecting you to Best Aging.
Twitter:
@bestagingus
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.bestaging.us
Email:
help@bestaging.us
Episodes
Residents’ Rights Month: SAME SEX RIGHTS
10/7/2022
It wasn't until just 2021 that the Department of Health and Human Services announced it was enforcing a prohibition against the discrimination against same-sex marriages and spouses in skilled nursing facilities.
If the marriage is valid where it was celebrated, the facility has to honor it. The facility cannot treat a same sex spouse differently.
This has huge implications for decision-making, room sharing, visiting; the very heart of marriage at the end of life. Listen to hear more about...
Duration:00:06:45
Residents’ Rights Month: FREEDOM FROM RETALIATION
10/7/2022
Residents have the right to be free from retaliation and even discouragement from speaking out about concerns to local, state or federal agencies.
However, often times residents and their loved ones don't voice their concerns because they are afraid of retaliation.
Hear what retaliation might look like and learn strategies to lower the risk and fear of retaliation.
Co-hosted by Wendy Weidner and Josh Casper
Duration:00:32:29
Residents’ Rights Month: Payment Source Discrimination
10/4/2022
In this episode, Wendy Weidner and Josh Casper, do a brief highlight of the right to be free from payment source discrimination.
No matter if Medicare, Medicaid (Medical Assistance), or you are privately paying, the facility cannot discriminate against you in the services.
Learn about this right today on Residents' Rights Month, 2022.
Duration:00:05:50
Residents’ Rights Month: YOU HAVE RIGHTS
10/4/2022
Episode 3 of Residents' Rights Month focuses on a resident's right to be informed of and know their rights.
It's foundational to residents' rights. If a resident or their loved ones aren't informed of the residents' rights, they can't advocate for them. So this is a right that builds to all of the other rights.
Enjoy day 3 of Residents' Rights Month with Wendy Weidner and Josh Casper.
Duration:00:05:17
Residents’ Rights Month: DECLINE
10/2/2022
Have you been faced a situation where your loved one declines in long-term care not because of their disease or disability, but because of the way the care is delivered (or not) delivered to the resident?
Today's right focuses on the right to maintain or enhance the quality of life through care in the long-term care.
This right is frequently seen in the ability to walk, dress oneself, and other "activities of daily living" that decline for 'unexplained' reasons.
Listen today to learn more...
Duration:00:04:41
Residents’ Rights Month: DIGNITY
10/1/2022
Celebrate Resident Rights' Month Episode One: Dignity in Long-Term Care
For the month of October, Wendy Weidner, a retired regional long-term care ombudsman, and Josh Casper, an elder law attorney in Minnesota, will be bringing you a (mini) podcast a day to highlight long-term care residents' rights.
Episode One starts at the core - the right to dignity.
Listen to a case study, the right, and our lively discussion. (Case studies are not intended to represent actual facilities or...
Duration:00:06:44
Residents’ Rights Month October 2022
10/1/2022
Wendy Weidner and Josh Casper introduce an October celebration of Residents' Rights! 31 days of 31 (mini) podcasts, each highlighting a resident right.
Share with us - email us a time when you felt your rights were honored or violated (help@bestaging.us) or call and leave us a message (612-567-7147)!
We can't wait to highlight Residents' Rights during October 2022!
Duration:00:01:18
Caregiver Stress with Linda Herrick, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
9/21/2022
Linda Herrick has been an associate dean of nursing education, clinical professor of nursing, nurse manager, nurse, and a nursing assistant. She is also a family caregiver.
In a lively conversation, hear how her professional and personal identities blend as a family caregiver; how she manages caregiver stress; and the signs of caregiver stress. Listen to challenges of family caregiver in rural areas, family communication, and how hospital discharge planning has evolved in her...
Duration:00:57:39
Caring at Death: Deb Holtz, Death Doula
7/11/2022
Deb Holtz is known for her decades of advocacy experience in disability services, State Ombudsman for Long-Term Care, and attorney. She has transitioned into a new role as a death doula, caring for people and their loved ones as they prepare for their death.
Deb shares with us what a death doula does; what lead her to this role; what helps a person have a better death; policy changes she would like to see and so much more.
Duration:00:58:54
From Aide to Assisted Living Resident: Peggy
6/27/2022
In Episode 2 of Best Aging, we talk with Peggy, a 69-year-old assisted living resident. Hear her expectations of caregivers (as a former nursing home aide), begin a conversation about retaliation, and learn from her wisdom (including a caregiver book recommendation at the end).
Duration:00:40:04
Best Aging Episode 1: Introductions
6/20/2022
Wendy Weidner and Josh Casper introduce themselves and Best Aging through stories. Hear about a nursing home takeover by the State of Minnesota. And learn a few things we wished every long-term care resident and family member knew.
Duration:00:34:03