Empowering Aging: A Conversation with Christine Smith on Caregiving, Proactive Aging, and Resources for a Better Life"
Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser
Dr. Ron Kaiser
5.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
This episode of the REJUVENAGING with Dr. Ron Kaiser podcast features a conversation between Dr. Ron Kaiser and Christine Smith,, an aging advocate and Geropreneur. Christine shares her journey into the field of caregiving and discusses the role of caregivers in assisting older adults with daily tasks. She emphasizes the importance of maintaining independence and promoting self-determination for those receiving care.
Christine talks about her livestream where she invites experts to discuss various topics related to aging, caregiving, and resources available for older adults. She highlights the need for information and resources to be easily accessible in one place.
Dr. Ron explores the challenges of reaching a balance in encouraging older adults to stay active while accepting assistance when needed. Christine suggests a simple approach of asking, "Would you help me?" rather than just doing things for them to empower individuals receiving care. The conversation delves into the commonalities among family caregivers and the diverse challenges they face. Christine shares her experiences in over 90 different homes and the need to create a hub of resources for caregivers and older adults.
The discussion extends to proactive aging and lifestyle management. Christine introduces her journal, "PreAct Your Age," which encourages individuals to proactively address emotional and relational aspects of aging. She also mentions her book, "Care Griever Kit," designed to help caregivers cope with loss and grief.
The episode concludes with information about Christine's website, Aging Better Network, where viewers can access livestreams, resources, and information on aging well. The episode focuses on a proactive approach to aging and caregiving, emphasizing the importance of knowledge in reducing fear.
The podcast episode serves as a valuable resource for listeners seeking insights into caregiving, aging, and proactive lifestyle management. The show notes provide links to Christine's livestream, books, and website for further exploration of the discussed topics.
Christine A. Smith books and Amazon Links and social media
"PreAct Your Age Prompted Journal"
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHD1LBCL
“CareGRIEVER Kit” Practical Guide
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCZWFFLS
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine--smith/
https://www.agingbetternetwork.com/home
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| 0:00.0 | several people who were hired to be caregivers for or by individuals who wanted assistance. |
| 0:13.3 | And she said, you would be good at it. |
| 0:15.9 | Come in Monday on I'll hire you. |
| 0:21.4 | So I gave it a try and found out what it was about. |
| 0:25.8 | I really didn't know what caregivers were. |
| 0:30.0 | So, |
| 0:30.6 | Welcome to Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser. This is the podcast designed to help you lead your life |
| 0:36.9 | enthusiastically, today, tomorrow, and every other day. I am your host Ron Kaiser, positive health |
| 0:44.0 | psychologist and coach, also keynote and TEDx speaker and author of the |
| 0:49.0 | triple award winning book, Rejuvenaging the Art and science of growing older with enthusiasm. |
| 0:55.0 | As listeners to the podcast know, my goal is to always bring you interesting |
| 1:02.0 | guests who not only lead their own lives with enthusiasm, |
| 1:05.7 | but also have different ways of helping us to become better versions of ourselves. |
| 1:12.0 | And I think you'll agree that today's guest really fits that bill. |
| 1:16.7 | Christine Smith is has a couple of unusual job titles, |
| 1:23.0 | Geraldineer and aging enthusiasts. |
| 1:26.9 | So I think you can tell from the titles |
| 1:28.9 | why she had appealed to me as a guest for this podcast. |
| 1:34.8 | She has, over the years, helped numerous older adults, |
| 1:40.4 | both in person and now through her podcast website and two books pre-act your age and |
| 1:50.8 | the caregiver kit I think I got those right. If not, she'll remind me of what the titles actually are. But I know we've got a lot to learn from Christine so Christine welcome to rejuvenating with |
| 2:05.9 | Dr Ron Kaiser such a pleasure to have you with us today. I'm so grateful I get to be with you again because you've been kind enough to be on my |
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