When Elderly Loved Ones Need Extra Help

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🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

When an elderly loved one starts to show signs they’re having trouble living independently, initiating conversations about elder care can be challenging. We talk to gerontologist Dr. Louise Aronson about how to broach sensitive topics like giving up driving, accepting in-home assistance or transitioning to a care facility. And we’ll hear from you: how have you navigated conversations about elder care with a parent or loved one? Or if you’re an older individual, how have you advocated for yourself? Guests: Louise Aronson, geriatrician and professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco; author of "Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:27.1	Coming up on forum, when a loved one starts to forget things or starts repeating stories or is physically ailing, it's heartbreaking. We saw this unfold in the limelight as President Biden's voice weakened. He lost his train of thought and he struggled to admit frailty. Many of us are grappling with this on the home front,
1:45.3	either personally or with a family member. How do you encourage a loved one to hand over their
1:49.9	driver's license or hire a home nurse or transition to a care facility? Whether you want to know
1:55.4	how to broach these topics or you want to advocate for yourself in your later years, we will
2:00.1	offer advice on how to make those
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2:08.1	This is Forum. I'm Leslie McClurg. I'm in today for Mina Kim. And in a few months, my mom turns
2:14.7	81 years old, and she lives alone in Seattle and her bedroom is upstairs.
2:20.1	And I'm pretty worried about her. She has two knee replacement. She's got a shoulder replacement,
2:24.3	maybe another one on the way. And I have tried and I have failed numerous times to talk to her
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