Episode 135: Grammy
Los Angeles-based writer Lauren DePino has always had a soft spot for older adults. The death of her beloved grandmother hit her especially hard, but Lauren didn’t realize how hard until years later when she met 91-year-old Gloria Kessler, the grandmother of her...Anything For That Smile
Loretta Veney’s greatest fear is that her mother will outlive her money. Her great grandmother lived to age 107 and her grandmother to age 98. Neither had dementia. But Loretta’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at age 77. In today’s show, Loretta...Episode 120: The Wide Circumference Of Love
Writing “The Wide Circumference of Love” turned best-selling author Marita Golden into an Alzheimer’s activist. In today’s show she tells us why and about the process of writing her novel, in which the real world impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the African-American...Navigating With Grace
Humor, optimism and resilience have helped writer and trained social worker Susan Margolis Stillman get through a host of family medical challenges. Susan is a breast cancer survivor, but her mother lost her battle with malignant melanoma and Susan’s son has a rare...Scattered
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