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Doctors Medical Center is the biggest public hospital and is closing on April 21, 2015.
- Added: May 01, 2015
- Length: 03:46
First, new ways of living, working and interacting in later life are waiting to be discovered. Dr. Bill Thomas and Bert Wahl argue that many older ...
Bought by WCNY, Harford Community Radio, and WCWP
- Added: Mar 31, 2015
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 3
The main prayer hall at Gurdwara Sahib Fremont, the Fremont Sikh temple, is a cavernous room. A beautiful marble center aisle leads to an altar, wh...
- Added: Mar 23, 2015
- Length: 08:22
Getting seniors comfortable with using technology is the aim of SF Connected, the City initiative that administers the class at 30th Street Senior ...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Mar 17, 2015
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 1
First, from brain-protecting foods to physical and mental exercise, Dr. Gary Small, reveals an easy to follow regimen that will increase brain heal...
Bought by Harford Community Radio and WCWP
- Added: Mar 10, 2015
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 2
First, PTSD afflicts up to 30 percent of the United States global conflict with terrors veterans. Over 27 million Americans are PTSD survivors. Yet...
Bought by Harford Community Radio and WCWP
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 2
Radio Curious visits with Dr. Bill Bracewell, a physical therapist in Ukiah, Ca.
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 29:01
North Beach Citizens is a community-driven, non-profit organization located in San Francisco, California, that addresses the needs of local homeles...
- Added: Dec 02, 2014
- Length: 02:39
Maine has a large population of senior drivers. How do we keep them safe, and what do these seniors have to say about staying on the road?
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 07:27
- Purchases: 1
Part of getting older means you can’t get around like you used to. Maybe you can’t drive a car anymore, or hike up those big San Francisco hills to...
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 05:24
First, nearly nine million older adults are food insecure. Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President of AARP Foundation and Jim Lutzweiler, Vice President of ...
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WCWP
- Added: Sep 23, 2014
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 2
Hunger is a problem often hiding in plain sight. And older adults who are hungry don't walk around asking for help or acknowledging that they need ...
- Added: Sep 09, 2014
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 2
According to official estimates, there are currently over 50 thousand older adults in Boulder County that are at least 60 years old. 13,000 are at ...
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 06:07
First, the expected lifespan of the average American has nearly doubled in the past century. And the MIT AgeLab, part of the engineering division, ...
Bought by WCWP
- Added: Aug 05, 2014
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 1
Every year, about 450,000 Americans diagnosed with Alzheimers disease. The most helpful resource is experienced caregivers who have already learned...
- Added: Jul 15, 2014
- Length: 59:55
We’re living longer on limited incomes with gloomy predictions there won’t be enough health care workers to care for those in need. Aging seniors ...
- Added: May 31, 2014
- Length: 04:57
When a landlord and a tenant are involved in a dispute, an eviction from the property is the last resort. And when evictions do occur in San Franci...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 18, 2014
- Length: 08:52
- Purchases: 1
First, the outgoing and incoming presidents of AARP Robert Romasco and Jeanine English discuss what is being done in the organization in recent yea...
- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 2
First, every year, Professor Norma Bowe of Kean University, teaches a class called Death in Perspective. The objective of the class is to develop a...
- Added: Mar 25, 2014
- Length: 54:53
- Purchases: 2
Jeremy Mykaels is in his early 60s, and he has AIDS. As a young gay man, he moved to the Castro, where he has lived for almost 40 years. He's been ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 07:41
- Purchases: 1
People 50 years or older now make up the majority of HIV and AIDS cases in San Francisco. Since HIV emerged in the 1980's, treatments have improved...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 08:14
- Purchases: 1
East Bay bus agency AC Transit doesn’t have the ridership or wide-reaching reputation of BART or San Francisco’s Muni. But about 100,000 people tak...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 08:31
First, as more of the population approaches their fifties and sixties, it may seem that our fast-changing cultural standards may out pacing older a...
- Added: Mar 11, 2014
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 2
Radio Curious pays tribute to the life of Dr. Sherwin Nuland, author of several books, including “How We Die,” and “The Wisdom of the Body,” with a...
- Added: Mar 10, 2014
- Length: 29:01
First, in a society that perceives quitting as a last resort and urges us to hang in, Mastering the Art of Quitting teaches how to not overanalyze,...
Bought by WCWP
- Added: Feb 25, 2014
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 1
