Healthy Options 8/7/24: Conversation with Jess Mauer, Executive Director of The Maine Council on Aging

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman
Co-Producer: Petra Hall
Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne

Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well

This month:

– What does it mean to have purpose in our lives and why is that important for healthy aging?
– What steps can all of us take- at any age- to stay healthy?
– How does the language we may use to describe getting older, reinforce (or dispel) stereotypes of aging in our society?
– How can we dispel the rampant use of negative stereotypes of growing older? What can we do in our own lives to create a positive image of getting older?
– What can we do in our communities to support each other’s needs as we age? What kind of work is needed to empower those supportive resources in our communities?
– How does our health care system discriminate against older people?
– What are the financial & economic realities of growing older? Do negative stereotypes of aging affect older people in these concerns?
– How do systemic attitudes about sex, gender identity, race, & disability affect us as we grow older?

Guest(s):
Jess Maurer, Executive Director of the Maine Council on Aging.

FMI:
Maine Council on Aging
mainecouncilonaging.org
agefriendly.community
www.agefriendly.community
Age Positive Maine:
mainecouncilonaging.org/agepositiveme/

Previous Healthy Options Programs on related topics:
Healthy Options 6/5/24: The Gift of Aging: Growing Older with Purpose, Planning, and Positivity
archives.weru.org/healthy-options/2024/06/healthy–options-6-5-24-the-gift-of-aging-growing-older-with-purpose-planning-and-positivity/
Healthy Options 3/6/24: Advocating for the care needs & rights of elders in nursing homes & assisted living facilities
archives.weru.org/healthy-options/2024/03/healthy–options-3-6-24-advocating-for-the-care-needs-and-rights-of-elders-in-nursing-homes-assisted-living-facilities/
Healthy Options 12/6/23: Brain Health and Aging Well
archives.weru.org/healthy-options/2023/12/healthy–options-12-6-23-brain-health–and-aging-well/
Healthy Options 8/2/17: The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare
archives.weru.org/healthy-options/2017/08/healthy–options-8217/

About the host:
Rhonda Feiman is a nationally-certified, licensed acupuncturist practicing in Belfast, Maine since 1993. She primarily practices Toyohari Japanese acupuncture, using gentle and powerful non-insertion needle techniques, and also utilizes Chinese acupuncture and herbology. In addition, Rhonda is a practitioner of Qi Gong and an instructor of Tai Chi Chuan in the Yang Family tradition.