/tags/aging Aging en-US Copyright Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:00:07 GMT /show/due-south/2025-01-23/how-americans-invented-and-reinvented-old-age Leoneda Inge talks with the author of 'Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age.' And, Triangle-area entrepreneur Giorgios Bakatsias on his more than 40 years in the restaurant business. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:00:07 GMT /show/due-south/2025-01-23/how-americans-invented-and-reinvented-old-age Leoneda Inge, Rachel McCarthy /show/embodied/2025-01-10/psychedelics-baby-boomers-aging-lsd-psilocybin It's been half a century since the psychedelic era. Now, some baby boomers are returning to the drugs of their youth — not for rock and roll, but to confront aging. Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:02:48 GMT /show/embodied/2025-01-10/psychedelics-baby-boomers-aging-lsd-psilocybin Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus /show/due-south/2024-12-18/conversation-james-chappel-author-golden-years Duke history professor James Chappel takes Due South on a journey through American aging, and what the future of our "golden years" might look like. Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:20:00 GMT /show/due-south/2024-12-18/conversation-james-chappel-author-golden-years Leoneda Inge, Rachel McCarthy /show/due-south/2024-02-05/building-a-better-boomer-author-and-a-golden-bachelor-contestant-get-real-about-getting-old On our "Golden Hour," the author of Building a Better Boomer embraces the lighter side of aging. Then, a candid conversation about the ups and downs of being a contestant on "The Golden Bachelor." Mon, 05 Feb 2024 19:31:30 GMT /show/due-south/2024-02-05/building-a-better-boomer-author-and-a-golden-bachelor-contestant-get-real-about-getting-old Leoneda Inge, Jeff Tiberii, Rachel McCarthy /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-12-08/aging-relationships-friendships-aging-in-place-village-model For older Americans, social isolation is a public health crisis. As we age, our relationships evolve and our communities change — how do we accept these changes and tackle their challenges? Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-12-08/aging-relationships-friendships-aging-in-place-village-model Gabriela Glueck, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-12-08/aging-relationships-friendships-aging-in-place-village-model More Americans are living into their 90s and 100s than ever before, and it blows Anita's mind that so few people are talking about it! She meets a 94-year-old man who opens up about the changes in his romantic, platonic, and familial relationships, and his two kids join to share their perspectives. Plus, a woman in her 70s introduces Anita to an innovative model for combating social isolation in your senior years. Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-12-08/aging-relationships-friendships-aging-in-place-village-model Gabriela Glueck, Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /health/2023-08-11/bcbsnc-other-insurers-wont-cover-alzheimers-drug-for-some-patients Leqembi is the first drug fully approved to slow mental decline in Alzheimer’s patients. Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and some insurers in other states say they still see the $26,000-a-year drug as experimental. Fri, 11 Aug 2023 18:54:45 GMT /health/2023-08-11/bcbsnc-other-insurers-wont-cover-alzheimers-drug-for-some-patients Associated Press /health/2022-11-16/lawsuit-charging-private-equity-owned-nursing-home-harmed-residents-crawls-forward As more private equity firms acquire skilled nursing facilities, often homes that already have a low rating by federal regulators, the North Carolina lawsuit represents just one attempt made by frail elderly residents to fight back against deep-pocketed investors. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:09:27 GMT /health/2022-11-16/lawsuit-charging-private-equity-owned-nursing-home-harmed-residents-crawls-forward Thomas Goldsmith, North Carolina Health News, Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News /show/embodied-radio-show/2022-09-02/aging-community-housing-assisted-living-old-age-perception-mature-youth-older-life-parents-senior-ageism We’re barraged with anti-aging sentiment in our culture, whether it’s jokes about going senile or marketing focused on “looking young.” But there are folks out there accepting aging for what it is — and preparing to age exactly how they’d like to. Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2022-09-02/aging-community-housing-assisted-living-old-age-perception-mature-youth-older-life-parents-senior-ageism Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay /podcast/dating-while-gray/2022-07-14/speed-dwg-my-love-language-is-your-credit-score In the “Money and Romance” episode from Season 2, we met Ginny, who discovered financial infidelity in her marriage. She joins Laura again with an update on her love life and how she’s applied lessons learned from that experience.|Thanks to our sponsor Silver Singles. More at silversingles.com/datingwhilegray. Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:36:00 GMT /podcast/dating-while-gray/2022-07-14/speed-dwg-my-love-language-is-your-credit-score Laura Stassi