WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.439 --> 00:00:04.000 Welcome, Welcome, welcome, in good morning. It is time for our 2 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:07.440 community connection right here on K one, the one you dressed. We've got 3 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:11.720 our friends from Eldrick Care in today. It is always great to have an 4 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:14.960 Elder Care and today because we get kept up on all the good things happening. 5 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:18.359 And she and Abby are both with us today. Hey, it's good 6 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:23.039 to see Tom. Good to be seen. Yeah, I know, Abby 7 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:27.559 was cooking. Oh, not much. We are just here to talk about 8 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:32.479 September, which is Healthy Aging Month, and so we want to share some 9 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:36.320 of Elder Care's resources and information about healthy aging. Well, you know, 10 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:39.600 that's kind of what Eldrick Care is all about, making sure that we're still 11 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:41.640 in the game for as long as we want to be in the game, 12 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:44.600 isn't it. You know, we're in our fortieth year of doing just that. 13 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:50.920 Yeah. Yeah, we've been keeping programs going and making new friends in 14 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:54.719 the community. You know. That's brain health is one of the reasons why 15 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:59.840 we exist. In nineteen eighty three, Elder Care was formed because there was 16 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:03.920 a need for families to have an additional resource for those who had been diagnosed 17 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:08.439 with dementia and Alzheimer's, and so a group of people saw that need and 18 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:12.319 that's how elder care came to be. And forty years later we're doing just 19 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:18.040 that. But we've expanded our programs. So some of the programs that abbeys 20 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:25.000 involved with really help individuals keep their brains healthy and active and also help recover 21 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:29.760 from stroke or other illnesses and diseases. You know, on wasn't that long 22 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:32.719 ago if you had a stroke, it wasn't a whole lot of hope for 23 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:37.200 much of any kind of recovery. But now I'm seeing people really do some 24 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:40.680 amazing things. That's right. That's right. And therapy, you know, 25 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:44.719 physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy, and there are other kinds 26 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:48.840 of therapy as well. But all of those things, when you go at 27 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:53.599 them with intensity and you have the motivation, you can really make some incredible 28 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.359 gains in your recovery. I've seen them. It's really amazing. Now We've 29 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.239 got a lot going on here. You deal with speech pathology, and that 30 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:07.519 many times when people have strokes, their speech is sometimes a while coming back, 31 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:12.319 yes, and so they can have speech issues, so difficulty actually producing 32 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:15.360 speech. They can have language issues, so difficulty putting their thoughts together, 33 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:20.639 or understanding what other people are saying. And they can also have thinking issues 34 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:25.439 or cognitive issues, which is things like memory and problem solving and reasoning. 35 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:30.639 And we can see those kinds of issues not only with stroke but also with 36 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:37.479 traumatic brain injury. And we also see those cognitive issues when we're just talking 37 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:45.319 about aging disease processes, things like Alzheimer's or dementia or other types of processes 38 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:51.039 like that aging rock star. Yeah but yeah, yeah, I know I'm 39 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:54.800 not there yet where I need a GPS to find the bathroom. But now 40 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:59.879 this is really something really good because it gives people a lot of hope. 41 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:04.560 And that's really what we need most is seniors, is that hope if we 42 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:08.400 can stay independent, we can stay at home, and we can communicate our 43 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:12.520 thoughts, wishes and desires with those around us, those who love us and 44 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:15.919 those who sometimes maybe want to take care of us exactly. And so there 45 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:20.960 is hope. And we do have research and evidence that shows the kinds of 46 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:24.400 things we can do to keep our brains as healthy as possible for as long 47 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:29.719 as possible. And I go through kind of four ease I call them. 48 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:31.919 But the first one is how we eat. Our diet does play a role 49 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:37.680 in our brain health, and we need those healthy nutrients. We need healthy 50 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:42.240 blood vessels, We need that oxygen and those nutrients to be in our brain 51 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:45.439 to be pumping through nice and strong so that our brain can be healthy. 52 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:49.360 Kind of a Mediterranean style diet is the thing that has the most evidence base 53 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:53.639 for helping our brains age about this. Yes, so whole suits, yes, 54 00:03:54.400 --> 00:04:00.080 whole grains, fruits, vegetables, poultry and fish, those kinds of 55 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:04.000 things. And then unfortunately, we need to limit the American diet. We 56 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:13.520 need to redneeds, limiting processes, limiting dairy, all of that kind of 57 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:18.079 stuff. The American diet is not so great for our brain health. The 58 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:24.480 second thing is exercise. So that's the second e You know, regular daily 59 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.759 activity is good. You know, if you walk or if you garden, 60 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:32.680 those are great. But what's really best is purposeful exercise, a purposeful exercise 61 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:38.959 program. There are all sorts of options for this. Eldercare has some exercise 62 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:43.959 classes that we do and we rotate through throughout the quarters. I believe. 63 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:47.879 We also have our independent aftercare program with our physical therapy. So we have 64 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:55.399 lots of programs at Eldercare to help with that exercise component. The third E 65 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:59.959 is engagement. We need to stay socially engaged. It's really easy as we 66 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:03.240 get older, especially if you do start to experience some health issues or some 67 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:08.439 memory issues. It's easy to want to hold up at home and kind of 68 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:12.199 become a hermit. But that's one of the worst things you can do. 69 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.120 It's one of the worst things you can do. You want to stay engage, 70 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:19.439 stay involved with your friends, your church, your social groups, because 71 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:24.600 the more you're involved, the more your brain is stimulated, and it's stimulated 72 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:27.839 on a wider variety of levels. If you're just at home with your spouse 73 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:31.040 or with the same people every day, your conversations become very wrote. Your 74 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:35.199 brain isn't really challenged at all. But when you are talking with friends and 75 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:39.879 a variety of people in the community, your brain is getting that much more 76 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:45.240 stimulation, more types of vocabulary, more topics to discuss. And then finally 77 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:49.560 number four is expand you want to keep on learning and exercising your brain. 78 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:55.959 Be a lifelong learner. Challenge yourself, do all different types of puzzles, 79 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:01.160 read, play strategy games, learn new skills. That's one of the best 80 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:05.600 things you can do for your brain can keep on doing skills with your hands, 81 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:10.759 learn new techniques, take your hobbies. This is so flexible. It 82 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:14.720 doesn't have to be one specific thing. Whatever you are interested in, whether 83 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:19.600 that's cooking, woodworking, engineering, sewing, whatever it is. Learn a 84 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:24.160 new technique, try a different pattern, learn a new piece of music, 85 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:27.480 pick up a new instrument, whatever that looks like for you. If you 86 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:31.720 keep on challenging yourself to learn and expanding your knowledge base, be a lifelong 87 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:35.519 learner. That is one of the best things you can do to keep your 88 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:40.519 brain healthy as you age. So those four things, eat, exercise, 89 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:46.600 engage and expand you know, I mean people. You just motivated that everyone. 90 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:51.040 Everyone. Where'd you get? She was there when I came. So 91 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:57.959 he's doing great work. She's doing great work at Foundation Therapy. And I'm 92 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:01.240 excited about the Brain Gains Resource Room. You know, that was her idea. 93 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:05.279 It's open to everyone in the community. You don't have to pay any 94 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:09.560 fee to attend there, don't have to make an appointment unless you come in 95 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:13.399 a group. But we're holding an open house, a special open house on 96 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:16.600 Friday, September twenty second. Abby will be there from one to three and 97 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:21.240 she'll be telling everyone, showing everyone these games, these resources that she's talking 98 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:27.000 about, the musical instruments that are available. It's really a fun resource center 99 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:30.879 and we encourage all adults, senior adults especially, but everyone in the community, 100 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.759 adults in the community who want to keep their brains strong and healthy and 101 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:40.120 active to come on September twenty second, from one to three made Abby and 102 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:44.959 learn about how our resource center can help them. You know, the engagement, 103 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:47.759 it's very, very important. I'm witnessing this with my brother. He's 104 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:54.959 one year younger than I am, and he decided to retire. I had 105 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.720 long talk with him before, during and after, I said, you're going 106 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:01.920 to regret this. He said, well why, I said, You're not 107 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:07.360 really as old as you think you are, right, And here, in 108 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:09.279 a couple of months, every day is going to be Saturday on the calendar. 109 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:15.120 Tell you tell it differently, and you're gonna be climbing the walls. 110 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:20.240 We do. We started. There's actually a correlation that I've seen. There's 111 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:24.040 probably numbers out there somewhere, but in my own experience, what I've seen 112 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:28.000 with my patients is there does seem to be a correlation with retirement and suddenly 113 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.919 them starting to realize, Man, my thinking is slower. I'm not quite 114 00:08:31.960 --> 00:08:35.559 remembering things as well as I was. I'm I'm not feeling as good. 115 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:39.360 I'm feeling a little depressed or things like that. And it does seem to 116 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:43.279 correlate with retirement. And it's because we're meant to be productive. We are 117 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:46.960 meant to be productive throughout our lives. And maybe that doesn't look like a 118 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.200 nine to five job. It should looks like something. It should look like 119 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:54.960 something. And so my number one yes, but my number one recommendation for 120 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:01.240 implementing these these aspects of cognitive health and actually stick to them is to develop 121 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:07.039 some kind of flexible but regular routine in your day. Have things that you 122 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:11.639 do on a daily basis around the same time each day. Around this time, 123 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:15.639 I play the piano for thirty minutes, Around this time, I go 124 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:18.799 to this restaurant with some friends. Around this time I read a book, 125 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.600 Around this time I work on a puzzle. But having just implementing those things 126 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:28.919 again based on your interests, make it something that you enjoy life, Yes, 127 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:35.519 exactly, but get up, turn off the TV, and be productive 128 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:39.039 in some way, shape or form, and your brain and your body will 129 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:41.080 thank you. For it. Oh indeed. Yeah, I think of being 130 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:46.840 purposeful and feeling purposeful and giving yourself body meaning and purpose keeps you in the 131 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:50.320 game a lot longer. Now, Angie, we've got a lot of things 132 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:52.279 going all once again. But this is the twenty second We're gonna twenty second 133 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:56.279 of this month, right, Lots of activities happening between now and the end 134 00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:00.080 of the year. So far this year, five hundred and six p we 135 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:05.080 have come through our building to attend one or more of our activities that we've 136 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.320 held in the building. Some of them have been, you know, straight 137 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:11.960 up social activities. We had Miss Oklahoma. We had Cynthia Simmons who is 138 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.840 a south By Southwest jazz artist. She was there for our Valentine's party. 139 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:20.679 Some of them have been more educational, you know, focusing on Alzheimer's and 140 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:26.919 dementia. We just closed down downsizing after decades. In the month of August, 141 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:31.120 I'm here about well one hundred and six people came through to attend that 142 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:35.720 series amazings. But this month, in September, it is on the nineteenth. 143 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:43.679 Colonel Craig Flowers, who's retired Army colonel and also West Point basketball coach. 144 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:48.399 He will be there motivating us through movement. His topic is motivation. 145 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:52.879 Movement is your motivation. And then on Thursday, the twenty first, it's 146 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:58.399 father John O'Neill and he's such an amazing speaker, you know what I'm talking 147 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:05.960 about. His lego displays are so fun and he's a semi professional musician and 148 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:09.440 he's really good. He is very good, you know, and he'll be 149 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.360 there with his guitar. He's bringing some of his his legos in but his 150 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:18.840 talk will be lessons from legos. So that's on the nineteenth and the twenty 151 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.600 first Motivational Month is September for us, and then on the twenty eighth it's 152 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:28.039 Dale Lewis Hey Tales from Buffalo. Dale he was just he was just a 153 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:33.399 here today. Yeah. Still funny and engaging he is. And he'll be 154 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:37.759 bringing his documentary film to be screened at Eldercare. It's on the based on 155 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.960 the Mullendor murder research that he has done and he'll have a Q and A 156 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:46.240 after. So September is packed with opportunities to come and be social and if 157 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:52.600 you if you have time. Tonight, Tim Hudson is bringing his radio troup 158 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:58.120 and they're doing the Dalton Gang radio show that starts at six Johnny Sue's making 159 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:03.559 popcorn, will have cold beverages for everyone. Starts at six and it's open 160 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:07.679 to seniors and all adults. So yeah, September is going to be a 161 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:11.039 great month to get your brain engaged and to become social. Try something new 162 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:16.600 this month. Indeed, you know something, Eldercare is one of our gems 163 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:18.240 right here in our community. We got to take care of it. And 164 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:24.320 this is not a residential facility. In fact, our whole job is to 165 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:26.919 keep you in your own residence. As long as you aren't. We all 166 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:31.879 feel right, and we're trying to keep you aging as independently as you possibly 167 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:35.440 can and actually having some fun doing it. This radio play is going to 168 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:39.240 be still be fun. Yeah, it's going to be spectacular. And you 169 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:43.279 have trips and sometimes take place from time to time as well. And where 170 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:48.440 can we go to find out more about this wonderful, great facility we have 171 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:52.240 here called Eldercare, Well, they can look at our website and that's about 172 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:58.759 eldercare dot org. So that's all one word about eldercare dot org. Forwards 173 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:03.720 as events and just take a look at what event is coming up their schedule 174 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:05.200 through the month, through the end of the year, I should say. 175 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:09.600 And of course you can learn more about Abby and the work she's doing on 176 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:13.120 the Foundation's page. I don't know what she's on, but I'll take a 177 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:18.200 case of it. Because that energy and electricity is contagious. That's something I 178 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.039 can tell. Why this is working out for you so well when it comes 179 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:28.960 to being out there with the Foundation therapy is because everybody kind of feels more 180 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:33.159 alive, more into it, more active, more I can and I like 181 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:35.840 that, I can, yes, And it is it's about empowering the individual. 182 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:39.440 We can't really drag you along with us. We can't do the work. 183 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:45.960 It's got to come from them. But we were there to empower and 184 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.000 to support and to provide those resources to make it as easy as possible to 185 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.279 do it, to get up and get out there and be healthy. You 186 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:56.679 know what, do you know? You can kind of have a little subtitle 187 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:03.279 Eldercarehouse of Smiles because people Bernie darn happy when they're out there, absolutely and 188 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:07.320 say, we want to help you get out in your in your efforts. 189 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:09.840 Here if somebody just had like a thousand dollars or something in their pocket, 190 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:13.200 burning the whole cause they just write a check to Eldercare to keep it going. 191 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:16.240 You bet we can do that and they can just get in touch with 192 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:20.159 me and we'll make that happen for him. Bring the smile home, make 193 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:24.879 a donation to Eldercare. I like that. I like that. Anythink we 194 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:26.039 missed, why, golly, we covered a lot of ground. Well, 195 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:28.960 listen, I just want to let everyone know we're doing a drive through flu 196 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:33.159 shot clinic on the twenty third. That's from seven am to noon. That 197 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:39.519 will be at Eldercare and our HC vaccine team will be doing the flu shots 198 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.559 this year. So yeah, we're gonna do drive through drive there. That's 199 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:46.279 kind of fun really because you know, you don't have to worry about hanging 200 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:50.759 around in a hallway gun win my next. Now you get to kind of 201 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.840 enjoy nature while you're out there, take a look at the scenery and move 202 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:56.279 the car a little bit quicker, you know, and it goes fast, 203 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:01.000 Just go fast, much faster. So that is the twenty the Saturday, 204 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:05.279 September twenty three, from seven am to twelve noon. You don't have to 205 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:11.000 make an appointment, Yeah, just drive through and get your vaccine. Nice 206 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:15.879 all right, the old drive in flu shot. Now we've did We've done 207 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.480 it. We've done this in the rain, We've done this in the sun. 208 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:22.519 The snow yet happen. No, No, I don't think always comes 209 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:26.120 before the snow. I want to thank you all for being here today. 210 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:30.080 Thank you, thank you Tom. Alrighty folks, we've got more coming up 211 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.879 right here on K one.