Aging Matters

por Mary Lucas & Jason Kong

Redefining ‘aging’ and addressing issues that we face everyday as we get older.

Episodios del podcast

  • Aging Matters: Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

    Aging Matters: Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

    March is also Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. On this podcast of Aging Matters. Mary Lucas of Transition Life Care talks with Colorectal Cancer Screening Advocate and cancer survivor Brooks Bell about why colonoscopies prevent colon cancer. She also shares new prep methods available and ways to make it an easier experience.

  • Aging Matters-Brain Injury Awareness

    Aging Matters-Brain Injury Awareness

    March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. On this episode of Aging Matters, Carson Sellers of Transitions LifeCare talks with Daniel Pietrzak, Executive Director of the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina. We'll learn why seniors are more prone to brain injuries and how to prevent them. Daniel also gave us some tools his association has to help brain injury sufferers.

  • Aging Matters: Birthdays

    Aging Matters: Birthdays

    Author Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming discusses her new book “How to Have a Happy Birthday,” with Carson Sellers from Transitions Life Care. We talk about on making this a special day instead of a day when you’re turning older.

  • Aging Matters: Heart Month

    Aging Matters: Heart Month

    We discuss heart health and tips for preventing heart failure with Dr. Kishan Parikh, Program Director for the Heart Failure Program at WakeMed. And then we discuss palliative care and the heart with Hannah Brown, Palliative Care Physcian with Transitions LifeCare.

  • Aging Matters: Transitions Kids

    Aging Matters: Transitions Kids

    Dr. Sophia Paraschos, Medical Director of Transitions Kids, joins us to discuss all things related to Transitions Kids and it's role in palliative care, hospice care and bereavement.