Do you want to make your home smart, but aren't sure where to begin? Are you worried about hackers taking control of your smart devices? Do you want to make a smart home that keeps your family entertained, comfortable, and safe? My guest is the author of The Smart Home Manual, Marlon Buchanan. He has worked in the IT field for over twenty-five years as a software developer, a college instructor, and an IT Director. When you are done reading The Smart Home Manual you'll know: What a smart home is and what it can do for you How much smart homes cost How to start building your smart ho ..read more

Meals-on-Wheels from LifeCare Alliance delivers thousands of meals each day to satisfied customers in Franklin, Madison, Marion, Champaign, and Logan counties. And how is it done? Most of it with volunteer help. My guest is Stephanie Sparrow Hughes, Development & Community AffairsDevelopment & Community Affairs at LifeCare Alliance. Meals-On-Wheels is LifeCare Alliance's signature program and is volunteer intensive. But they make it easy for anyone to volunteer. It's easy to do so, and easy to learn more about how to make a huge difference in older adults' lives around Central Ohio. Em ..read more

"86 going on 60." That's what and how my guest feels. James Flaherty is the author of Dear Old Friends. The book is a reminder you don't stop playing because you got old--you got old because you stopped playing (and laughing and learning and creating and living). Besides a Happy Memoir from an author who wrote this book at age 44 and 85--DEAR OLD FRIENDS was originally a love letter to all the wonderful, much older friends the author said made his life so much more worthwhile. Full of loving advice for aging magnificently, you'll want to read it and want all your Dear Old Friends--not just you ..read more

"I teach people with arthritis to move differently, so they can overcome pain and get back to doing the things they love." My guest is Dr. David Sofer. And this is a quote from his website, www.arthritishelp.info. In our conversation, he states that being diagnosed with arthritis is not a call to the wheelchair and chronic pain. Yes, arthritis is a chronic condition possibly giving us chronic pain. But 50% of those diagnosed with arthritis will not feel the pain or discomfort of this disease. He teaches the principles of movement, which breaks down the fundamentals of how we move. That helps u ..read more

The Choose Home Care Act of 2021, introduced by Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Todd Young (R-IN), aims to give more seniors the option to receive care at home for 30 days after a hospitalization, rather than going to a skilled nursing facility or other transitional settings. The legislation would open the door to a variety of home-based services, including skilled nursing, therapy, primary care, personal care, RPM, telehealth, meals, home adaptations and non-emergent transportation. My guest is Joe Russell, Executive Director at Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice. Here's how you can t ..read more

Ed Brazee, Jill Spencer, and Chris Toy from Boomer Tech Adventures are back as my guests on this episode. BoomerTECH Adventures is all about serving boomers and seniors who want to feel competent and confident in their online skills while using their personal technology devices. Spamming is kind of a benign form of scamming. It's not necessarily evil, but it certainly does take resources and time. Be sure to keep your personal information offline because that's how the spammers find you. Plus, if you have a digital assistant like Siri or Amazon's system, Alexa or Google, they are always listen ..read more

Ed Brazee, Jill Spencer, and Chris Toy from Boomer Tech Adventures are my guests on this episode. BoomerTECH Adventures is all about serving boomers and seniors who want to feel competent and confident in their online skills while using their personal technology devices. Here are the five tech issues that drive Boomers crazy that we cover in this episode. 1) Keeping passwords straight and the importance of knowing how to organize passwords. And remember that there's a difference between passwords and passcodes. 2) Once you get online, one of the things that everyone, especially seniors, should ..read more

Why does a 24-year old purchase a 200+-year-old local newspaper business? My guest is Bonnie Rutledge. She was born and raised in Harrison County, took a summer internship at the Harrison News-Herald newspaper as she worked through college. Over a three-year period, she learned the newspaper business which helped her step into the role of ownership. In this interview, I talk to her about how she is looking to refresh the content of this weekly newspaper, the look, and online reach, as well as supporting the community and Harrison County in every way possible. https://www.harrisonnewsherald.com ..read more

My guest is author Andrew Robin, and we find out more on how to build a great life after your several-decade-long career. His book is an easy, step-by-step guide. https://www.amazon.com/TAPAS-LIFE-Rewarding-After-Career/dp/1736333909 Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at aginginfullbloom@gmail.com - Aging in Full Bloom with Lisa Stockdale is sponsored by Capital Health Care Network, an Ohio-based, family-owned and operated company, providing solutions that help seniors age on their own terms. Those solutions include home care, senior living, nursing home and rehab care, and hospice. Learn more ..read more

My guest is Patti Davis, the daughter of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan. When Patti's father announced his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in an address to the American public in 1994, the world had not yet begun speaking about this cruel, mysterious disease. Empowered by all she learned from caring for her father―about the nature of the illness, but also about the loss of a parent―Davis founded a support group for the family members and friends of Alzheimer’s patients. Along with a medically trained co-facilitator, she met with hundreds of exhausted and devastated attendees to tal ..read more