Melissa Batchelor

EP: 82 – 3 Tips For Eating And Drinking At Home

October 11, 2021 Leave a Comment

I went home to help my 70-year old mother take care of my 91-year old grandmother, who'd been in a nursing home for a year and a half during COVID. Grandma Trudie was extremely debilitated, and in this episode, I share when your loved one is as weak as my grandmother was, you may need [...]

EP: 81 – 3 Tips to Shampoo Hair in Sitting in a Chair

October 4, 2021 Leave a Comment

I went home to help my 70-year old mother take care of my 91-year old grandmother, who'd been in a nursing home for a year and a half during COVID. Grandma Trudie was extremely debilitated and my Mom needed me to help her figure out how to provide basic care - including how to wash [...]

EP: 80 – 3 Tips for Transferring and Getting Dressed

September 27, 2021 Leave a Comment

I went home to help my 70-year old mother take care of my 91-year old grandmother, who'd been in a nursing home for a year and a half during COVID. Grandma Trudie was extremely debilitated, and could only bear her body weight when she first came home. She could not pick up her feet to [...]

EP: 79 – New Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease

September 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

Don't let yourself be sucked in by all of the publicity and marketing about the new drug for Alzheimer's. Think about whether it's got any benefit, the side effects— which can be very severe, and think about where that money otherwise would go. - Howard Gleckman, Senior Fellow, Consultant, and Editor, TaxVox Blog Aducanumab [...]

EP: 78 – What is Ageism?

September 6, 2021 Leave a Comment

Have you ever felt like someone discriminated against you because of your age? Maybe you didn't get that promotion because you were too young, or perhaps you felt like they didn't hire you because you were too old. In either scenario, I doubt you ran down the road and told your friends because you had [...]

EP: 77 – Repetitive Verbalizations & Alzheimer’s Disease

September 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

In this episode of This is Getting Old podcast, listen if you are coping with handling an older person or loved one going through repetitive verbalizations and Alzheimer's Disease. Let me tell you a story of two residents that I used to take care of a long time ago -- Walter and Miss Lucy and [...]

EP: 76 – Aging: Words Matter – Part 2

August 23, 2021 Leave a Comment

How we think about aging impacts how quickly we recover from disease or an accident. If we have self-imposed ageist beliefs, it can shorten our lifespan by seven years. - Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN Self-imposed ageism is real. I’d be interested in your thoughts about this quote - drop a comment [...]

EP: 75 – Aging: Words Matter – Part 1

August 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

We can tell the story to be sure that we're not just telling any story. We're telling this effective narrative that can move the needle in how people think about aging. - Patricia D’Antonio, BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP Words are powerful. They influence how we think, behave and approach things. They can produce labels, [...]

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