35: Family Caregiver Support
Caring for a loved one can be one of the most rewarding, and most challenging, roles you can take on. Supporting yourself as a caregiver is just as important as the support you provide to those who depend on you.
34: Medicare Open Enrollment for 2025
Learn about changes coming to Medicare, and why the time is now to consider making a change, or to enroll for the first time if you’re newly eligible – during open enrollment October 15 – December 7.
33: The Arts Have a Place in Healing Grief – Special Event
Grammy award nominated musician Melanie DeMore will lend her soulful voice to lift the pain of our losses at A Community Gathering of Song and Healing on October 9, 2023
32: Reframing Retirement Series
Learn how the financial, legal, health and even social determinants of retirement can and will impact your future.
31 Elder Abuse Awareness – Insights and Resources Part 2
June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and the Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging can link you to, or help you organize, a small group conversation about this topic during the week of June 11.
30 Aquaholics Weather 100 Year Storm. On Paddleboards
A father-daughter team share their breathtaking tale of overcoming barriers and aging stereotypes that embody Aging Unbound, the theme for Older Americans Month 2023.
29 Elder Abuse Awareness – Insights and Resources Part 1
What are the ways our elders can be subject to abuse and how can we guard against them?
28 Help with Medicare Costs
Medicare CAN be expensive, but there are ways to minimize the costs.
Open Enrollment is Here October 15 – December 7
State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) Medicare Counselors are the best kept secret for seniors looking for non-biased Medicare support – including selecting plans that make sense for them.
Adult Protective Services
What does Adult Protective Services do and how do you connect with them?
What Does Medicare Fraud Look Like
State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) Counselor Roma Costanza discusses how to avoid being a victim of Medicare fraud. One message, Protect Your Card. Learn about Senior Medicare Patrol and SHIP. Taxpayers want to see tax dollars working for us, unfortunately Medicare fraud hurts with increased costs to the program if criminals get away with it. …
Understanding Alzheimer’s
There are ways to live with Alzheimer’s with education, understanding and new ways of communication that can provide hope.
#23 Senior Appreciation Day at Westside Community Center
A special day for seniors with a complimentary lunch and live music. The Westside Community Center knows how to host a fun time. Andrea Fuller, Marketing Coordinator with the Center, highlights the types of resources and experiences for older adults that also includes a flea market and other unique activities. This is how we close…
Age My Way Volunteers and Volunteering
From helping new moms, to shoveling snow to prepping older adults for downsizing and moving, COS I Love You is looking for the special projects to serve and also giving opportunities to vibrant older adults looking to continue to give back.
Age Your Way Older American’s Month 2022
Many area organizations and companies are joining Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging to host a multi-cultural food box give-away of heritage comfort foods for our residents this month.
#20 Caregivers. How to be Pampered
Caregivers can take time to nurture themselves through Pampering Day (coming up fast) or take away fun ideas from this conversation with Kent Matthews.
19 Planning for Retirement
Bree Shellito, Ent’s Senior Manager of Community Impact and Pamela Haugard, Medicare Insurance Counselor with the PPAAA share about aging by design, estate planning, Medicare and Social Security 101.
18 Medicare Advantage Plans: How to change your’s
You can make changes to your Medicare Advantage Plan during traditional Open Enrollment but also between January 1 – March 31 – tips from Roma Costanza, of Colorado’s State Health Insurance Program
17 PEARLS of Colorado
Learn about PEARLS – Program Encouraging Active Rewarding Lives for Seniors – a unique in-home 19 week program focusing on goal setting and much more.
16 Tips for Older Drivers and Their Families
The week of December 7 is Older Drivers Awareness week and an ideal time to learn more about safe and comfortable tips drivers can take into their senior years.
15 Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging Community Response to COVID19
Older adults have continued to receive much needed services and many new ones during COVID19, with the help of Area Agencies on Aging, as described by Mr. Jody Barker, Director of the Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging.
14 Life Happens Part 1
Tom Rasmussen, Income Protection Specialist with Clear Solutions, shares his proven insights about how to thrive through life happenings.
13 Palliative Care and More
Join MSW, Kent Mathews, as he discusses the differences in palliative care, hospice, what Medicare may pay for and how families can ask for help.
12 Go Vote Today
Go vote! Shelly Roehrs, President of The Pikes Peak League of Women Voters reminds us the deadline to postmark a ballot is coming.
11 Preventing Elder Abuse During COVID19 Part 2
PART 2: The Pikes Peak Elder Abuse Coalition has been working to keep vulnerable adults safe for 15 years and that work continues during COVID19 times.
Aging with Altitude:10 Preventing Elder Abuse During COVID19
PART 2: The Pikes Peak Elder Abuse Coalition has been working to keep vulnerable adults safe for 15 years and that work continues during COVID19 times. Dayton Romero, Chair of the Coalition and Director of Senior Assistance Programs with Silver Key, discusses the extenuating circumstances and challenges being faced during COVID19. Fraud abounds with specific…
Aging with Altitude: 9 COVID19 A Personal Response
Aging with Altitude’s host, Cynthia Margiotta, an older adult herself and BSW, shares her observations and insights during the age of COVID19. She describes the chilling neighborhood drive, contemplates physical vs. social distancing, shares how friends with dementia can be supported and finally a multitude of ideas on how to stay busy, engaged and hopeful…
Aging with Altitude: 8 A Police Detective’s Take on Elder Fraud and Abuse
Elder fraud and abuse happens and is under-reported. What can be done to help? This podcast has two focuses first, learn about the signs of abuse and strategies to avoid fraud and abuse. Second, learn about the concept and practice of Elder Shelter. Our guest is Colorado Springs Police Detective Chuck Szatkowski who is a…
Aging with Altitude: 7 End of Life Questions? Who Decides?
Talking about death does not make it happen. So what stops us from exploring the options for best living towards the end of life? Kent Mathews with the Family Caregiver program with the Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging (PPAAA) has supported hundreds of individuals and families over his years as an MSW, Chaplain and…
Aging with Altitude: 6 Independence and Driving Through Life
Driving is often the key to independence with many older adults and family members struggling to make the best decisions around this ability and resource. Terry Cassidy, Occupational Therapist, certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist for Fitness to Drive and owner of Health Promotion Partners shares this discussion with Maile Gray, Executive Director of Drive Smart as…
Aging With Altitude: 5 Mental Health and Aging. Are You Ok?
Is depression a normal part of aging? What are the risk factors, treatments and hope for the future for older adults? Dr. Sheri Gibson, private psychotherapist and consultant, University of Colorado Colorado Springs instructor and faculty affiliate, holds a Clinical Psychology PhD with an emphasis in geropsychology from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Dr.…
Aging with Altitude: 4 Home Health Care, Palliative Care, or Hospice?
Dr. Rusky, Board Certified Family Physician and certified in hospice and palliative care, has practiced in both urban and rural settings. Today, he discusses the differences between home health care, palliative care and hospice. He answers what resources palliative care provides in addition to the many services a person might already be receiving. …
Aging with Altitude: 3 Permaculture Reframes Aging
“Permaculture (the word, coined by Bill Mollison, is a portmanteau of permanent agriculture and permanent culture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems.” The concept of building a productive ecosystem includes how people interact with their environment and each other. Melissa Marts,…
Aging with Altitude:2 Housing Reimagined
How does a senior service agency get into the work of housing without building its own complex? Silver Key in Colorado Springs, Colorado spent months doing listening sessions to find out where the gaps were for older adults and housing. Once they started to pick up on trends they crafted a new position…
Aging With Altitude: 1 Start With Dessert
Older adults in long term care may not realize they have rights from ensuring basic personal dignities are respected to choices that frustrate and challenge providers. How do we weigh self-determination and safety? What’s best for the individual vs the group? Ombudsmen step in and offer insight, direction, education and support for both residents and…