Raise a Glass to Your Health!

Raise a Glass to Your Health!

Caught up with Jess Haghani founder and CEO of Lucille, a new whole food, high-protein nutrition shake for seniors. Its founding is as innovative as it is sincere — Jess named the company after her incredible grandma Lucille who, at 92, says her nineties have been the best years of her life. Tune in for the full story! https://howsyourboomer.substack.com/p/raise-a-glass-to-your-health [https://howsyourboomer.substack.com/p/raise-a-glass-to-your-health]

How Baba Models Care

Does your Boomer need an advocate that isn't you? Tune in for a conversation with Connor Sweeney founder of Baba, the healthcare advocacy platform that that pairs families with a dedicated advocate to coordinate care — and it's covered by Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid.  #healthcare #caregiving #healthcareadvocacy

Redefining Our dōt.age

Can caregiving and aging be cool, joyful, funny? Totally, according to Lisa Nahmanson and Tania Katan of dōt.age [https://substack.com/profile/90074616-dotage] — a free, mission-driven storytelling platform supporting Gen X caregivers navigating the realities and complexities of caring for aging loved ones. Tune in! Go here for more info [https://howsyourboomer.substack.com/p/redefining-our-dotage?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=6609779&post_id=195336396&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=5inv6h&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email].

Embrace the Gray Monster

By 2030, all Boomers will be 65+ — for Gen X and Millennials that means if you haven’t done some caregiving for a parent yet, you soon. It's one of the reasons why I started How's Your Boomer? but finding my people out there has been slow going. So I was thrilled when I came across Gray Monster [https://www.graymonster.co/] a smart, cheeky, free newsletter that’s geared towards supporting folks, supporting their folks as they age, founded by Kim Elliott. Drop in to learn more about Gray Monster and how we can all do better for caregivers and those they care for.

Hospital "Go Bag" for Boomers

Should your Boomer have a hospital "go bag" packed and at the ready? Probably. Older adults (average age 77) account for 70% of all ER to hospital admissions. We connected with Dr. Stephanie Mueller, MD, MPH, to talk about how to prepare for an unexpected-yet-(kindof)-expected hospital stay. https://howsyourboomer.substack.com/publish/post/191278563 [https://howsyourboomer.substack.com/publish/post/191278563]