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The GERO-Juice: Atlanta's #1 Senior-Focused Radio Show

  • GERO-Juice 4-18-24 Living with Parkinson's Disease & TSU 1957 Men's BB Champions

    19 APR 2024 · Its 65 years later and TSU's 1957 Champion Men's Basketball team has finally made it to the White House. And April is Parkinson's Awareness Month, how can you live a healthy and active lifestyle with a PD diagnosis? What foods are recommended to alleviate pain and discomfort? What are the findings in the new PD study? Also, a North Carolina Bojangles restaurant is in the news for honoring a local centenarian on his 105th birthday! 
    59m 41s
  • GERO-Juice 4-11-24 Alter Dementia Summit w/ Dr. Fayron Epps; Who is Vulnerable to Food Insecurity

    11 APR 2024 · Dr. Fayron, founder of Alter, returns to the GERO-Juice to remind listeners of the need for dementia education and resources in communities of color and the inaugural Alter Dementia Summit. April is Senior Hunger Awareness month and while there are many home and community based programs in several states that are equipped to address senior hunger, there are still millions of seniors who are food insecure. How can you help? One Austrailian palliative care unit is putting a big smile on the faces of patients with Happy Hour! 
    1h 12s
  • GERO-Juice 4-4-24 Creative Ways to Alleviate Caregiver Stress; Vitamin C Day; Minority Health Initiative

    4 APR 2024 · April is here and to kick it off host, Adrianne D. Jones introduces need-to-know information about how to release caregiver stress for Stress Awareness Month. April 4th is National Vitamin C Day, and while we know citrus fruits are infamous for V-C, what other foods are high in vitamin C, and how do you know you are Vitamin C deficient? Minority Health Month is in full effect with the 2024 theme of Be the Source For Better Health. How can communities come together to prioritize community health to impact individual health?
    1h 1m 20s
  • GERO-Juice 3-28-24 Throwback Interview: Raymond Jetson and Let's Talk about Kidneys

    29 MAR 2024 · Throwback interview with Raymond A. Jetson, the brains behind the Aging While Black Movement. This year old interview is still going strong as Reverend Jetson gives the 411 on how to support Black seniors in older adulthood. Also, find out about kidney health and how chronic health conditions such as hypertension and diabetes put adults at risk for developing kidney disease. 
    1h 39s
  • GERO-Juice 3-21-24 Estate Planning with Attorney Shannon Pawley J.D., LL.M

    21 MAR 2024 · This show is a MUST LISTEN!! Wiils, a trust, special needs trust, inherited land, prioritizing legal documents, how to protect your loved one with dementia, Attorney Shannon Pawley, CEO , of The Estate and Asset Protection Law Firm gives it all! What should be done first to protect inherited land? Does a will exclude me from probate court? I am not rich, do I need a trust? And the neighborhood Family Dollar store franchise will be closing several stores across the nation, how does this affect low-income seniors and other neighbors? Get this and more, just down the show!!
    58m
  • GERO-Juice 3-14-24 Nutrition with Karla Dunning; OAA Upgrades??

    15 MAR 2024 · Nutritionist Karla Dunning gives listeners the 411 on nutrition, maintaining a moderate diet, and plant-based foods. Did you know increasing green leafy vegetables may be more beneficial than consuming supplements? Upgrades are on the way for the Older Amerians Act! Senior center modernization, increased funding for home-based programs and services, find out what Ramsey Alwin, President and CEO of the National Council on Aging has to say. And Katt Wiliams has gone viral again! This time, for his athletic ability at the tender age of 52! 
    1h
  • GERO-Juice 3-7-24 Careers in Aging Month; Women Making Fashion History; A Different World Tour

    8 MAR 2024 · The 80's tv sitcom A Different World set the tone for the black college experience, And after 35 years the cast is on the road touring ten HBCUs in the country. Find out what city they are coming to next, and how to meet the cast. March is careers in aging month, and every Thursday in March we are highlighting a new career in gerontology. Also, 2024 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Georgia State University Gerontology Institute and we are kicking off the celebration right here on the GERO-Juice!
    1h 5s
  • GERO-Juice 2-29-24 Wendy Williams and FTD

    1 MAR 2024 · Wendy Williams shocked the world when she announced her diangosis of frontotemporal dementia. Let's take a deeper look at FTD: who does it affect? what are the signs? And we are closing American Heart Awareness month talking about heart murmurs and heart palpitations. How will both affect your heart in older adulthood? This woman has made history in the NFL and Black History in 2024. Find out more about our Black History honoree. And the City of Flint will never be the same after the death of their most popular outspoken coucilmember. Its throwback Thursday....who are we rocking to today?
    56m 56s
  • GERO-Juice 2-22-24 Interview w/Dr. Carla Perissinotto and Men's Health Risks for Heart Disease

    23 FEB 2024 · Dr. Carla Perissinotto, geritrician and Chief Medical Officer of Sabio Health shares how loneliness impacts older adult heart health. Listen to how Sabio Health is changing how seniors access healthcare. Which factors put men at risk of developing heart disease? Empty nesters may not be solo for long, sources say young adults ages 18-30 are moving back to their parents home. And aging-in-place: which home are more age-in-place friendly?
    58m 53s
  • GERO-Juice 2-15-24 Interview with Mayor Teresa Smith & Learn About Heart Disease in Women

    15 FEB 2024 · Right on the heels of Valentine's Day the fun has not stopped! Mayor Teresa Thomas-Smith aka "Mayor Teresa" stops by the GERO-Juice to give the 411 on becoming the new mayor of Palmetto, GA; the first African American and the first woman mayor of the city! Mayor Teresa also shares who she is the first woman to place her name on the ballot to become mayor! Cardiovascular disease disproportionately affects women and specifically, African American women. What are the numbers? How many African American women die from cardiovascular disease each year? This week is Senior Week at the Capital in Georgia. Learn about the advocacy agenda to help better the lives of Georgia seniors.
    59m 7s

The GERO-Juice is an Atlanta-based, senior-focused radio show for ALL ages introducing the hottest topics, resources, and research on aging and how to thrive in older adulthood!! Listeners will be...

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The GERO-Juice is an Atlanta-based, senior-focused radio show for ALL ages introducing the hottest topics, resources, and research on aging and how to thrive in older adulthood!! Listeners will be wowed weekly by the nation's top aging professionals bringing the JUICE on caregiving, sexuality and aging, and chronic diseases.
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