Two ailing people, not enough time. Caregiving is something good people just do because it is right. Caregivers get tired, weary, and sick themselves. Any of us could suddenly be placed in similar life experiences.

“BRAVE OLD WORLD: OUR FUTURE SELVES” is the project at columbia.news21.com/​. They are examining how massive demographic shifts over the next 40 years will transform everything from family life and health care to employment and housing.

Take a look at how to correctly get out of a chair. Life can be simple when things go right.

Let’s get practical. Graceful Aging is proud to receive the permission from CurePSP to air their instructive ‘how to’s’. Doing common tasks correctly allows you to live safely longer.

Take a look at the common mistakes people make when getting out of a chair.  Then watch the next episode on correctly getting out of a chair. Life can be simple when things go right.

Marc Freedman, Founder of Civic Ventures and noted Author of The Big Shift articulates the new right to work principles for boomers and beyond.

Don’t let malnutrition sneak up on you. Get yourself a reliable nutrition test. In this episode, Karen Lungren, a Registered Nutritionist advises us of an available nutrition test called the MNA. Ask for it.

Where did you experience your engagement? How did you feel? Were you surprised? Was it scary? How long did you think about marriage before proposing? Were you concerned your partner wasn’t going to ask? How did you feel? Who did you tell first after proposing? When you think about the proposal, does it seem like yesterday?

Start a conversation with your partner, parent, grandparent, or senior friend. Watch this goose bump film together. See what happens.

Filmmaker/photographer Dave Jacobsen delights us with this special moment to stir up your own memories.

There’s no reason hot sex has to cool after 50 says Dr. Doree Lynn. This episode introduces you to Dr. Doree Lynn, a sex therapist and author from Washington D.C.. Dr. Doree gives us a sneak peak into her latest book Sex For Grown Ups and teases us with what is coming on a future show of Graceful Aging.

Graceful Aging is a 30 minute show broadcast across America on local community access television stations. Currently, 225 stations air the show making it the most popular community access program in the country. If it does not air in your town, tell your station to find us at www.pegmedia.org.

Bonnie is a classic example of the sandwich generation: caring for both preteen daughters and her 92-year-old mother, all under one roof.
Thanks to Jason Alcorn for this vignette. Jason Alcorn writes words and makes interactive graphics as a Knight-Carnegie fellow at News21.

Using color to influence healthy decisions is an underused power. Think of a walking cane and immediately most people cringe. Would you prefer a purple colored cane or a green colored cane? This inquiry changes the character of the decision remarkably. OMHU’s Creative Director shows an innovative technique and a cool walking cane. We see how color’s healing power exists even with walking canes.