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

Are you wondering how to improve bathroom safety for an elderly parent or friend? For the elderly, the bathroom can be the most dangerous room in the house. This video is from the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. This film provides step-by-step instructions on how to safety-proof the bathroom so mom or dad stays out of harms way and as independent as possible.

Dementia can become a dangerous driving disability. Personal and public safety is jeopardized when a driver’s ability and judgment is impaired. Families struggle with downward spiraling and emotional confrontations with affected drivers.

Meet Professor Bonnie Dobbs, an International dementia/driving expert from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. “It is a delight to talk with Prof. Dobbs,” says Host Gregory Bator, “she cuts to the heart of this heart-wrenching life episode.” Join us and explore driving as we age.

Mature drivers need to be aware of how to compensate for any declines aging inflicts when driving. Joan Rich, the Director of a Mature Driver Program, points out that mature drivers are the biggest risks for themselves. Because of frailties, older drivers crashes cause greater injuries and even greater deaths to the driver.

See what you can expect in a confidential senior driving program. Save yourself.

This is the first stand-up of Graceful Aging. I wanted the first show to begin changing the paradigm on older drivers. This is a complex topic, just like life. Not every person fits the same mold.

Driving is a privilege we yearn for as teens and appreciate anew as we become older. How can we maintain our driving capability to safely stay behind the wheel? This question drives every show on this topic.

In this episode, we begin with the facts. (Oh, apologies for the first attempt at a blue screen…I’m a little hazy around the edges. But then, aren’t we all?)

When exiting your home, think personal safety. Simple precautions make big differences in your personal safety. Consider your garage and your car. Did you the safer way to leave your house, enter your car, and drive away?

Watch our Personal Safety Expert Carla Thompson explain the right steps to stay safe.

Is clutter running your life into a rut?Face the reality of your stuff. Is it trapping you and your lifestyle? Will you or do you have so much stuff you do not know what to do with it all? Making decisions about things is difficult.

We talk with de-clutter expert Debi Weinstein. Watch how she can cut through the mess and clean up your life.

When you look at your own bathroom, try to view it as a stranger would.  In this episode, Professor Susan Murphy from the University of Michigan shows what to look for in an ordinary yellow bathroom. (Go Blue! 1975) Be brutally honest about your bathroom’s readiness to prevent you from falling or worse, injuring yourself. Watch this and see what to look for. See “Top 10 Bathroom Safety Questions?” and survey yourself.

Top 10 bathroom safety questions for seniors. Ask yourself 10 questions of  your bathroom’s safety. Is your bathroom ready to prevent an unwanted fall, or worse, injury?Bathrooms are high risk territory in your home.  It is always better to be safe rather than sorry. Join us for this quick survey to assess how your bathroom stacks up. Make sure to also watch “Will Your Bathroom Prevent Falls and Injuries?”

Con artists prey on older adults. Shame on them!
Shrewd schemes and sophisticated swindles lure often unsuspecting seniors into peril. As we age we remain gullible and susceptible to false beliefs in get rich quick stories. Older adults tend to trust and believe in people who appear friendly, nice, well dressed, mannered, and kind. Scammers know what buttons to press to gain entry into the private financial and personal worlds of people.

Graceful Aging asked the Federal Bureau of Investigations for help. A skilled and knowledgeable FBI Special Agent is our guest. Our host Gregory Bator asks the FBI Agent to reveal what to look for in person, over the phone, on the computer, and through the mail. We explore the face of common scams so that viewers can see danger before it impacts their lives.