Aging Well

Get ready for the coming wave of aging Californians, and join Health Dialogues as we explore how to age well. From the revolution in how we think about aging, to technology that helps seniors remain independent, Health Dialogues explores how the state will meet the needs of its growing elderly population.

Aging - An Overview

What kinds of things do people generally deal with as they grow older and live longer? How is the concept of what it means to be "old" changing? And what are the coming challenges specific to California, with the changing demographics in our state? Guest: Dr. Marc Rothman, MD, geriatrician at Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco.. Guest: Steve Wallace, associate director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and vice chair of the School of Public Health's Department of Community Health Sciences..

• More: HICAP contact information : Statewide county listings for the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP).
• More: Medi-Cal Information : Find out what Medi-Cal covers, how to qualify and more, from California Health Advocates.
• More: Medicare podcasts : Spanish and English podcasts explaining Medicare and how to enroll.
• More: Medicare: issues and solutions : Columbia Journalism Review interview with Marilyn Moon, vice president of the American Institutes for Research, and former trustee of the Medicare system.
• More: Medicare resources : Fact sheets, spending reports and more from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
• More: Medi-Cal provider information : Medi-Cal resources for health care providers, from the California Department of Health Care Services.

Nursing Home Alternatives

PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly) provides an alternative to nursing homes. Scott Shafer visits one such PACE program in San Francisco: an adult day health care center at On-Lok's Gee Center. Guest: Dr. Cheryl Phillips, MD, chief medical officer for On-Lok, Inc..

Hi-Tech for Seniors

Scott discusses new technologies that help seniors manage chronic disease from home. Guest: Eric Dishman, Intel fellow at the Digital Health Group, and director of Product Research and Innovation for Intel Corporation..

California's Geriatrician Shortage

Health Dialogues visits the Golden Valley Health Center in Merced to see how it provides care for seniors today, and to find out how the Center is planning for the future. Reporter: Sarah Varney

Encore Careers

The program explores "encore careers," careers that people develop in the second half of their lives, often times giving them a renewed sense of purpose. Reporter: Rachael Myrow

Let's Dance!

The program spends an afternoon with a group of seniors at their weekly "tea dances" in Oakland. They socialize, stay healthy and sometimes fall in love. Reporter: Mina Kim

• Slideshow: See photos and a short video of Oakland area seniors at their weekly Tea Dance.