Author: JoyceGraff

Obesity Action Coalition

Obesity is now in epidemic proportions in the United States, especially among children. What are the most promising actions that we can all take to help us trim down and maintain our health? James Zervios, Director of Communications for the Obesity Action Coalition joins Joyce to talk about their strategies.

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Advice for Caregivers

Viki Kind, a medical ethicist and hospice volunteer who specializes in medical ethics, talks with Joyce about her book, The Caregiver’s Path To Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices For Those Who Can’t (Home Nursing Caring). Over 5 million people in the United States have Alzheimers, and many more have lost or will lose their ability to decide through strokes, brain injuries, mental illness and developmental disabilities. One in four people will need someone else to decide for them as they face the end of their life. Many are now making or will be in the future making decisions for a loved one, or need that service ourselves.

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