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3 days ago
3 days ago
The National Caucus and Center on Black Aging (NCBA) developed the report “Stuck in the Middle” to address all aspects of obesity, including but not limited to causes, effects, statistical profiles, myths and misconceptions, public policy, ways to address obesity, resources for managing obesity, barriers to accessing a full continuum of care, and more. In this Momentum Discussion Podcast episode, the report author and NCBA’s Director of Health Programs discuss key points from the report, whose target audience is the African American community, in which obesity occurs at an inordinately high rate. They share insights from the report that is written in laymen’s language in order to reach as broad an audience as possible, and they highlight why action is urgently needed to support African Americans to access the full spectrum of quality obesity care.
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Guests:
Angie Boddie, MPS
Director of Health Programs
National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc.
Deborah Mathis
Consultant/Communications Strategist
National Caucus and Center on Black Aging
Host:
Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE
Director, Strategic Alliances
Gerontological Society of America
Support provided by Novo Nordisk
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
The Alter program is a nurse-led, dementia-friendly congregation program aimed at empowering African American churches to serve all members, including those living with dementia and their families. Fayron Epps, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, developed the Alter program to increase dementia awareness; develop a supportive, faith-based dementia-friendly infrastructure; and create a community supporting the well-being of African Americans living with dementia and their families. In this Momentum Discussion Podcast episode, Dr. Epps shares insights into the Alter program and what inspired her to found the program. She also describes key components of the program and discusses the result of 10 years of working in the community and creating a faith network committed to developing dementia-friendly congregations.
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Guest:
Fayron Epps, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Associate Professor, tenured
Director of Community & Research Engagement
Host: Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE
Director, Strategic Alliances
Gerontological Society of America
Support provided by Genentech, Lilly, Eisai, and Otsuka.
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Addressing Brain Health in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
In this Momentum Discussion Podcast episode, our guest shares challenges and opportunities around brain health in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. He provides insights into the Healthy Brain Initiative’s Road Map for Indian Country and discusses success stories with indigenous communities addressing dementia issues. Finally, he outlines research questions that need to be answered to successfully address brain health in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Guest:
Michael Splaine
Principal, Splaine Consulting
Managing Partner, Recruitment Partners LLC
Host:
Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE
Director of Strategic Alliances
Gerontological Society of America
Support provided by Genentech, Lilly, Eisai, and Otsuka.
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Thursday Feb 22, 2024
An Obesity Bill of Rights: Promoting Person-Centered Quality Obesity Care
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
The National Consumers League and National Council on Aging worked with health leaders and obesity specialists to establish a set of rights so people with obesity will be screened, diagnosed, counseled and effectively treated for their overweight and obesity based on medical treatment guidelines. During the Momentum Discussion Podcast episode, leaders from these two organizations discuss the impetus for and development of the Obesity Bill of Rights and discuss each of the eight rights included in it. They share what is next for their organizations around the Bill of Rights and share how others can join the movement to help ensure person-centered quality obesity care for adults living with the chronic disease of obesity.
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Guests:
Dorothea K. Vafiadis, MS
Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging
Nancy Glick
Director of Food and Nutrition Policy
National Consumers League
Host:
Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE
Director of Strategic Alliances
Gerontological Society of America
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Most individuals with dementia experience behavioral symptoms during their disease trajectory. These symptoms are troubling to the person living with dementia, their care partners, and others such as family members or those living in congregate living settings. In this Momentum Discussion Podcast episode, Dr. Kalisha Bonds Johnson, a Board-Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Emory Integrated Memory Care, shares her insights into the importance of detecting and addressing behavioral symptoms. She offers general strategies that care partners and others can take when interacting with someone with dementia, and she provides important insights into managing specific troubling behaviors.
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Guest:
Dr. Kalisha Bonds Johnson, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor, tenure track
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory
Host:
Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE
Director of Strategic Alliances
Gerontological Society of America
This podcast episode is supported by Genentech, Lily, Eisai, and Otsuka.
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Physical Activity and Older Adults
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
This Momentum Discussion podcast episode addresses the importance of physical activity for longevity and independence, challenges older adults may face when exercising and their solutions, and suggestions on how to get started with incorporating routine exercise into one’s life.
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Guests:
Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, MS, RDN
Associate Professor, Duke University School of Medicine
Research Health Scientist, Durham VA Medical Center
Eric Levitan
Founder, CEO
Vivo
Host:
Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE
Director of Strategic Alliances
The Gerontological Society of America
This podcast episode is supported by Novo Nordisk.
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Kickstarting Brain Health Conversations about LGBTQ+ Older Adults
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
In this Momentum Discussion podcast episode, Dan Stewart, MSG, Long-Term Care Equality Index program co-lead and associate director of the Aging Equality Project at the HRC Foundation, discusses considerations aimed at ensuring equitable and person-centered care for individuals in the LGBTQ+ community and ensuring LGBTQ+ inclusion in the healthcare. He provides insights into unique challenges around brain health, dementia, and aging for individuals in the LGBTQ+ community and shares key insights into the combined challenges of being LGBTQ+ and having dementia.
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Guest:
Dan Stewart, MSG
Long-Term Care Equality Index Program Co-Lead
Associate Director of the Aging Equality Project
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Host:
Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE
Director of Strategic Alliances
The Gerontological Society of America
This podcast episode is supported by Genentech, Lily, Eisai, and Otsuka.
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Certain groups of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) develop dementia at rates similar to older adults in the general population. However, adults with certain conditions, such as Down syndrome, develop Alzheimer's disease at greater rates. During this Momentum Discussion podcast episode, our guest discusses this issue and provides an overview of unique challenges in assessing for dementia in individuals with I/DD. She discusses strategies that primary care teams and others can use from the GSA publication, Addressing Brain Health in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities: A Companion to the KAER Toolkit for Primary Care Providers, to improve detection of dementia and care and services for adults with I/DD.
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Guest:
Lisa Comes
Service and Support Advisor
Ohio Association of County Boards of Developmental Disabilities
Host:
Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE
Director of Strategic Alliances
Gerontological Society of America
This podcast episode is supported by Eisai.
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
In this Momentum Discussion podcast episode, Dr. Carl V. Hill, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at the Alzheimer's Association provides insights into race, ethnicity, and Alzheimer's in America and shares information about barriers and facilitators to quality dementia care for all populations. He discusses how to successfully engage in dementia risk reduction conversations with people from diverse backgrounds and shares examples of successful collaborations aimed at improving access to information about dementia and brain health.
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Guest:
Carl Hill, PhD, MPH
Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Alzheimer’s Association
Moderator:
Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE
Director of Strategic Alliances
Gerontological Society of America
This podcast episode is supported by Genentech, Lilly, Eisai, and Otsuka.
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
The Chronic Disease of Obesity
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
During this Momentum Discussion podcast episode, interprofessional experts examine obesity as a disease and discuss the need to intently treat individuals with obesity using guideline-based and standard-informed interprofessional and multifaceted plans of care. They share insights into the unique needs of older adults living with obesity, and they reflect on the heterogeneity of the older adult population and the importance of considering this heterogeneity when providing obesity care for older adults.
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Guests:
Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, MS, RDN
Associate Professor, Duke University School of Medicine
Research Health Scientist, Durham VA Medical Center
John A. Batsis, MD, FACP, FTOS, AGSF, FGSA
Associate Professor
Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine
Department of Nutrition, The Gillings School of Global Public Health
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Moderator:
Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE
Director of Strategic Alliances
The Gerontological Society of America
This podcast episode is supported by Novo Nordisk.