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NEW Radio Program...aging well together. Every thursday at 2 pm on WCOM-LP 103.5 Fm.

Join us each week as we interview special guests to share information, resources, insights and stories about the opportunities for Aging Well Together (AWT)!

Hosted by: Heather Altman

Tune in to listen live every Thursday at 2 PM (EST) on WCOM-LP 103.5 FM

Stream online @ WCOMFM.org

Call in: (919) 246-9639

Email us: agingwelltogethershow@gmail.com

This weekly radio program is brought to you by the Orange County Department on Aging.

Current Episode

Falls Prevention Awareness Week

Guests: Marie Rawlings Dagger, Occupational Therapist for the Orange County Department on Aging & Landon Weaver, Community Paramedic Coordinator for Orange County’s Emergency Medical Services.

Aging Well Together host and guest(s) in the studio

Previous Episodes

Creativity Expo

Guests: Marielle Hare (writer, Creativity Coach, Somatic-Based Experience Designer), Hugh Willard (writer, psychotherapist, musician, podcaster) & Carl Nordgren - not pictured (entrepreneur, former Duke professor, novelist, radio show host)

Outdoor Spaces, Parks & Recreation for Chapel Hill, Carrboro & Orange County

Guests: Dana Hughes, Recreation Supervisor, Town of Carrboro Recreation, Parks and Cultural Resources Department & Kevin Robinson, Senior Manager of Planning and Park Operations, Town of Chapel Hill & Kalani Allen, Communications Manager, Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks & Recreation

Green Burial & Bluestem Conservation Cemetery

Guests: Heidi Hannapel & Jeff Masten, co-founders and co-directors & Seletha Pherribo, Council of Steward member, Bluestem Conservation Cemetery

Preserving Your Stories

Guest: Jon Camp, Founder, Ever Living Memories

Older Adults & Medications

Guest: Dr. DeLon Canterbury, President and CEO, GeriatRx

Older Nutrition & Meals on Wheels

Guests: Rachel Sobel Bearman, Executive Director, Meals on Wheels Orange County & Professor Amanda Holliday, Program Director, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s MPH-Nutrition and Dietetics Program

Affordable Housing & Marian Cheek Jackson Center

Guests: Kathy Atwater, Community Advocacy Coordinator, Marian Cheek Jackson Center & Dr. Ryan Lavalley, Occupational Therapist and Director of the UNC Partnership in Aging Programs

Speech & Music Therapy

Guests: Alie Chandler, Owner, Ossia Music Therapy & Daria Borowski, Owner, Stronger Pathways: Neuro-Cognitive, Speech and Swallowing Rehab

Elder Law & Advance Care Planning

Guest: Colin Austin, Principal Attorney, Hillsborough Wills and Trusts

Creating Supportive & Accessible Environments

Guest: Esther Greenhouse, CEO, Silver to Gold Strategic Consulting

Creativity + Chronic Illness

Guest: Patty Meehan, Master Gardener & community volunteer

Orange County Senior Centers

Guests: Myra Austin, Senior Centers Administrator & Cydnee Sims, Programs & Operations Manager of the Seymour Center & Dawn Smith, Programs & Operations Manager of the Passmore Center

Home Organizing, Decluttering & Hoarding

Guests: Kim Lamon-Loperfido, Aging Transitions Administrator, Orange County Department on Aging & Elizabeth Hirsh, Owner, The Downsizers & Dr. Annette Perot, licensed psychologist