11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Hour 3 Seg 3 – Financial Segment

WESTLAND FINANCIAL w/ Gene Pastula re: 13520 Evening Creek Dr., N. Ste., #360, San Diego, CA. 92128.
– DISCUSSION of two concerns for retirement; running out of money and paying the high costs of Long Term Care, a 60% likelihood according to US Govt.statistics.
– He’s an industry leader in using insured strategies and products to increase guaranteed Retirement Income, available otherwise only from traditional pensions and Social Security.
– DISCUSSION How to plan for the potential cost of long-term care by using an account for your savings that will instantly increase in value by 100% to 500% if needed to pay for long-term care.
– DISCUSSION Most people retiring today no longer have a guaranteed company pension and Long-term care can easily bankrupt a retirement plan if no strategy has been previously put in place for a problem the govt. says is 60% likely to occur.
www.westlandwealth.com
(800) 238-8144

CSUSB w/ Diane Vines re: Community Public Health Nursing.
– Received a grant to get nurses and student nurses more involved in the street persons program.
– Dealing with Well in The Desert and UC Riverside Health.
– Taking Health Care “to the streets” rather than having the reverse happen.
– CV Volunteers in Medicine – the only FREE clinic. In Indio. Tuesday evenings they go out to the encampments w/ someone from Eisenhower Health.
– Volunteers are from Coyote Nurses.
– In the Springs they add Psychiatric Public Health Nursing help.
www.csusb.edu
(503) 819-4285)

Diane & Gene

09:00 – 10:00 AM

Hour 1 Seg 1 – Restaurant of the Week Segment

STACY’S PALM SPRINGS w/ Joseph Miller re: 220 E. Arenas Rd., Palm Springs CA. 92262.
– HISTORY of Stacy’s under Joseph. The chandeliers and antique mirrors. What he’s changed.
– DISCUSSION of the only true piano bar in town focusing on jazz, piano, and music from the great American Songbook.
– DEFINITION of the “shotgun” type of bar. Open 7 days a week.
– DISCUSSION of mixology and menu of drinks, i.e. the new Expresso Pumpkin Spice Martini etc.,
– DISCUSSION of his plans for the future and expansion.
– REPORT on Neil Sedaka dropping by the bar and Robin Miller “the songbird of the desert” performing every week.
– REPORT on “Take the Mic Tuesdays” to possibly win a paid gig.
www.stacysbarps.com
(760) 620-5003)

Joseph

09:00 – 10:00 AM

Hour 1 Seg 2 – Animal Segment

LOVING ALL ANIMALS w/ Jeanette Guzman re: 73496 51st Ave., Coachella, CA. 92236.
– She’s the Shelter Supervisor out in Coachella.
– DISCUSSION of the extreme dangers of Halloween and Halloween candy for animals.
– HOLD THE DATE: 10/20 – “Gardens to the Rescue” @ El Paseo in front of Saks 5th Ave.
– Need for volunteers @ their facility in Coachella.
– HOLD THE DATE: 11/21 “Spayghetti and No Balls”.
www.lovingallanimals.org
(760) 834-7000)

Jeanette

09:00 – 10:00 AM

Hour 1 Seg 3 – Time Passages Segment

TIME PASSAGES w/ Charlie Dyer, re:
-Gary Damsker: 3.16.34 – 9.29.19

Gary Damsker

-Diahann Carroll: 7.17.35 – 10.4.19

Diahann Carroll

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Hour 2 Seg 1 – “Senior Moment” Segment

FOREST LAWN w/ Larry Davis re: 69855 E. Ramon Rd., Cathedral City, CA. 92234.
– Replica of the painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe (from Mexico City) will be on display @ Forest Lawn and focus of the pilgrimage on 12/12/19.
– SAVE THE DATE: 11/2/19 – Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) @ Forest Lawn in Cathedral City from 4 – 7 PM.
– DISCUSSION of how many people “fight dying” and the struggle it is for the family when that happens.
– DISCUSSION of what to say and do when death is near.
– DISCUSSION of what you will remember after a so-called “bad” death.
– DISCUSSION of how important a “service” is to the people still here.
– IMPORTANCE of having this “end of life” discussion w/ your loved ones.
www.forestlawn.com
(760) 328-3112)

Larry

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Hour 2 Seg 2 – cont. “Senior Moment” Segment

BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING w/ Kurt Suminski 72201 Country Club Dr., Rancho Mirage, CA., 92270. He’s the Clare Bridge/Memory Coordinator.
– DISCUSSION of the Three levels @ Brookdale care provides: 1.) Independent Living 2). Assisted Living and 3.) Memory Care (Clare Bridge).
– OCTOBERFEST celebration and HALLOWEEN celebrations, so that the residents don’t miss those events. PET PARADE for their animals the day before Halloween for the residents and their pets!!!!
– DISCUSSION of how the residents are prepared for the future @ Brookdale and in life.
– Rehab is conducted off campus.
– DISCUSSION of comparison to when elder parents lived in the family home while aging w/ several generations under the same roof and NOW.
– OPEN CAMPUS you can just drop in.
www.brookdale.com
(760) 346-7772)

Kurt

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Hour 2 Seg 3 – cont. “Senior Moment” Segment

BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING w/ Kurt Suminski 72201 Country Club Dr., Rancho Mirage, CA., 92270. He’s the Clare Bridge/Memory Coordinator.
– DISCUSSION of the 3rd level; Memory care.
– Games and activities that “memory care” residents are capable of.
– Any holiday is a good time for visiting parents and or children to check out the facilities for the future.
– DISCUSSION of the workable timing for becoming a resident and how to reserve a space.
– You can be a resident of different Brookdale facilities around the country.
– DISCUSSION of how children have become mobile and left home and the care of the parents has changed – in comparison to when elder parents lived in the family home while aging w/ several generations under the same roof.
– OPEN CAMPUS you can just drop in.
www.brookdale.com
(760) 346-7772)

Kurt

FAMILY HOSPICE CARE w/ Dr. Howard Cohen re: 255 El Cielo Rad., C-300, Palm Springs, CA. 92262.
– He’s the medical director for Family Hospice Care, the largest hospice care facility in the area.
– Hospice is about living not about dying. “Life is what we die from”.
– Hospice takes care WHERE YOU LIVE, but usually not in a hospital.
– DISCUSSION of folks taking the summertime to think and talk about the “end of life” options.
– 2016, CA. passed the “End of Life Option Act”. Physician assisted dying. Very interesting criteria for this procedure.
– Can email questions and comments to Dr. Cohen @ hcohen@nullfamilyhospicecare.com.
– The #1 reason people opt out of life is not pain, it is that they can no longer can engage in the enjoyment of life.
www.familyhospicecare.com
(760) 674-3344)

Howie

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Hour 3 Seg 1 – Neuro Vitality Segment

NEURO VITALITY CENTER w/ Bev Greer – 2800 E. Alejo Road, Palm Springs, CA. 92262.
– DISCUSSION of the expansion to serve more folks. Moved Jackie Lee Thrift Store.
– DISCUSSION of the progress and diagnosis for dementia and the search for biological “markers”.
– Diagnosis for dementia is based on behavioral issues.
– DISCUSSION of the coming state license they will have for Community Based Adult Service Programs and THEN THEY CAN TAKE INSURANCES!!!!
– Sundial bus serves them so well.
www.neurovitalitycenter.org
(760) 323-7676)

Bev

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Hour 3 Seg 2 – Desert Care Network Segment

DESERT CARE NETWORK w/ Vincent Trinidad re: He’s a cardiac rehab registered nurse.
– DISCUSSION of his history as a heart disease and heart surgery survivor back in 2018.
– DISCUSSION of his own “heart” experience, symptoms, denial, surgery, rehab, influence on his nursing patients going thru what he did.
– IN DEPT DISCUSSION of the rehab involved.
– HOLD THE DATE: 10/15 – His talk re; “a Survivor’s Guide to Heart Disease” @ Sun City Palm Desert, Ventana Room. 9:30 – 11 AM. FREE. Q. & A. w/ Dr. Zaynoun El Khoury, and Vincent. R.S.V.P. @ (844) 529-2706)
www.desertcarenetwork.com
(833) 310-2440)

Vincent

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Hour 3 Seg 3 – Health Segment

DEMENTIA HELP CENTER w/ Kae Hammond, President and Founder re: 44-495 Town Center Way, Ste., “B” Palm Desert, CA.
– DISCUSSION of services they provide and mission statement.
– “THRIVE” is the FREE support group for family care partners. Held @ Carlotta in P.D. the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month.
– DEFINITION of being the rescue plan for family caregivers.
– DEFINITION of “Dementia” and the 98 different types. Alzheimer is a form of dementia, not the other way around!!!! Parkinson also.
– “PATHFINDERS” A Guidebook for Dementia & Alzheimer’s Family Caregivers book she wrote. Available on Barnes and Noble.
www.dementiahelpcenter.com
(760) 636-6355)

Kae