Host: Matt Watson Guests: Emilie Evenson, Kevin MacDonald On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Emilie Evenson, Leadership Resident at SCVi online.  Together, they talk about the aspect of online learning and how it best serves your learner.  Their programs to work from home and at your own pace offer freedom in your day-to-day life.  They also offer ...

Hosts: Barbara Cochran and Kevin MacDonald Guest: Sindy Alarcon, Jackie Hartman On today’s show, your hosts Barbara Cochran and Kevin MacDonald welcome Sindy Alarcon, Coordinator for Meals On Wheels at the Senior Center.  They talk about the benefit of using Meals On Wheels for your loved ones. In the second half of the show, your hosts welcome Jackie Hartman, Board ...

Hosts: Barbara Cochran and Kevin MacDonald Guests: Krysteen Styles On today’s show, your hosts Barbara Cochran and Kevin MacDonald of the Senior Center talk with Krysteen Styles.  Krysteen is the Coordinator of Support Services at the Santa Clarita Senior Center.  Together, they talk about her role at the center and how she enhances the senior citizens who visit there.  Go ...

Families cherish their golden years, ensuring the well-being and comfort of senior loved ones is paramount. This is where Comfort Keepers emerges as a beacon of compassionate care, offering personalized senior care solutions designed to elevate quality of life and foster independence for aging residents in Santa Clarita and beyond. Understanding Comfort Keepers’ Commitment to Senior Wellness Comfort Keepers isn’t ...

Over the past few years, mental health and wellbeing has become a more important topic within society, and the mental wellbeing of senior members of our community has become something that we are giving more thought and consideration to. Most of us want our older relatives to be as happy and as healthy as possible; nobody likes seeing their parents, ...

When you’re planning for what your future might look like, you should think about long-term care. Many people don’t think about their preferences for how they’d like to spend their retirement years and later years in their lives. Without a plan, you could find that you’re scrambling to make last-minute decisions or burdening your family more than you’d like to. ...

Do you find yourself paddling upstream through a current of ageist misconceptions? Dodging snide comments that Alzheimer’s is a senior citizen’s inevitable doom or battling against depictions of the elderly body as fragile and weak? If so, it’s time to set the story straight and take your mobility into your own hands, the hands decorated by age spots, wrinkles, and ...

Dealing with an elderly adult at home is something many families find difficult to handle, especially if you don’t have the necessary training. However, there’s a better alternative to home care which is none other than a nursing home. However,  many people shy away from these homes because of the negativity surrounding them. Others regard nursing homes as depressing and ...

Aging is never easy, no matter how healthy you are. Usually, people have less strength and will to do something, and it’s hard to see our loved ones going through this. That’s especially the case with our parents. They were there for us from the day we were born, and we have always perceived them as invincible, strong people who ...

By: Dr. Gene Dorio Doctor’s Diary:  March 27, 2020 Covid-19:  History repeats itself We were at war. Yet, there was a second battle against an airborne virus plaguing the army as well as citizens.  Those in charge quarantined solders, kept them isolated from communities, and inoculated as many as they could.  Thirty percent of the population died. In July, 1776, ...