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Course Catalog
Course | Description |
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⭐ Expectations | What you should EXPECT and DEMAND as you get older! |
⭐ Key Principles | Critical yet SIMPLE concepts to help keep you happy and healthy |
Advance Directives & Forms | Let people know what you want before you’re unable to tell them |
Age-Friendly Health Systems | Basics on becoming an age-friendly health system |
Ageism | “Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism” |
Amazing Tales | True stories & anecdotes from Dr. Stall’s career in geriatrics |
Birdwatching | “I don’t feed the birds because they need me; I feed the birds because I need them.” |
Bladder & Urination | “I don’t need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.” |
Boredom | “I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.” |
Caregiving | Dr. Stall’s personal and practical perspectives on caring for older parents |
Caregiver Stress & Quiz | Take care of yourself so you can take care of others |
Cheesesteak Subs | Fun and friendship sharing cheesesteak subs |
Christianity | Christian perspectives on aging |
Comic Strip | Quick, humorous takes on important issues |
Depression & Low Mood Quiz | Don’t let treatable depression be mistaken for dementia or just “old age” |
Developmentally Disabled | “I don’t need easy, I just need possible” |
Diabetes | How to deal effectively with diabetes and prevent eye, kidney, and other complications |
Driving | Driving helps maintain independence; doing so competently is essential to ensure everyone’s safety on the road |
Essential Car Maintenance | Practical tips on keeping your car functional and safe |
Explore the World | Virtual & in-person travel opportunities |
Faith-Based Perspectives – Overview | Faith-based principles across various religious & spiritual traditions |
Falls & Fractures | Keep bones strong and prevent falls to avoid a catastrophic fracture |
Feet | The importance of taking care of your feet |
Fly Fishing | Learn about and try something completely different (tribute to Ira Sacher) |
Grandparenting | “My grandkids believe I’m the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it too.” |
Grandparents | Make the most of your grandparents while they’re still here – Dr. Stall’s grandson Jonathan offers a few suggestions |
Have Fun, Stay Active | Learn how to make joy, laughter, play, and getting out (or staying in) and doing things bigger parts of your life |
Health & Well-Being | Live your life with clarity, purpose, and renewed passion – Dr. Stall’s wife Sallie explains how |
Heart Health | “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” |
Hinduism | Hindu perspectives on aging |
Homeless | “Homelessness is an umbrella term for a lot of different problems that need separate solutions.” |
How To Live to Be 100! | Tips on living well for as long as you can |
Islam | Muslim perspectives on aging |
Judaism | Jewish perspectives on aging |
LGBTQ+ | Aging issues in the LGBTQ+ community |
Libraries | Ensure libraries serve seniors well (memorial to Sam Simon) |
Life Lessons | Learn from older people around the world |
Loneliness | “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty” |
Memory Problems | Make sure memory problems are not caused or worsened by treatable causes |
Mental Health | “There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone’s business.” |
Native American | Aging issues in the native American community |
Nature & Photography | Connect with nature through photography |
Nutrition | “There is a lot more to nutrition than just eating chicken and veggies.” |
Other Resources | Good outside information for common problems and issues |
Pets | “Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.” |
Physical Fitness | “Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity” |
Pickleball | “It’s just super fun” |
Prisoners | Aging issues in the prison population |
Quadruple Aim | Improve health systems |
Refugees & New Immigrants | Aging issues for refugees and new immigrants |
Safety & Security | Stay SAFE and SECURE! |
Secular Humanism | Secular humanist perspectives on aging |
Sexuality | “Sex doesn’t disappear, it just changes forms” |
Sleep | “Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together” |
Still Swinging | Older golfers still out and about enjoying their lives! |
Test Issues & Analyzer | Don’t let abnormal test results fall through the cracks |
Three Things | “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.” |
Vintage Radio | Before podcasts, there was Dr. Stall’s radio show “What Should You Expect At Your Age”! |
Visit Prep & Questionnaire | Make the most of your medical visits by being prepared |
Yoga | Discover the benefits of yoga from Dr. Stall’s aunt – a late-life yoga enthusiast |