On this bonus episode of Answers for Elders, Suzanne introduces the new podcast of estate planning specialist David T. Phillips: Estate Planning Made Easy. Visit the podcast's YouTube channel to watch the show, or subscribe and listen to the podcast by following these links on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

By law every American can gift $18k annually, to anyone they want, completely gift, estate and income tax free. Many are reluctant to use their gifting allowance. But proper gifting will not only give the giver fulfillment during their life, it can produce generations of powerful, productive people. Learn how to leverage your annual gifts to the max.

Learn more:
Estate Planning Made Easy website
Use discount code EPMEZ at shop.empez.com to receive a 50% discount
The 10 Most Common Estate Planning Mistakes, 4th Edition, by David T. Phillips
Generational Wealth Strategies newsletter
Wealth Creation Strategy Table
Contact: Estate Planning Specialists at 888-892-1102
The Durfee Law Group at 480 324-8000

On this bonus episode of Answers for Elders, Suzanne introduces the new podcast of estate planning specialist David T. Phillips: Estate Planning Made Easy. Visit the podcast's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmiTgctTl6SWtNGbeCKBnp-dKiyOPA7QF">YouTube channel</a> to watch the show, or subscribe and listen to the podcast by following these links on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1kgn1mexAYKPym7ITVwqy8">Spotify</a> or <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/estate-planning-made-easy/id1734696451">Apple Podcasts</a>.
By law every American can gift $18k annually, to anyone they want, completely gift, estate and income tax free. Many are reluctant to use their gifting allowance. But proper gifting will not only give the giver fulfillment during their life, it can produce generations of powerful, productive people. Learn how to leverage your annual gifts to the max.
Learn more:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://epmez.com/">Estate Planning Made Easy</a> website</li>
<li>Use discount code EPMEZ at <a href="https://shop.epmez.com/collections/all">shop.empez.com</a> to receive a 50% discount</li>
<li><a href="https://shop.epmez.com/products/the-10-most-common-estate-planning-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them-4th-edition">The 10 Most Common Estate Planning Mistakes</a>, 4th Edition, by David T. Phillips</li>
<li><a href="https://www.generationalwealthnewsletter.com/offer/generational-wealth-retirement-and-estate-survive/?source=GWRES30&amp;step=2">Generational Wealth Strategies</a> newsletter</li>
<li><a href="https://answersforelders.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EPMEZ_ep6_table.png">Wealth Creation Strategy Table</a></li>
<li>Contact: Estate Planning Specialists at 888-892-1102</li>
<li>The Durfee Law Group at 480 324-8000</li>
</ul>

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Featuring our host, Suzanne Newman and top industry providers across the USA, together, we support, coach and assist seniors, caregivers and their families in finding the best independent solutions in world of aging, with a comprehensive line-up of topics covering Health & Wellness, Life Changes, Living Options, and Money & Law.

Answers for Elders is the North Star in Navigating Senior Care.  Our content is designed to Empower Seniors and their Families through the Daunting Journey of Aging.
Featuring our host, Suzanne Newman and top industry providers across the USA, together, we support, coach and assist seniors, caregivers and their families in finding the best independent solutions in world of aging, with a comprehensive line-up of topics covering Health &amp; Wellness, Life Changes, Living Options, and Money &amp; Law.

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For Caregivers: If you're caring for a senior loved one, or navigating later life care, we help make the journey so much easier for you and your family.

For Seniors: We help you be proactive to prepare for your aging years ahead, honoring your wishes.

Featuring our host, Suzanne Newman and top industry providers across the USA, together, we support, coach and assist families in finding the best independent solutions in world of aging, with a comprehensive line-up of topics covering Health & Wellness, Life Changes, Living Options, and Money & Law.

Empowering Seniors and their Families through the Daunting Journey of Aging
For Caregivers: If you're caring for a senior loved one, or navigating later life care, we help make the journey so much easier for you and your family.
For Seniors: We help you be proactive to prepare for your aging years ahead, honoring your wishes.
Featuring our host, Suzanne Newman and top industry providers across the USA, together, we support, coach and assist families in finding the best independent solutions in world of aging, with a comprehensive line-up of topics covering Health &amp; Wellness, Life Changes, Living Options, and Money &amp; Law.

Answers for Elders

On this bonus episode of Answers for Elders, Suzanne introduces the new podcast of estate planning specialist David T. Phillips: Estate Planning Made Easy. By law every American can gift $18k annually, to anyone they want, completely gift, estate and income tax free. Many are reluctant to use their gifting allowance. But proper gifting will not only give the giver fulfillment during their life, it can produce generations of powerful, productive people. Learn how to leverage your annual gifts to the max.

Gift Tax Leverage: Building Generational Wealth & Strong Families

Dr. Shawn Weiss joins Suzanne to talk about holistic care, why those over 55 should incorporate some of these practices, and share some of the most popular ones that can be done at home. Weiss provides balanced functional wellness education and coaching based on the the six pillars of health: exercise, stress, sleep, nutrition, gut health, and emotional health.

Dr. Weiss starts by defining holistic care, saying, "By definition, it's really the ability to take care of your physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and social health. And really just understanding the connectivity between all of it. We have a very compartmentalized medical system. You have specialists for absolutely everything. Now I'm a firm believer, I've been in that world for the last 26 years. But there's a lot more that you can do. And I call it a sick care system, honestly, because I think that there's a lot of profitability for people being sick, and if you don't take care of your health, now you're going to be forced to take care of your illness later.

"Being able to have an open mind to understand that there are other ways to understand how your body works, and understand the connection between your physical and your mental health, your socialization, and your spiritual wellness. There's all kinds of wonderful studies that show, if you dig a little bit deeper, you can get into root cause health and just kind of get to the bottom of why things are happening... We can remedy some of these illnesses and symptoms in a different way."

Dr. Weiss has a Spring Into Action promotion, her Thrive over 55! 60 days to Optimal Health Coaching Program. Work personally with Shawn to address all 6 pillars of health, which includes personalized plans of action.

Dr. Weiss shared a video called the "Endocannabinoid System, the Hemp Plant, CBD and Optimal Health." Watch this valuable information session featuring Dr. Erin Luecke, PT, DPT and Dr. Shawn Weiss, PT, DPT. Learn how the ECS impacts our health, the importance of sourcing, breaking stigmas, and how to encourage conscious conversations. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/lUShMGDhSUc?si=Va8EauCWVHt7b6nl

Learn more:
Shawn Weiss
Senior Health and Wellness website
Dr. Weiss's Health and Fitness Coasting for Optimal Health website
Hear more podcasts with Shawn Weiss
More about Thrive over 55

Answers for Elders is part of the Senior Resource Network. Check out our affiliate podcast Alzheimer’s Speaks.

Dr. Shawn Weiss joins Suzanne to talk about holistic care, why those over 55 should incorporate some of these practices, and share some of the most popular ones that can be done at home. Weiss provides balanced functional wellness education and coaching based on the the six pillars of health: exercise, stress, sleep, nutrition, gut health, and emotional health.
Dr. Weiss starts by defining holistic care, saying, "By definition, it's really the ability to take care of your physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and social health. And really just understanding the connectivity between all of it. We have a very compartmentalized medical system. You have specialists for absolutely everything. Now I'm a firm believer, I've been in that world for the last 26 years. But there's a lot more that you can do. And I call it a sick care system, honestly, because I think that there's a lot of profitability for people being sick, and if you don't take care of your health, now you're going to be forced to take care of your illness later.
"Being able to have an open mind to understand that there are other ways to understand how your body works, and understand the connection between your physical and your mental health, your socialization, and your spiritual wellness. There's all kinds of wonderful studies that show, if you dig a little bit deeper, you can get into root cause health and just kind of get to the bottom of why things are happening... We can remedy some of these illnesses and symptoms in a different way."
Dr. Weiss has a Spring Into Action promotion, her <a href="https://secure.gethealthie.com/appointments/embed_appt?dietitian_id=2241989&amp;require_offering=true&amp;offering_id=158588&amp;hide_package_images=false">Thrive over 55</a>! 60 days to Optimal Health Coaching Program. Work personally with Shawn to address all 6 pillars of health, which includes personalized plans of action.
Dr. Weiss shared a video called the "Endocannabinoid System, the Hemp Plant, CBD and Optimal Health." Watch this valuable information session featuring Dr. Erin Luecke, PT, DPT and Dr. Shawn Weiss, PT, DPT. Learn how the ECS impacts our health, the importance of sourcing, breaking stigmas, and how to encourage conscious conversations. Watch it here: <a href="https://youtu.be/lUShMGDhSUc?si=Va8EauCWVHt7b6nl">https://youtu.be/lUShMGDhSUc?si=Va8EauCWVHt7b6nl</a>
Learn more:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://answersforelders.com/shawn-weiss/">Shawn Weiss</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.seniorhealthandwellness.org/">Senior Health and Wellness</a> website</li>
<li>Dr. Weiss's <a href="https://shawn-michele.com/">Health and Fitness Coasting for Optimal Health</a> website</li>
<li>Hear <a href="https://answersforelders.com/tag/shawn-weiss/">more podcasts with Shawn Weiss</a></li>
<li>More about <a href="https://secure.gethealthie.com/appointments/embed_appt?dietitian_id=2241989&amp;require_offering=true&amp;offering_id=158588&amp;hide_package_images=false">Thrive over 55</a></li>
</ul>
Answers for Elders is part of the <a href="https://www.seniorresource.com/">Senior Resource Network</a>. Check out our affiliate podcast <a href="https://alzheimersspeaks.com/">Alzheimer’s Speaks</a>.

Dr. Shawn Weiss joins Suzanne to talk about holistic care, why those over 55 should incorporate some of these practices, and share some of the most popular ones that can be done at home. Weiss provides balanced functional wellness education and coaching based on the the six pillars of health: exercise, stress, sleep, nutrition, gut health, and emotional health.

Holistic Approaches to Health and Wellness

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/5e27a451-e6e6-4c51-aa03-a7370003783c/clips/2028db2d-b624-413a-82ae-b17400f60fb2/transcript

Diagnoses of depression and anxiety have risen 25% since the pandemic. Dr. Shawn Weiss joins Suzanne to talk about ways depression and anxiety can be reduced holistically.

One of the best things to do for depression and anxiety is to exercise. If you are over 50 and are feeling a bit lost and want to make changes, check out Shawn Weiss's Fit Over 50 30 day Coaching Program that will address the 6 Pillars of Health, that includes improving emotional health.

How do you start? Shawn says, "The first thing, you have to get an assessment. There are many wonderful standardized assessments. Just going to your primary care physician would be my first suggestion, because they will point you in the right direction, and then they start trying to rule out other things. If you have somebody who has cognitive impairment, it's very difficult to diagnose because there are overlapping concerns. There's a term called pseudo dementia, when somebody who believes they're demented, but they're actually severely depressed. You do the screenings and you're really trying to weigh and pinpoint exactly what's happening. Medicare has our standardized depression questionnaires that we do with everybody. And if you meet that criteria, then you really should do something about it. Medication is probably the first line of defense in depression, simply because it just takes the edge off, and once you improve those symptoms, especially if you have cognitive impairment, you'll tend to see an improvement on the other side of that.

"I'm always going to say, well, I don't want to do medication, that would be the last resort. You want to address the underlying causes of the depression. Is it a big life event, is a stressor triggering it? You're going to dig a little bit deeper, and you can do that even in counseling, and a lot of people in the older generation don't want to go to counseling, but there's so many things that you can identify. Like, there's been a death in the family, and maybe there's going to be your health diagnosis, all these things that can trigger sadness. Therapy is really good because it allows your brain to process."

Dr. Weiss shared a video called the "Endocannabinoid System, the Hemp Plant, CBD and Optimal Health." Watch this valuable information session featuring Dr. Erin Luecke, PT, DPT and Dr. Shawn Weiss, PT, DPT. Learn how the ECS impacts our health, the importance of sourcing, breaking stigmas, and how to encourage conscious conversations. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/lUShMGDhSUc?si=Va8EauCWVHt7b6nl

Learn more:
Shawn Weiss
Senior Health and Wellness website
Dr. Weiss's Health and Fitness Coasting for Optimal Health website
Hear more podcasts with Shawn Weiss

Answers for Elders is part of the Senior Resource Network. Check out our affiliate podcast Alzheimer’s Speaks.

Diagnoses of depression and anxiety have risen 25% since the pandemic. Dr. Shawn Weiss joins Suzanne to talk about ways depression and anxiety can be reduced holistically.
One of the best things to do for depression and anxiety is to exercise. If you are over 50 and are feeling a bit lost and want to make changes, check out Shawn Weiss's <a href="https://shawn-michele.com/">Fit Over 50</a> 30 day Coaching Program that will address the 6 Pillars of Health, that includes improving emotional health.
How do you start? Shawn says, "The first thing, you have to get an assessment. There are many wonderful standardized assessments. Just going to your primary care physician would be my first suggestion, because they will point you in the right direction, and then they start trying to rule out other things. If you have somebody who has cognitive impairment, it's very difficult to diagnose because there are overlapping concerns. There's a term called pseudo dementia, when somebody who believes they're demented, but they're actually severely depressed. You do the screenings and you're really trying to weigh and pinpoint exactly what's happening. Medicare has our standardized depression questionnaires that we do with everybody. And if you meet that criteria, then you really should do something about it. Medication is probably the first line of defense in depression, simply because it just takes the edge off, and once you improve those symptoms, especially if you have cognitive impairment, you'll tend to see an improvement on the other side of that.
"I'm always going to say, well, I don't want to do medication, that would be the last resort. You want to address the underlying causes of the depression. Is it a big life event, is a stressor triggering it? You're going to dig a little bit deeper, and you can do that even in counseling, and a lot of people in the older generation don't want to go to counseling, but there's so many things that you can identify. Like, there's been a death in the family, and maybe there's going to be your health diagnosis, all these things that can trigger sadness. Therapy is really good because it allows your brain to process."
Dr. Weiss shared a video called the "Endocannabinoid System, the Hemp Plant, CBD and Optimal Health." Watch this valuable information session featuring Dr. Erin Luecke, PT, DPT and Dr. Shawn Weiss, PT, DPT. Learn how the ECS impacts our health, the importance of sourcing, breaking stigmas, and how to encourage conscious conversations. Watch it here: <a href="https://youtu.be/lUShMGDhSUc?si=Va8EauCWVHt7b6nl">https://youtu.be/lUShMGDhSUc?si=Va8EauCWVHt7b6nl</a>
Learn more:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://answersforelders.com/shawn-weiss/">Shawn Weiss</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.seniorhealthandwellness.org/">Senior Health and Wellness</a> website</li>
<li>Dr. Weiss's <a href="https://shawn-michele.com/">Health and Fitness Coasting for Optimal Health</a> website</li>
<li>Hear <a href="https://answersforelders.com/tag/shawn-weiss/">more podcasts with Shawn Weiss</a><a href="https://secure.gethealthie.com/appointments/embed_appt?dietitian_id=2241989&amp;require_offering=true&amp;offering_id=158588&amp;hide_package_images=false"></a></li>
</ul>
Answers for Elders is part of the <a href="https://www.seniorresource.com/">Senior Resource Network</a>. Check out our affiliate podcast <a href="https://alzheimersspeaks.com/">Alzheimer’s Speaks</a>.

Diagnoses of depression and anxiety have risen 25% since the pandemic. Dr. Shawn Weiss joins Suzanne to talk about ways depression and anxiety can be reduced holistically.

Depression: Surprising Holistic Treatments

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/5e27a451-e6e6-4c51-aa03-a7370003783c/clips/d4b6c490-60ad-426e-a2f4-b17400f4fdd3/transcript

Joan Rettmann from Transforming Age joins Suzanne to talk about the definition of a life plan community and what it offers residents. Joan says, "A lot of different terms are used in the industry, and this is a classic example of where things get confusing. A life plan community is really an umbrella term that covers independent communities that have additional care levels available, such as assisted living, memory support, and normally skilled nursing as well. 

"That term 'life plan' is actually replacing, if you will, the term CCRC, or continuing care retirement communities. So they can really be used interchangeably now. Within that umbrella of life plan or CCRCs, there are various models that differ from one another — different contracts such as a type A life care, a type B modified, or a type C fee for service."

* Transforming Age website
* Hear more podcasts about discovering senior living

Answers for Elders is part of the Senior Resource Network. Check out our affiliate podcast Alzheimer’s Speaks.

Joan Rettmann from Transforming Age joins Suzanne to talk about the definition of a life plan community and what it offers residents. Joan says, "A lot of different terms are used in the industry, and this is a classic example of where things get confusing. A life plan community is really an umbrella term that covers independent communities that have additional care levels available, such as assisted living, memory support, and normally skilled nursing as well. 
"That term 'life plan' is actually replacing, if you will, the term CCRC, or continuing care retirement communities. So they can really be used interchangeably now. Within that umbrella of life plan or CCRCs, there are various models that differ from one another — different contracts such as a type A life care, a type B modified, or a type C fee for service."
* <a href="https://transformingage.org/">Transforming Age</a> website * Hear more podcasts <a href="https://answersforelders.com/category/discover-senior-living/">about discovering senior living</a>
Answers for Elders is part of the <a href="https://www.seniorresource.com/">Senior Resource Network</a>. Check out our affiliate podcast <a href="https://alzheimersspeaks.com/">Alzheimer’s Speaks</a>.

Joan Rettmann from Transforming Age joins Suzanne to talk about the definition of a life plan community and what it offers residents. Joan says, "A life plan community is really an umbrella term that covers independent communities that have additional care levels available, such as assisted living, memory support, and normally skilled nursing as well."

All About Life Plan Communities

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/5e27a451-e6e6-4c51-aa03-a7370003783c/clips/9d362023-c30a-4ce1-8140-b16e0142763e/transcript

Gift Tax Leverage: Building Generational Wealth & Strong Families

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