Your pharmacist is your most accessible healthcare professional. Do you ever talk to yours? Meet pharmacist Vinay Patel, who shares some of the pharmaceutical world’s dirty little secrets and offers tips on accessing more affordable prescription medicines. Dr. Patel is the founder of MakoRx. Learn more about MakoRx’s simplified healthcare options for the uninsured. And don’t forget to read his article “Battling the High Cost of Prescription Meds.”

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The press has recently been giving a fair amount of attention to some of the issues facing providers of long-term care. In this episode, Kathy Bradley shares how staffing issues are at the core of these issues, and explains how staffing issues are actually the result of an even bigger issue.

Contact Kathy Bradley at Our Mother's Voice.

Listen to Kathy Bradley in Episode #36: The Caregiver as Advocate

CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Mississippi Today Article on Use of Antipsychotic Drugs

CBS News Report on Profits Over People

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Here at Navigating in Reverse we advocate for aging in place for as long as possible— hopefully forever. Of course seniors often need help and help is out there for them. Charles Brown, the owner of Right at Home Columbia has been in the in-home care business for nearly 20 years so can provides us with a lot of insight into different types of care and the various services offered by in-home care providers.

Mike Brown Interview: Parkinson's Disease Support

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She's back! Caroline Ward is a Medicare advisor who want to help you make the most informed decision each year about your Medicare options. There are lots of changes in Medicare for 2025, especially with regard to prescription medications, and Caroline runs down a lot of them.

Contact Caroline at (803) 331-0527 or Caroline@AskCaroline.net

We welcome our newest sponsor, Our Mother's Voice, Empowering Voices in Long-Term Care. Also sponsoring the podcast are Solutions for Living at Home, The S.C. Christian Action Council and Right at Home (Columbia).

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Dep. Fire Marshall Ariel Thomas of the Columbia-Richland Fire Department shares safety tips specific to seniors and caregivers for preventing fires and making access to their homes easier for first responders in the event of an emergency.

Contact Officer Thomas at (803) 521-0558.

You may also want to listen to what the Richland County Sheriff's Department is doing for seniors in the community.

We also gave a shoutout to website designer Doug Adam of the Indesign Firm.

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Are you caring for someone with dementia or know someone who is? Then this episode is for you! Guest Angela Fairhurst stumbled upon something that changed everything for both her, the caregiver, and her mother, who was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia.

Geri-Gadgets website

Read Angela's article in Reverse Magazine: Enhancing Dementia Caregiving with Sensory Engagement

• Solutions for Living at Home
• The SC Christian Action Council
• Right at Home

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It's almost open enrollment season, so it's time to talk about some of the upcoming changes in Medicare for 2025. Many of them are direct results of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Isabel Drucker is an independent health insurance agent who specializes in Medicare. She can be reached at isabel@insurancesolutionsbyisabel.com.

Extra Help Through Social Security

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• The SC Christian Action Council
• Right at Home

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A personal message from the host of Navigating in Reverse, Anna Gelbman Edmonds.

If you like Navigating in Reverse, please follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn. And please share the podcast with a caregiver you know. We guarantee they'll be grateful. And we'd be most grateful if you would leave a review of the podcast on the platform where you listen. It helps others find us!

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