Healthy Aging, Eldercare, Caregiving, Caregivers, Optimal Aging

Ask Dr. Root

Optimal Aging - the art of blooming where you're planted!

What is Optimal Aging?

Op-ti-mum - the best or most favorable result obtainable under specific conditions.

Aging occurs with passage of chronologic time and happens universally as long as we draw breath.

Optimal aging puts the individual in the forefront and is a complex mix of lifestyle choices, health practices, outlook on life and genetic tendencies. YOU are the key factor in determining whether your aging process is optimal even in the face of health or social issues that are less than ideal.

Listen to SeniorClass HealthWISE on KFAQ (1170 AM) or KTOK (1000 AM) radio with Dr. Root and co-host Rusty McMurray. It is entertainment, information and dialog about health issues for Boomers and beyond.

Sunday mornings 8:00 - 8:30

Saturday aftenoons 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Then stay tuned for Senior Class Legally Speaking with benefit planning attorney David Carpenter immediately following.

Radio Shows

HealthWISE

Don't miss Dr. Root's weekly statewide radio broadcast, Senior Class HealthWISE. She and co-host Rusty McMurray discuss timely topics of interest to elders and their caregivers and offer hints and tips for Optimal Aging. Rusty has a wealth of experience in radio and marketing and Dr. Root brings her years of knowledge and experience as a geriatrician. Topics range from heart disease to spring allergies to health insurance to caregiver issues. The show is founded on principles of optimal aging that are shown below. Although there is discussion of serious issues, it's a fun and lively time. JOIN US!!

Senior Class HealthWISE is aired from 8:00-9:00 a.m. on Sundays in Tulsa and from 5:00-6:00 p.m. in Oklahoma City on these stations

Principles of Optimal Aging

Optimal Aging involves more than just our physical being and genetic influences; it is a global approach to living well as we age.
Optimal Health is the best or most favorable health outcome obtainable under specific conditions. It is not necessarily a disease free state but one that encourages making the best of our situation.
Optimal Health is determined by how we relate to each other, to our community and to the medical care system.
Optimal Aging takes into account the individual's ability to manage and respond to physical, emotional, psychological, social and spiritual challenges as we move through life.
The goal of Optimal Aging is to achieve a sense of well being and inner peace that can sustain us through to life's end.

You can still listen to these segments on WomensRadio by following the highlighted links.

	Click here to listen to my interview with Keith Beard about his work with Mended Hearts
	Click here to listen to my interview with Reverend Marcia Howland about being a woman pioneer in the ministry.