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Saturday 9/27 @ 8 AM PT:
Author Beth Baker talks with Host Cynthia Friedlob
BETH BAKER is a long-time freelance writer and editor whose work has appeared in dozens of magazines and newspapers, including the Washington Post, Ms., Preservation, and Nature Conservancy. She has written extensively on medical research and aging issues for the AARP Bulletin and has been a frequent contributor to the Washington Post Health section. She is the Features Editor of BioScience, the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, where she is also a frequent contributor.
Her nonfiction book on alternative nursing homes, Old Age in a New Age, was published in May, 2007, by Vanderbilt University Press. Her new book, With a Little Help from Our Friends: Creating Community As We Grow Older, explores how and where we might choose to age, and offers quite a variety of living arrangements to consider. Drawing on new research showing the importance of social support to healthy aging and the risks associated with loneliness and isolation, the author encourages the reader to plan for a future with strong connections. Beth explores whether those in declining health can really stay rooted in their communities through the end of life and concludes by examining the challenge of expanding the home-care workforce and the potential of new technologies like webcams and assistive robots. Visit Beth’s website for more information.
We interviewed Beth at a special live event and book signing at the NoHo Senior Arts Colony in North Hollywood, CA.
