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Easy access to alcohol and other substances can lead many people down a path to addiction more quickly than ever before. Even after seeking and completing treatment processes for these addictions, maintaining sobriety can be an isolating journey, as many modern-day social scenes and public spaces encourage drinking and drug usage. To a recovering addict, the world can seem overloaded with triggers. As Eve Goldberg describes on this podcast, her son, Issac, felt an internal void after completing his rehabilitation process, as he felt he might never socialize or live normally again. 

In 2014, Isaac died of an accidental drug overdose. Eve knew what was missing from Isaac’s life was a connection with other people who wanted to live in sobriety: people who wanted to have fun while sustaining their recovery. After his death, she acted to create this community. 

On this podcast, Barbara Glickstein, RN, speaks with Eve Goldberg about challenges to sobriety, particularly for young people. Eve is the founder of the not-for-profit organization, BigVision, which works to support recovering addicts in a completely substance-free environment.

This interview first aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio on July 28, 2021.

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Easy access to alcohol and other substances

HealthCetera, Medicare & Medicaid, Radio/Podcast

Tyree Brown, wearing a shirt of her own design

The ability to physically enter a building probably hasn’t ever come into question for most non-disabled people; for artist Tyree Brown, however, this consideration and many more like it may limit the spaces where she lives, works, and travels.

At 20 years old, Tyree survived a car accident that left her with an incomplete spinal cord injury; in her case, the injury renders most of her body paralyzed, with limited use of her arms and hands. But, adjusting to this dramatic change in accessibility has come with more than the physical fight. Tyree, along with millions of other Americans with various conditions affecting their mobility, found herself reliant upon healthcare that faces a long road ahead in instilling a system of long-term care that significantly improves independence and accessibility for all.

Tyree Brown (middle) speaks at The White House alongside President Biden (left) and Vice President Harris (right).

On the 31st anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Tyree joined President Biden and Vice President Harris at the White House for a conversation about resources for people living with disabilities, and how some of these resources have impacted her life. One such program, known most popularly as “Money Follows the Person”, has eased the transition from nursing home residency to independent living for Tyree, along with over 100,000 other Americans living with disabilities.

Now, at 26 years old, Tyree speaks about her life, its challenges to date, and how she has helped others like herself gain independence and access to their specific needs. In this HealthCetera podcast, Diana Mason, PhD, RN, host of this program, interviews both Tyree and Ani Turner. Ani is a Senior Economist with the Center for Eldercare Improvement at Altarum, a nonprofit research and consulting organization that creates and implements solutions to advance health among at-risk and disenfranchised populations.

This interview first aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio on July 14th, 2021.

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On the 31st anniversary of the enactment

HealthCetera, Radio/Podcast

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While American ideals and views continue to evolve in important ways, the needle remains relatively stagnant on shifting our view of death. Death is inevitable for all of us, but American culture has long been one in which the discussion of dying is taboo. Our “death-denying” culture, as Ernest Becker coined in the publication of “The Denial of Death”, impacts every aspect of how we view dying, including how we speak about death, how we react to death, and even how we explain death to children. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has raised the specter of dying alone, as even family members were prohibited from visiting those who were seriously ill with the virus. Now, Americans are grappling with the truth: death is inevitable, random, and very real. 

Dr. Marianne Matzo, PhD, FAAN, is a registered nurse and gerontologist who knows this history and our culture’s struggles with embracing our own mortality. She has been a hospice and palliative care nurse, spending much of her career being with people who are facing death or actively dying, supporting their families, and training nurses and physicians in the best practices in end of life care. On this podcast, Dr. Diana Mason, PhD, RN, host of this program, speaks with Dr. Matzo about her efforts to make it easier to talk about death and to care for those who are dying. 

This interview first aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio on June 2, 2021.

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