A guide on how to support an aging parent through mental health challenges and receiving help. 

Learn more about Emily Breckenridge 

 We’ll explore what mental health means as we age, common myths and facts, how to recognize signs of depression, anxiety, or memory concerns, and where to find help if you or someone you know needs it.

Learn more about Deanna Houck 

Exploring compassionate mental-health care for seniors — how Senior Life Solutions support older adults. 

Learn more about Deanna Houck 

Get to know Dr. Kreager as he shares his path to medicine, patient care philosophy, and life beyond work.

Learn what inspired Dr. Museitif’s cardiology career and the advice he shares for a healthy heart.

In this episode, we explore the benefits of in-home care, how to choose a quality home care provider, what questions to ask during consultations, and how to understand costs, insurance, and Medicare with Leslie Luedtke, Executive Director of Village Caregiving in Madison. We also break down common services and how to decide what’s right for your loved one.

Dr. Henningsen discusses his path to orthopedics, patient care, and life beyond work. 

Learn more about Joseph D. Henningsen, MD 

Recognizing and avoiding pitfalls when leaving the hospital for home, rehab, or another facility. 

Most people wish they felt more comfortable talking about their healthcare and funeral wishes as they near the end of life. Learn about how to give this gift of information to your loved ones.

Get expert tips on rehoming belongings—what sells, donation options, and how to responsibly declutter.

Downsizing as a family can be tough—learn to navigate emotions, logistics, and decisions with less stress.

Downsizing can be challenging, but this podcast shares expert tips to help seniors simplify with confidence and ease.

Want to unlock your full potential and build habits that actually stick? Here's how: know your mindset, rewire your thinking, recognize outside influences, and build systems for success.

Stay safe and independent! Learn about fall risks, prevention, and helpful programs like Stepping On.

When to see a pelvic floor therapist and what to expect.

 Learn causes and treatments for bunions and hammer toes to keep your feet pain-free.

In this episode, we explore what it means to have flat feet or high arches, the symptoms to watch for, treatment and rehabilitation options, and what recovery typically looks like.

Explore plantar fasciitis, when to see a doctor, and treatment options.

Exercise is important, but sometimes getting motivated is a challenge. Andy Saul is a Certified Wellness Practitioner and is here to help you find that motivation to start and keep an exercise program.

Stoughton Health Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner Jen Mora will discuss what is involved with a DOT physical.

Join us for an episode featuring Dr. Lind, discussing his experience, patient care philosophy, and the most rewarding part of his job. Discover the behind-the-scenes of exceptional care in this insightful podcast episode.

Heart disease and stroke claim more lives per year than all forms of cancer combined. Join Advanced Practice Nurses, Tina DeGroot and Johnathan Milton, to learn more about this preventable and manageable disease.

Falls can happen to anyone, but how do we minimize injury when they do? "Learn to Fall Safely" classes teach techniques to avoid fall-related injuries like hitting your head or breaking your wrists. While we aim to stay on our feet, intentional falls (as practiced in disciplines like Aikido) teach us how to fall safely.

Join Matt for an insightful discussion on estate planning, exploring what happens to your assets after you pass away and discovering effective strategies to plan for the future of your property.

Bill Wilson, RN will discuss pertussis or what is more commonly known as whooping cough. He will share up-to-date information the symptoms, spread, and prevention of Pertussis.

Angela Bakken, Nurse Case Manager at Stoughton Health, discusses how a patient who has stayed in the hospital for at least three days who needs additional skilled care may be able to stay at Stoughton Hospital rather than going to a skilled nursing facility.

Learn more about a local option for outpatient recovery at CleanSlate- treating Opioid Use Disorder.

Learn more about a local option for outpatient recovery at CleanSlate- treating Alcohol Use Disorder.

Learn more about a local option for outpatient recovery at CleanSlate- treating Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders.

A review of things in the home that can contribute to falls and strategies to reduce the risk.

We know many things that work in the therapeutic world to improve balance and reduce falls risk. Let's translate what we know from literature into more playful ways to become falls resilient and invite people to find joyful movement that speaks to them,

As an educator and instructor Linda firmly believes falling is not an inevitable result of aging. The potential for improving your balance, strength and mobility is possible at any age.

This episode will explore the research behind yoga’s effect on fall prevention.

Improve balance at any age with evidence-based tests and interventions.

The Falls Free Dane coalition was started by Safe Communities in 2007 with the intent of building collaborative efforts in Dane County at both the system and grassroot levels to reduce older adult falls in our community. We address the topic of falls collaboratively, by using data to help us target programs, events, and efforts.

For most of us, we take balance for granted in our daily lives; yet balance is a finely calibrated function of our brain, and as our bodies change, our brain often does not keep up. We can take time to focus on balance. We can use movement to help us “recalibrate” our balance brain, improve our balance, reduce fall risk and it can be fun!

The Neighborhood Free Health Clinic provides free pediatric dental screenings for children ages one to five, education for patient and families, and referrals as needed.

Perfect at any point, therapeutic Soma Yoga reduces anxiety while improving comfort, ease, strength and stamina.

How psilocybin came to the US and started the psychedelic movement, a brief history of psychedelic research in the 60s, the hippie movement, Harvard and Timothy Leary, and Nixon’s War on Drugs.

As interest in psychedelic assisted therapy has exploded in the US, the US is grappling with how to commercialize and medicalize plant medicines that have already been used for healing for thousands of years.

A brief history of psychedelic research in the 60s, the War on Drugs, and 50 years later; promising hope for mental health conditions as US grapples with psychedelic legalization and research continues.

Learn more about the Neighborhood Free Health Clinic where community members receive free, compassionate, non-emergency healthcare if living with minimal or no health insurance.

Learn how physical therapy can be an effective tool in managing arthritis pain.

Understanding the connection between your brain and pain leads to immediate and long-term improvements in mobility, activity tolerance, and mood.

UW Organ and Tissue Donation serves deceased organ and tissue donors and their families in more than 100 hospitals in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan and is recognized as one of the nation’s finest organ procurement organizations. Today’s episode will help listeners better understand the importance of registering as an organ donor, how the donation process works and why your decision could save your family- as well as the 100,000 people in the nation who are currently waiting for an organ transplant.

William Wilson (Infection Preventionist at Stoughton Health) talks about the flu shot and ways to stay healthy during the cold/flu season.

According to the American Academy of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, doctors should not prescribe antibiotics for coughs and sore throats and most colds, because they don't help and their overuse is making them less effective against other infections.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that up to half of the 133 million doses of antibiotics administered daily outside hospitals may be unnecessary because they are being prescribed for viral infections that don't respond to antibiotics.

Listen in as Andrew Dean, MD, an emergency medicine physician, explains what questions to ask your doctor if you think you may need an antibiotic.

In your everyday life, you may not even think about your balance and quite often we take our balance for granted, but it is an important and vital part of our health and well being. Many elders fall each year due to balance and stability issues. It has been shown that falls can reduce the quality of life and increase the mortality rate for seniors.

That is why, in this segment, Jennifer Ballweg, Physical Therapist at Stoughton Hospital joins the show to share with you how to do balance and stability training to reduce the risk of falls, at any age.

When the vestibular organs are damaged with disease or injury, the brain can no longer rely on them for accurate information about equilibrium and motion, often resulting in dizziness, vertigo, balance problems, and other symptoms.

Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is an exercise-based program designed to promote central nervous system compensation for inner ear deficits.

Most VRT exercises involve head movement, and head movements are essential in stimulating and retraining the vestibular system.

Jennifer Ballweg is here to talk about how vestibular rehabilitation can help with vertigo.