96. Aging in the HV

10/26/23 • 32 min

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Where should we grow old? Is the Hudson Valley a good place for aging? More and more people think so. And when you find your place, how should we plan for it? How can we stay in our home? How can we get around? What kind of resources are available? Choosing to move from the city to upstate and now past 50, yeah, Cidiot® wants to know all this and more.

So Mat talks to Brian Jones of the Dutchess County Office for the Aging who debunks myths about the department (no, they don’t just send people to retirement homes) and shares info about the great resources and programs that offices like ours in Dutchess County offers. Brian has tips for successful aging and how to "stay on the upside of dirt." It’s really fun conversation, plus Brian has an awesome voice - no wonder he’ll soon be an announcer for local college sports teams. Dutchess Office for the Aging (dutchessny.gov/aging)

Tel: 845-486-2555 Links of things mentioned in the episodes:

Go Go Grandparents
Meals on Wheels
Help at Home
Rhinebeck at Home (aging in place group)
Silver Sneakers
Falls Prevention Checklist
County Calendar
Pickleball Courts (Quiet Cove)
Overmountain Conservation Area
Friendship Centers in Dutchess County
Sunwise Aging Services & Care Management

Thank you for listening to Cidiot, the award-winning podcast about learning to live and love life in the Hudson Valley.

Tel: 845-486-2555 Links of things mentioned in the episodes:

Go Go Grandparents
Meals on Wheels
Help at Home
Rhinebeck at Home (aging in place group)
Silver Sneakers
Falls Prevention Checklist
County Calendar
Pickleball Courts (Quiet Cove)
Overmountain Conservation Area
Friendship Centers in Dutchess County
Sunwise Aging Services & Care Management

Thank you for listening to Cidiot, the award-winning podcast about learning to live and love life in the Hudson Valley.

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In a special spontaneous episode, Cidiot takes you live to the New York Sheep & Wool Festival at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds (October 21-22, 2023). Mat has no idea what he's looking at but luckily Rachel Zive and her partner Sam Barnett are there to guide us all through the fabric and the animals. We learn so much including advice for beginners, celebrity knitwear designers, and terms from the fiber folk community.

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97. Getting Fit in the HV

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“Pick one exercise in every plane of motion” — Jakob Roze

Jakob is this episode’s special guest. Originally from the Catskills, schooled in Saratoga, started a business in New York, and now back upstate, we talk about moving his work here, the relationships between newcomers and locals, and play a round of the Cidiot geography game. And with winter coming on, in part three, Jakob also gives me a recommended plan, there’s mention of bone mineral density, I clarify I am not 80 but I think I have to buy some weights for winter.

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