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Rosie On The House > Podcast > Aging / Living In Place > AGING | READY OR NOT, IT WILL HAPPEN!
July 10, 2021

8:00 AM | OUTDOOR LIVING HOUR

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SavATree ISA Certified Arborist Sarah Maitland and Horticulturist, Arborist, Maricopa County Cooporative Extension Rebecca Senior.

Tree Of The Month:  The Canary Island Date Palm.  Started growing at the turn of the century by weathy Europeans for its stature.  Slow growing, wide span.

Male palm produces flowers for the pollen.  Female palm have the female flowers producing the fruit.  If the palm has no fruit, its a male.

Places to see Canary Date Palms:  Desert Ridge Marketplace, University Of Arizona Arboritum, Arizona Capital Building.

9:00 AM | On The House Hour

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Discussion on aging.  In particular, assessing a property/home to bring aging parents or college graduate kids not quite ready to be on their own.  There are challenges.  But with purposeful planning, it doesn’t have to be scary.

Even at retirement age of 65-67, life expectancy is much longer that 90 years ago.  We spell out the numbers.

Figuring out the cost of level of care versus remodeling to keep them at home.

BOOK:  Being Mortal:  Medicine And What Matters In The End by Atul Gawande.

Today’s world as we age, we want to live independently as long as we can.

10:00 AM | Open Home Hour

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Overview of Rosie On The House.  The NUMBER 1 REFERRAL NETWORK IN ARIZONA!  Including how a customer who used a Rosie Certified Partner saved a lot of money.

CALLER:  Looking to replace the carpet in the bedrooms and perhaps leaving or taking the tile floor out.  Can they overlay a new floor over the tile or take it completely out?

CALLER (not air):  Has a friend running an evap cooler and air conditioning unit at the same time.  Its uncomfortable and hot.  Rosie explains the reason why its happening.

 

AGING | READY OR NOT, IT WILL HAPPEN! (running time 8-11AM)

Outdoor Living Hour: Talking Trees

John Eisenhower joins us! We’ll be talking about #SeasonalStormPrep and the Tree of the Month: #CanaryDatePalm

On the House Hour: Aging | Ready or Not, It Will Happen!

This article is part of a weekly series that will help each of us plan for a life of our choosing as we age. With the advancement of medical care and the resultant longer average life span there is a question that bears asking for many of us- how do we want to live out our retirement years? A key component for most people is that they would like to be as active, independent, and self-sufficient; as much as they can, as comfortably as they can and for as long as they can. The independence component of aging contributes to maintaining a sense of dignity…

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