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The Gerontologist Podcast

The Gerontologist Podcast, a series on GSA on Aging podcast channel, covers a wide range of topics related to aging and gerontology. It features interviews with experts and discussions on research papers published in The Gerontologist journal. The series explores various aspects of aging, including dementia, technology, ageism, age-friendly communities, and other relevant issues affecting older adults.

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Recent Episodes

Here is a look at our most recent episodes.

Automated Vehicles for People with Dementia with Dr. Shabnam Haghzare

Dr. Degenholtz interviewed Shabnam Haghzare, PhD about her paper, “Can Automated Vehicles Be Useful to Persons Living With Dementia? The Perspectives of Care Partners of People Living With Dementia”, published in The Gerontologist last year. Dr. Haghzare completed this work as part of her doctoral dissertation in biomedical engineering at the University of Toronto where she was also a postdoctoral researcher at the KITE Research Institute at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute at Toronto University. KITE stands for “Knowledge, Innovation, Talent, Everywhere.” She is currently an Artificial Intelligence consultant at Institut national de santé publique du Québec.

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TikTok and Ageism with Dr. Reuben Ng

Dr. Degenholtz interviewed Dr. Reuben Ng at the Le Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore about two papers on ageism on TikTok published in The Gerontologist. In "Not Too Old for TikTok: How Older Adults Are Reframing Aging", he and his co-author examine how older adults use TikTok, and in "Hostility Toward Baby Boomers on TikTok", they examine the reaction of younger adults to the ways that older adults use TikTok. Taken together, these two papers shed light on fascinating sub-cultures of the virtual world.

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Assessing Age-Friendly Communities with Dr. Kathy Black

Dr. Degenholtz interviewed Dr. Kathy Black at the University of South Florida about her article, "Assessing Age-Friendly Community Progress: What Have We Learned?", which appeared in the special issue of The Gerontologist, Age-Friendly Environments. Dr. Black's article led off the special issue and summarized the overall performance of age-friendly communities.

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