The Golden Hour
The Golden Hour
Podcast Description
The Golden Hour is where honest conversations meet expert insight in the world of senior care and life transitions. Hosted by Liz Keller, founder of Golden Concierge and Senior Transition Specialist, the show tackles the real challenges, myths, and breakthroughs in aging services—from navigating senior living options to redefining what it means to age well. Each episode features candid talks with industry leaders, caregivers, and families who’ve walked the path, offering practical tips and heartfelt stories to inspire and inform. Whether you’re a professional in the field, a family caregiver, or simply curious about the future of aging, The Golden Hour brings you the guidance, resources, and connection you need—served with compassion, transparency, and heart.
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The show revolves around critical topics in aging services, including navigating senior living options, Medicaid planning, estate planning, and understanding elder law. Episodes feature real-life examples like navigating Medicaid with Luann Sechrist and estate planning insights with attorney Matthew Bollman, emphasizing practical advice and heartfelt storytelling to inspire the audience.
Before the Crisis is a podcast where honest conversation meets expert insight in the world of senior care and life transitions. Hosted by Liz Keller, founder of Golden Concierge and Senior Transition Specialist, the show explores the real questions, common misconceptions, and meaningful breakthroughs that shape the aging journey. From planning for senior living to reimagining what it means to age well, each episode offers thoughtful guidance for the road ahead.
Through candid conversations with industry leaders, caregivers, and families who have lived these experiences firsthand, Before the Crisis brings practical advice and heartfelt stories to the forefront. Whether you are a professional in the field, a family caregiver, or simply thinking ahead for yourself or someone you love, the podcast offers trusted resources, compassionate perspective, and a sense of connection when it matters most.
In this relaunch episode of Before the Crisis, Liz sits down with Stephanie Wilson, MS, Manager of Programs and Community Engagement for APDA Iowa, for a candid conversation about a topic many families, care teams, and senior communities avoid: sex, intimacy, and connection in later life.
Stephanie brings her background in gerontology, neurology support, and Parkinson’s community programming into a wide-ranging discussion about how aging, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, medication changes, erectile dysfunction, caregiving, grief, and changing bodies can affect intimacy between partners. The conversation also explores APDA’s ParkinSex resource, a kit created to help people with Parkinson’s and their partners reconnect around physical and emotional intimacy.
Liz and Stephanie talk openly about why older adults are often treated as if desire disappears with age, why that assumption is harmful, and why intimacy can include much more than intercourse. They discuss handholding, lying together, deep conversations, companionship, safe touch, and the emotional need to still feel wanted and connected.
This episode also gets into the complicated questions families often do not know how to answer: What happens when one spouse has dementia? How do we think about consent, caregiving, and changing roles? What happens when one partner can no longer participate in intimacy the same way? And how can families start talking about these issues before they become a crisis?
This is an honest, adult conversation for caregivers, adult children, senior living professionals, healthcare workers, and anyone who believes dignity does not end when bodies, relationships, or care needs change.
Topics discussed include:
- Sex and intimacy in older adulthood
- Parkinson’s disease and relationship changes
- The APDA ParkinSex kit
- Dementia, consent, and caregiving
- Medication side effects and erectile changes
- STIs and senior communities
- Dating after loss
- Family caregiving and dignity
- Why sex education should not stop in middle school
- How to make taboo conversations safer and less shame-filled
Disclaimer: This episode is for educational and conversational purposes only and is not medical, legal, sex therapy, marriage counseling, or mental health advice. Listeners should speak with qualified professionals about their own medical, legal, relationship, or care-planning questions.
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