Episodes

Send us a Text Message. Summary Jenny Kim, a family caregiver for her elderly parents, shares her experience managing their finances and healthcare. Her father, who has severe dementia, insists on withdrawing large amounts of...

Send us a Text Message. Summary In this episode, Dr. Mia opens up about her personal experience with her mother's ovarian cancer diagnosis and the grief she is going through. She discusses the initial diagnosis, the challenge...

In this episode, Dr. Mia interviews David McLawhorn, a grief counselor, about his work and the topic of grief. David shares his personal journey into grief counseling and discusses the differences between grief and depression...

Summary Dr. Mia interviews Dr. Monique Nugent about her book 'Prescription for Admission' and discusses various topics related to navigating the healthcare system and hospital stays. They cover the inspiration behind the book...

In the final episode of season three, Dr. Mia reflects on her love for working with people living with dementia and their caregivers. She shares the inspiring story of a couple, Bill and Pat, who exemplify the extraordinary d...

In this episode, Dr. Mia interviews Jeff Bloomfield, an estate planning lawyer from Carolina Estate Planning , to discuss the importance of estate planning and related legal documents. They cover topics such as the difference...

Dr. Mia talks with Caroline Prioleau, writer for the Global Brain Health Institute at University of California San Francisco's Memory & Aging Center and co-lead of the Hear/Say oral history project that collects stories from ...

Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Ashley Sanderlin about how to advocate for yourself or your love ones within the healthcare system. Ashley H. Sanderlin, PhD is a passionate researcher that investigates modifiable risk factors and earl...

Dr. Mia talks about the other main reason why people end up in nursing homes- "legs not working" aka falls, especially the factors that affect people's balance and what to do about each of the risk factors. New format of epis...

In this episode of Ask Dr. Mia podcast, Dr. Mia talks to her colleague, neuropsychologist and memory researcher Dr. Bonnie Sachs. Dr. Bonnie Sachs is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in working wit...

Returning back to Season 3 of Ask Dr. Mia Podcast talking about what is Comprehensive Dementia Care and Medicare's new program to pay for it. Health Affairs' article on Comprehensive Dementia Care: https://www.healthaffairs.o...

For the last episode of season 2, Dr. Mia talks about lecanemab, a monoclonal antibody against amyloid, results since the show's most popular episode on lecanemab released on 10/7/2022. Lecanemab or Clarity AD clinical trial ...

In this episode, Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Trey Bateman about Lewy Body dementia, unique challenges in diagnosis, different treatment options compared to Alzheimer's dementia, and his research on Mild Behavioral Impairment . Dr....

With the recent news of Bruce Willis' diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, I talk with Dr. Halima Amjad about her own personal journey with her late father's FTD diagnosis as well as her professional role in dementia care an...

Sleep, everyone wants it or better versions of it. Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Jaime Hughes about sleep for older adults. Jaime Hughes is an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Implement...

Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Rosanne Leipzig, a trailblazer in transforming the way we approach aging individually and as a society. In her 40+ year career, she has treated thousands of patients and trained hundreds of doctors and...

Dr. Mia talks with Frances Hall and Bob Cain about the unique needs of adult children who are caring for their aging parents and how their organization Adult Children of Aging Parents (ACAP) helps. Frances Hall is the founder...

Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Mariah Robertson and Dr. June Howell about seeming contradictions: geriatrics was the lowest filled medicine specialty in the 2022 match yet geriatricians are among the happiest physicians. 2022 Medicin...

Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Debbie Freeland , geriatrician and Health & Aging Policy Fellow 2021-2022, about policies and advocacy for older adults. We discussed big "P" Policy vs little "p" policy: "P"olicy: Congress and/or State...

Dr. Mia talks with Neal Shah, CEO and Co-Founder of CareYaya , a new way to find eldercare at home: leveraging college students interested in healthcare careers and technology to create affordable $15/hr direct pay between th...

As part of Innovations in Aging mini-series, Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Peter Abadir, Associate Professor in Geriatric Medicine and Engineering at Johns Hopkins about technology in aging. Dr. Abadir talks about Artificial Intelli...

Dr. Mia talks about common physical, cognitive, and emotional changes in older adults, that adult children and other family members who may have noticed over the recent holidays. More info on specific negotiating tips with yo...

Welcome to ask Dr. Mia podcast conversations on aging well. I'm a geriatrician on the mission to empower older adults and all who care about them to thrive with aging. As a primary care doctor and a memory specialist practicing the full range of medicine from home to the hospital, I bring on divers…

Season 1 of Ask Dr. Mia podcast concludes after a baker's dozen of episodes. Dr. Mia talks about the highlight of each episode in season 1, behind the scene happenings, and upcoming Season 2 in 2023. Music & disclaimer Transc...