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Concord TV's host of SeniorSpeak NH Dan Wise sits down with UNH's Lauren Harris to talk about Gray Dating!

Concord Television's Senior Speak NH January 2024 edition, with new host AARP NH volunteer Dan Wise, features NH photographer Jim Cole who speaks about his experiences covering elections in NH.

John’s caregiving journey began in 2016 when his father John Sr. was diagnosed with late-stage Alzheimer’s disease. This meant around the clock care and advocacy. Finding assistance was a trial in itself. John, a resident of Tuftonboro, left his job to care for his father and John’s sister was able to arrange the finances to make that a viable solution. It was not without its challenges both financially and emotionally.

In a “Phantom Hacker” scam, a scammer calls, texts, or e-mails a victim posing as a computer technician and falsely tells the victim that the victim’s computer or other electronic device has a virus or has been hacked. The scammer tells the victim that the victim’s financial accounts are at risk. A scammer’s accomplice will then pose as an official from either a financial or government institution and convince the victim to move money from the financial accounts that are allegedly at risk in order to “protect the funds.” Often, the scammer has the victim transfer the victim’s funds into an account the scammer promises is safe, but in reality, is controlled by the scammer. In another variation, the scammer has the victim purchase valuable items, such as gold, and sends a courier to pick up these items from the victim’s home for “safekeeping.”

In 2016, Susan was enjoying a successful career in Liquor sales when she had to resign and switch gears to become a caregiver. Her mother, Ann, had ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenia) and in need of full-time care. Caring for Ann was an honor for Susan.

Steve’s caregiving journey with his mom Shirley, age 86, has been a long road that began shortly after she had a stroke. Shirley was living on her own in an apartment in Keene and soon began having memory issues. Eventually, she was found several times confused and wandering at night and knocking on neighbor’s doors.

While education is critical to combatting fraud, we can’t educate our way out of the fraud crisis.

Barbara is struggling to keep herself and her husband Tom afloat. Twelve years ago, Tom suffered a permanent traumatic brain injury that makes it impossible for him to work or care for himself. In the beginning he was treated at various hospitals and rehab centers, which added more bills to Barbara’s daily worries. These days, Barbara is her husband’s primary caregiver.

For the first time since AARP began publishing the Scorecard in 2011, more than half of Medicaid long-term care dollars nationwide for older adults and people with physical disabilities went to home- and community-based services instead of nursing homes and other institutions.

Concord Television's Senior Speak NH December 2023 edition, hosted by AARP NH volunteer Karen Ulmer Dorsch, features Pamela Dube from AARP NH. Together, Karen and Pam talk about Ethel Percy Andrus: The Woman Who Changed the World when she founded AARP.