10,000 Americans Turn 65 Each Day: Long-term Care For Independent Living

By Joseph Cooper,

Richard Ives

Published August 20, 2015 at 1:00 PM EDT

08/20/15 - Thursday’s Topical Currents discusses community health services for independent living.

Ten-thousand Americans turn 65 each day . . . and health maintenance is imperative for quality of life. Join the discussion of community-based long-term care services for elderly independent living with Josefina Carbonell Sr. VP of Long Term Care and Nutrition, Independent Living Systems. In the second part of the program: Linda Gassenheimer goes back to class . . . with the directors of Food & Nutrition Services of both Miami-Dade County Public Schools and Broward County Schools. School lunches have come a long way. That’s Thursday, at 1pm.

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Joseph Cooper

WLRN Radio's Joseph Cooper says producing and hosting Topical Currents is the most rewarding experience of his long radio career, which began at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in the 1970s.

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Richard Ives

Richard Ives came to WLRN in September 2000 to begin a new career in radio. Born in Fort Lauderdale, his family moved to Long Island, New York, where he grew up. After graduation from college and an unsatisfying stint in a job that, as he puts it, "paid the bills but for which I had no passion" he found himself contemplating a midlife career change after being laid-off.

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