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Welcome to My House My Foundation with your host, Dr. Maryam Mirad. Dr. Mirad will discuss the many issues that cause us to submit to a life that's less fulfilling and less healthy.

Maryam will investigate this national dilemma of poor health and lack of time for physical activity and offer simple yet concrete solutions to this growing problem. So now please welcome the host of My House My Foundation, Dr. Maryam Mirad. Welcome friends.

Welcome to My House My Foundation on the BBM Global Network. The channel that's been bringing you wonderful shows for the past 25 years. And I'm your very passionate host, Dr. Maryam Mirad.

And I am here to look into the lives of individual Americans. Why is America such a health-conscious nation? You see physical fitness and gym and exercise equipment scattered all over our parks and our communities. But why is the average American not exercising?

What's the dilemma? What's the reason? What's the cause? Let's look into one life's person, one person at a time.

And I may not be able to change the world, but I can definitely change the world for that one person. And today we're looking into the life of Betty. She's our case study today. She's 72 years old and she lives alone in her home.

Where has she lived there for the past 45 years? That's a very long spell in your life, 45 years. And now she's faced with this difficult question of moving out of her home into an nursing home with her relative, her daughter, she's got one daughter, but she wants to stay at home. You know, that's been her home for a very long time.

Ever since she can remember that was her home, she's built it, she's saved up for it. She even sold the curtains for her house and she's got very fond memories and a very difficult decision to leave the house. And she's decided that she will stay there as long as possible. And she worries so much that when you look at her face, she's got definite frown lines from constantly worrying about her house.

Is she going to have to leave her house? Because it's a painful decision to make and she's already fallen twice. You know, she's slipped twice already and her daughter is very concerned that she wants Mom to move into a nursing home where there are people looking after her, but Mom is determined to stay in the house of her dreams. You know, this is where she spent the last 45 years of her life and she made this house from, she has so fond memories.

She's got pictures all over it and to move it's very, very difficult. So we're looking into the life of Betty. She's 72 years of age and her dilemma is that she wants to live at home, but she has fallen twice already and is getting to the point where she can no longer manage the house herself and her daily activities. So it's an ongoing mental strain on her mind that she has to move and she's always looking at her house that what can she take with her and what she has to give away or what can she give to a daughter or what will she give to her friends.

So her mind is constantly occupied by this list of things going through her mind, what she has in her house and exercise is the farthest thing from her mind. She used to enjoy the walk in the park. She has a beautiful park in her neighborhood. She used to walk there and that was her exercise.

She used to go for a morning stroll and then she had an evening stroll. And she's a walker and that was her exercise. But she's not walking anymore, especially after she's fallen twice already and she doesn't feel the confidence that she can go out on her own. And everybody's given advice that's a little bit scary and it's the first time in your life that you're losing your independence and you don't have the power to make the decision that yes, I'm going to stay in my home and I will continue my life like I have for the past 45 years.

So she's confronted with this very difficult decision and she has given up her walk. That was her exercise. She no longer walks around the block like she used to twice a day. So her exercise is gone, but the worrying has increased.

She's constantly thinking of what will happen. The uncertainty for the future, where is she going to move to, how will the change be, how is she going to pack up her house and who's going to get what because she can't possibly take everything with her. So there's a constant stress on the mind of moving and it's not just moving. It's a major shift in life.

You're moving permanently from this place that you called home for 45 years and you're going into a new home, a new place where she knows she's going to be taken care of properly. But it's not home. It's a building. It's a nursing home.

She wants to stay at home and she fights her daughter every time it gets into an argument. She was telling me that every time this topic comes up, we go out for lunch and to eat or whenever we sit down to talk or a cup of tea or whenever we're together, it's a constant topic of conflict. Her daughter wants mom to move out as soon as possible and mom is determined to stay at home as long as she possibly can. So there's a constant conflict and there's so much stress on the brain that her daily life has completely altered.

And I was telling her the need to start her walking and resume her walking if she doesn't go outside, walk inside the house because she goes around thinking, what do I give to who and what will be the future of my sofa, my table, my rocking chair, my dining set, who's going to get my pots and pans. And there's an endless list of what's in her closets because she can't possibly take everything with her when she makes a switch to her nursing home, her new home. So her mind is really preoccupied and it's taken away the peace of mind. So she no longer has this comfort of living at home, even though she's still at home.

And I was telling her that you need to stop worrying, you need to get your daily exercising. You loved nature. She's a morning person, early riser, get outside, enjoy the fresh air, hear the birds singing, there's a cool breeze flowing and she used to walk around the block and she's got her favorite shoes, but she no longer wears them, they're lying in the corner and I was like, get your shoes back on and let's go outside, take a walk in. And so we took this short little walk around the short driveway and you know what, she was tired.

I said, my gosh, when was the last time you walked in? It was before her two falls, so it's been a couple of months that she's actually put those shoes on and actually walked in. I was in Krenjaker that you put your shoes on, put those sneakers on at Thai, the laces, very pretty dark pink color shoes and the touch of silver lining on them and put them on and get outside, enjoy the fresh air. Let go of this constant worry.

Will this house be mine? How long will I stay here? And just take a few steps, you know, don't go too far from the house, go down the driveway, end of the driveway and then walk back again or go visit your friend, you know, your neighbor next door, go around the block with her. And after she's fallen twice, she's lost lots of confidence.

So it's a constant worry on her mind that I'm going to leave this place, you know, this is like the house is being snatched away from her and she wants to stay there the longest and I was telling her, as long as your foot takes your weight, you will be able to walk. And as long as you can walk, you will be able to live at home. So she agrees with me and she nods her head and there's a deep thought you can, I sort of roll back and she sees the logic in this and I was telling her you need to walk because even when you're packing your things, you're on your feet. So you have to really take care of your feet in order to even pack the things and do these and even if you can't go outside for a walk, take a trip and just stand up, stand up every hour, you know, just stand up and go to the kitchen.

Get to sips of water. Even if you don't feel thirsty, drink some water, water is always good for you and come back and sit in your chair again, you know. So her television is on and her mind is just looking out the window or the television is just on for some sound, there's some noise, you know, it's awfully quiet. So we're talking to Betty here and we'll continue our discussion after this.

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Welcome back. Welcome to My House, My Foundation on the BPM Global Network and Tune in Radio. I'm your host Dr. Mary Meran and today we're looking into a very sensitive topic, a very common topic of parents, parents having to leave their home and make the sad shift into a nursing home assisted facility where they're taken care of, you know, there's somebody looking after them 24 hours when if they need something, all they have to do is just ring a bell or and there's immediately somebody comes to their help or their aid.

But the thing is that parents, they want to age at home, you know, they want to age at home and this is mostly a situation, it's a problem, mostly for women because women face the facts, they're living longer than men. So 72% of men are actually living with their spouses. So men are mostly happy, you know, you got the wife taking care of you and how you had it. So 72% of the men are actually living with their spouses, but unfortunately the women are outliving the men, so you have more women that are living by themselves, you know, women are living by themselves.

37% of women are living by themselves. So they live longer than the spouses, they outlive their husbands and they have to go through this very emotional process of losing their loved one. You know, their relationship, how these older relationships were, it was like a match made in heaven. They were really, it was meant to be and when they said their ideas that was edged in stone, it was always meant to be and they were their sweethearts from high school, college and that was it, they were going to spend the whole life together and they have so many fond memories, you can see their pictures on the walls and they have such happy memories and such happy times and these couples, they're sort of rare now in the younger generation, but in this older generation, it was the norm.

You married and you married for life and you're living with your spouse, so men mostly live with their wife. So men do not have this emotional depression that they have to go to because the loss of a spouse, you know, the death of a spouse is number one. It's on top of all these depression and all these polls that you take and it's very severe and boy, does it goes right into the depth of your souls in the bottom of your heart and you don't know that you have such depths until you confront such a serious situation, a loss of a spouse. So women first are confronted with loss of a spouse, which they don't really recover from because women are emotional.

So you have this lingering peace inside of you, you know, you've got a loss that cannot be fulfilled, it continues within you and then on top of that, you're living alone, so your spouse is gone and you know, you can go put flowers in your house. You know, if you have his ashes there with you, but he's physically gone and so you're basically living alone, so a lot of women are living alone and they're depressed. And when they're depressed, you know, they just sit in that chair or they just don't get out of bed and I'm trying to put daily exercise into their lives. And so this is one of my aims is to have a close friend or a family member or one of your community helpers that comes and looks in on you to teach them one exercise, a basic foot program.

So if you don't do anything, you got to strengthen the feet, no exercise done the whole day. Okay, I understand your depress. You don't want to get up. You don't want to see anybody's face.

You don't want to leave the house. You just leave me alone. But one exercise is an absolute mess and that's your foot wellness program, your foot exercises because so you're living alone, you know, the whole body stands on the foot. And that's the whole purpose of my show.

It's called my house, my foundation. And you understand the house stands on a foundation. The walls, the roof, everything stands on a foundation, the lower story, upper story, everything. And we're like a tall skyscraper and we stand on those two small little feet.

So if you want to be independent, you know, you're living by yourself and the minimum care that you have to take for yourself is taking care of your feet. And it's a complete foot program that I have. And I tell you, just focus on your feet. Look at them.

We don't even look at their feet. Our eyes are focused outward. So when I tell people the house stands in the foundation, okay, that sort of sets a deeper tone. They get the message.

And when you talk about the feet, it's sort of non-important. It's not significant. The feet, people use the ugliest adjectives for the feet. They hurt.

They don't look good. People don't like the way they look. And when you talk about the house, so this is why I mentioned the house. And when they understand the house stands in the foundation and their body stands in the foundation, I know they're going through some tough times like our guest study today.

Betty, she's 72 and she's fallen twice. And you know, now she's depressed. She's worried. And she does not do her daily walks.

So foot care is absolutely essential. If you don't do anything, you don't get out of that chair in front of the television. You don't get out that couch of yours. You don't want to get out of bed.

That's okay. We understand some days are like that. But you need to take care of your feet. And the foot is what you will stand on and go to the kitchen.

You don't want to get a glass of water. Don't leave the stomach empty too long. So if you don't want to eat, drink something. And put some, you got some supplements everybody's got.

They're medicine to take. Take your medicine on time. And so get to the kitchen. And when you're there, the hunger will come on.

So it's very, very essential to do this one exercise that I'm trying to incorporate into America one daily exercise. And it's so essential for people like we're talking about Betty today. She's in her house all by herself. And her husband passed away years ago and she continued to live in her own home.

And she went through this depression, which women do because women are now living longer. So they live with a heavy heart. And with a heavy heart, they tend to just sit. They're sort of depressed.

They don't want to get up. They don't want to go out of the house. And so this is my teaching them, do a little daily exercise. The minimum, your foot is with your use your internal gym.

You got to take care of your feet. Because even though you're moving away from your home and like Betty here, she doesn't want to. So I'm telling her that you need to do your foot program. Get your exercises to develop strong feet.

And that is our topic today. So you're listening to My House, My Foundation on the BBM Global Network and Tune in Radio. And I'm your very passionate host, Dr. Maryam Moran.

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I'm your host, Dr. Maryam Arad. Today we're looking into the life of Betty. We're looking at the life of a 172-year-old lady who's making this difficult choice of leaving her house and moving into a nursing home.

Right now, what you used to walk after two falls or daily exercise or daily walk is gone. The last thing you want to stop doing is your exercise. People take your medicine on time. Food is very important.

They invest a lot in supplements and organic foods. I'll tell you, you've got to get some exercise. You clean the outside. You have to clean the inside.

You have to get the blood to flow. Good circulation helps. They're all okay. I said, look at your house pipes.

Your body pipes are the same principle. I was explaining to Betty that you've got to get up and move. I know she's really worried about having to move. But that's the thing.

Her daughter wants Mom to come and live with her. Come into my house, but Mom wants to stay in her house for the longest time. But now in the US, in this country, we're going back to multi-generational family households once again. Because it's becoming more and more expensive for seniors to live on their own, especially after they've had a health episode like Betty.

She's fallen twice already. And living with the parents is becoming more and more acceptable because we have this wave of immigration in this country. So first we had the European immigrants coming in the first half of the last century. And now we have the Latino and Asians.

And the Latino and Asians, they have their parents living at home. So for them, it's like it's normal. Mom lives at home and grandma lives at home also. So it's more respectable in their societies to have their parents and their grandparents stay with them.

And if they can, they do not put them in a nursing home. So parents and grandparents, the age at home. And surprising that if you look at the percentages with Asians, 25% of families living in the US are multi-generational families. So you've got the parents with you, you've got the grandparents with you.

And there's no question of putting Mom or grandma into the nursing home. Absolutely not. They stay at home and they're part of the family. And they're very active.

They take care of the kids. They do the babysitting. So boy, that saves you a lot of money, right? You don't have to look after the babysitter.

You don't have to pay the babysitter. Grandma's always at home. You know, there's Mom or grandma. Who is at home.

And she's wonderful. You know, there's a special relationship between the grandchild and the grandparents. So she takes care of them whenever the parents have to go out. You know, the parents always leave the grandkids with grandma.

She's always prepared. And even if you stayed an hour over time outside, no problem. So over here, it says, according to our survey over here, a race and ethnicity is 25% of Asian parents and grandparents. They actually live with the families.

And with Hispanics, it's 22%. So it falls a little bit. And with the Americans, white Americans, it's only 13%. So, you know, that's about half of it.

And now it's like you live close to Mom. So the mom doesn't want to move out of the home. Like in this case, Betty, she wants to age at home. And she's really made that final decision.

And every time her daughter tries to talk to her, it becomes sort of like unpleasant. And she withdraws and her smile goes off her face. And she sort of holds her position. And what her daughter has done has moved closer to her.

You know, she wants to have an independent lifestyle. And Betty lives by herself in her older home. She's been there 45 years. But that's a landmark.

So her daughter has moved closer to Mom. So if Mom needs and has an emergency or if she needs something, she needs a groceries or if she needs to call somebody, her daughter is just 10, 15 minutes away. So that's really pretty close. And this is the advantage.

So I was telling her, daughter, then why don't you come over and take her for a walk? But she works long hours. So that's on the weekends. They try to take Mom out and, you know, they go have lunch and dinner sometimes and take her shopping or take her for a driver.

You know, they have family time together. But on the weekdays, it's a very long weekend. Betty, she's by herself the whole week. So this is where my exercise program, I'm trying to tell her that I know you've fallen two times already, but don't lose hope.

You know, don't give up and don't let circumstances stop you. You have got to keep the willpower. So every hour, what you do is you stand on your feet. You know, you stand up and your foot will become accustomed to taking your body weight.

You know, the foot has to know that I have to support the body because if you sit all the time, the foot is not going to take your weight and it just weakens. You know, the muscles become weak. Everything becomes lax. So every hour you stand up and you go to the kitchen, get yourself two, three, six of water.

Get yourself from your into, she's into nuts and seeds and she's very health conscious. So I said, okay, go get four alms. You know, go get your two raisins, a small snack that she takes in between. And then, you know, walk back slowly and carefully and not only walk, but focus on your feet.

So I was telling Betty that, but to you walk inside your house, you're familiar with all your environment. Focus on walking properly. Stand up tall. Use both feet to walk because you've already fallen.

So she's very conscious of putting her foot down. You know, she will look down, where am I putting my feet? And then she takes her steps very slowly. And I was like, hold the walls.

Use your walker. Use your arms for support. But definitely keep walking. You do not want to give up walking.

And if you find yourself lying in bed and you can't fall asleep, well, get up, go to the kitchen. Get yourself a warm cup of milk or chocolate milk or just get a little sip of water if you don't want anything in the middle of the night. But don't like going to thinking these depressive thoughts, you know, get up and take a walk around your house. You always feel better.

And she has lots of memories, lots of pictures on the wall. So she loves walking around her house. And she'll show you her pictures. This was my wedding picture.

This is when we started dating. And she's got all of her pictures. They're on the walls. They're on the tables and frames.

And she spends a lot of time cleaning her favorite pictures and, you know, she smiles and lots of memories in the house. So I was telling her, more power to you. You want to stay in the house? Just focus on your feet.

You know, the feet need to be strong. They need to be exercised. The bones, the muscles, the circulation, every part of the foot has to be taken care of. So you use it.

You know, you use it. And that's how we get the foot get serviced and use it. You don't store it. You have to use it.

And you use it. So she sort of, she's encouraged by my talking to her and she says, yes. And so I was talking to her and we slowly took a small walk to the kitchen. And so we're talking to Betty here.

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Welcome friends. Welcome back to My House, My Foundation, on the BBM Global Network and Tune in Radio. The station that brings you great shows of all topics. And today, this is a Health and Wellness section.

And I'm your host, Dr. Maryam Arad. And my focus here is to introduce daily exercise, the minimum wellness that you need. We all want to be active and mobile.

But we sort of neglect that we stand on the foot. That's an important fact that we sort of overlook the feet. So I talk about my house because people don't look down at their feet. They don't realize their feet are important.

So when I tell them about the house, it's like, yes, it rings a bell. The house stands in a foundation. I need to strengthen my foundation. And today, our case study, our guest today is Betty.

And she's 72 years of age. Unfortunately, she has fallen twice already. But she still is determined to stay at home. And her daughter has moved just a few minutes drive, 10-15 minutes drive from her.

So she's with Mom. So they were joking. We went out to lunch and we were like, okay, so now Mom wants to stay at home and where should Mom move? So it's like, let's move to Florida.

That's the state where the largest percentage of people in the US over 65 live. That's Florida. And so I was like, yes, let's get Betty house in Florida. And so it will be like a minor change.

So you go on a vacation and you try to live in a different place. We're just joking. Go stay in a hotel for a little while and see how you feel. So you haven't left your houses yet.

You can always come back home. And she was all smiles. Oh, a trip to Florida. Yeah, that's vacation for her.

And if any of you have traveled the southern belch in Florida, it's like vacation land. The most people are there and they're always on vacation and they're always cheerfully dressed and colorful. You know, they've got flowers and earrings and these necklaces. And they're always doing something.

They look happy. Lots of senior activities are been to Florida several times. And the weather is very pleasant. There's a breeze blowing is always raining and it's not very long.

It's cool. And so the weather is also very nice. The wind blowing is never cold. Never snows there.

The weather is very pleasant. It does not get too hot because you got that ocean breeze blowing. So we're joking to Betty Betty. Her daughter was okay, Mom.

How would you like to move to Florida? So that's a very serious consideration. She took it very seriously. And she's actually thinking that maybe if I would move, yes, I would move to Florida.

So now she's looking into Florida because the maximum number of adults over 65 in the US, that's the number one state where people are over 65. They head straight to Florida. Boy, there are lots of activities that go on. And they're all happy looking.

They get out. The weather is good. Lots of activities is easier to get around with. And this is all around welcome.

So Betty, I sort of like, yes, I like the concept of Florida. She's heading off to Florida and I won't be surprised that she will make the move to Florida before she has to move into a nursing home if that exists because she says, I'm just not going to live in one of those places. I want to live at home. And so the concept of Florida, she has welcomed that.

And the thing is, in Florida, you have these nice neighborhoods and everybody is over 65. So all your neighbors are in the same situation as you are. They're all wanting to age at home. And there's frequent contact.

And now what's happening is so you're having the seniors, they group together. So you're living in a home, like a three bedroom house and every woman has one bedroom. So you're like sharing the cost of living and you're sharing all the bills and everybody's sort of living together. And it's more happy situation because there's always somebody to talk to.

And in Florida, everybody's like walking. You know, you're always out someplace. And there's so many eating places for seniors, you know, special discounts over 65. So lots of places to eat.

And she loves the thought of Florida. Hello, Florida. Here's one more senior coming. Betty.

She'll be heading your way soon. And her, her doctor was, so mom, now I have to get to find a job in Florida. Now you're moving. So now I also have to find a job in Florida and move with you.

And she was like, Oh, you're talented. You're smart. You can find a job anywhere. So she's got her mind down.

Okay, here I go to Florida. If I have to pack up, that's the one place that sort of excited her. Yes, life will be a vacation. And you know what?

This way she can pack all of her belongings and take them with her. So she doesn't have to like give anything away. So that was a very positive step there. And she has sort of agreed to move to Florida.

And her daughter is looking into this situation where they, it's living together. So you have like each bedroom is given to one person. So you got two, three, four, whatever bedroom houses they are in the neighborhood. Each person gets one bedroom.

So you're living in your bedroom and then there's a common dining and a living in a kitchen is common. So you have your own space. But you know what? There's always somebody to talk to.

And her daughter likes that. So the smile is back on Betty's face and they're actively looking into Florida that let's move both to Florida. So Florida is the land of sunshine. It definitely is lots of smiles there and people are always on the go.

And you know what? I recall when I am there sort of, I don't see really obese people. You know, I'm in Texas and boy, the obesity rates are really high. But in Florida, you don't really see that number of obese seniors because they're always on their feet.

They're always moving. Every place is close to the beach. You know, there's so much to do. There's so many trips.

You know, there's all these activities. It's like when you go to Florida, everybody seems to be outside doing something. You know, you come back to Texas and this is a home. You say everybody's at home.

And when they go out, it's mostly with the families. You know, they're with the families. But in Florida, everybody's out and about. It's happy time.

So our case study or guest here today, Betty 72 years of age, who's aging at home, has finally made a decision that yes, Florida is where I shall move from my home. And I will be able to take all my things with me. And she's happy because the residential area that her daughter is looking into has a nice park to it. And has a walkway.

You know, their parks there. So her mom can get out and do her walking because that was her exercise for life. She used to walk in and with all this stress of moving the house and it's just a mental stress. I mean, she's not really moving, but this mental stress of having fallen twice and being the topic coming up regularly that you have to now pack up everything and who's going to get what and downsize.

You can't take everything. You've been moving to nursing home. So now they have decided that she will move to Florida and she will live in a situation where the share the houses. So they're meant to share the electricity, the bills, everything is shared.

And she has somebody at home to talk to. You know, you don't live at home alone. So that's a positive, positive break for Betty there. You're listening to My House, My Foundation, with the BPM Global Network in Tune in Radio.

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Welcome back to My House My Foundation on the BBM Global Network and Tune in Radio. I'm your host, Dr. Mary Marad. We're looking into the life of Betty.

She's 72 years of age and she has decided to stay at home. She is moving to Florida because she wants to live at home and she wants to have her belongings with us. She wants to sleep in the bed that she has the last 45 years. She wants her things.

She wants her pictures. She wants everything with her. She's taking her piano also. She's taking a lot into her new home moving to Florida.

It's a good thing to see a smile on her face because she's been depressed. She has been frowning for the longest time. She even has these deep wrinkles on her forehead and her eyes and cheeks. Everything has a lack of exercise.

She has become pale and frail. If you see her pictures just recent pictures not too long ago when she was walking. That's a form of exercise. She's a walker.

She used to walk around her block. She used to go through the park in her neighborhood. She has a nice neighborhood and very family oriented. There's a park there.

Ladies walk around. She used to walk around her block. That was a daily exercise. She left it so much that she used to go around the block in the morning.

Then she's an empty nester and her daughter has left the home. She says ever since her daughter left to go to college, she has been taking another walk in the evening. So she does a morning walk and she does evening walk. And lately after her two falls she has been so depressed that her expression on her face has changed.

This is what happens to parents that their children make the decision that mom, you know what? I've selected this place and you need to move out from here because you no longer can take care of yourself. Parents don't like that. They have really strong bonds to their house.

They have raised their children there. They have lots of memories there. So it's a very difficult time for them to leave their home. This is what I was explaining to her that you want to live in your house.

You know, in order to physically move, look at her body. Look at her physical body. We stand on the feet. So your feet have to be strong and no one really takes care of their feet.

And if you ask them what do you do when they say, well, I go to foot reflexology and I was like, how often do you do that? Well, you know, it's not too often. They do it maybe once in a while. And then they go for pedicures and ask them, how often do you do that?

And maybe once in six weeks or two months they sort of get something professionally done. And I was telling them that you need to take care of your feet every day because you stand on your feet every single day. Every day you have to stand on your foot and go to the kitchen. If you're cooking something, you have to stand by the stove and you have to cook.

And if you're going out to eat, well, you definitely have to walk in. And generally everybody walks to the garage and then sits in their car and drives to the neighborhood bistro. And there's so many delicious places out there nationwide open for breakfast for lunch, for dinner. That once you are eating outside, it's like, oh, it's easy.

Let me just jess up, fix my hair and put some earrings and color from clothes and grab the keys and listen. So lots of people are eating outside. And now there are lots of healthy choices also. So it's quite close to home cooking, eating outside or cooking at home, whichever one you choose.

But you have to physically stand up, put your shoes on, and you have to go outside in order to go to the restaurant to eat. And that's the reason why a lot of people they order take-ins or home delivery because they don't have to go anywhere. You just open the door and there's the food. And when I talk to my seniors, I tell them no matter what choice of lifestyle you make, you have got to do this one daily exercise, no matter what your life situation is, like Betty, she lives alone.

She's a widow, one daughter who's a adult. Now she has moved out long ago. But the daughter stays close to the mom, so she lives about 10-15 minutes from the mother. So in case the mother needs her, she's immediately available.

So there's a very close relationship between the mother and the daughter here. And so the mother has decided to move to Florida. And her daughter is also going to be moving with her mother. So she's close to the mom.

And if mom needs her, she's there for the mother. And that's the best thing to have your family there. And I was telling her, Dr., you know, what you do is if you move with her, that's the best. And if you can't, I just call mom.

You call her at lunchtime. You call her in the early morning and about 9-10. And you ask mom, mom, are you up? Did you have something to eat?

Have you had your breakfast yet? Did you take your medicine? And with that conversation, ask her, have you done your food exercises? If not, do them now.

I'll hold the phone. If nothing else, wiggle the toes. Or stand up on your feet or go to the kitchen. Get something to drink if you haven't had a drink in the morning.

Or if you haven't had your breakfast yet, I'll hold the phone. You know, walk to the kitchen and make yourself some breakfast. You know, whatever you like. You know, go to the kitchen.

And at lunchtime, you know, she also calls her mother. And I was telling her, when you call her at lunchtime, just tell her to stand up. You got to use your feet. And every time you call your mom, talk to her and hold the phone long enough.

So mom can actually stand up. Get up. She's sitting down. She can stand up.

Or if she's lying in her bed. You know, mom, just stand up. Put your shoes on. Stand up.

Or if not, you have the carpet there in your bedroom. Just stand up and stand up on both your feet. It's like the house on stands on its foundation. Very level, very stable.

So you stand on both your feet. And that's the secret to preventing falls. You got to use both the feet evenly. Don't go more on one foot than the other.

One may be more painful than the other. Or you have some knee problem or one aches more. Or you know, it's an old injury. How about you?

You got to use both feet. So when you stand up, stand up on both feet. So you're listening to My House, My Foundation, on the BBM Global Network and Tune in Radio. And I'm your host, Dr.

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Welcome back to My House, My Foundation on the BBM Global Network and Tune in Radio. I'm your host, Dr. Mary Amaran. Today we're discussing the very important situation that's taking place across the nation as our aging population is the largest growing population.

The question comes up that Mom has to move out of her house, the house that she has lived in all of her life. Her heart and her soul is deeply rooted, but to leave the house is a very painful decision and it's lots of emotions there. So you're into these lows of leaving the house and you're moving on and the kids feel that they're moving on, but the parents are very, very depressed and I am actually actively teaching seniors how to live in the house longer and that's by having stronger feet. So My House, My Foundation, the whole idea is to teach you that you need a stronger foundation just like your house needs a stronger foundation and when I tell them that, they sort of get the message and it's everything about your feet.

So you're going to take care of it. You got to stand up on your feet. So I have been teaching Betty here, our guest today, our case study guest, all about strengthening her feet. She's very, very determined to stay at home and she's definitely not moving into a senior home and it's not for her despite the fact that she's fallen down two times.

So for those families that are in this situation where you want Mom or you want Dad to move out of their home that they want to live in and move into a nursing home. So the first step is teaching them foot exercises. Get them to stand up by the hour. So your foot takes your weight.

You have to develop foot strength. If you don't use those muscles, you're not going to have your strong foot and the foot takes the body weight. So if you want to age at home, the first thing you need to do is take care of your feet. You got to have strong feet because it's your foot that determines whether you stay at home and how long you're going to stay at home.

And if you have strong footage, you definitely avoid those nasty falls and they're very painful and the recovery is very slow and very scary process. So take care of your feet. I have a short message here that My House, My Foundation, take care of your foot. Mom wants to live at home?

Sure. There's no point in arguing and convincing her that she has to move out. Give her the strength. Once you teach them something to do, they will do it.

And believe me, everybody I have taught my foot program to, they understand the need to have a strong foot and they continue to do these simple exercises themselves. And it enables them to stand up and to walk. You need to be able to walk in the house. You need to be able to enjoy all parts of your house so you'll be aging at home.

And the house needs you because you're the only person there and you're the only person that's doing the cleaning, the cooking, looking after everything. And you can sing to the walls, you can sing to the flowers and you can sing to the pictures and you can sing and enjoy living in your house. So the one thing that I would like to emphasize is the need for strong feet and the foot is definitely not exercised. When it comes to the senior years, we like to just type of sit and the minimum movement required is everything is now the hands reach.

The other mode and everything is with us. So before we sit down, everything is there. There's no need to get up. But the need always exists to have strong feet.

And that was my message today is Mom moving out of the house. So we had Betty, thank you for being our case study and you're listening to My House, My Foundation on the BPM Global Network and Tune in Radio. And I'm your host, Dr. Mary Murad.

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