Podcast appearances and mentions of Louise Aronson

Leah Paulos of Press Shop PR joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about 2 things writers can do right now to help launch their book successfully, how to find your targeted readers and effectively reach them through media, the dedicated focus required to promote a book,tapping into your storytelling chops to help you with marketing, tools for positioning your book with media and journalists, the lead time we need to promote our books and when to pitch, selling journalists on covering your book, finding the story and the audience for your book, the cost of publicity, your job as your own publicist, being proactive, and the classes she offers at Book Publicity School.   Also in this episode: -using spreadsheets -building a media contact list -working with in-house publicity teams   Books mentioned in this episode: -The Sounds of Life by Karen Bakker -The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korellitz -Writing to Persuade by Trish Hall   Leah Paulos is the Founder and Director of Publicity at Press Shop PR and Book Publicity School, and has worked at the intersection of books and media for over 25 years. Twice named a top PR firm by the Observer, Press Shop PR has worked on many notable books and #1 bestsellers including MARCH by Rep. John Lewis and ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder, as well as books by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Neil deGrasse Tyson, James Kirchick, and Pulitzer-finalists Samuel Freedman and Louise Aronson. Leah has spoken on book publicity at Columbia School of Journalism, CUNY Graduate Center, and as part of her regular workshop series, Book Publicity for Literary Agents.  Book publicity 101 Leah began her career as a magazine editor at a NYC-focused glossy magazine in 1998. She later worked as an editor at Conde Nast and as a freelance writer for dozens of national magazines. She made the shift to book publicity in 2006 and launched Press Shop in 2012. She graduated from Cornell University and now lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.   bookpublicityschool.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahpaulos/ https://www.facebook.com/PressShopPR/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090936998502 https://x.com/PressShopPR   www.PressShopPR.com www.BookPublicitySchool.com – Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories.  She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and teaches memoir through the University of Washington's Online Continuum Program and also independently. She launched Let's Talk Memoir in 2022, lives in Seattle with her family of people and dogs, and is at work on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Subscribe to Ronit's Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank https://bsky.app/profile/ronitplank.bsky.social   Background photo credit: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers

Matty Dalrymple talks with Leah Paulos about BOOK PROMOTION AND HOW TO BREAK THROUGH THE NOISE, including the importance of early marketing planning, crafting concise and compelling pitches, and understanding the specific needs of different recipients. Leah also delves into leveraging email lists, using AI tools for crafting pitches, building relationships with influencers, and the long-tail approach to post-publication promotion. Leah provides practical tips for authors to maximize their promotional efforts and connect effectively with their target audience.   Interview video at https://bit.ly/TIAPYTPlaylist Show notes at https://www.theindyauthor.com/podcast.html   If you find the information in this video useful, please consider supporting The Indy Author! https://www.patreon.com/theindyauthor https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattydalrymple   Leah Paulos is the Founder and Director of Publicity at Press Shop PR and Book Publicity School, and has worked at the intersection of books and media for over 25 years. Twice named a top PR firm by the Observer, Press Shop PR has worked on many notable books and #1 bestsellers including MARCH by Rep. John Lewis and ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder, as well as books by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Neil deGrasse Tyson, James Kirchick, and Pulitzer-finalists Samuel Freedman and Louise Aronson. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.   Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, beginning with ROCK PAPER SCISSORS; the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, beginning with THE SENSE OF DEATH; and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. Matty also writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage, and shares what she's learned on THE INDY AUTHOR PODCAST. She has written books on the business of short fiction and podcasting for authors; her articles have appeared in "Writer's Digest" magazine. She serves as the Campaigns Manager for the Alliance of Independent Authors.  

Pulitzer Prize finalist Louise Aronson returns to the Commonwealth Club World Affairs stage to discuss the enduring themes of her New York Times bestselling book, Elderhood, and what to expect in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election. What are the practical and existential implications of aging in a political era defined by polarization and increasing instability? How can individuals look out for their health and families regardless of the election outcome? Aronson is joined by fellow writer Jenara Nerenberg, in a follow-up conversation from their first lively event together five years ago. Nerenberg is the celebrated author of Divergent Mind and a forthcoming book on the psychology of groupthink. About the Speakers Louise Aronson, MD MFA, is a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Aronson currently runs the integrative aging practice and age self-care integrative medical group visit program at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health. She has received the Gold Professorship in Humanism in Medicine, the California Homecare Physician of the Year award, and the American Geriatrics Society Clinician-Teacher of the Year award. Her writing credits include The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, JAMA, Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine, and her work in aging has been featured on NPR, NBC, CBS, and The New Yorker. Jenara Nerenberg is the bestselling author of Divergent Mind, hailed as "extraordinary, jaw-dropping" by Library Journal; she is an Aspen Ideas Brave New Idea speaker and the author of a second forthcoming book on the psychology of groupthink. A celebrated writer covering the intersection of psychology and society, Jenara's work has been featured in the UC Berkeley Science Center's Greater Good magazine, Fast Company magazine, CNN, NPR, BBC and elsewhere. Nerenberg speaks widely on social science topics, including at universities, libraries, companies and organizations around the world. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley and the Harvard School of Public Health; she grew up in San Francisco and, as a millennial, can now be found on Instagram. Organizer: Denise Michaud   A Grownups Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums. This program contains EXPLICIT language.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we set the stage with the story of Dax Cowart, who in 1973 was a 25 year old man horribly burned in a freak accident. Two thirds of his body was burned, most of his fingers were amputated, and he lost vision in both eyes.  During his 14 month recovery Dax repeatedly demanded that he be allowed to die. The requests were ignored. After, he said he was both glad to be alive, and that the doctors should have respected his wish to be allowed to die. But that was 1973, you might say. We don't have such issues today, do we?  Louise Aronson's recent perspective about her mother in the NEJM, titled, “Beyond Code Status” suggests no, we still struggle with this issue. And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics.  The issues that are raised by these situations are really hard, as they involve complex and sometimes competing ethical values, including: The duty to rescue, to save life, to be a “lifeguard” Judgements about quality of life, made on the part of patients about their future selves, and by clinicians (and surrogate decision makers) about patients Age realism vs agism  The ethics of rationale suicide, subject of a prior GeriPal episode Changes in medical practice and training, a disconnect between longitudinal care and acute care, and frequent handoffs The limitations of advance directives, POLST, and code status orders in the electronic health record The complexities of patient preferences, which extend far beyond code status The tension between list vs goals based approaches to documentation in the EHR And a great song request, “The Cape” by Guy Clark to start and end. Enjoy! -@AlexSmithMD  

When an elderly loved one starts to show signs they're having trouble living independently, initiating conversations about elder care can be challenging. We talk to gerontologist Dr. Louise Aronson about how to broach sensitive topics like giving up driving, accepting in-home assistance or transitioning to a care facility. And we'll hear from you: how have you navigated conversations about elder care with a parent or loved one? Or if you're an older individual, how have you advocated for yourself? Guests: Louise Aronson, geriatrician and professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco; author of "Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life"

Louise Aronson brings us this Perspective about the joys of writing. This Perspective originally aired in September 2015.

Emergency podcast! We've been asked by many people, mostly junior/mid career faculty, to quickly record a podcast on ageism and the elections.  People are feeling conflicted.  On the one hand, they have concerns about cognitive fitness of candidates for office.  On the other hand, they worry about ageism.  There's something happening here, and what it is ain't exactly clear. We need clear eyed thinking about this issue. In today's podcast, Louise Aronson, author of Elderhood, validates that this conflict between being concerned about both fitness for the job and alarmed about ageism is exactly the right place to be.  We both cannot ignore that with advancing age the prevalence of cognitive impairment, frailty, and disability increase.  At the same time, we can and should be alarmed at the rise in ageist language that equates aging with infirmity, and images of politicians racing walkers or a walker with the presidential seal.  Ken Covinsky reminds us that we should not be making a diagnosis based on what we see on TV, and that if a patient's daughter expressed a concern that their parent “wasn't right,” we would conduct an in depth evaluation that might last an hour.  Eric Widera reminds us of the history of the Goldwater Act created by the American Psychological Association in the 1960s which states that psychiatrists should refrain from diagnosing public figures, and the American Medical Association code of ethics which likewise discourages armchair diagnosis (rule established in 2017). We frame today's discussion around questions our listeners proposed in response to our Tweets, and are grateful for questions from Anand Iyer, Sandra Shi, Mike Wasserman, Ariela Orkaby, Karen Knops, Jeanette Leardi, Sarah McKiddy, Cecilia Poon, Colleen Christmas, and Kai Smith. We talk about positive aspects of aging, cognitive screening, the line between legitimate concerns and ageism, ableism, advice for a geriatrician asked to comment on TV, frailty and physical disability, images in the press, historical situations including , and an upper age limit for the Presidency, among other issues. Of note, we talk about candidates from all parties today.  We acknowledge concerns and speculation that others have raised about candidates across the political spectrum, current and former.  We do not endorse or disclose our personal attitudes toward any particular candidate.  Fitness for public office is a non-partisan issue that applies to all candidates for office, regardless of political party. There's something happening here, and what it is ain't exactly clear. Strong recommendation to also listen to this terrific podcast with another geriatrician all star, Jim Pacala, on MPR! -@AlexSmithMD  

In this episode of the Write Publish Market podcast, host Jodi Brandon interviews Leah Paulos, founder of Press Shop PR and Book Publicity School, about the evolving landscape of book publicity in 2024. Leah shares valuable insights on the differences between marketing and publicity, strategies for effectively promoting a book, and the importance of being both strategic and adaptable in today's media environment. Listeners will gain practical advice for cutting through the noise and successfully launching their nonfiction books, regardless of their publishing path.   Time Stamps: 00:00 Entrepreneur-focused podcast, featuring writing and publishing tips. 04:53 Strategic targeting, avoiding overwhelm, focusing on bandwidth. 06:45 Traditional publishing requires authors to be active. 12:37 Adapting to diverse formats to reach readers. 15:53 Study recent successful books for strategic guidance. 18:18 Clear goal alignment essential for successful campaigns. 21:59 Crafting concise, compelling pitches for books. 26:08 Grateful for listening.   Keywords: book publicity, book marketing, publishing industry, self-publishing, hybrid publishing, traditional publishing, PR campaigns, media attention, book sales, audience engagement, book promotion, author branding, social media marketing, book launch strategies, author promotion, media coverage, book distribution, publishing timeline, book events, author platforms, book sales goals, publishing goals, author experiences, publicity strategies, nonfiction writers, promotional work, audience demographics, book reviewers, podcast interviews, book advertising Resources Mentioned: Foreign Agents by Casey Michel Ready Set Write Challenge: www.jodibrandoneditorial.com/readysetwrite About Our Guest: Leah Paulos, the Founder of Press Shop PR and Book Publicity School, has worked at the intersection of books and media for over 20 years. Twice named a top PR firm by the Observer, Press Shop has worked on a wide range of titles, including MARCH by Rep. John Lewis, ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder, and on books by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Neil deGrasse Tyson, James Kirchick, and Pulitzer-finalists Samuel Freedman and Louise Aronson. Leah began her career as a magazine editor at Condé Nast, then worked as a freelance writer for dozens of national magazines before moving into book publicity in 2006 and launching Press Shop in 2012. She graduated from Cornell University in 1998, and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and 2 boys.   Press Shop PR: https://www.pressshoppr.com/ Book Publicity School: https://www.bookpublicityschool.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/press-shop-pr/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PressShopPR and: https://www.facebook.com/people/Book-Publicity-School/100090936998502/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PressShopPR LINK TO FULL EPISODE (RAW) TRANSCRIPT: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f3Rmb0yC8mC4YUIY8_3fb-nXNZCFg7GMfkdCA8CyPuM/edit?usp=sharing  

If you're looking forward to publishing a book someday - like we are! - this conversation with Leah Paulos will give you some practical ideas about where to start and how to maximize your efforts to market your book. We talk about the difference between marketing & publicity, when to start thinking about promotion, how to plan for podcasts, and much more.Leah Paulos, the Founder of Press Shop PR and Book Publicity School, has worked at the intersection of books and media for over 20 years. Twice named a top PR firm by the Observer, Press Shop has worked on a wide range of titles, including MARCH by Rep. John Lewis, ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder, and on books by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Neil deGrasse Tyson, James Kirchick, and Pulitzer-finalists Samuel Freedman and Louise Aronson. Leah began her career as a magazine editor at Condé Nast, then worked as a freelance writer for dozens of national magazines before moving into book publicity in 2006 and launching Press Shop in 2012. She graduated from Cornell University in 1998, and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and 2 boys.

Interview with J. Graham Thomas, PhD, author of Pragmatic Implementation of Online Obesity Treatment and Maintenance Interventions in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial, and Susan Z. Yanovski, MD, author of Approach to Obesity Treatment in Primary Care: A Review. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Pragmatic Implementation of Online Obesity Treatment and Maintenance Interventions in Primary Care Approach to Obesity Treatment in Primary Care

Interview with J. Graham Thomas, PhD, author of Pragmatic Implementation of Online Obesity Treatment and Maintenance Interventions in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial, and Susan Z. Yanovski, MD, author of Approach to Obesity Treatment in Primary Care: A Review. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Pragmatic Implementation of Online Obesity Treatment and Maintenance Interventions in Primary Care Approach to Obesity Treatment in Primary Care

Interview with Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD, author of Officer-Involved Killings of Unarmed Black People and Racial Disparities in Sleep Health, and Kevin N. Griffith, PhD, author of Injuries From Legal Interventions Involving Conducted Energy Devices. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Officer-Involved Killings of Unarmed Black People and Racial Disparities in Sleep Health Injuries From Legal Interventions Involving Conducted Energy Devices

Interview with Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD, author of Officer-Involved Killings of Unarmed Black People and Racial Disparities in Sleep Health, and Kevin N. Griffith, PhD, author of Injuries From Legal Interventions Involving Conducted Energy Devices. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Officer-Involved Killings of Unarmed Black People and Racial Disparities in Sleep Health Injuries From Legal Interventions Involving Conducted Energy Devices

Interview with Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH, author of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care

Interview with Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH, author of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care

Interview with Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, author of Association Between Daily Toothbrushing and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, and Rupak Datta, MD, PhD, author of Daily Toothbrushing to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia—Brushing Away the Risk. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Association Between Daily Toothbrushing and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Daily Toothbrushing to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia—Brushing Away the Risk

Interview with Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, author of Association Between Daily Toothbrushing and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, and Rupak Datta, MD, PhD, author of Daily Toothbrushing to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia—Brushing Away the Risk. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Association Between Daily Toothbrushing and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Daily Toothbrushing to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia—Brushing Away the Risk

Interview with Yonathan Freund, MD, PhD, author of Overnight Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Older Patients, and Timothy S. Anderson, MD, MAS, author of The Risks of Being in Limbo in the Emergency Department. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Overnight Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Older Patients The Risks of Being in Limbo in the Emergency Department

Interview with Yonathan Freund, MD, PhD, author of Overnight Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Older Patients, and Timothy S. Anderson, MD, MAS, author of The Risks of Being in Limbo in the Emergency Department. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Overnight Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Older Patients The Risks of Being in Limbo in the Emergency Department

Interview with Katharine A. Bradley, MD, MPH, author of Nurse Care Management for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: The PROUD Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial, and Michael A. Incze, MD, MSEd, and Deborah S. Finnell, PhD, RN, authors of Amplifying the Strength and Leadership of Nurses in Opioid Use Disorder Care—Loud and PROUD. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Nurse Care Management for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Amplifying the Strength and Leadership of Nurses in Opioid Use Disorder Care—Loud and PROUD

Interview with Katharine A. Bradley, MD, MPH, author of Nurse Care Management for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: The PROUD Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial, and Michael A. Incze, MD, MSEd, and Deborah S. Finnell, PhD, RN, authors of Amplifying the Strength and Leadership of Nurses in Opioid Use Disorder Care—Loud and PROUD. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Nurse Care Management for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Amplifying the Strength and Leadership of Nurses in Opioid Use Disorder Care—Loud and PROUD

Interview with Peter Cram, MD, MBA, and Merina Thomas, BS, authors of Comparison of Hospital Online Price and Telephone Price for Shoppable Services, and A. Mark Fendrick, MD, author of Health Care Transparency—What You See Should Be What You Get. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Comparison of Hospital Online Price and Telephone Price for Shoppable Services Health Care Transparency—What You See Should Be What You Get

Interview with Peter Cram, MD, MBA, and Merina Thomas, BS, authors of Comparison of Hospital Online Price and Telephone Price for Shoppable Services, and A. Mark Fendrick, MD, author of Health Care Transparency—What You See Should Be What You Get. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Comparison of Hospital Online Price and Telephone Price for Shoppable Services Health Care Transparency—What You See Should Be What You Get

Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman are joined by Dr. Louise Aronson, returning guest, psychiatrist Dr. Larry Durlofsky and comic, Maddie Wiener.  Dr. Aronson is a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. Maddie Wiener was selected as a New Face at the 2021 Just for Laughs Festival, and recently taped a stand up set for Comedy Central. She has also appeared on You Up w/ Nikki Glaser on Comedy Central's Sirius XM channel, and PAUSE with Sam Jay on HBO.

Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman are joined by Dr. Louise Aronson, returning guest, psychiatrist Dr. Larry Durlofsky and comic, Maddie Wiener.  Dr. Aronson is a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. Maddie Wiener was selected as a New Face at the 2021 Just for Laughs Festival, and recently taped a stand up set for Comedy Central. She has also appeared on You Up w/ Nikki Glaser on Comedy Central's Sirius XM channel, and PAUSE with Sam Jay on HBO.

Interview with Rubén López-Bueno, PhD, author of Prospective Associations of Different Combinations of Aerobic and Muscle-Strengthening Activity With All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Prospective Associations of Different Combinations of Aerobic and Muscle-Strengthening Activity With All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality

Interview with Rubén López-Bueno, PhD, author of Prospective Associations of Different Combinations of Aerobic and Muscle-Strengthening Activity With All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Prospective Associations of Different Combinations of Aerobic and Muscle-Strengthening Activity With All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality

Robbie Felton is the Co-founder and CEO of Intus Care. Intus Care provides data and services to help integrated care programs improve outcomes for their patients in Medicare managed care. The company serves 25 health plans and care programs nationwide with tens of thousands of patients. Prior to Intus Care, he studied Public Health at Brown University Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a type of  home and community based service HCBS that provides medical services and supports everyday living needs for certain elderly individuals, most of whom are eligible for benefits under both Medicare and Medicaid. These services are provided by an interdisciplinary team of professionals. For example, a primary care physician, nurse, social worker, physical therapist, and dietitian are a few of the necessary members. Louise Aronson, MD MFA, is a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. 

So you want to write a book. So you want to write a book!  So…you want to write a book?!? Today we talk with two geriatricians: Rosanne Leipzig, author of Honest Aging: An Insider's Guide to the Second Half of Life; and Louise Aronson, author of Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. (You can hear our prior podcast on Louise's book here).  We talk with them about writing for the lay public, including: Why write a book for the lay public? Why write about aging? Was there pushback from publishers (hint: hell yes) What terms to use to describe the “old age” time period? How did they start writing a book? How do you find time to write and also be doctors and academic professors? Revisions and working with editors Writing an Op Ed - how to start, what to write, where to send it  TheOpEdProject as a resource for learning more We look forward to the books and op-eds our listeners will write!   In all seriousness, you don't actually have to want to write a book to be interested in this podcast.  You don't have to want to play professional basketball to appreciate The Last Dance, which documents the final season of Michael Jordan with the Chicago Bulls.  These are inherently interesting interviews because the motivations, process, and struggle of monumental undertakings are interesting in and of themselves. Enjoy! -@AlexSmithMD

Older Americans' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, including social isolation and loneliness, generosity, and resilience, must be studied and addressed. Read by authors Louise Aronson and Ashwin Kotwal.If you enjoy this essay, order the Health Affairs December 2022 issue.

Are you part of the “sandwich generation,” caring for children and also anticipating when your aging parents may need your care? Or maybe you're an aging parent trying to remain as independent as possible, despite inevitable changes ahead. Whatever your place in your intergenerational family, it is time to launch an ongoing conversation, if you haven't already. What are your hopes and fears? What will you do when driving becomes uncomfortable or memory is slipping or preparing healthy meals seems difficult? What about end-of-life plans and directives?   Carey Lindeman, owner of Promise Care, has worked on these issues with families for seventeen years and brings wise, practical guidance to her conversation with Marti & Erin. Her most important advice? Start early, before concerns arise. And, for adult children, ask, don't tell your aging parents what should happen.   ARE YOU SEEING CHANGES IN YOUR PARENTS' HEALTH, STRENGTH, MEMORY OR EMOTIONAL WELLBEING? Are your parents simply at an age when you know you should anticipate changes? How could you initiate some open, supportive conversations about how you and your parents can navigate change in a way that maintains healthy intergenerational relationships, safety for aging parents, and as much freedom of choice as possible, given parents' capacities?   WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TALKING WITH AGING PARENTS?  ❉ TALKING WITH AGING PARENTS. Read Dr. Marti Erickson's helpful tips on talking with your aging parents. ❉ BEING MORTAL: ILLNESS, MEDICINE, AND WHAT MATTERS IN THE END by Atul Gawande. Check out Marti's favorite book on end-of-life issues. ❉ ELDERHOOD: REDEFINING AGING, TRANSFORMING MEDICINE, REIMAGINING LIFE by Louise Aronson. Using stories, history, science, and popular culture, Louise Aronson sheds hopeful new light on aging in this book. ❉ FIVE WISHES. This organization provides resources for advanced care planning. ❉ POSITIVE APPROACH TO CARE (PAC) & WISDOM FROM TEEPA SNOW. Learn more about PAC and Teepa Snow's work to increase awareness, improve care skills, and support those living with dementia in positive and respectful ways.

Louise Aronson, MD MFA, is a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life.  A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Louise has received the Gold Professorship in Humanism in Medicine, the California Homecare Physician of the Year award, and the American Geriatrics Society Clinician-Teacher of the Year award. Her current work is focused on expanding geriatric care and public perceptions of old age to more accurately attend to the decades and diversity of elderhood, developing innovative programs and practices to empower older adults to retain agency and maximize wellness as they age.  At UCSF, Louise has served as director of the Pathways to Discovery program, the Northern California Geriatrics Education Center, the Optimizing Aging Project, and as Chief of Geriatrics Education. Her writing credits include the New York Times, Atlantic, Washington Post, Discover, Vox, JAMA, Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine, and she has been featured on TODAY, CBS This Morning, NPR's Fresh Air, Morning Edition, Politico, Kaiser Health News, Tech Nation and the New Yorker.  Robbie Felton is the Co-founder and CEO of Intus Care. Intus Care provides data and services to help integrated care programs improve outcomes for their patients in Medicare managed care. The company serves 25 health plans and care programs nationwide with tens of thousands of patients. Prior to Intus Care, he studied Public Health at Brown University Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a type of  home and community based service HCBS that provides medical services and supports everyday living needs for certain elderly individuals, most of whom are eligible for benefits under both Medicare and Medicaid. These services are provided by an interdisciplinary team of professionals. For example, a primary care physician, nurse, social worker, physical therapist, and dietitian are a few of the necessary members.

Advances in modern medicine mean a greater proportion of people today than ever before will live well into old age. Despite the seemingly encouraging trend, geriatrician Dr. Louise Aronson argues that we have made old age into a disease, a condition to be dreaded, denigrated, neglected, and denied. Dr. Aronson has made it her life's work to help us reimagine the rich possibilities of human longevity and of later life. Her bestselling book, Elderhood, was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. In this episode, Dr. Aronson explains what makes geriatrics a meaningful career for her, discusses the faults in our society's conception of elderhood, and shares her humane and hopeful vision for the future of aging.In this episode, you will hear about:An overview of what geriatrics entails - 1:47The need to recognize elderhood as distinct a life stage - 4:42Dr. Aronson's reflections on what drew her into caring for older patients - 6:15The ways goals of care change in elderhood - 8:24Dr. Aronson's approach to caring for her patients holistically - 13:27How physicians can change the “losers and winners” paradigm in healthcare - 17:34A discussion of structural and cultural ageism and the insidious ways it harms our society - 23:03How American culture and medicine elevates patient autonomy and how this can sometimes be harmful to older patients - 30:59A discussion of Dr. Aronson's writing and what motivated her to become an author - 38:49How Dr. Aronson experienced and overcame burnout - 42:57Advice to new clinicians on how to connect with patients and create a more meaningful career path - 46:08Dr. Aronson is the author of the nonfiction book Elderhood and the short story collection A History of the Present Illness, as well as several essays and articles on ageism and aging and a blog.Follow Dr. Louise Arondson on Twitter @LouiseAronson, Instagram @LouiseAronsonSF, and LinkedIn.Visit our website www.TheDoctorsArt.com where you can find transcripts of all episodes.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review our show, available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you know of a doctor, patient, or anyone working in health care who would love to explore meaning in medicine with us on the show, feel free to leave a suggestion in the comments or send an email to info@thedoctorsart.com.Copyright The Doctor's Art Podcast 2022

A look at reading old age with Dr. Louise Aronson, a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. Series: "Critically Human" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 37077]

A look at reading old age with Dr. Louise Aronson, a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. Series: "Critically Human" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 37077]

A look at reading old age with Dr. Louise Aronson, a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. Series: "Critically Human" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 37077]

A look at reading old age with Dr. Louise Aronson, a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. Series: "Critically Human" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 37077]

A look at reading old age with Dr. Louise Aronson, a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. Series: "Critically Human" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 37077]

Professor and geriatrician Louise Aronson, author of Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, etc., talks about how the medicalization of aging has negatively affected our later years. Dr. Aronson provides suggestions on how we can rethink aging and work to transform medical care so that our wishes for treatment and care are respected.Brought to you by NEXTVillageSF.orgNEXT Village SF is a neighborhood nonprofit providing services and support that empowers members to live independently.

Join us on Five to Thrive Live! with geriatrician and best-selling author, Dr. Louise Aronson, as she uncovers a pervasive form of discrimination in healthcare – ageism. Dr. Aronson will explain how healthcare is not adequately serving the needs of elders. We will explore the consequences of ageism and Dr. Aronson will provide some strategies to address these issues.Five to Thrive Live Radio Show is broadcast live at 7pm ET on W4CS – The Cancer Support Network (www.w4cs.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Episode Guest: Dr. Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, a Harvard-trained physician, geriatrician, educator, and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Episode Description: Physician and award-winning author Dr. Louise Aronson, a noted Harvard- trained geriatrician, will discuss her book, Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life, and provide an essential, empathic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. She will share stories from her personal and professional life. Drawing from history, science, literature, and popular culture, she will offer a powerful roadmap for how we can approach old age--full of joy, wonder, frustration, and outrage. She offers hope about aging, medicine, and humanity itself. With modern increases in human lifespans, the period of elderhood-what Aronson calls the third and final stage of life, after childhood and adulthood-may now span forty or more years of our lives. But in American society, at the very moment that we are living longer than ever before, we have turned old age into a disease, a condition to be dreaded, disparaged, neglected, and denied, as we try to avoid the signs of our own aging and mortality. From her personal and professional experiences, she envisions a large-scale shift in society's - and medicine's - attitude toward aging, made up of crucial adjustments in how we see the changes in each other's and our own bodies, how we care for older people, how we set doctors' salaries and bill patients, and ultimately, how we conceive of the final third of life: not as an ending or decline, but as yet another stage of life with its hardships and challenges, opportunities and joys. In this episode, you will be challenged to: Re-examine the meaning of agingRecognize how our views of aging and medical practices reflect a broken system that often exacerbate aging problems. Reframe our later decades to better prepare for and thrive in those final years. Transform our views about aging and lead us to make different choices for ourselves and in policy, ones that improve the experience of elderhood.About Louise Aronson, MD:Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, is a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Aronson has received the Gold Professorship in Humanism in Medicine, the California Homecare Physician of the Year award, and the American Geriatrics Society Clinician-Teacher of the Year award. Her writing credits include her previous book, A History of the Present Illness: Stories, as well as the New York Times, Atlantic, Washington Post, Discover, Vox, JAMA, Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine, and she has been featured on NPR's Fresh Air, TODAY, CBS This Morning, Morning Edition, Politico, Kaiser Health News, Tech Nation, and the New Yorker.Get in touch with Louise:Louise's book: Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life https://amzn.to/3rPxWlK Louise's website: https://louisearonson.com/ Grab our free guide, 10 Key Issues to Consider as You Explore Your Retirement Transition, at https://10keyretirementissues.com/ 

Join us as we discuss elderhood with Louise Aronson, M.D., Professor of Medicine at UCSF, Author of Elderhood, and 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist. There's childhood, adulthood... and elderhood. In this conversation, we will explore this third phase of life and how we can better prepare for it individually and as a society. At Home With Growing Older is proud to be your host of At Home, On Air a bi-weekly radio hour offering connection, community and knowledge to our participants remotely. We invite you to listen and learn from this live recorded episode of, At Home, On Air with Louise Aronson. Learn more, donate today, and register for the next LIVE episode of At Home, On Air: www.athomewithgrowingolder.org

Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski and acclaimed author Louise Aronson about how companies can champion age diversity in the workplace and harness the economic potential of one of the fastest-growing segments in this country.

The COVID pandemic brought to light many things, including how society views older adults. Louise Aronson wrote a piece in the NY Times titled “‘Covid-19 Kills Only Old People.' Only? Why are we OK with old people dying?”.  The ageist viewpoint she was rallying against was also brought to light in a study of ageism in social media.  When looking at those tweets that were related to older adults and covid, more than 1 in 10 tweets implied that either the life of older adults was less valuable or that it downplayed the pandemic because it mostly harms older adults.  So on today's podcast we are going to talk about the initiative to “Reframe Aging” with Patricia D'Antonio.  Patricia is a geriatric pharmacist, and the Vice President of Professional Affairs at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).   The Reframing Aging initiative is a national effort, led by GSA and supported by Archstone Foundation, uses an evidence-based approach to communicating more effectively about older adults.  There are a variety of resources available, including research reports,  an online toolkit, and free instructional videos, to help us talk about our work in geriatrics and aging. For information about the Reframing Aging Initiative, please check out their webpage www.reframingaging.org.  In particular, check out these two helpful resources on their website:  Finding the Frame: An Empirical Approach to Reframing Aging and Ageism (2017): This report explains the process and research behind the development of the evidence-based reframing aging narratives shown to improve attitudes toward aging and to boost understanding of the structural and systemic changes needed to capture the longevity dividend.  Reframing Aging: Effect of a Short-Term Framing Intervention on Implicit Measures of Age Bias (2019) This article appearing in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B describes the effect of a reframing aging intervention on implicit age bias.

In this special conversation, our own Dr. Neda Frayha sits down with the amazing Dr. Louise Aronson, geriatrician and Professor of Medicine at UCSF and author of the fantastic book Elderhood to learn more about how we can take better care of our over-65 patients. Hint: many of these pearls can help us become better doctors all around. This conversation originally aired on Hippo Education's Primary Care Reviews and Perspectives podcast

For most of us, people over the age of 65 make up a huge portion of the patients we see and the energy we pour into clinical care. And yet most of us receive woefully inadequate training to provide the best care for these patients and to overcome structural, systemic biases against the elderly. In this special conversation, our own Dr. Neda Frayha sits down with the amazing Dr. Louise Aronson, geriatrician and Professor of Medicine at UCSF and author of the fantastic book Elderhood to learn more about how we can take better care of our over-65 patients. This conversation originally aired on Hippo Education's Primary Care Reviews and Perspectives podcast. 

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with UC San Francisco professor Dr. Louise Aronson talks about a new stage of life: Elderhood, – Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimaging Life. With modern technology, it lasts longer than anyone imagined. Also, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Daniel Kraft talks about the Internet of Medical Things, while Dr. Crystal Icenhour, the CEO of Aperiomics, talks about identifying hard-to-diagnose medical conditions by looking at the DNA of microorganisms in your body.

The CDC reports that 80% of coronavirus deaths are people 65 and older. Join Nurse Rona in conversation with Geriatrician, Dr. Louise Aronson, to discuss how elders are fairing during this deadly pandemic. The post 5/18/20 Elderhood In The Time Of Covid-19 appeared first on KPFA.

What are you doing for elders? It's a question Dr. Louise Aronson suggests we ask. Whenever there is talk about changes that includes adults and children. And it should be important to you, no matter what your age, because if you don't die prematurely, you're going to live to be an elder. Explore other topics related to Elderhood in this interview, including: Where the US Healthcare system is ranked globally What a geriatrician is Why you may not be able to find one When you should transition your care to a geriatrician What is needed to improve the care available to our aging population Check out her website, louisearonson.com And follow her on Twitter Instagram YouTube

Dr. Louise Aronson reads her essay, "Case-Based Suffering," in which she argues for teaching medical students the pathos and pathophysiology of a patient's situation. Her essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the April 2017 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.