October 16, 2025 • 34 mins
Today, Doug Pike interviews Dr. John Higgins about exercise and cognitive health. Pike also speaks with Phillip Taylor about the Buckingham.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Well?
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Speaker 2 (00:45):
All right, here we go.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
Thursday edition of the show starts right now. Thank you
all for joining me, Thank you all for listening. And
I just found out I may have.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Where did it go here? Let me double check something
here real quick. Okay, that's there.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
I've got some stuff to talk about this morning as
we go through the program, a lot of things, including
two guests. I didn't even have a chance to put
everything on Facebook because I was just that swamp this morning.
But in the second segment, we'll talk to doctor John Higgins,
as we have so many times, and he's so good.
We're gonna talk a little bit about cognitive health and
how exercise impacts that and then in segment three, we're
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gonna talk to a guy named Philip Taylor from the
Buckingham which is a very nice assisted living, independent living,
assisted living, nursing care. All of that wrapped into one
over off a woodway. We'll talk to him in that
third segment about what to look for if that's something
you're having to do, is think about moving out of
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the home you've been in for many, many years for
whatever reasons.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
We'll cover all of that.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
By the way, a couple of oh I got an
email or a text message a little while ago from
Jeff wanting to know some stuff about deer pros, not
deer processing, but where he could hand off a lot
of already processed venison, and I send him toward the
Hunters for the Hungry program. If you are a hunter
you happen to be, and you happen to have deer
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that you need to take off the property but don't
have room for in your own freezer, that Hunters for
the Hungry program has been around for decades and it
really does a good job of forwarding that very high
protein meat to families who need it. So there's that
something else I wanted to get to before I go
too much farther into the show. On Saturday, I learned
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from a guy named Justin Goldstein who hands me really
good interviews, many of them on all kinds of subjects.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
He's a really trusted source.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
And what he sent me today is something about Energy
Day stem festival that's this Saturday from eleven to three
at sam Houston Park downtown. Says here, Energy Day is
a free family festival dedicated to science, technology, engineering, and math.
Pretty important things to know if you want to do
well in this world. And it's designed, it says here
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to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators.
There's going to be interactive exhibits, there's going to be
a lot of demonstrations showcasing the world of energy, and
then giveaways and stuff for all ages. So if you
can be downtown at sam Houston Park from eleven to
three on Saturday, that's why there's a crowd there. Another
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thing I found that I wanted to talk about, and
this is something that just popped onto my screen. I
don't remember where I was, what I was looking at
when it came up. And this is way down the
road really for the holidays. But if you get your
orders in, and I think a lot of you will
want to do this. It'll be something really cool to
give to somebody, whether it's giving it to a child,
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a grandchild, a parent, anybody who has kids who are
into sports, and that's most people these days, if your
kids are into sports. I got a solicitation from a
company that's called Dyo Best Do yow Best, and I
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believe that company is offshore. I'm pretty sure it is
from the email exchanges I've had in any event, wherever
it is. What they offer is a Christmas tree ornament.
I think it's like three and a half four and
a half five and a half inches tall on which
you can have kind of a replication of your own
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child in. I think it's ceramic or something really not ceramic,
but just it's plastic basically. But anyway, it's kind of
a cool thing. I think you get to pick the
sport you want. I know, because I've already and if
you are listening, and you know, my wife, don't tell
her I about this because this is as much for
her as for anybody else. But what you get to
choose is whether it's a boy or a girl. You
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get to choose skin color, hair color, and then on
the back of the jersey, the one I got has
shows a depiction of my son at the plate at
bat And what it also does is have last name
or you can put first name or last name on
it and the kid's jersey number.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
And it's just a really cool thing.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
And it was even with shipping, which you know how
shipping costs are, but even with that, it was like
twenty five bucks or something like that. And I know
she'll like that. That'll be one of her moving forward.
That'll be one of her favorite favorite ornaments on that tree.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I just know it will. I hope it will. It
is a pretty cool thing.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
I was talking to a couple of the people here
who have children in sports, and I don't remember who
it was who passed by and said, that's a great
idea for somebody to buy for the kids as well,
so they have their own special ornament on the tree,
and then grandparents the whole nine yards. Anybody who cares
about that child of yours in their athletic future. I'm
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sure this company can do it. It's d OYO do
your best dot com and my order's already been placed.
They even give you a little discount code for that
first purchase, and I mistakenly I had the code written
down yesterday, but I couldn't find it. And after I
placed my order today, I saw this contact us space
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and I thought, you know what, I'll just take a
swing at it.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
And I just kind of pleaded my case.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Look, I got on the site yesterday, so I couldn't
be a new user today, but I didn't find my order,
my discount code. It's only ten percent, but I didn't
find my discount code until i'd already placed my order.
Anything you can do for me, and they said, sure,
we'll have the ten percent taking off your card. It'll
be there in three or four business days, whatever it takes.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
But and again it wasn't much money.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
It's about a buck and a half maybe, or maybe
a couple of dollars. But still that was very nice
of them to do that. Market indicators were up around
one or ten thirty, but as we heard in the
Fox News report, now back down. Little bit oil up
a little, but still well blow sixty dollars in gold.
Oh oh gold up eighty three dollars an ounce today,
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and eighty four.
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Speaker 2 (08:49):
Thank you for listening.
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Speaker 5 (08:57):
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In this segment, we're going to talk about cognitive health,
which has been in the news a whole lot more
frequently during the past couple of years. Exercise in general
can help your brain health, and some exercises do a
better job of that than others. And to sort it
all out, I will welcome back to this program frequent
flyer doctor John Higgins, cardiologist at mcgoverned Medical School at
UT Health, an official cardiologists for the Rockets and Rice Athletics.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Welcome back, Doc, Hey, Doug Man.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Hopefully you've got your workout in already today.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
Yeah, Well, at my desk, at my desk, answering phones
and right emails anyway, So what's the simple overall definition
of cognitive health?
Speaker 3 (09:39):
So basically that's Doug feel listeners. You know how well
you can kind of think, remember, plan, focus, and adapt
you know, basically your brain kind of reacting to things
around you and adapting.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
I've read something somewhere recently, a few days ago. I
think that parts of your brain start to go into
decline like in your thirties, and other parts can still
learn more even into your sixties and seventies.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Is that about right or no?
Speaker 3 (10:10):
Yeah, no, that is definitely right. In fact, Doug, you
know the kind of that siduco craze that you know
a lot of people got into. There was some studies
on that showing that people that were, you know, doing
that who are over fifty did have improvements in in
cultinative tests. And you know other people that are you know,
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doing more less spreen time and more kind of thinking
time and and just you know, doing using their brain
and not just kind of watching trash, they definitely will
improve their cognition.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
Garbage in garbage out right. And just so many years
now we've been told that the crossword puzzle, Sidoku, all
of that stuff would keep our brain sharp. And it
turns out as you said, it does. What I'm reading
also though, is that there's cognitive benefit from a variety
of physical exercises.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Kind of explain that if you can.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Yeah, no, absolutely, Doug. So you know, working on getting
brain working, you know, with solving problems definitely helps, but
also getting out there and exercising so you know, everything
from you know, improving your memory. It's been shown with
pretty much all exercise now. Originally the data was on
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the aerobic exercise, but now it's also been shown with
strength training, resistance training, even things like you know, yoga,
tai chi now and essentially, Doug. The the physiological reason
is that the exercise will actually boost the blood flow
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to important areas of the brain. It also decrease races
things in your blood that you know, oxidants and other
things that kind of slow down the brain. So you've
got you know, improvement in the things that help the
brain and reduction in the things that don't help the brain.
Brain everything from you know, insulin resistance, improving that, improving
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glucose levels as well as so it's got there's a
physical thing going on. But also they have found that
you know, other things are being released when you're exercise,
like endorphins, which makes you happier, reduces stress and anxiety,
It improves people's sleep. When they exercise during the day,
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they feel better about themselves.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
You know.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Oftentimes, you know, people that are exercising, you know, when
they look in the mirror, feel happier because they are
actually you know, a bit better with their weight control
and whatnot. As well as a lot of people exercise
with other people so they're less lonely and less isolated,
all with their dog, you know, their best furry friends
they call it. But there's so many benefits and Doug
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no matter you know, what condition you're in, you can
do something. You know, you may not be able to
go out jogging, pounding the pavement or riding a bike,
but you know, like I said before, some of those
exercises even just stretching, you know, yoga, tai chi, you know,
stationary bike, just walking. You know, that's what I would
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say that people just you know, get out there and walk.
That's probably the easiest exercise and that's been definitely shown
to benefit of the brain.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Doctor John Higgins here on fifty plus, you and I
have talked about exercise and the importance of it. So
just almost every interview we do and emphasize that you
just one step at a time. For for somebody who's
at that level, haven't really exercised in a long long time.
But think, bye, gosh, these guys convinced me, I'm gonna
do this.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
What's the short term goal?
Speaker 4 (14:00):
You know, one step down the driveway and back, that's
all they can do today.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
What's the kind of the two weeks, three weeks goal?
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Okay, well, Doug, I would say, you know, just try
to do five to ten minutes if you can today,
just walking around, whether it be in the house if
it's too hot, or you know, out there in the street,
and then each week try to build that up by
you know, about five minutes until you get to the
goal is going to be about thirty minutes per day
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for five days of the week. So that'll so you
can have a break for a couple of days and
that'll clock you up to the one fifty minutes. That
seems like the magic amount, Doug, but a right, if
people can't get to that, even doing you know, ten
minutes a day will actually benefit the.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Brain, you know, I wrote something down when I was
prepping for this visit with you that one of the
one of the other goals in exercise, aside from just
the ind cremental increase each day or week or whatever
you want to do, is trying to hit that spot
where you see and feel better and that makes you
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want to do even more, doesn't.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
It exactly, Doug That it's it's a powerful motivator, and
it kind of gets into a cycle where you know,
you feel better your exercise. You know, you're getting better
and better. Now I would say warn people, Doug, that
too much of anything is not good, and that also
includes exercise. Now, you know, some people go to the
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extreme and they overdo it. You know, they get into
it and they get sort of hilked on the endorphins
and now they're running, you know, marathons every weekend. I mean,
you don't definitely do not have to do that. And
in fact, too much exercise can actually be detrimental. But
the important thing for the brain health, Doug, seems to be,
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you know, get getting some exercise most days of the
week and mixing it up, you know, so try different things.
You know, start with walking, but then you can maybe
you know, go and do some resistance training, you know,
join a gym or just you know, get some weights
and do it at home. Maybe do you know, tennis
with a friend, or you know, join a club that
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does a particular type of exercise once a week. So
mix up, you know, the you know, start off, you
can start off with the walking, but but the goal
is to branch into different things, particularly things that you
enjoy doing.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
In thirty seconds or less, so we don't scare anybody off.
Talk about the difference between minor age rated age related
forgetfulness and clinical cognitive decline if I can say them all.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Sure, Doug. So you know, everyone as they age forgets things.
You know, they forgot where they park the car, you know,
forgot where they put the keys. Now the the extreme
is where you actually, you know, forget most of the
things that you're trying to do during the day. You
get frequently lost. You know, you may forget that you
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have something cooking on the stove and you know the fire,
you know, you create a fire or alarms go off, right,
So once people start and you forget people you know,
or you forget appointments. So once things, you know, regular
daily activities that you normally do are being impaired because
of your brain function, that's probably time to you know,
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get checked out. The usual thing is okay, you know,
just forgetting your keys once in a while or your phone.
That's totally okay, all right, just making sure.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Thank you so much once again, doctor John Higgins. I
appreciate your time.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
You know that, all right, Roger, that thanks sir.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
My pleasure.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
All right, Off we go to Champions Tree Preservation. I
just swapped emails with Irwin Costallano's the man who owns
a company, and he's an arborist. His son, Robin is
an arbist, and they will come to your house and
make sure your trees are ready for whatever storm, season
or winter or summer throws at them, whether it's a
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little bitty feeding, maybe a little simple feeding, or some
pruning or limb lopping or total removal of a tree,
whatever it is. And I just talked to somebody earlier
today who had to go through all of that, all
of the above with all the trees in her yard
after they.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Got checked out.
Speaker 4 (18:20):
And what I'm finding is that an arborist is the
only person who's really gonna be able to tell you
exactly what's going on with your trees. And that's where
Robin and Numb and Gosh Erwin lost. Thanks John Higgins,
you made me forget something. Erwin and Robin will come
to your house. They'll make sure those trees are right,
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and if they need something, they're gonna bring a crew.
They're gonna send a crew out behind them to take
care of whatever it is up to and including the
removal of a two damage to save tree doesn't happen often,
but when it does, they can take that tree out
for you and then they can replace it with something
from their tree farm where they grow native Texas trees.
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Get them out. We're gonna talk about next week. We're
gonna talk about winterizing your trees and how important that is.
I have Irwin on I believe it's next Friday. I've
got him scheduled for be sure to listen in on
that one two eight one three two zero eighty two
zero one two eight one three two zero eighty two
zero one or the website championstree dot com. That's championstree
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dot com.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Yeah, they sure don't make them like they used to.
That's why every few months we wash them. Check his
fluids and spring on a fresh cod o wax. This
is fifty plus with Doug Pike. All right, welcome back
to fifty plus. Thanks for listening, certainly do appreciate it.
On this what fourth or fifth great day in a row.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
In this segment, we're gonna talk about what to look
for and what to expect when it's time and it's
a big decision when it's time to move out of
your home or maybe your family's telling you you need
to even if you don't want to, And to talk
about that, I'm gonna bring in Philip Taylor from the Buckingham,
one of Houston's best choices in this in this realm,
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Welcome aboard, Philip, I.
Speaker 5 (20:08):
Dug thinks it's good to spend time with you.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Don't be coughing through the phone on me now.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
We talked about that a little bit.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
I know about ahead of you. Sound great, man, You're fine.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
The Buckingham Big Place twenty three acres gated community over
there on Woodway that offers pretty much every level of
care a family member could need to do. Most senior
living facilities follow a similar model of providing as much
or as little assistance as a resident might need for
long term or do more of them kind of stay
in one or two lanes.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
Most of them stay in one or two lanes. There's
just a broad mix of communities that have different services,
different combinations of services. It's the small percentage of communities
that have an independent living where people are definitely going
to come to live permanently and then knowing they're going
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to a community that has the full continuum of care.
That's the small percentage that do that. And when I
say full continuum, it's assisted living, it's memory support, skilled nursing,
long term care. Most people who've had stays in the
hospitals will come here for short term rehab, and you
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know those are usually if you've had to stay in
the hospital for three nights, then Medicare is going to
reimburse your stay when you come here for rehab. So
we've got it all. There's some other communities that have
it all, but I would say most are just sort
of a combination of that.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Kind of assisted nursing, maybe what level, whatever level of
care somebody needs, whatever their reasons for moving out of
the home, whether they did it voluntarily, or their sibling
or their children push them out. Whatever I'd imagine a
lot of them arrive with some apprehension and concern about
fitting in. How do facilities such as yours help these
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folks adapt to their new surroundings.
Speaker 5 (22:12):
Well, we have in most communities will have marketing events
where they might have a resident panel where they can
come and talk to the residents, ask them questions, and
maybe luncheons where you do a presentation about your community.
Sometimes we'll have people come stay a night or two
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at the Buckingham on our dime, call it a staycation,
so they can get to know the staff, get to
know the residents. And because we're in constant contact with
a lot of people, I tell them to come often
to the Buckingham because once you determine that it's the
place that you take seriously and you think you may
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move there, we actually want you to be assimilated by
the time you do in, so you know how to
get around, you know who you're talking to, you know
the food and where to get it, and all those
types of things. So it's good to visit often. And
it's not a burden to us that you do. It's
not you know, we're not you're not telling us that
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you're making a commitment because you're coming, but we know
that you're here to take a serious lead and to
get to know us.
Speaker 4 (23:26):
Yeah, one of the you answered one of the questions
I had on the list, is one tour of a
property enough to really evaluate it?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
And I would I would.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
Really no, It's it's a lot. I would recommend people
visit multiple communities, so each time you walk through the
door of a community, you get just a different feel
from that community.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
You need.
Speaker 5 (23:49):
You'll get a different feel that'll that'll be telling you
need to try the food. And and then of course
everybody's got a different pricing model. So it's a lot.
It's a lot to absorb for people, and so it's
uh for those people who plan ahead, that's that's the
best way to go, because we always tell people, you know,
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it's better to come five years too early than five
years too late.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Amen to that.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
Is it okay at most places to show up un
announced for tours? I know you have to be respectfuble
of the employee's time, but is it kind of okay
to just walk in and see what's really happening in there?
Speaker 5 (24:27):
It's okay to do that. We would prefer scheduled tours
and appointments, But sometimes walk ins can really they can
turn out to happen very well. In fact, I had
one one day and I had no idea. She was
ready to do business, and we were able to do
a tour, answer all the questions, and you know, they
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signed the paperwork that same day. So you just never know.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
Yeah, that's that's that's ideal circumstances. Of course, what's the
what's the usual timeline from first contact to somebody signing in?
Speaker 5 (25:05):
Oh man, We've had people that have been in the
system since two thousand and two. We didn't even open
until two thousand and five. Sometimes it's a matter of days,
but usually it's a matter of weeks and months before
somebody finally makes that decision.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
Yeah, I know somebody who's in the middle of that
right now, and she's probably four or five months into
the decision and still still at.
Speaker 5 (25:33):
It, you know, m hm. And there's scenarios where the
kids are doing the legwork and the discovery, and sometimes
they're not always on the same page as mom or dad,
and and there are sometimes where the kids know that
it's time and they will put their foot down sometimes
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and ultimately, you know, when you have a resident panel.
You'll have a resident of a community that's talking about
that experience. And when they move in, and then they
get settled in, ultimately you'll hear them say, you know,
the kids were right, we were wrong. It was the
right thing to do.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
We're down to thirty seconds, Philip. I hate to do
it too.
Speaker 4 (26:17):
But for somebody mind audience who's on the fence about
moving into someplace like the Buckingham, what's the most reassuring
thing you'd tell them about taking that step in their lives.
Speaker 5 (26:27):
Well, I would say one important thing to think about
is when you have a culture like ours that's designed
to offer a plethora of socialization, or a good fitness program,
a great culinary team, you know, think about how important
it is for you to move into a culture where
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you actually become a better version of yourself than being
alone at home.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
That's really good. That's good, Philip, Thank you so much.
I've got a run. I appreciate it. Yes, sir, here
Buckingham Houston dot com.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
Go there.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
You'll see what I'm talking about. A beautiful place.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
All right, we got to take a little break care
On the way out, I'll tell you about Cedar Cove
RV Resort. Cedar Cove ARV Resort is down at the
end of Tri City Beach Road, right there on Galveson Bay,
and boy, we are coming into a wonderful season to
be spending days and nights on the water down that way.
If you have an RV, a motor home, a pop
up trailer, whatever it is, you can park it on
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a concrete slab. Enjoy the rustling of the wind through
the palm fronds. Enjoy the water lapping onto the shoreline.
There sewer water and electric at every site. Wi FI,
the bathhouse, the showers, the convenience store, because everybody forgets
something when they go that way, and it's a pretty
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dog one good fishing this time of year. Actually, if
you want to stay up right to sunset, or maybe
get up right before dawn and throw a little bait
out there, run down to Thompson's, get yourself some live shrimping,
come back and see what you can catch. By the way,
if you don't own a vehicle to park on one
of those slabs, the owners Alan Nancy Kibbi will be
happy to rent you one. They have an RV that's
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What's life without a net? I suggest you go to bed,
sleep it off.
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Just wait until the show's over.
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Sleepy.
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Back to Doug Pike as fifty plus continues.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
Fourth and final segment of the show starts.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
Now. I hope you've enjoyed it so far. Let me
see where I want to go here? Do I want
to get into something really newsy? We don't have a
breaking news sound, so that's a right.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (28:55):
By the way, there were two things going on out
in California, both of which involved Governor gambling. Gavin Newsom
out there betting the farm that his weirdness is going
to somehow gain him favor with the American people. He's
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got to be thinking he's going to be the next
president of the United States and I got a big
old hunch that he's dead or on because he keeps
making mistakes, the first of which is going to infuriate
Second Amendment people. What he's done out there is passed
into law AB thirteen forty four, which establishes an anti
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gun law in four test counties where district attorneys are
going to be able to file directly for gun violence
restraining orders gvros, and those orders, when granted, will allow
enforcement to just confiscate any and all firearms owned by
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the person whose name's on the order. The plan, they
say is to track results through twenty thirty one, with
annual reporting to the California Firearm Violence Research Center at
UC Davis starting in twenty twenty seven. This one kind
of falls into my give them an inch file even
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before I'm gonna make a bet with you, even before
the first reports are filed. Watch for Newsom to expand
the program because he's heard it's working. That's what he's
going to tell you. I've heard great things about this program.
We have kept a lot of people from having guns
who don't need guns. Well, who's to say when you're
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gonna need one and when you're not. If somebody is
just as bonkers, and there is legitimate reason to think
they are an imminent danger to society. That's one thing.
But this notion that district attorneys can it's all going
to depend on the weight of the evidence against the
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person who's in question, because if they run amuck with this,
which I think they will, there will be a lot
of people being disarmed and just left vulnerable and targeted
by false reporting to district attorneys because once I got
a hunch that once something crosses their desk, they have
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to follow up on it.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
They have to do due diligence.
Speaker 4 (31:30):
And if the person who's making the complaint against someone
else and thinks they might be in danger comes in
and says that guy over there as crazy as alone
and I'm scared he's gonna shoot me. DA is going
to have to do something. And if they can't prove
the complain it wrong, then the guy on the other
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end of it might just have his Second Amendment rights
taken away, just on a hunch that somebody's got. It's
a very slippery slope and I'm not really I'm not
really into it. I'm not really for it, but we'll
have to see. We'll just have to see how it
works out out there. That's a good place for it.
At least I'm to take care of that. Joe, Well,
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a minute left too, left? Two good, let's do this.
Halloween's on the way, and wouldn't you know it, an
online betting site. It doesn't say which one here, it
doesn't matter, has crunched the numbers, it says, and figured
out your kid's chances of getting different types of candy
on Halloween. A sixty seven percent chance, it says here,
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that they'll get at least one Reese's peanut butter cup.
Doesn't say whether full sized or bite sized. My guess
is it's probably going to be bite sized. These days,
you have a thirty three percent chance of getting a
Twix and a two percent chance.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Of finding a toothbrush in the bag. That should be higher.
Speaker 4 (33:04):
It just seems I saw something about some hilarious dentist
and his idea is on a cavity free Halloween.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
But I didn't read it.
Speaker 4 (33:13):
It just the entire premise boored me to tears. Is
apparently a trend of people taking many pumpkins to Starbucks too,
which really bothers me. What they're doing is they're taking
these little little pumpkins to Starbucks, all hollowed out, and
then getting the Bearista to fill them with the drink
they order. That's cute and all, but it also is
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against public health law. I would think to bring produce
in from outside and have the people who are making
drinks for everybody have to touch your pumpkin. It's kind
of like dogs in the grocery store. We talked about that.
I believe yesterday how much that bothers me. There is
a crazy AI milestone I'll give you on the way
(33:58):
out here. AI has found its way into just about
everything and is on the verge or beyond the verge,
depending on who you ask and what you read. Of
being able to perform without any more human help, AI
is just basically saying we got it. Step out of
the way, or we will destroy you. Study found that
(34:20):
over half of the online articles written now either all
by AI or mostly by AI. Fortunately, Will and I
are still live. Will take care of you.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
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Speaker 4 (01:00):
I've got some stuff to talk about this morning as
we go through the program, a lot of things, including
two guests. I didn't even have a chance to put
everything on Facebook because I was just that swamp this morning.
But in the second segment, we'll talk to doctor John Higgins,
as we have so many times, and he's so good.
We're gonna talk a little bit about cognitive health and
how exercise impacts that and then in segment three, we're
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gonna talk to a guy named Philip Taylor from the
Buckingham which is a very nice assisted living, independent living,
assisted living, nursing care. All of that wrapped into one
over off a woodway. We'll talk to him in that
third segment about what to look for if that's something
you're having to do, is think about moving out of
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the home you've been in for many, many years for
whatever reasons.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
We'll cover all of that.
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By the way, a couple of oh I got an
email or a text message a little while ago from
Jeff wanting to know some stuff about deer pros, not
deer processing, but where he could hand off a lot
of already processed venison, and I send him toward the
Hunters for the Hungry program. If you are a hunter
you happen to be, and you happen to have deer
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that you need to take off the property but don't
have room for in your own freezer, that Hunters for
the Hungry program has been around for decades and it
really does a good job of forwarding that very high
protein meat to families who need it. So there's that
something else I wanted to get to before I go
too much farther into the show. On Saturday, I learned
(02:35):
from a guy named Justin Goldstein who hands me really
good interviews, many of them on all kinds of subjects.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
He's a really trusted source.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
And what he sent me today is something about Energy
Day stem festival that's this Saturday from eleven to three
at sam Houston Park downtown. Says here, Energy Day is
a free family festival dedicated to science, technology, engineering, and math.
Pretty important things to know if you want to do
well in this world. And it's designed, it says here
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to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators.
There's going to be interactive exhibits, there's going to be
a lot of demonstrations showcasing the world of energy, and
then giveaways and stuff for all ages. So if you
can be downtown at sam Houston Park from eleven to
three on Saturday, that's why there's a crowd there. Another
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thing I found that I wanted to talk about, and
this is something that just popped onto my screen. I
don't remember where I was, what I was looking at
when it came up. And this is way down the
road really for the holidays. But if you get your
orders in, and I think a lot of you will
want to do this. It'll be something really cool to
give to somebody, whether it's giving it to a child,
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a grandchild, a parent, anybody who has kids who are
into sports, and that's most people these days, if your
kids are into sports. I got a solicitation from a
company that's called Dyo Best Do yow Best, and I
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believe that company is offshore. I'm pretty sure it is
from the email exchanges I've had in any event, wherever
it is. What they offer is a Christmas tree ornament.
I think it's like three and a half four and
a half five and a half inches tall on which
you can have kind of a replication of your own
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child in. I think it's ceramic or something really not ceramic,
but just it's plastic basically. But anyway, it's kind of
a cool thing. I think you get to pick the
sport you want. I know, because I've already and if
you are listening, and you know, my wife, don't tell
her I about this because this is as much for
her as for anybody else. But what you get to
choose is whether it's a boy or a girl. You
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get to choose skin color, hair color, and then on
the back of the jersey, the one I got has
shows a depiction of my son at the plate at
bat And what it also does is have last name
or you can put first name or last name on
it and the kid's jersey number.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
And it's just a really cool thing.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
And it was even with shipping, which you know how
shipping costs are, but even with that, it was like
twenty five bucks or something like that. And I know
she'll like that. That'll be one of her moving forward.
That'll be one of her favorite favorite ornaments on that tree.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I just know it will. I hope it will. It
is a pretty cool thing.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
I was talking to a couple of the people here
who have children in sports, and I don't remember who
it was who passed by and said, that's a great
idea for somebody to buy for the kids as well,
so they have their own special ornament on the tree,
and then grandparents the whole nine yards. Anybody who cares
about that child of yours in their athletic future. I'm
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sure this company can do it. It's d OYO do
your best dot com and my order's already been placed.
They even give you a little discount code for that
first purchase, and I mistakenly I had the code written
down yesterday, but I couldn't find it. And after I
placed my order today, I saw this contact us space
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and I thought, you know what, I'll just take a
swing at it.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
And I just kind of pleaded my case.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Look, I got on the site yesterday, so I couldn't
be a new user today, but I didn't find my order,
my discount code. It's only ten percent, but I didn't
find my discount code until i'd already placed my order.
Anything you can do for me, and they said, sure,
we'll have the ten percent taking off your card. It'll
be there in three or four business days, whatever it takes.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
But and again it wasn't much money.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
It's about a buck and a half maybe, or maybe
a couple of dollars. But still that was very nice
of them to do that. Market indicators were up around
one or ten thirty, but as we heard in the
Fox News report, now back down. Little bit oil up
a little, but still well blow sixty dollars in gold.
Oh oh gold up eighty three dollars an ounce today,
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nearly two percent and sitting at four thousand two hundred
and eighty four.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Dollars per ounce.
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If you could use a couple of bucks and you
have a couple of things made out of with any
gold content in them, Hey, if you need rent money
or whatever it is, now'd be the time to get
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I'm going to put my glasses back on and thank
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In this segment, we're going to talk about cognitive health,
which has been in the news a whole lot more
frequently during the past couple of years. Exercise in general
can help your brain health, and some exercises do a
better job of that than others. And to sort it
all out, I will welcome back to this program frequent
flyer doctor John Higgins, cardiologist at mcgoverned Medical School at
UT Health, an official cardiologists for the Rockets and Rice Athletics.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Welcome back, Doc, Hey, Doug Man.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Hopefully you've got your workout in already today.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
Yeah, Well, at my desk, at my desk, answering phones
and right emails anyway, So what's the simple overall definition
of cognitive health?
Speaker 3 (09:39):
So basically that's Doug feel listeners. You know how well
you can kind of think, remember, plan, focus, and adapt
you know, basically your brain kind of reacting to things
around you and adapting.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
I've read something somewhere recently, a few days ago. I
think that parts of your brain start to go into
decline like in your thirties, and other parts can still
learn more even into your sixties and seventies.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Is that about right or no?
Speaker 3 (10:10):
Yeah, no, that is definitely right. In fact, Doug, you
know the kind of that siduco craze that you know
a lot of people got into. There was some studies
on that showing that people that were, you know, doing
that who are over fifty did have improvements in in
cultinative tests. And you know other people that are you know,
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doing more less spreen time and more kind of thinking
time and and just you know, doing using their brain
and not just kind of watching trash, they definitely will
improve their cognition.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
Garbage in garbage out right. And just so many years
now we've been told that the crossword puzzle, Sidoku, all
of that stuff would keep our brain sharp. And it
turns out as you said, it does. What I'm reading
also though, is that there's cognitive benefit from a variety
of physical exercises.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Kind of explain that if you can.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Yeah, no, absolutely, Doug. So you know, working on getting
brain working, you know, with solving problems definitely helps, but
also getting out there and exercising so you know, everything
from you know, improving your memory. It's been shown with
pretty much all exercise now. Originally the data was on
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the aerobic exercise, but now it's also been shown with
strength training, resistance training, even things like you know, yoga,
tai chi now and essentially, Doug. The the physiological reason
is that the exercise will actually boost the blood flow
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to important areas of the brain. It also decrease races
things in your blood that you know, oxidants and other
things that kind of slow down the brain. So you've
got you know, improvement in the things that help the
brain and reduction in the things that don't help the brain.
Brain everything from you know, insulin resistance, improving that, improving
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glucose levels as well as so it's got there's a
physical thing going on. But also they have found that
you know, other things are being released when you're exercise,
like endorphins, which makes you happier, reduces stress and anxiety,
It improves people's sleep. When they exercise during the day,
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they feel better about themselves.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
You know.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Oftentimes, you know, people that are exercising, you know, when
they look in the mirror, feel happier because they are
actually you know, a bit better with their weight control
and whatnot. As well as a lot of people exercise
with other people so they're less lonely and less isolated,
all with their dog, you know, their best furry friends
they call it. But there's so many benefits and Doug
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no matter you know, what condition you're in, you can
do something. You know, you may not be able to
go out jogging, pounding the pavement or riding a bike,
but you know, like I said before, some of those
exercises even just stretching, you know, yoga, tai chi, you know,
stationary bike, just walking. You know, that's what I would
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say that people just you know, get out there and walk.
That's probably the easiest exercise and that's been definitely shown
to benefit of the brain.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Doctor John Higgins here on fifty plus, you and I
have talked about exercise and the importance of it. So
just almost every interview we do and emphasize that you
just one step at a time. For for somebody who's
at that level, haven't really exercised in a long long time.
But think, bye, gosh, these guys convinced me, I'm gonna
do this.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
What's the short term goal?
Speaker 4 (14:00):
You know, one step down the driveway and back, that's
all they can do today.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
What's the kind of the two weeks, three weeks goal?
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Okay, well, Doug, I would say, you know, just try
to do five to ten minutes if you can today,
just walking around, whether it be in the house if
it's too hot, or you know, out there in the street,
and then each week try to build that up by
you know, about five minutes until you get to the
goal is going to be about thirty minutes per day
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for five days of the week. So that'll so you
can have a break for a couple of days and
that'll clock you up to the one fifty minutes. That
seems like the magic amount, Doug, but a right, if
people can't get to that, even doing you know, ten
minutes a day will actually benefit the.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Brain, you know, I wrote something down when I was
prepping for this visit with you that one of the
one of the other goals in exercise, aside from just
the ind cremental increase each day or week or whatever
you want to do, is trying to hit that spot
where you see and feel better and that makes you
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want to do even more, doesn't.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
It exactly, Doug That it's it's a powerful motivator, and
it kind of gets into a cycle where you know,
you feel better your exercise. You know, you're getting better
and better. Now I would say warn people, Doug, that
too much of anything is not good, and that also
includes exercise. Now, you know, some people go to the
(15:31):
extreme and they overdo it. You know, they get into
it and they get sort of hilked on the endorphins
and now they're running, you know, marathons every weekend. I mean,
you don't definitely do not have to do that. And
in fact, too much exercise can actually be detrimental. But
the important thing for the brain health, Doug, seems to be,
(15:52):
you know, get getting some exercise most days of the
week and mixing it up, you know, so try different things.
You know, start with walking, but then you can maybe
you know, go and do some resistance training, you know,
join a gym or just you know, get some weights
and do it at home. Maybe do you know, tennis
with a friend, or you know, join a club that
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does a particular type of exercise once a week. So
mix up, you know, the you know, start off, you
can start off with the walking, but but the goal
is to branch into different things, particularly things that you
enjoy doing.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
In thirty seconds or less, so we don't scare anybody off.
Talk about the difference between minor age rated age related
forgetfulness and clinical cognitive decline if I can say them all.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Sure, Doug. So you know, everyone as they age forgets things.
You know, they forgot where they park the car, you know,
forgot where they put the keys. Now the the extreme
is where you actually, you know, forget most of the
things that you're trying to do during the day. You
get frequently lost. You know, you may forget that you
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have something cooking on the stove and you know the fire,
you know, you create a fire or alarms go off, right,
So once people start and you forget people you know,
or you forget appointments. So once things, you know, regular
daily activities that you normally do are being impaired because
of your brain function, that's probably time to you know,
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get checked out. The usual thing is okay, you know,
just forgetting your keys once in a while or your phone.
That's totally okay, all right, just making sure.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Thank you so much once again, doctor John Higgins. I
appreciate your time.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
You know that, all right, Roger, that thanks sir.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
My pleasure.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
All right, Off we go to Champions Tree Preservation. I
just swapped emails with Irwin Costallano's the man who owns
a company, and he's an arborist. His son, Robin is
an arbist, and they will come to your house and
make sure your trees are ready for whatever storm, season
or winter or summer throws at them, whether it's a
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little bitty feeding, maybe a little simple feeding, or some
pruning or limb lopping or total removal of a tree,
whatever it is. And I just talked to somebody earlier
today who had to go through all of that, all
of the above with all the trees in her yard
after they.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Got checked out.
Speaker 4 (18:20):
And what I'm finding is that an arborist is the
only person who's really gonna be able to tell you
exactly what's going on with your trees. And that's where
Robin and Numb and Gosh Erwin lost. Thanks John Higgins,
you made me forget something. Erwin and Robin will come
to your house. They'll make sure those trees are right,
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and if they need something, they're gonna bring a crew.
They're gonna send a crew out behind them to take
care of whatever it is up to and including the
removal of a two damage to save tree doesn't happen often,
but when it does, they can take that tree out
for you and then they can replace it with something
from their tree farm where they grow native Texas trees.
(19:02):
Get them out. We're gonna talk about next week. We're
gonna talk about winterizing your trees and how important that is.
I have Irwin on I believe it's next Friday. I've
got him scheduled for be sure to listen in on
that one two eight one three two zero eighty two
zero one two eight one three two zero eighty two
zero one or the website championstree dot com. That's championstree
(19:24):
dot com.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Yeah, they sure don't make them like they used to.
That's why every few months we wash them. Check his
fluids and spring on a fresh cod o wax. This
is fifty plus with Doug Pike. All right, welcome back
to fifty plus. Thanks for listening, certainly do appreciate it.
On this what fourth or fifth great day in a row.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
In this segment, we're gonna talk about what to look
for and what to expect when it's time and it's
a big decision when it's time to move out of
your home or maybe your family's telling you you need
to even if you don't want to, And to talk
about that, I'm gonna bring in Philip Taylor from the Buckingham,
one of Houston's best choices in this in this realm,
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Welcome aboard, Philip, I.
Speaker 5 (20:08):
Dug thinks it's good to spend time with you.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Don't be coughing through the phone on me now.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
We talked about that a little bit.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
I know about ahead of you. Sound great, man, You're fine.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
The Buckingham Big Place twenty three acres gated community over
there on Woodway that offers pretty much every level of
care a family member could need to do. Most senior
living facilities follow a similar model of providing as much
or as little assistance as a resident might need for
long term or do more of them kind of stay
in one or two lanes.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
Most of them stay in one or two lanes. There's
just a broad mix of communities that have different services,
different combinations of services. It's the small percentage of communities
that have an independent living where people are definitely going
to come to live permanently and then knowing they're going
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to a community that has the full continuum of care.
That's the small percentage that do that. And when I
say full continuum, it's assisted living, it's memory support, skilled nursing,
long term care. Most people who've had stays in the
hospitals will come here for short term rehab, and you
(21:30):
know those are usually if you've had to stay in
the hospital for three nights, then Medicare is going to
reimburse your stay when you come here for rehab. So
we've got it all. There's some other communities that have
it all, but I would say most are just sort
of a combination of that.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Kind of assisted nursing, maybe what level, whatever level of
care somebody needs, whatever their reasons for moving out of
the home, whether they did it voluntarily, or their sibling
or their children push them out. Whatever I'd imagine a
lot of them arrive with some apprehension and concern about
fitting in. How do facilities such as yours help these
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folks adapt to their new surroundings.
Speaker 5 (22:12):
Well, we have in most communities will have marketing events
where they might have a resident panel where they can
come and talk to the residents, ask them questions, and
maybe luncheons where you do a presentation about your community.
Sometimes we'll have people come stay a night or two
(22:33):
at the Buckingham on our dime, call it a staycation,
so they can get to know the staff, get to
know the residents. And because we're in constant contact with
a lot of people, I tell them to come often
to the Buckingham because once you determine that it's the
place that you take seriously and you think you may
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move there, we actually want you to be assimilated by
the time you do in, so you know how to
get around, you know who you're talking to, you know
the food and where to get it, and all those
types of things. So it's good to visit often. And
it's not a burden to us that you do. It's
not you know, we're not you're not telling us that
(23:19):
you're making a commitment because you're coming, but we know
that you're here to take a serious lead and to
get to know us.
Speaker 4 (23:26):
Yeah, one of the you answered one of the questions
I had on the list, is one tour of a
property enough to really evaluate it?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
And I would I would.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
Really no, It's it's a lot. I would recommend people
visit multiple communities, so each time you walk through the
door of a community, you get just a different feel
from that community.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
You need.
Speaker 5 (23:49):
You'll get a different feel that'll that'll be telling you
need to try the food. And and then of course
everybody's got a different pricing model. So it's a lot.
It's a lot to absorb for people, and so it's
uh for those people who plan ahead, that's that's the
best way to go, because we always tell people, you know,
(24:10):
it's better to come five years too early than five
years too late.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Amen to that.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
Is it okay at most places to show up un
announced for tours? I know you have to be respectfuble
of the employee's time, but is it kind of okay
to just walk in and see what's really happening in there?
Speaker 5 (24:27):
It's okay to do that. We would prefer scheduled tours
and appointments, But sometimes walk ins can really they can
turn out to happen very well. In fact, I had
one one day and I had no idea. She was
ready to do business, and we were able to do
a tour, answer all the questions, and you know, they
(24:49):
signed the paperwork that same day. So you just never know.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
Yeah, that's that's that's ideal circumstances. Of course, what's the
what's the usual timeline from first contact to somebody signing in?
Speaker 5 (25:05):
Oh man, We've had people that have been in the
system since two thousand and two. We didn't even open
until two thousand and five. Sometimes it's a matter of days,
but usually it's a matter of weeks and months before
somebody finally makes that decision.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
Yeah, I know somebody who's in the middle of that
right now, and she's probably four or five months into
the decision and still still at.
Speaker 5 (25:33):
It, you know, m hm. And there's scenarios where the
kids are doing the legwork and the discovery, and sometimes
they're not always on the same page as mom or dad,
and and there are sometimes where the kids know that
it's time and they will put their foot down sometimes
(25:55):
and ultimately, you know, when you have a resident panel.
You'll have a resident of a community that's talking about
that experience. And when they move in, and then they
get settled in, ultimately you'll hear them say, you know,
the kids were right, we were wrong. It was the
right thing to do.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
We're down to thirty seconds, Philip. I hate to do
it too.
Speaker 4 (26:17):
But for somebody mind audience who's on the fence about
moving into someplace like the Buckingham, what's the most reassuring
thing you'd tell them about taking that step in their lives.
Speaker 5 (26:27):
Well, I would say one important thing to think about
is when you have a culture like ours that's designed
to offer a plethora of socialization, or a good fitness program,
a great culinary team, you know, think about how important
it is for you to move into a culture where
(26:50):
you actually become a better version of yourself than being
alone at home.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
That's really good. That's good, Philip, Thank you so much.
I've got a run. I appreciate it. Yes, sir, here
Buckingham Houston dot com.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
Go there.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
You'll see what I'm talking about. A beautiful place.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
All right, we got to take a little break care
On the way out, I'll tell you about Cedar Cove
RV Resort. Cedar Cove ARV Resort is down at the
end of Tri City Beach Road, right there on Galveson Bay,
and boy, we are coming into a wonderful season to
be spending days and nights on the water down that way.
If you have an RV, a motor home, a pop
up trailer, whatever it is, you can park it on
(27:27):
a concrete slab. Enjoy the rustling of the wind through
the palm fronds. Enjoy the water lapping onto the shoreline.
There sewer water and electric at every site. Wi FI,
the bathhouse, the showers, the convenience store, because everybody forgets
something when they go that way, and it's a pretty
(27:47):
dog one good fishing this time of year. Actually, if
you want to stay up right to sunset, or maybe
get up right before dawn and throw a little bait
out there, run down to Thompson's, get yourself some live shrimping,
come back and see what you can catch. By the way,
if you don't own a vehicle to park on one
of those slabs, the owners Alan Nancy Kibbi will be
happy to rent you one. They have an RV that's
(28:09):
available for that, so you can kind of try it
before you buy it. As goes a motor home, that's
a big investment. If you're not really sure you want
that type of lifestyle, try it out first with their RV.
I think that's a fantastic way to get a taste.
And I'm pretty sure you're gonna like what you're what's
been cooking down there Cedar Cove rvresort dot com, Cedar
(28:30):
Cove rvresort dot com.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
What's life without a net? I suggest you go to bed,
sleep it off.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
Just wait until the show's over.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Sleepy.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
Back to Doug Pike as fifty plus continues.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
Fourth and final segment of the show starts.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
Now. I hope you've enjoyed it so far. Let me
see where I want to go here? Do I want
to get into something really newsy? We don't have a
breaking news sound, so that's a right.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (28:55):
By the way, there were two things going on out
in California, both of which involved Governor gambling. Gavin Newsom
out there betting the farm that his weirdness is going
to somehow gain him favor with the American people. He's
(29:15):
got to be thinking he's going to be the next
president of the United States and I got a big
old hunch that he's dead or on because he keeps
making mistakes, the first of which is going to infuriate
Second Amendment people. What he's done out there is passed
into law AB thirteen forty four, which establishes an anti
(29:37):
gun law in four test counties where district attorneys are
going to be able to file directly for gun violence
restraining orders gvros, and those orders, when granted, will allow
enforcement to just confiscate any and all firearms owned by
(29:58):
the person whose name's on the order. The plan, they
say is to track results through twenty thirty one, with
annual reporting to the California Firearm Violence Research Center at
UC Davis starting in twenty twenty seven. This one kind
of falls into my give them an inch file even
(30:20):
before I'm gonna make a bet with you, even before
the first reports are filed. Watch for Newsom to expand
the program because he's heard it's working. That's what he's
going to tell you. I've heard great things about this program.
We have kept a lot of people from having guns
who don't need guns. Well, who's to say when you're
(30:41):
gonna need one and when you're not. If somebody is
just as bonkers, and there is legitimate reason to think
they are an imminent danger to society. That's one thing.
But this notion that district attorneys can it's all going
to depend on the weight of the evidence against the
(31:05):
person who's in question, because if they run amuck with this,
which I think they will, there will be a lot
of people being disarmed and just left vulnerable and targeted
by false reporting to district attorneys because once I got
a hunch that once something crosses their desk, they have
(31:27):
to follow up on it.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
They have to do due diligence.
Speaker 4 (31:30):
And if the person who's making the complaint against someone
else and thinks they might be in danger comes in
and says that guy over there as crazy as alone
and I'm scared he's gonna shoot me. DA is going
to have to do something. And if they can't prove
the complain it wrong, then the guy on the other
(31:52):
end of it might just have his Second Amendment rights
taken away, just on a hunch that somebody's got. It's
a very slippery slope and I'm not really I'm not
really into it. I'm not really for it, but we'll
have to see. We'll just have to see how it
works out out there. That's a good place for it.
At least I'm to take care of that. Joe, Well,
(32:16):
a minute left too, left? Two good, let's do this.
Halloween's on the way, and wouldn't you know it, an
online betting site. It doesn't say which one here, it
doesn't matter, has crunched the numbers, it says, and figured
out your kid's chances of getting different types of candy
on Halloween. A sixty seven percent chance, it says here,
(32:41):
that they'll get at least one Reese's peanut butter cup.
Doesn't say whether full sized or bite sized. My guess
is it's probably going to be bite sized. These days,
you have a thirty three percent chance of getting a
Twix and a two percent chance.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Of finding a toothbrush in the bag. That should be higher.
Speaker 4 (33:04):
It just seems I saw something about some hilarious dentist
and his idea is on a cavity free Halloween.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
But I didn't read it.
Speaker 4 (33:13):
It just the entire premise boored me to tears. Is
apparently a trend of people taking many pumpkins to Starbucks too,
which really bothers me. What they're doing is they're taking
these little little pumpkins to Starbucks, all hollowed out, and
then getting the Bearista to fill them with the drink
they order. That's cute and all, but it also is
(33:36):
against public health law. I would think to bring produce
in from outside and have the people who are making
drinks for everybody have to touch your pumpkin. It's kind
of like dogs in the grocery store. We talked about that.
I believe yesterday how much that bothers me. There is
a crazy AI milestone I'll give you on the way
(33:58):
out here. AI has found its way into just about
everything and is on the verge or beyond the verge,
depending on who you ask and what you read. Of
being able to perform without any more human help, AI
is just basically saying we got it. Step out of
the way, or we will destroy you. Study found that
(34:20):
over half of the online articles written now either all
by AI or mostly by AI. Fortunately, Will and I
are still live. Will take care of you.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
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