HAPPY NEW YEAR! CES HIGHLIGHTS ON AGE-TECH AND CAREGIVING TECH WITH TV HOST DEBBIE DOTSON, How to Become a New Year’s Resolutionary for Caregiver Self-Care; Financial Wellness Month Tips, How Houseplants Improve Air Care and Mental Health

For the first episode of Season 5 we kick off the New Year with a great interview with Debbie Dotson, TV host of “Tech Talk with Debbie” about the latest products and trends in age-tech from the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Sherri will also share financial self-care tips for January’s Financial Wellness Month that also help caregivers plan for costs of care. And since many listeners may have made New Year’s Resolutions – Sherri will share tips from her book on how to become a “Resolutionary” and make your goals last all year and how to avoid the “Ditch News Year’s Resolutions” on January 17. Sherri also shares a balance test you can do at home to show how well you are aging. For better environmental wellness Sherri shares tips from her book on how houseplants help improve air care and how those suffering from disasters, such as the wildfires, in Southern California, can avoid a new mental health issue – solastalgia – for themselves and their older loved ones. (2:17) In CAREGIVER WELLNESS NEWS, Sherri talks about how to become a New Year’s Resolutionary with the Me Time Monday plan, a balance test from the Mayo Clinic on your neuromuscular health and 7 Joyful Workouts for body, brain and soul. And for January Financial Wellness Month a new study on the Sandwich Generation and how to better prepare for cost of caregiving as well as how to plan ahead for the change in the estate tax for this year. (19:28) Debbie Dotson – TV Host of “Tech Talk with Debbie” – Debbie shares her top picks in age-tech from the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES). (53:58) For WELL HOME DESIGN NEWS, Sherri talks January 10 National Houseplant Awareness Day and which houseplants help improve air care and quality in the home. She also talks about a mental health issue tied to the home called “solastalgia” – it happens when we suffer from natural disasters or a changing neighborhood and how it affects older adults. And Sherri sends a shoutout to friends suffering from the recent Southern California wildfires to stay #SoCalStrong! Take Care and Stay Well! Find out more at: caregivingclub.com/podcast/