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John Lewis, CEO of JC Lewis Insurance Services. John explains how the Affordable Care Act affects employers. Kaiser keeps sending me packets and letters about my coverage for 2014. Should I switch from Kaiser? John walks us through how to think about options and make choices no matter if we have insurance now or we don't.

Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner talks about the Affordable Care Act. Where there is confusion, there is fraud, and people are already being called and told to buy what is not necessary. Listen and learn how to avoid becoming a victim of ACA fraudulent calls and offers.

Dr. Silver Chalfin, Sonoma County Health Officer. How will ACA affect us? What is Obamacare? How many choices do we have? What do we have to do, why and when? Practical advice in plain english on today's show.

Myrtle Heery, Ph.D., and author of Awakening to Aging. Dr. Heery share some of the stories from the book Awakening to Aging. We need more true-blue info of the good aging can bring and I bet she'll inspire you!

Manish Patel, Physical Therapist and author of Second Childhood. Mr. Patel will talk about his philosophy of aging and caring for our parents from the perspective of it never being too late. Can we learn to love and care for them as they age with grace, knowing they were for us?

Noreen McKeon, Program Manager of Coming of Age - Bay Area and Dan DeGennaro, Graduate of Explore Your Future Program are Kira's guests. Not sure how to age with purpose? We'll talk about Explore Your Future, the program helping people 50+ create a vision for creating a future that's satisfying and rewarding. Hear from Dan, who completed the program and now volunteers for Coming of Age.

Dr. Shabahangi will be back to talk about aging from a perspective of it being a wonderful thing. "Perhaps an elder's decision-making appears slower, but those decisions feel wiser…" You will be uplifted listening to this show!

Donna is a full-time freelancer based in Anchorage, Alaska. Her day job is writing for MSN Money's Smart Spending website. Read her blog: Surviving and Thriving - Life is short. But it's also wide.

Deborah Price, Founder of The Money Coaching Institute returns to help us understand how money affects our lives.

Clare Smith, Interim Executive Director of the Elder Financial Protection Network. 550 Montgomery Street, Suite 625, San Francisco, CA 94111

Why do we behave like we do with our money? Do you have relationship issues with money? Deborah Price, Founder of The Money Coaching Institute helps us understand how money affects our lives. There are universal issues that we all deal with regarding money.

This is a growing demographic. Did you step in because your grown child is not able to raise his or her own child? We'll explore what it's like for grandparents to have this role.

Michael Gretz, Son-in-law and Drew Ross, Owner Creative Counseling, Inc. Did you decide to have mom or dad move in with you? How does your partner feel about having his or her in-law with you? We explore pluses and minuses of having in-laws live with us.

Christine M. Proulx, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Terry DeMeo, JD. This is a growing demographic – ex-wives who look after former husbands who are now ill or terminal. We'll hear a professor and an ex-wife's personal account. Why do they do it? Can there be healing during this time or unexpected benefits?

This group of professionals in the senior care industry, volunteer to put on skits about issues we face. Listen in to this lively and realistic vignette and hear from the professionals about how they can help you.

Frank Samson, CSA, is the founder of Senior Care Authority and the SCAnetwork and is a Certified Senior Advisor. Making the right decision about where to move if you need care is daunting, so assistance throughout the selection process and beyond is needed. Frank will tell you how his placement agency works, providing free placement service help if you're considering assisted living, dementia or residential care.

Laurel "speaks" dementia and specializes in doing care management with people with this diagnosis. She'll tell us how she can connect with even the most resistant elder in a non-threatening way and conduct an "informal" evaluation. She'll discuss developing a plan of care and implementing the best care and interventions within your budget.

Often people need someone who can assume legal responsibility for their affairs. Don explains that a fiduciary can do this and how to set it up. Best of all, those activities are monitored by the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau.

Drew Ross, MFT and owner, Creative Counseling for Elders and Families, Inc. discusses the Nine Ms of elder care.

Dr. Vivec Kumra, Chief of Hospital Based Services at Kaiser Santa Rosa Medical Center. We'll learn how hospitalists work and what to expect from a modern hospital stay.