{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Health on the Margins ","title":"Aging in Place: Senior Care, Caregivers, and the Rural Safety Net","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":866,"description":"\nIn Episode 4 of Radio Catskill’s Health on the Margins, Patricio Robayo looks at what “aging in place” really takes—and why winter can turn small warning signs into emergencies.\n\nWinter in the Catskills can be cold—and it can be hard. Long distances, icy roads, and limited services can make everyday tasks more difficult, especially for older adults. Getting to the grocery store, the doctor, or even just leaving the house can become a real challenge.\nBut aging doesn’t always arrive all at once. Sometimes it starts quietly: a missed bill, a forgotten appointment, a check that never makes it to the mailbox. And for families—especially working families—the question becomes: what help actually exists, and how do you access it before things reach a crisis point?\nFor Radio Catskill’s Patricio Robayo, this episode is personal.\nOver the last few years, he’s helped care for his father as his memory declined. At first, it wasn’t dramatic. Bills slipped. Taxes were missed. Checks went missing—or were written and never sent. Things that used to be automatic suddenly required constant follow-up.\nAnd then mobility changed everything.\n“When my father lost the ability to walk safely—and eventually the ability to drive—everything became harder all at once,” Robayo says in the episode. Getting to appointments, picking up prescriptions, and handling basic errands became logistical puzzles that had to be solved around workdays, distance, and availability.\nLike many families, they found themselves in a gray area: not qualifying for Medicaid, but unable to afford consistent private care. That’s when Robayo began learning more about the services designed for this moment—before it turns into an emergency.\nA “one-stop” entry point\nRobayo spoke with Lise-Anne Deoul, who leads the Sullivan County Office for the Aging, about what the office is actually built to do.\nTheir mission, Deoul explains, is keeping people home, engaged, and safe for as long as possible—and that can mean connecting...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/IQM9l5Ba2PPNqFaGxQXc8aqyAgHvwr0WDBOpz2QoBQY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xOTQ5/YmUyMDg3YTU0NDRk/MzU2ZGY5ZTAzZWRl/YTcwZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}