WELL
WELL ,
WELL , THANKS TO FILTERS AND SMARTPHONE
APPS LIKE SNAPCHAT, IT IS
POSSIBLE TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT
YOU POTENTIALLY WILL LOOK LIKE
IN 30 OR 40 YEARS, BUT HOW
WILL YOU FEEL? IT'S REALLY
INTERESTING QUESTION. A NEW
DOCUMENTARY FROM THE TWIN CITIES
PBS IS EXPLORING THE AGING
PROCESS TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES
TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
ELDER CARE TOGETHER. COLLEEN
WILSON IS THE VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE DIGITAL PUBLISHING
FOR TWIN CITIES PBS AND SHE'S
HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT.
FAST FORWARD A LOOK INTO YOUR
FUTURE.
FUTURE.
FUTURE. >> GOOD MORNING . GOOD MORNING .
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE . WELL ,
I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE TOO. I SAW
THIS COME ACROSS MY EMAIL AND I
AM SO ENTHRALLED TO WATCH IT
AND I AM SO CURIOUS TO FIND OUT
WHAT YOU FOUND OUT. AND I THINK
THAT THIS IS A SUBJECT MATTER
THAT EVEN PEOPLE THAT I'M AGING
I'M FIFTY THREE THIS SUMMER,
BUT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT
THIS A LOT. SO TALK ABOUT WHAT
YOU GUYS WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH
WITH THIS.
WITH THIS. >> YES. WELL THE REALITY IS, IS
THAT ONLY A THIRD OF PEOPLE
ACTUALLY HAVE ANY PLANS IN PLACE
FOR AGING. AND COMBINE THAT WITH
THE FACT THAT MANY OF US
ARE LIVING LONGER, LONGER
WELL INTO OUR 80S. SO WHAT
WE USED TO CONSIDER AS OLD AGE
NOW IS THE LONGEST CHAPTER
OF ANY PERIOD OF YOUR LIFE.
AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS
TO MAKE THOSE PLANS. SO
THE FILMMAKERS TEAMED UP WITH
MITT ON THIS FASCINATING SUIT
AND THEY WORKED
WITH PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP ARTISTS
WITH FOR ORDINARY FAMILIES
AND FAST FORWARDED THEM INTO
THEIR 80S SO THEY COULD
EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND WHAT IT
WILL BE LIKE TO 80. AND WE THEN
AS THE VIEWER TO GET TO SEE HOW
THEY RECONCILE THE CHALLENGES
THEY FACE AND HOW IT REALLY IS
AN IMPETUS FOR SOME IMPORTANT
FAMILY CONVERSATIONS.
FAMILY CONVERSATIONS. >> NO KIDDING. A LOT OF US
ARE IN THAT SANDWICH SANDWICH
GENERATION WHERE WE HAVE
TEENAGERS AND LITTLE KIDS
AND WE'RE ALSO HELPING
OUR PARENTS MOVE THROUGH THIS
CHAPTER OF THEIR LIVES. SO
YOU'RE SEEING IT FIRSTHAND
THROUGH YOUR PARENTS. BUT I
THINK THE INTERESTING THING IS
NOT SEEING IT, BUT FEELING IT.
SO HOW DID THAT WORK? HOW DID
THEY HOW WERE THEY ABLE TO FEEL
HOW THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY FEEL
WHEN THEY'RE OLDER? YES, M.I.T.
HAS THE AGE LAB HAS DEVELOPED
THE SPECIAL SUIT WHICH VIEWERS
CAN SEE IN THE FILM. WHAT IT
DOES IS IT IT REALLY BEGINS
TO LIMIT YOUR MOBILITY. IT
AFFECTS YOUR BALANCE AND ALSO
BEGINS TO SORT OF LIMIT
AND BLURRING YOUR VISION. SO
WHEN YOU PUT ON THIS SUIT, IT
DOES SIMULATE WHAT MIGHT BE SOME
OF THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS
OF AGE AND IT'S PRETTY DRAMATIC.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS
THAT WHEN YOU PUT LET'S SAY,
A THIRTY SIX YEAR OLD IN THE
SUIT, IT'S PRETTY SHOCKING
TO GIVE THEM . THE REALITY IS,
THOUGH, THAT AGING IS
INCREMENTAL. THESE THESE AS YOU
KNOW, AS YOU SAID IN YOUR 50S,
I AM AS WELL THAT THESE THINGS
BEGIN TO CREEP UP . SO IT'S NOT
AS IF SUDDENLY, BAM, YOU'RE OLD,
YOU GET THE ER THE CHANGES
HAPPEN OVER A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME AND YOU GET TO ADJUST
THEM . BUT WHAT'S REALLY
BRILLIANT ABOUT THE FILM IS YOU
GET TO SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE QUITE
YOUTHFUL THEN IN THIS AGE SUIT
AND IT'S A REAL EYE OPENER
FOR THEM BECAUSE THE IMPORTANT
THING IS THAT YOU NEED TO PLAN
FOR AGING, NOT JUST LET IT SNEAK
UP ON YOU AND YOU KNOW, PLANNING
FOR IT. OF COURSE, MONETARILY
YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR IT. BUT YOU
ALSO HAVE TO PLAN ON WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO, WHAT
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO DO AND THINK ABOUT HOW THAT'S
GOING TO FEEL AND REALLY KEEP
YOURSELF HEALTHY SO THAT YOU CAN
ACTUALLY MOVE THROUGH THOSE
YEARS A LITTLE EASIER, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT. AND IN DOING
SO, WHAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE
TO DO IS, YES, HAVE PROPER
NUTRITION AND ENSURE THAT YOU'RE
STAYING PHYSICALLY FIT
AND FINANCIALLY FIT BECAUSE AS
I SAID, IT IS A INCREASINGLY
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AND IT'S
REALLY QUITE NORMAL. SO WE WHAT
WE WANTED TO DO WITH THE FILM IS
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH NEXT
AVENUE, WHICH IS A DAILY
JOURNALISM PUBLICATION THAT I
OVERSEE AT TWIN CITIES
PUBLICATION. THAT IS, WE HAVE
A FLEET OF EDITORS AND WRITERS
WHO ARE EVERY DAY WRITING ABOUT
THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS
AND ADVICE THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
AS YOU AGE. SO WE WORKED
WITH THE FILMMAKERS TO DEVELOP
A SUITE OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES
THAT FAMILIES CAN USE AFTER
HAVING WATCHED THE FILM SO THEY
CAN BEGIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS
AND PUT THEIR PLANS IN PLACE. SO
ONE OF THE THINGS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES
WE CREATED IS AN EMAIL BASED
COURSE. AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT
BREAKS DOWN WHAT IS A RATHER
COMPLICATED PROCESS ABOUT
PLANNING FOR YOUR SUPPORT
NETWORK AS YOU AGE INTO ONE TASK
EACH DAY FOR A WEEK. GOOD.
AND IT TAKES SOMETHING THAT'S
OTHERWISE OVERWHELMING AND MAKES
RETRIEVABLE AND SO THAT THE END
OF THE COURSE THEY'VE GOT
THAT PLAN IN PLACE.
>> I LIKE THAT . AND I LOVE
THE RESOURCES THAT YOU'RE
PUTTING TOGETHER THAT ARE
WRAPPING AROUND THIS AND WE'LL
LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW THEY CAN
SEE IT. AND THANK YOU, COLLEEN.
FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION
WITH US AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> THIS IS AWESOME. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. FAST FORWARD
A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE PREMIERES
ON TWIN CITIES PBS MARCH TWENTY
FOURTH AT NINE OF IT WILL AIR
A NUMBER OF TIMES AFTER THAT