(upbeat music) - Hi everybody, and welcome
to The Balancing Act.
I'm Julie Moran.
- And I'm Olga Villaverde.
We've got a great show for you today because
we have lots of solutions to things that affect
our everyday lives.
- That's right.
From health to finding the right care for our loved one.
- To providing safety behind the wheel.
- Yes.
- Peace of mind for parents everywhere.
- And finally, hair color and care solutions.
- That's right, Wella is in the house.
No more bad hair days.
- No, Gina did me right today, and yours is looking
fine, have to say.
- Sandy's my makeup artist.
We love them.
So let's get started.
(upbeat music) With the shift away
from institutional care and more towards aging in place,
technology, healthcare, and strategic planning
all play a key role in what caregiving looks like today.
Indeed, it can be challenging, complex, and very stressful,
but it can also be rewarding and fulfilling.
The key is to plan ahead, get help, and take care
of yourself too.
Here with more is Jody Gastfriend, Vice President
of Senior Care Services at care.com.
Good morning.
- [Jody] Good morning.
- Thank you so much for being here.
- It's a pleasure.
- Before we get started, I wanted to share some statistics
that I found this morning.
Average duration for caregiving is four years
but can be longer, especially for those caring
for loved ones with dementia.
More than 70% of people over the age of 70
will need long-term care services in their lifetime.
That's a big number.
- This is something that affects so many people.
In fact, there are over 40 million unpaid family
caregivers in the United states.
- [Olga] Wow.
- Those are the good sons and daughters and
nieces, nephews, and grandchildren who
are providing care to their parents and
other family members.
Many years ago, when my dad was 72 years old,
he was diagnosed with dementia.
- [Olga] I'm so sorry.
- A disease that affects over 5 million people in
the United States.
And it was absolutely devastating.
But what was helpful for my family is that I had
worked in senior care, so I had an understanding
of the landscape and we had a compass to be able
to make decisions and figure out what to do.
Most people are really unprepared.
- And there are more challenges, not just that.
There's a plethora of challenges that they face
when something happens.
- Well there's emotional challenges, financial,
logistical, and physical challenges.
And people don't know how to pay for care
or how expensive it is.
They often underestimate it.
There are family dynamics.
Siblings disagree and then parents don't want the help
that you offer.
- So what's a good way to prepare?
- Well, there are three things.
- Okay.
- One is learn the landscape.
Don't wait until there's a crisis to have to figure
all of this out.
- Don't be caught off-guard.
- Don't be caught off-guard and understand the difference
between Medicare and Medicaid, and do your parents
have long term care insurance or veterans benefits.
And two is get help.
You can't do this alone.
So figure out what are the in-home care options
and the other types of resources that might be
really helpful if you need or someone else you know
needs care.
And three is to have conversations
with your loved one.
- [Olga] Talk about it.
- This is not a taboo topic, although people really
avoid it.
And find out what types of care preferences they may want.
Do they have money stocked away for long term care?
And don't avoid the end of life care discussion.
- Let's talk about care.com now.
What resources are there and how can that help?
- [Jody] Well care.com is the largest online marketplace
for care in the world.
Across the lifespan from childcare to pet care
to senior care.
- [Olga] Wow.
- Which is my area of expertise.
And it brings the power of technology to the challenges
of finding care.
So people can go to our website and they can hire
in-home care for their parents, for their loved ones,
household help, companionship, all sorts of care.
And it's really what people need to be able to
age in place, which is what most seniors want.
- And I'm sure there's resources also on care.com
that help with support as well.
- Yes, yes.
And there's all sorts of information and tip sheets,
and we also have a program called Care at Work,
that employers provide on behalf of their caregiving
employees.
- That's fantastic.
- From childcare to senior care resources
because companies are realizing the importance
of supporting their caregiving employees
so they can show up and be productive at work.
- I know this is very important to you,
so much so you've written a book.
It's called My Parent's Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork,
and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving.
Tell us about it.
- Well, it's really a GPS for caregivers,
covering a wide range of topics like paying for care
or being a working caregiver or dementia care,
or even caring for a parent who didn't care for you.
And it combines stories, including my own,
of people who have gone through this.
And it not only tells you how to do it,
it also provides information about how to experience
the rewards of caregiving, which is not as talked about.
Yes there are burdens, but there also can be benefits.
And you'll more likely experience those if you do
plan ahead and get help.
- Great information.
Thank you so much Jody.
For our viewers who'd like to learn more,
where can they go?
- They can go to care.com, our website with a tremendous
amount of tools and resources to find the right care
for you and your family.
- [Olga] Appreciate your time.
- Thanks.
- And if you'd like more information on this segment
or more information on care.com, you can go to our
website, thebalancingact.com.
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(upbeat music) - Ladies, when it comes to
our hair, we want it to look great all the time, right?
Color matters.
And that's why it's crucial to achieve the best color
for your hair.
- Exactly.
Nothing is better than getting professional treatment,
and that means using a well-trained stylist at your
favorite salon who picks the right hair color product
for you.
- And today we've invited Sonya Dove.
This is Wella Professionals Global Creative Ambassador.
I love that big long title.
We've invited her to our studio slash salon
to share her trade secrets.
- And I love her silver shoes, fantastic.
(laughing) We also love these
three gorgeous ladies.
Each got the Wella professional treatment yesterday.
We're gonna hear all about it in just a minute.
Good morning.
- Good morning.
- It's so great to have you here.
You know, Wella's been doing color for 135 years.
That's almost unbelievable, isn't it?
- It really is, and I'm so proud to be a part of it.
- And I read somewhere that Wella, in terms of its products,
every ten seconds, there's a salon out there
ordering them, so they've gotta be really good
and dependable.
- Absolutely, it speaks volumes about the company.
And really with their innovation, new innovations
in technology they have, it exceeds every year.
- Which makes me wonder why a woman, and I understand,
lots of women don't have a lot of time to go
to the salon.
- Right.
- They'll do the color at home.
But, if you think about it, it's a disservice, right?
- Well, to be honest, going to the salon,
you're going to get a full service.
You're going to get advice on your skin tone,
eye color, hair texture, and lifestyle as well.
So it's like going to the doctors.
You can't get that at home by looking at a photo.
- No, great example.
- Yeah, so really it's extremely important
to get the best advice from professionals.
- And I am so loyal to my stylist, as I should be, right?
- Absolutely, yeah.
- They can see you, right?
- Yeah.
- It's hard to see yourself.
- And I don't know about yours, but mine is very honest
with me.
The other day I told her, you know, Sandy, I think
I'm gonna go a little darker, what do you think?
- Oh.
- And she looked at me and she goes,
"Olga, you're gonna look older."
And I thought okay, forget it.
- Forget it.
- Yeah.
- So we kept it as is, and I appreciate that.
- That authenticness is very, very important
because at the end of the day, you've got to be
present to your client, that person in your chair,
giving them the best advice you can.
And like she said, it can make you look older.
It really can, so that's excellent advice.
- [Olga] And we don't want that, right?
- No, we don't want that.
- We don't.
- We want younger and younger and younger and younger
and younger.
- Speaking of young and beautiful, three beautiful
women here today, Kimberly, Dash, and Sky.
They went to Greenroom Salon in Boca Raton.
I believe it was yesterday.
But we captured this fantastic time.
Let's take a look.
(upbeat music) - [Sonya] We might be able
to get them smoother with a really, really conditioning
treatment, like this.
(upbeat music) - What an amazing
day at the salon?
So fun.
- That was a lot of fun.
Alright, so speaking of fun, look at what they did
to Kimberly.
You look fantastic.
- Oh my gosh, yes, so great.
- I love it.
- Yes, when I met Kimberly, her natural hair color's
dark and light.
I really wanted to enhance her eye color.
Gorgeous eye color.
- Look at those gorgeous baby blues.
- Yeah.
So really to enhance that, I added some baby blue pieces
here with our Wella color, and it's really
made such a difference to her face shape,
her lovely eye color, and most of all, her personality.
- [Olga] And it accents those cheekbones.
Oh my gosh.
- Thank you, I love it.
It's so fun.
- [Julie] It looks great, beautiful.
- Speaking of beautiful, let's deal here with Dash.
She looks fantastic.
- Dash has just been a blonde for a long time,
so now she's growing out her deeper hair.
I wanted to enhance the lighter pieces,
but not too light on top.
But most important when lightening her,
I used our Wella Plex, which is a bun builder,
a strengthener.
You put it in the color or lightener,
and as the color's taking, it's really helping
the hair strengthen up.
So I'm sure you really felt the difference.
- Yes, definitely.
- Yeah, it looks really healthy too,
and it strengthens the hair, right?
- Yes, it does.
It really does.
- It looks great, Dash.
- You're ready to go to a party.
(laughing) Last but not least, Sky.
- Sky's introduction to color.
She was a fun character to talk to in the consultation.
So I really wanted to add some Wella bright colors here,
and underneath you can see these lovely pinks,
purples, and blues.
But the key point is a peek-a-boo technique,
so that when she puts her hair up,
and I'm just going to put it up for her here,
you can see that peek-a-boo.
- [Julie] Oh, look at that.
- [Sonya] That's like now you see it, now you don't.
- [Julie] I love that.
- [Olga] How cool is that?
That is great.
- Yes, yes.
And I asked her today what did you think,
and tell us a little bit about your thoughts.
- I love it.
It's fun.
- Yes.
- [Olga] You might do some more?
- Probably.
- Yes.
- I might go a little blue with my blue eyes over here.
- I might do a little red here.
(laughing) Sonya, thank you so much.
- Appreciate it.
- It was so great having you.
Hopefully you had a great time, and we do have to thank
Greenroom Salon in Boca Raton.
- Yes.
- They really gave you a great time.
- They were fabulous.
- Aw, that's fantastic.
And if you'd like more information on any of these
products, you can go to wella.com.
- Or you can go to our website, thebalancingact.com.
Yes girls, y'all look great.
- Big time, I love the-- - All of them.
They're all fantastic.
So great.
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(upbeat music) - Okay, parents, do any of
these statistics surprise you?
52% of parents have a child with a cell phone.
73% cite safety reasons as the reason
that they bought that cell phone.
64% monitor those cell phones, and 70% have rules about usage.
Oh, and the age it was most felt appropriate
to give them a phone?
Thirteen.
Does this sound familiar to you?
Today most kids have phones, and when they start driving?
Oh boy.
But Christine Paulsen from U.S. Cellular
is here with a safety solution that might ease the minds
of parents everywhere.
Good morning.
- Good morning.
- [Olga] Thanks for being here.
- Thank you for having me.
- This is just so common.
I don't think these statistics shock me at all, or you.
- They do not shock me at all.
We've been running this survey for five years,
and it might surprise you that five years ago,
14 was the average age that parents were getting
cell phones for their kids, and so this year it's 13.
I anticipate it's gonna keep going down.
I have a 13 and a 10 year old, and I'm hard-pressed
to find a classmate that doesn't have a cell phone already.
- And I think a lot of parents like you and me,
give them a cell phone maybe a little too early,
not because we want them to be on social media,
but it just gives me peace of mind,
that if they're at somebody's house, just a little text,
everything okay?
And once I get that text back, yes mommy, everything's okay.
Peace of mind.
- Peace of mind.
And kids are so active these days,
and without their parents so much more often these days,
and being able to have that connection,
being able to have that peace of mind,
is important to all parents.
- Now I know U.S. Cellular has a safety solution
that is great for parents and you're gonna tell me
what it is.
- I am gonna tell you what it is.
It's really geared towards parents that have
teenage drivers, and so-- - [Olga] I'm still a couple
years away from that.
- Lucky, lucky.
- What is it?
- I know we can all anticipate the anxiety
that's going to come when our teenage drivers
get behind the wheel and start driving the car.
We have a product that is called Cruise Connect,
and you take an adapter and stick it under the
steering wheel of the vehicle, and then you
download an app real quick onto your tablet,
onto your phone.
In fact you can download that app onto multiple devices
and be able to track that vehicle from multiple
devices if you would like.
And it really just tells you so many different things.
- Now, I'm not tech savvy, so is it easy?
- It is so easy.
I am not tech savvy either and I've been in the industry
for years, but the products are so easy and the apps
are so easy to use.
In fact, on this one, you'll see right on the home screen,
there's a little pin that pins the vehicle.
As the vehicle is moving around on the map,
it will move with the vehicle, so you can see
where your kids are at at any time.
And so you can track.
- So you're actually following your child's progress as
they're driving on the road?
- Yes.
- Oh, that's fantastic.
- Yes, so you can see where they're going.
You can set boundaries on here.
So you can, if you're in a small town,
you can set a boundary so that if they leave the town,
you'll know it.
If you're in a big city and you wanna tailor it down
to a neighborhood, you can do that as well.
But as soon as they go outside of the boundaries,
this map will show you that the vehicle has driven
outside of the boundary.
- Oh, this is like a spy.
I like this.
- It is like that, yes.
If you click on the menu, you can click on alerts,
and then you'll see everything that happened
while that vehicle was in motion.
So if the phone was being used, you have phone usage
detected.
If they were speeding, if they had harsh braking,
or harsh acceleration, you'll see all of those things.
- You're kidding.
So if the child is texting and driving, it alerts you.
- It alerts you that they're using their phone.
So if they're making a phone call, if they're checking
their Facebook page, this will alert you that that
phone is being used while that vehicle is being driven.
- So when they get to that destination,
you call them and say listen up, I know what you're doing,
we need to have a conversation.
- [Christine] Right.
- Or you're not gonna drive anymore.
- Right.
Right, and you can just reinforce the safety
behind the wheel that you've already probably enforced
with them, and how important it is, and what a big
responsibility it is to drive.
- It is.
And it's very difficult today to stop them from doing it,
but it's so important that they need to know how
dangerous it can be.
- [Christine] Absolutely.
Absolutely.
- What else does it tell you?
- The other things that it'll tell you would be
vehicle diagnostics, which is what I use it for.
So I love this product.
I have it in my own vehicle.
If the health of the vehicle is not what it needs to be,
it will alert me.
- [Olga] So if the oil is low?
- If the oil is low, if your battery is low,
you'll see on this chart here, it will tell you
what the diagnostics, what the health of the vehicle is.
Another great thing about this app
is that it will also tell you if there's a recall
on your vehicle and you need to get it in for service.
I don't know if you're like me.
I may look at that, think it's junk mail.
I've tossed it out.
I haven't read it.
This app will tell me if I need to get my vehicle
in for service as well.
- What's the reaction you're getting from people
who are using it?
- It's very positive.
What might surprise you is it's all different age groups.
Mostly we have a lot of parents of teenage drivers
who want to be aware of how their teenage driver
is driving, like you said, be able to give them a call
and reinforce certain things about their driving habits
to make sure they're safe drivers.
But I use the app.
And I use it more for diagnostics.
It's for everyone.
The other thing that I'll tell you is that
this is also a wifi hotspot.
So another thing I'll use it for as the parent of the group
is that four different devices can be hooked up to this.
- [Olga] Oh.
- In my vehicle at one time.
So if my kids are on their tablets,
or if they're on their phones, they can hook up
to the wifi hotspot that the app also provides for you.
- Economical?
Expensive?
- I think it's economical.
For peace of mind for a teenage driver,
or for me to know that my vehicle is in
good working order.
It's $15 a month for the product.
- Oh that's fantastic.
And you can monitor one or more than one child?
- You can monitor more than one child.
You can monitor on more than one device.
- And for our viewers out there who'd like more
information, what's the website?
- It is uscellular.com.
You can just go onto our website and you'll find
all the information you need.
- Let's see, I've got about a year and half,
two years until I'm gonna get that.
Thank you so much.
- [Christine] You're welcome.
- Great stuff.
And if you'd like more information on the app,
you can also go to our website, thebalancingact.com.
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- Today, a comprehensive guide for protecting ourselves
from cervical cancer.
My mission in life: to keep my kids safe, healthy,
and happy.
And today we're gonna give you the information
you need to do the same for yours.
Join us for this very special program as Access Health
goes behind the mystery.
We can't always protect our kids against
environmental triggers like pollen and dust and chemicals,
so what can we do?
I'm Erica Vittrini in New York, and Access Health
starts now.
(digital music) We're in a exciting time.
We're in a phase called Precision Medicine.
Developments in instruments, imaging, and surgical
techniques have improved the outcomes and feasibility
of laparoscopic surgical procedures.
- This branch of medicine is now recognized as
the full pillar in cancer care.
- [Man] We have the diagnostic technology.
- We're learning new things about how this body works.
(digital music) - And I noticed after
a couple of treatments, all of a sudden, he's up,
anxious to go out and walk.
And my husband was back.
- Chelsea's test came back negative.
A big relief to our entire family.
- I think there's a lot of power in bringing
people together who have FH so that they can
learn from each other.
- [Woman] They inspired me to maybe do that
for the next person.
- You know the Angelina Jolie effect,
that instantaneously sparked conversations, understanding.
- I'm part of a study that is gonna help people
in the future.
I knew that this had a opportunity to be something
really great for me and other people.
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(upbeat music) - You know, that was a
really fun show today.
I wasn't sure I was gonna like the hair colors.
- I know, we should do that.
- I know, what would our daughters think?
- Mom, you're insane.
- I pulled a little pink through here, she'd loco,
little loco mommy.
- Put a little red through here.
Oh my gosh, Samantha would be like please mom,
please don't embarrass me.
- No, the worst would be they'd wanna do it too.
(laughing) - No, too young.
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It's Julie and Olga.
- That's right.
We'll see you next time.
So long, everybody.
- Bye bye.