“Senior Nation,” hosted by best-selling author and senior care advocate Phyllis Ayman, launched March 19, 2025. The show airs live every Wednesday at 7 PM Eastern time on SORC-TVRadio.com and WTSN Washington D.C., a BBC-affiliated platform through its licensing under MFM Digital Broadcasting, UK, with global streaming across 165 countries.
“Senior Nation” highlights important and up-to-date relevant issues for seniors, parents, grandparents, their families, caregivers, loved ones and the population at large. The show explores a range of vital topics that include: Navigating the Aging Journey, Caregiving & Self-Care, Healthful Longevity & Becoming a Well Ager,
and Purposeful Aging & Intergenerational Relationships. The show also discusses challenges and solutions in long-term care, resident rights, care inequality, assisted living, and more.
“As we continue life’s journey, there are many situations we face, and questions that need answers,” Ayman says. “Through informative and engaging conversations with thought leaders, professionals, and individuals who share their experiences, ‘Senior Nation’ offers meaningful insights and information so the eldest among us can have the purposeful and fulfilling life they deserve.”
For the first episode, Ayman welcomed the esteemed Paul Irving, distinguished scholar in residence at University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Irving previously served as the Milken Institute president and founding chair of its Center for the Future of Aging, an advanced leadership fellow at Harvard University, and chair and CEO of the Manatt Firm. He coauthored the book, “The Upside of Aging: How Long Life is Changing the World of Health, Work, Innovation, Policy and Purpose.” Irving is also a Wall Street Journal expert panelist and contributor to the Harvard Business Review, PBS, Next Avenue, and Forbes.
Other recent guests include William Smith, PhD., UN NGO Chair of the Committee on Aging Executive Committee; and Susie Singer Carter, who wrote and directed the award-winning documentary, “No Country for Old People,” after her mother spent six months in a nursing home at the end stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.
The “Senior Nation” program reaches over 3 million people across North America, and more than 38 million globally each month. The broadcast will be distributed through the Network’s strategic partners, iTunes, Deezer, Spreaker, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart, Siri, SONOS, Radioline, Soundcloud, and NOBEX to ensure a vast global audience.
Phyllis Ayman is an eldercare advisor, family care mediator and strategist, advocate, speech/language pathologist, speaker and trainer for the public and private sector and holds various certifications for dementia training. She has worked with thousands of residents, families, and health care workers in almost 50 nursing homes during a career that spans more than 50 years. Ayman is host of “Senior Nation” and is a #1 Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author. Ayman is available for individual, group, and family coaching, as well as speaking and corporate training.
Viewers and listeners are invited to tune in, comment, and ask questions every Wednesday at 7 PM Eastern time on the SORC-TV/Radio network, WTSN Washington D.C. For more information visit SORC-TVRadio.com.
