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Talking Shop with Lisa Meeks, Essy Freed and Toni Idiaquez

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According to Lisa Meeks, owner of Senior Care Options, a geriatric care manager is a cross between a case worker and a daughter.  Beginning her career as a recreational therapist, Lisa watched her mother start a care management business in Chicago.  Nine years ago, she decided to follow in her mother’s footsteps when she opened Senior Care Options.  Lisa’s firm takes a team approach to each client.  This brings a wealth of experience to bear, including the skills of social worker, nurse and professional counselor.  To find out more about Lisa’s proactive, problem-solving approach, contact her at 770-579-9177, or visit her website at www.seniorcareopt.com. 

 Essy Freed is a clinical hypnotherapist for the Hypnosis Center of Dunwoody.  Always interested in how the brain works, Essy read an article about hypnosis while she was in school.  She’s been practicing now for 25 years.  In addition to her work as a hypnotherapist, Essy is also a licensed clinical social worker, and has worked in hospice.  Essy suggests that each of us goes in and out of hypnosis every day, and that hypnosis is nothing more than a state of suggestibility that allows us to tap the 88% of our mind that is used on the subconscious level.  Essy can be reached at 770-390-0444, or on the web at www.hypnosisdunwoody.com. 

Today’s final guest is a licensed acupuncturist for the ASA Acupuncture & Wellness Center in Suwanee.  Toni Idiaquez started her career in the military.  During this time, Toni sustained a knee injury that kept her from running or completing a physical.  Though an MRI showed no observable tears, the injury refused to heal.  Desperate, Toni sought alternative to traditional medicine.  After only eight accupuncture treatments, Toni was able to walk and run without pain.  Consequently, she went back to school, obtaining an MS in Oriental Medicine and began sharing her discovery with others.  Toni can be reached at (770) 313-0106, or via email at toni@galandfinders.com.

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Pat Baker, Gary Galloway and Pam Tokarz talk with Eugeria! Radio

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Having spent more than thirty five years working with seniors,  Pat Baker has long had a passion for serving this segment of our population.  According to Pat, she developed this passion early on as she watched her grandmother pioneer “personal care homes” in the Northeast.  She has spent most of her career working as a civil servant in Oklahoma, Texas, and now right here in Georgia.  Pat is the Director of Health and Human Services for Gwinnett County.  The county’s Senior Services organization falls under Pat’s direction.  Consequently, Pat is acutely aware of the needs of Gwinnett County’s seniors, and works hard to provide a broad range of resources to as many residents as possible.  In particular, listen in as Pat shares her particular interest in the challenges of Gwinnett County’s grandparents responsible for raising grandchildren. 

Gary Galloway has a unique talent for building groups of highly motivated, unpaid individuals to serve Gwinnett County’s seniors in need.  Though Gary is technically the Resource and Marketing Coordinator for Gwinnett County Senior Services, he will tell you he is really the Volunteer Services Coordinator.  And he is exceptionally good at his job.  Spend a few minutes listening to his interview, and you’ll know why.  Gary’s ability to tell a story and capture your imagination and your heart will have you wanting to volunteer as well!  To get more information, or join one of Gary’s “Dirty Dozens”, call Gwinnett County’s Senior Hotline at (678) 377-4150.

 Our final guest this morning has not spent her career in senior services.  Pam Tokarz is Senior Vice President for Primerica Financial Services.  That said, Pam has spent more than a decade volunteering in the senior community – first at the Norcross Senior Center, and for the fast five years, as a board member for the Friends of Gwinnett County Senior Services.  For the past two years, she has served as the president of this organization.  Friends of Gwinnett County Senior Services is a non-profit organization that exists exclusively to support the county’s senior services organization through a variety of fundraising opportunities.  Over the past ten years, Friends has provided, among other things, 4
Meals on Wheels vans and two other vehicles.  In addition, it provides 135,000 meals each year as part of the Meals on Wheels program.