There are many decisions to be made and documents needed in hand to care properly care for an elderly loved one and ourselves.  Most of us procrastinate these things until a crisis happens, either out of ignorance or fear. But the truth is you wouldn’t believe how much smoother life goes or how much less it costs to KNOW and DO these things ahead of time! Lisa McGrath is part of a panel of experts from the North Fulton Chamber of Commerce that give of their time and expertise in the field of elder care to make sure you have the critical documents and information you need for you and your family to age well! Tune in as Lisa talks with MaryJo about the FREE “Empowering Yourselves and Your Elderly Parents Seminars” happening all over the North Metro!

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Lisa McGrath is the Founding Partner of Islands Financial.  Her career spans 20 years in insurance, investment and income strategies; she specializes in income planning for longevity concerns, small business risk management and succession planning. She is an expert in creative problem solving while offering a fresh perspective in helping to orchestrate and coordinate a cohesive plan of action for clients, their families and their businesses.

Lisa is an active and giving member of the community; she has held many professional association offices including being a member of the Executive Board of Senior Services North Fulton. She is currently an active member in the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, and much of the discussion with MaryJo today centers around the community outreach program offering educational workshops for Aging Parents and their Families and other topics for protection, accumulation, and distribution of income. Don’t miss this important broadcast that can save you time and trouble! Get the information you need before you need it…

Lisa lives in Alpharetta, Georgia with her husband, Brian, their two daughters Lily and Gabby. She has cared for and helped her own aging parents and more than anything wants to help other families navigate these often confusing and difficult financial waters! Please do not hesitate to call Lisa at 443-465-0757, email: lisa@islandsfinancial.com or visit the website www.islandsfinancial.com!

Thanks to Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 23 years.

With more than 25 years of experience, Brad Freemyer, Owner and Therapy Director at A Step Ahead Physical Therapy, has a treatment philosophy that values personalized, hands-on care. He has been a big proponent of finding and treating the root of the problem rather than just treating the symptoms.  This involves seeing the body as a whole and understanding the entire human movement system.  In recent years, he has developed a passion for Wellness and Prevention.  This passion led to the new tag line of “Move Well, Move Often, Be Well” which encapsulates his philosophy of what physical therapy represents and what it can accomplish in a participant’s life.

He continues to keep his ear to the ground in regard to therapies and treatments that are on the forefront of the physical therapy field. Through Brad’s direction and leadership, A Step Ahead is moving headlong into health and wellness, promoting a Women’s Health Series, Functional Movement Screening and Corporate Wellness. He believes that preventative physical therapy can reduce or eliminate the need for rehabilitative therapy for many patients. He and his staff are currently conducting educational research and development of the individualized treatment model that his clinic demonstrates and he hopes to see used in future Physical Therapy curriculum. If you or your elderly loved one could benefit from A Step Ahead Physical Therapy, contact Brad Freemyer for an appointment at 770-998-6636 or check out www.asaphysicaltherapy.com and Get Moving Well again!

Thanks to Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 24 years.

Amy’s Place is a beautiful, welcoming historic home in Roswell with a rambling front porch complete with white rockers, at 14 Sloan Street, right off the old park square behind Spiced Right BBQ. There are flowers in the yard and often you’ll find Earl, the resident Schnauzer is in the yard too. Everything about Amy’s Place is relaxed and welcoming, which is what it is meant to be, since the purpose of Amy’s Place is connecting families that are facing dementia through programming, support groups, and just good old-fashioned visits with friends who understand… for a cup of tea and a hug! If someone you love has dementia, or cares for someone with dementia, don’t “go it alone!” Tune in to this broadcast, Call Amy’s Place at 470-349-8349 or check out http://www.caringtogetherinhope.org/

CTH, along with 4 other Community Minded Senior Providers are sponsoring the Virtual Dementia tour this Saturday, April 23rd at the Wyngate Hotel in Alpharetta, just off Mansell Rd. and there are still several 30 minute slots available from 1pm to 5pm to come and experience the challenges of someone suffering from this disease…Check the Second Wind Dreams website for details: www.secondwind.org or call to sign up for your FREE 20-minute guided tour!

Thanks to Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 23 years.

Gene Norman grew up in New York, got his meteorology degree at University of Maryland and moved to Florida to work for NASA.  In 1993, Gene decided what he really wanted to do was be a TV weatherman. So he proceeded to “knock on the doors” of one TV station after another near Houston, where he was living at the time. He ended up doing weekend weather in Beaumont, Texas. In 2000 he moved to Atlanta to do weather for CBS affiliate Channel 46. After 8 years at Channel 46, he left to be a Grandpa and explore other weather-related ventures…

As meteorology and weather prediction has become more sophisticated, weather warnings are more targeted. Although T.V. and radio stations still do “county wide” weather warnings, the  weather stations know the specific parameters of the actual warning area. WeatherCall calls three phone numbers of your choice with a recorded message about the specific warning any time the address of your loved one falls into the actual warning area. They will also follow with a text if the number is text capable. This incredibly accurate service can be had for a nominal fee!! For more details, tune in to this Eugeria broadcast!

Gene also is available to speak about weather safety to Senior Living Communities, Senior Service Centers and other groups….Just give him a ‘WeatherCall’ at 770-376-0497, email him at gene.norman@weathercall.net, or check the website: www.weathercallservices.com

Thanks to Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 24 years.

Bruce Mack met Lori, his wife of 34 years in elementary school, but he wisely waited until high school to start dating her and when he got his job at UPS, 34 years ago, they tied the knot that still holds!  They have 2 young adult children. During his 34 year career at UPS he managed several different departments. After retiring, he decided to use a franchise coach to help him choose a business in which he could “reinvent himself.”

Care Patrol caught his attention with their focus on helping seniors, on the safety and service of each senior community they represent (and not just beauty and promises) and their fine representation in the Atlanta, with 3 franchises in different metro areas. They all work together to assess a senior’s needs, educate them on the choices available and help navigate and negotiate all aspects of the move! The best part for seniors and their families is it is FREE! Like a professional Realtor for the Senior Living Industry, they get paid per placement by the community (in real estate, the seller.)

Call Bruce at 678-894-9296, email him at BruceM@carepatrol.com, or check the website: http://carepatrol.com/assisted-living-senior-care-advisors/location/georgia/

Thanks to Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 23 years.

Located in the heart of Sandy Springs near Norcross, The Mansions senior apartments are designed for independent seniors who want live on their own but desire the security and convenience of community living. Close to shops, doctors’ offices and entertainment where Dunwoody, Norcross and Sandy Springs meet, this homey community is a great place to find new friends and stay connected with old ones.

The Mansions offers comfortable and spacious apartments at a wonderful value by including 3 meals a day at The Mansions casually elegant dining room, (Sunday buffet lunch) and all utilities are included, even expanded basic cable & Internet!  The staff is friendly and dedicated to making The Mansions a wonderful home for its residents. Competitive prices allow seniors to save thousands of dollars each year!

Call Debbie or Codie at 404-242-2536 today for availability and pricing and they can also tell you about the new Mansions of Alpharetta coming soon! Or check out their website http://mansionsseniorliving.com/properties/sandy-springs-mansions

Thanks to Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 23 years.

Alison O’Neil, B.S., M.E., A.R.S. has been practicing in the fields of Medical Esthetics and Aesthetic Rehabilitation for over thirty years. After twenty-seven years in dermatology and 5 years in plastic surgery she shares her pearls of patient care with professionals nationwide. Among her professional publishing and media credits, she has served on the editorial board of Progressive Clinical Insights, The Medical Journal for Skin Care Professionals published by the NCEA. She has been nationally recognized in Self, Mademoiselle, Woman’s Day, American Health, Harper’s Bazaar and Town & Country magazines as well as several major newspapers and television networks including CNN, TBS, ABC & NBC. Her most recent publication on Geriatric Aesthetics can be found in Aging Well Magazine.

Alison O’Neil, who was born in Scotland and moved to St. Petersburg, Florida with her family, says that as a little girl, she remembers older people were here friends and pals growing up. She felt comfortable and ‘a part of’ with older folks. In our radio broadcast today, she introduces her business, Senior Select Seal, which is a Good Housekeeping Seal of sorts, for the Senior Industry and also tells the story of how her kind hearted father ignited her passion for beauty and her heart for the elderly to form her Charity, Beauty Becomes You!

Alison is a 2015 recipient of the L’Oreal Paris Women of Worth Award and we’re thrilled to celebrate with her on Eugeria Radio. You can find out more about Senior Select Seal and how to get a product tested and endorsed at www.SeniorSelectSeal.com and Beauty Becomes You at www.BeautyBecomesYou.org. Alison can be reached at 404-386-6118.

Thanks to Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 24 years.

Dr. Cailen Wells, a young, enthusiastic Doctor of Specific Chiropractic is a native of Michigan, and after graduating from Eastern Michigan University in 2005 with a degree in Dietetics and Nutrition, landed in Atlanta by way of Life Chiropractic College, where she earned a post graduate degree in chiropractic medicine. Upon graduating, she joined a chiropractic practice in St. Mary’s, Georgia, largely serving our military. After several years in a small community, she decided to bring her practice and her paradigms to the big city of Atlanta.

“What is often discounted or even missed in other forms of medical care is the protective encasement and saddle of the brain stem or the Atlas, which is the ‘control tower’ of the nervous system!  The atlas is the protective encasement of bone at the base of the neck which holds the head, the brain, and most importantly, the brain stem.”  The Atlas is the specific part of specific chiropractic….which Dr. Cailen and other specific chiropractors believe is the saddle and protective shield of the brain stem, and when locked by untreated head trauma, as in sports injury, car accident,  or even unusual stress, can be a source of malfunction for the entire body!

Dr. Wells has extensive articles and learning opportunities available on her website: www.thexfitdoc.com and she can be reached at 678-805-7344. Her office is located in the Northpoint mall area.

Thanks to Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 23 years.

Jennifer Nikiforyan, Community Liaison and Owner, for Atlanta Family Hospice says that she didn’t choose the eldercare profession, “it chose her”.  After relocating from Canada, and a personal experience with a family member, her parents opened a small personal care home in Lawrenceville, GA.  An outgrowth of her church, New Hope Care Home is where Jennifer came to appreciate the satisfaction of serving the elderly.  It was this “satisfaction” that led her to open Atlanta Family Hospice in June of 2015.

Though new to Atlanta, the parent company of Atlanta Family Hospice has plenty of experience in the hospice arena.  With locations in Oregon, Arizona, Texas and now Georgia, the principals know what’s important to those individuals seeking hospice care.  “When asked, most patients say they would like to spend their final days in a place they call home and surrounded by people they love. “ Atlanta Family Hospice is dedicated to dignity and comfort for the patient and family in their delivery of care.   “We want the client to choose where they want to be, who they want to be with, and how they want to spend their time”; educating clients that “hospice is a natural step in the care continuum”.

For more information on Atlanta Family Hospice, visit them on the web at www.atlantafamilyhospice.com or call Jennifer at 678-427-0637.

We want to than Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show.  Griswold Home Care has been the preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home care in Atlanta for more than 23 years.