Compassionate Care and Informed Decisions in Senior Living
In this episode of Phoenix Business RadioX Karen Nowicki is joined by Rich and Dawn Milburn and Julia Colangelo as they discuss the complexities of senior living care, highlighting the need for planning and trusted guidance. Dawn’s free services emphasize compassionate assistance, while Julia Colangelo stresses education and communication, and Rich debunks misconceptions about senior living. The conversation covers vulnerability to scams, creating supportive environments, and managing family dynamics, underlining the importance of honesty, choice, and early planning in successful transitions.
Throughout the episode, the guests share personal anecdotes and practical advice, emphasizing the role of preparation, communication, and maintaining trust for aging parents.
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The Silver Group is a free concierge service through Kenny Klaus Team Realty Services that guides seniors and their families to the resources they need most during a transition into care.
Whether it’s in-home care, household services, benefit and financial assistance, estate sales, moving/packing, assisted living guidance or real estate services, we provide the navigation needed during a chapter that, at times, can seem overwhelming.
Dawn Milburn has years of experience in the senior living field. Not only was she the Executive Director of an assisted living community, but she also experienced first-hand the challenges involved in senior transition with her own mother.
She has authored several magazine articles on aging, has been a radio guest on the subject, and has made a number of appearances on ABC15 regarding life in assisted living during the pandemic.
Now retired from senior living management, Dawn’s passion for helping seniors and their families during a transition into care continues through the Klaus Team Silver Program.
Rich Milburn is a long-time Phoenix area resident. He graduated from McClintock High School in Tempe then went into law enforcement. He retired from Mesa PD in 2009 and is now a full-time realtor with Klaus Team Realty.
His years in real estate and in the Valley, make him very knowledgeable about the Phoenix area market. He and his wife, Dawn, are particularly attuned to the needs of senior transition. Having cared for aging parents, themselves, they personally know the challenges involved as seniors go from independent living to needing care.
The Abbington at Gilbert offers independent, assisted living and memory care services in a homelike environment.
Julia Colangelo is a graduate from The University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work and has worked in the senior living field for almost 30 years.
She serves as a Board Chair with the Assisted Living Federation of America and is the current Executive Director at The Abbington of Gilbert.
