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Navigating one last move – and an interesting use of a reverse mortgage!

March 21, 2013 by angishields

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Navigating one last move - and an interesting use of a reverse mortgage!

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Lane Tharp is a rare Atlanta native, attending Briarcliff High School and the University of Georgia. She initially began her career as an interior designer. After a hiatus in Florida, Lane returned to Georgia and began a second career in real estate. Having first been an interior designer, Lane had an inherent advantage in the real estate industry. As Lane’s mother started to age, she noticed that her mother’s friends were having some unique challenges as they began to move and downsize. In 1998, Lane became aware of a program offered by the National Association of Realtors to become a Senior Real Estate Specialist. Today, Lane works for Coldwell Banker as a Realtor working exclusively with seniors and their families as they meet the challenges of down-sizing and moving as a senior, sometimes after a lifetime of living in the same house! To reach Lane directly, call her at (770) 396-6696. You can also visit her website at www.coldwellbankeratlanta.com/lanetharp.

Another Atlanta native, from a rival high school and a rival University (Grady HS and Georgia State University), Dan Wolbe has been in the mortgage business for more than 40 years. About 13 years ago, Dan saw a need and an opportunity in the reverse mortgage business. Dan is currently a mortgage broker for Liberty Home Equity Solutions. Through reverse mortgages, Dan helps seniors stay in their own homes as long as they want to stay. Listen in as Dan describes the traditional use of a reverse mortgage, and also talks about how a senior can use a reverse mortgage to buy a new home! Dan can be reached at (770) 984-0125.

We want to thank 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 20 years.

Amy Hentschel – “Senior Care Concierge” with a heart!

February 22, 2013 by angishields

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Amy Hentschel - "Senior Care Concierge" with a heart!

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“Show Me”! Amy Hentschel is a Show Me Girl! Born and raised in Missouri, Amy believes that actions speak louder than words. Drawn to serving seniors at an early age, Amy spent many hours during her high school years volunteering in hospitals and with hospice. After earning a degree in Communications and Mass Media from the University of Missouri, she took a job with Medicare provider and equipment distributor in Illinois.

After moving to Atlanta and working for a number of years with an assisted living community, Amy began planning a new business that would provide support, advice and resource to the seniors she’d become so attached to. Senior Provisions is an organization dedicated to assisting seniors and their families in evaluating their needs, and finding solutions to meet those needs, whether in their current home, or in a new environment. Her services are free to her clients. She provides expert guidance in the areas of senior living options, adult day programs, skilled nursing options, Alzheimer’s care, non-medical home care, support groups and financial/legal services.

Amy tells us that her business is also her mission. While she provides high quality professional services, she is also their to minister to the emotional and spiritual needs of her clients. To that end, she hosts a monthly Caregiver group focused on providing this kind of support and assistance to family caregivers – whether they are hands on with a family member, or supporting from a distance. Amy’s next Caregiver Meeting will be held this Saturday, February 23, from 10am to 11am, at the Sunrise at Johns Creek located at 11405 Medlock Bridge Road. Brian Byars, a certified VA claims advisor, will be speaking. To register for this event, or find out more about Senior Provisions, please call Amy directly at (678) 925-0223, or visit their website at www.myseniorprovisions.com.

We want to thank 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 20 years.

BonusRuum – Check out this Innovative Approach to Adding Space for an Aging Parent!

February 13, 2013 by angishields

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BonusRuum - Check out this Innovative Approach to Adding Space for an Aging Parent!

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Kennesaw native Chet Tischer began his career in real estate at the age of 14! It started with Chet cutting a homebuilder neighbor’s lawn. From there, he began doing odd jobs for the builder, and he never really stopped building homes.

After 25 years as a homebuilder, Chet, like many others found himself having to reinvent his business as the market for new homes evaporated a few years ago. One day he was sitting around with his wife ruminating about the necessity of adding space to accommodate an aging parent. Chet was already aware of the growing need for multi-generational living spaces. Skeptical, at first, Chet set about creating the most complex senior living space he could imagine. After many iterations, he has created a patented, modular, affordable and accessible living space for seniors or disabled adults that can be installed in a few hours inside a garage, or attached to any existing exterior doorway of your home. These spaces come furnished with electrical and water hook-ups, heating, air conditioning and even high tech medical monitoring devices. Chet’s brainchild is being made available through his company, BonusRuum.

Check out this fascinating interview, and look for an on-site broadcast some time in April, when BonusRuum will open up a warehouse in Marietta that will have a model room available for touring! In the mean time, if you are interested in more information, check out their website at www.bonusruum.com, or call their offices at (770) 480-5676.

We want to thank 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 20 years.

Check out the New Benton House in Alpharetta! Hollie Curfman Chats with Eugeria!

February 5, 2013 by angishields

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Check out the New Benton House in Alpharetta! Hollie Curfman Chats with Eugeria!

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Hollie is a rare Georgia native! She grew up in Monticello, then went to school in Macon. She started her care in pharmacy, working with bubble packed medications. This naturally led her to the senior services arena, where she worked in hospice for a number of years. Nearly a year ago, Hollie took a position at Manor on the Square in Roswell. When The Principal Group started building a new community in Alpharetta, Hollie was quick to jump on board!

The Benton House of Alpharetta is just about set to open. Awaiting only an occupational license from the city, they are chomping at the bit to begin serving a growing list of residents that have already signed up to live in the beautiful new community of 55 ground level apartments. A portion of this community will be designated the Beacon Neighborhood, and will serve the memory impaired. If you’d like to see the new community, don’t miss their Grand Opening on February 2 from 11am to 1pm. Those residents that are committed to the Benton House on or before opening day will be part of the Founders Club. Give them a call to find out what that’s all about! Or better yet, visit them in person at 762 N. Main Street in Alpharetta. They can be reached by phone at 678-319-3000. Hollie tells us that one way to really get a good feel for a community is to stop by unannounced! Go ahead, put them to the test!

We want to thank 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 20 years.

Christmas Lunch at Atria of Buckhead!

January 9, 2013 by angishields

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Christmas Lunch at Atria of Buckhead!

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Atria is one of Buckhead’s premier assisted living and memory communities for senior adults. Conveniently located on Lenox Road in the heart of Buckhead, Atria has 60 assisted living apartments, and 14 memory care apartments. As they always do, Atria of Buckhead is inviting anyone in the community to join them for lunch on Christmas Day. If you know someone that could use a great meal, please let them know!

Andrea Accoo is a return guest to Eugeria! Radio. She was born, raised and educated in New Jersey, attending Bloomfield College to earn her undergraduate degree, and attending Rutgers University to get her Masters in Social Work. Andrea moved to Atlanta in 1999. Andrea took a position with Golden Living in 2004, and spent 8 years in the skilled nursing environment. In 2009, Andrea was awarded the honor of Social Worker of the Year by the Georgia Healthcare Association. After more than a decade with Golden Living, Andrea decided to accept the position of Life Guidance Director at Atria of Buckhead. She is primarily responsible for Atria’s Memory Care Community.

Joining Andrea today is Tae Stallsworth. Tae hails from Mobile, Alabama, attended Bishop State to get her RN degree, then Springhill College to get her Bachelors degree in Pre Law. Today, Tae is the Nurse Resident Services Director at Atria. She is fundamentally responsible for overseeing the well being of every resident in the community. Andrea tells us that one of the differentiators at Atria is the fact that there is both a social worker and an RN working together to provide the best possible service for each and every resident.

For more information about Atria of Buckhead, or to arrange a tour, call Andrea or Tae at (404) 240-2848, or visit their website at www.atriabuckhead.com.

We want to thank 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 20 years.

Meals on Wheels and Sunrise team up to fee Atlanta!

December 14, 2012 by angishields

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Meals on Wheels and Sunrise team up to fee Atlanta!

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Return guest, Jeff Smythe discovered early on that he wanted to spend his life and career helping people. While in college, he spent time with WorldTeach in Costa Rica. Upon return and graduation from college, Jeff moved from Denver to Atlanta. He started working with OpenHand Atlanta, and went on to earn a Masters in Public Administration from Georgia State University. About 10 years ago, Jeff began working for Senior Citizen Services, now Meals on Wheels Atlanta,(www.MealsOnWheelsAtlanta.org). Now, as the Executive Director of the organization, Jeff takes pride in the fact that the organization serves more than 100,000 meals per year through its Meals on Wheels program, and provides home repair for literally hundreds of Fulton County citizens each year.

Jessica Gill has never held a job that didn’t involve serving seniors! Growing up in Connecticut, she spent time in school visiting nursing homes. While doing that, she also learned to square dance. As a result of that experience, she developed a passion for the senior community. She went on to school at University of Southern Connecticut, earning a Masters in Public Health, and then to Boston University, where she received a certificate in Gerontology. Upon graduation, Jessica took a job with the CDC, and was ultimately transferred to Atlanta. She is also a certified geriatric care manager, and has spent time working with the Area Agency on Aging, as well as working as a geriatric care manager in private practice. Today she works for Sunrise Senior Living as an Area Manager of Business Development. Part of her role with Sunrise is linking arms with like-minded organizations in the community. Thus, Sunrise and Meals on Wheels Atlanta have come together to provide more than 300 Christmas Eve/Christmas Day meals for Atlanta’s most needy seniors. To find out how you can donate or get involved, please contact either Jeff or Jennifer. Here are their coordinates:

Jeff Smythe: Phone – (404)-351-3889 Email: jsmythe@mealsonwheelsatlanta.org

Jessica Gill: Twitter @GillJJLL, Email: Jessica.Gill@sunriseseniorliving.com

To donate canned goods, blankets, CO2 or Smoke Detectors, simply drop them off at any of the 10 Atlanta Sunrise locations, but hurry – only 19 days to Christmas Eve!

We want to thank 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 20 years.

Linda Bailey and Jo Ellen Knowles Help Take the Stress out of Finding Care for Loved Ones

December 5, 2012 by angishields

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Linda Bailey and Jo Ellen Knowles Help Take the Stress out of Finding Care for Loved Ones

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Linda Bailey was born and raised in Indianapolis. She was the sixth of nine children. She left Indianapolis to go to school in Los Angeles. She ultimately returned to Indianapolis, where she began working at an assisted living community. About the same time, she had the privilege of caring for her aging parents. After their passing, Linda and her husband moved to Atlanta, where she continued her work with the elderly.

Early on, Linda met Jo Ellen Knowles. Jo Ellen became interested in senior care after her mother lost a battle with colon cancer. Jo Ellen attended Adelphi University, and went on to earn a graduate degree from Boston University. Though she has worked in a variety of capacities, including news anchor for a CNN affiliate, her heart is in serving the elderly and their families.

About a year ago, Linda asked Jo Ellen to join her as she started Atlanta Healthcare Referral. Atlanta Healthcare Referral’s mission is to search out the best of the best in home care and senior living communities to refer to their clients and families. They pride themselves on doing the “feet on the ground” research that larger companies might not be committed to doing. To find out more, please visit their website at www.atlantahealthcarereferral.com, or call them directly at 770-866-7729.

We want to thank 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 20 years.

Sharon Ash, Northlake Gardens provides advice for fighting senior depression over the Holidays

November 21, 2012 by angishields

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Sharon Ash, Northlake Gardens provides advice for fighting senior depression over the Holidays

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Born and raised in Akron, Ohio, Sharon Ash began her career working in the family business. She tells us that her grandfather opened a restaurant nearly 70 years ago, and that only family had ever worked there! She also noted that once you were tall enough to see over the counter, you were old enough to work!

Sharon followed her husband to Atlanta 18 years ago. After missing the closeness of her family relationships for a number of years, Sharon found a surrogate family in the senior community when she took her first position at an assisted living community as an Activities Director. Now, ten years later, she still feels like the senior community provides her with a surrogate family! Through the Gwinnett Senior Provider Network, Sharon met April Watson, the Executive Director at Eastside Gardens. As a result of that relationship, Sharon was able to get a position at Northlake Gardens, a sister community, as a Retirement Counselor.

Northlake Gardens in an assisted living community in Tucker with 66 suites, 14 of which are part of their memory care community. Sharon tells us that the Northlake Gardens difference is their “whole home” approach and their personal interactions with their residents and families. For more information about Northlake Gardens, call Sharon at (770) 934-0034, or stop in for a tour at 1300 Montreal Rd in Tucker!

We want to thank 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 20 years.

Effective Transitions – Roger Kurth on Making Senior Moves Easier

October 17, 2012 by angishields

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Effective Transitions - Roger Kurth on Making Senior Moves Easier

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Roger Kurth is not only an Atlanta native, but a rare Atlantan who never left! After graduating from Georgia State University, earning a degree in Personnel Management, Roger embarked on a career in sales. Holding a number of varied positions, Roger has sold everything from nails to luggage to machinery. As the economy turned, Roger decided to take matters into his own hands, starting a business that allowed him to take his part time passion for helping people, and making it his vocation.

As Roger researched the market, he noticed there was a particular area in the senior services industry that was under-served: He discovered a lot of anxiety and trepidation around the transition from a long-established home environment to a more suitable environment for an individual that may no longer be safe staying at home, nor able to maintain their own home. Furthermore, he realized that most families had no idea how to go about preparing for a move like this – from the physical details like packing and moving, to the emotional details of parting with possessions.

In 2009, Roger founded Senior Transition Services. Senior Transition Services was founded to provide honest, caring, compassionate, reliable relocation and estate services to seniors and their loved ones during difficult times. While they, of course, handle the details of planning, packing, moving, unpacking and estate distribution, Roger also provides counseling to families in terms of how to emotionally and socially prepare for the move, how to select which items will move, and how to retain memories of those things that cannot be moved. For more information, check out Roger’s website at www.seniortransitionservices.com, or call him directly at (678) 758-7929.

We want to thank 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 20 years.