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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.

Making Dreams Come True with Bob Carr, Second Wind Dreams

January 29, 2013 by angishields

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Making Dreams Come True with Bob Carr, Second Wind Dreams

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A rare Atlanta native, Bob Carr tells us he grew up less than a mile from the Eugeria! Radio Studio! He attended Sandy Springs High School, attended The University of Georgia, earning a BS degree in Psychology, then served in the US Army at Fort Benning as a Second Lieutenant.

After leaving the military, Bob began a career in the insurance industry. He spent ten years running his own agency before selling it and founding Executive Adventure, with a mission of encouraging better communication and teamwork in business and corporate organizations. After nearly three decades, Bob sold Executive Adventure, and started working with senior adults with cognitive impairments. Having seen the impact on patients and their families first-hand, Bob connected with Second Wind Dreams to help them fulfill their mission of enhancing the quality of seniors’ lives through the fulfillment of dreams and education of families and senior care professionals.

Founded by P.K. Beville in 1997, Second Wind Dreams is a non-profit organization that seeks to experientially educate individuals with respect to what it’s like to live with a cognitive impairment such as is caused by Alzheimer’s disease and others. The Virtual Dementia Tour provides a tactile experience that inhibits a persons natural motor and cognitive abilities. After a few minutes in a darkened room, and having been asked to perform simple tasks, the participants then share their experiences with others in a facilitated feedback session.

For our listeners in Atlanta, there will be a Virtual Dementia Tour experience held on January 31 at the Holiday Inn in Roswell, located at 909 Holcomb Bridge Road, from 10 am to 1 pm. If you would like to register, please call Candice at 678-624-0500, or email her at Candice@secondwind.org. You may also visit their website at www.secondwind.org.

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.

Honoring Life and Offering Hope – Kim Joens of Seasons Hospice

January 22, 2013 by angishields

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Honoring Life and Offering Hope - Kim Joens of Seasons Hospice

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Kim Joens is a Midwest girl, born and raised in the Heartland in Nebraska and Ohio. Later she moved east to Pennsylvania, attending Slippery Rock University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation and Resource Management. She went on to become a park ranger in Coral Springs, Florida for a number of years. Eventually, she had the opportunity to move back to Atlanta, where she had lived briefly. This time, she worked for Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation for a number of years, also earning her Masters in Social Work at the University of Georgia.

Kim worked at Gwinnett Medical Center for her internship, then took a full time position. She began working with the palliative care team there, and felt like she had come home. As one of her teammates moved on, Kim also found herself with an opportunity to do hospice work full time at Seasons Hospice. She is a Hospice Care Consultant, and spends her days counseling families on their options, and educating them on the benefits of hospice. Listen in as she shares her journey, and as she talks about why Seasons Hospice is different! For more information, feel free to check out their website at www.seasonshospice.org, or call them at (404) 250-4950.

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.

Managing the Cost of Long Term Care with Steve Norris

September 18, 2012 by angishields

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Managing the Cost of Long Term Care with Steve Norris

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Born and raised in Georgia, Steve Norris earned a degree at Georgia Tech, and started a career in insurance more than 36 years ago. Initially focusing on life and health insurance, Steve had a client 17 years ago that asked if he offered long term care insurance. She further explained that the reason she wanted to purchase long term care insurance was so that her two girls would not have to go what she had been going through caring for her mother for the past 7 years.

Consequently, Steve founded Long Life Strategies. His mission is to help clients design and implement financial solutions to three of life’s most complicated issues:

1) Out-living your assets

2) Dying with insufficient assets

3) Through disability, exhausting your assets

For more information about managing the cost of long term care, email him at steve@longlifestrategies.com, visit his website at www.longlifestrategies.com, or call him directly at 770-833-3496.

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.

Difficult Conversations with Loved Ones – Announcing Eugeria! Live!

September 4, 2012 by angishields

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Difficult Conversations with Loved Ones - Announcing Eugeria! Live!

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Have you ever wondered how to approach an aging parent or loved one to discuss a health or safety issue? Have you had one of these chats, only to find it was awkward, and didn’t end the way you had hoped? Join Sam and Brad as they talk about a new YouTube video project called Eugeria! Live! This project will be initially launched as a series of short videos focused on how to successfully engage a loved on in a difficult conversation. We will provide general tips on planning and executing the conversation, and specific topical videos covering things like driving, hygiene, dementia and many more. More information will be coming shortly, so stay tuned! If you have an expertise in one of these areas, and would be interested in a cameo appearance, please contact us at info@eugeriaradio.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.

Cooking for Caregivers – Eugeria! Chats with Lisa Lowe

August 8, 2012 by angishields

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Cooking for Caregivers - Eugeria! Chats with Lisa Lowe

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Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Lisa Lowe moved southward to the DC area and on to North Carolina, where she did the majority of her growing up. As she recalls, the food industry was not a planned career for her, but got bitten by the bug and has stayed with it for the last 25 years.

Climbing the ranks in restaurant and hotel management, Lisa moved on to contract food service management where she stayed for 19 years. Knowing that her position as a Support Chef in healthcare would at some point end, she decided to start her own business, Cooking for Caregivers. Healthcare is an amazing field to work in so her business was built around cooking for those who could no longer cook for themselves or the overwhelmed caregiver. Her own experience as a caregiver to her in-laws made her realize what a daunting task it can be.

Cooking is Lisa’s passion, however it’s also about establishing relationships with those that she cooks for. She recognizes that it’s just food, but if she can bring a smile to someone’s face that means everything to her. For more information about Cooking for Caregivers, call Lisa directly at 770-364-7448, or email her at CookingForCaregiversllc@yahoo.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.

Keeping your aging loved ones safe on the road – Jennifer Curry

July 31, 2012 by angishields

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Keeping your aging loved ones safe on the road - Jennifer Curry

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Born and raised in a small town in Ohio, Jennifer Curry attended Ohio State University and received a degree in Womens’ Studies. After graduation she started her career working in libraries. It wasn’t until fifteen years later that she moved to Atlanta and began taking classes at Emory University. There she earned her Masters in Public Health. Along the way Jennifer also earned a Certificate in Aging from Boston University’s School of Social Work.

Though, in Jennifer’s words “it took a long time to get here”, she realizes that she was moved to serve seniors from an early age when a nursing home was built at the end of her small “dead-end” street, and she and her mother volunteered there. Today, Jennifer is a Program Consultant for the Older Driver Safety Program in the Office of Injury Prevention, and part of the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Listen as Jennifer share a wealth of information about older driver safety in Georgia. Also, check out the following links for more resources:

Hartford/MIT Older Driver Safety Conversations (tips, videos, resource guides)

AARP Driver Safety Program (including class locator)

CarFit Helps Georgia seniors find out how the effects of aging change the way they fit in their vehicles and how that can affect their driving.

Alzheimers Association – Georgia Chapter (This link goes directly to the portion of the website devoted to driver safety, including information about driving assessments and the grant to help pay for them through 9/30/12.)

Federal Highway Administration Older Road Users (drivers, pedestrians & cyclists)

American Medical Association (AMA) Physician’s Guide to Assessing & Counseling Older Drivers

Georgia Older Driver Task Force Georgia Older Driver Task Force/Governor’s Office of Highway Safety

Georgia Dept. of Public Health Facebook Page

To contact Jennifer directly, please call her office at (404) 657-2894, or email her at jlcurry@dhr.state.ga.us.

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.

Andrea Williams and Erin Elliott discuss American Cancer Society’s Patient Resource Navigator Program

July 26, 2012 by angishields

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Andrea Williams and Erin Elliott discuss American Cancer Society's Patient Resource Navigator Program

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Erin Elliott was born, raised and educated in Austin, Texas; Andrea Williams, in Massachusetts. Both were interested in pursuing careers in technical fields early on, but were pulled to a career serving people. Erin earned degrees from both Texas State University and University of Texas at Austin. In 2003, Erin accepted her first position with the American Cancer Society (ACS) in Austin. In 2008, Erin moved to Atlanta. Today she is a Patient Resource Navigator for ACSat Northside Hospital.

Andrea is a more recent transplant having migrated here via Charleston, South Carolina about a year ago. Andrea is a Patient Resource Navigator for ACS at Dekalb Medical Center. The American Cancer Society, and its Patient Resource Navigator program is, in Andrea’s words, “all about saving lives and having more birthdays”! She and Erin spend their days helping make their patients’ live just a little easier by helping locate resources for transportation, accommodations,

financial assistance and much more. Not only do they coordinate the resource of the American Cancer Society, but they

bring together a vast array of resources that would be impossible for patients to assemble on their own.

For more information about the American Cancer Society Patient Resource Navigator program, visit their website at www.cancer.org. To reach the program at Dekalb Medical Center, call them directly at (404) 501-3279. To reach the Northside program, call (404) 300-2163.

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.

Craig Smith, Owner of Vest Properties

July 18, 2012 by angishields

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Craig Smith, Owner of Vest Properties

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As the weather starts to heat up, Craig and Carol Smith, Owners of Vest Properties, are hoping for indoor remodeling jobs! Craig has always been around the construction industry. His father was a general contractor, and one of the first to specialize in insurance repair. Craig spent his summers working these construction jobs. Having been born & raised in DeKalb County, he has spent 35 years in construction in Atlanta.

Craig earned his Bachelors Degree in Architectural Engineering Technology from Southern Tech in Marietta. Upon graduation, he joined his father in business on a full-time basis. In addition to the insurance work, they also started doing remodeling. After the birth of their daughter, Craig and Carol wanted for Carol to be able to work from home. To do this, they started Vest properties.

A few years ago, the National Association of HomeBuilders (NAHB) offered a program called Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS). This program intrigued Craig and Carol, as they had already observed that the majority of their customers were over 55. Serving the home improvement needs of Atlanta’s aging population has become a very significant part of their business.

To find out more, visit Vest Properties’ website at www.vestproperties.com, or call them directly at (770) 466-4699.

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.