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In-home Healthcare and Caregiving Services, with Bill Holbrook, President, Trinity Life at Home

September 25, 2023 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

In-home Healthcare and Caregiving Services, with Bill Holbrook, President, Trinity Life at Home

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North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 701)

Bill Holbrook, Founder and President of Trinity Life at Home, joined host John Ray on North Fulton Business Radio to talk about his company’s private duty home care services. They discussed Bill’s personal reasons behind his passion for the company and the clients they serve, challenges in the industry, how they select excellent caregivers, how they tailor care to the needs of the client, what insurance covers, and much more.

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in AlphaBretta.

Trinity Life at Home

Trinity Life at Home was established with a passion for helping families make informed decisions when needing in-home care services for their loved one. As a leader in Private Duty Home Care services in Metro Atlanta for over 11 years, they have built a reputation of integrity, compassion, and excellent customer service.

Their mission at Trinity Life at Home is to provide valuable and skillful in-home care with the heart of a servant. Offering solutions that allow clients to stay in their home as long as possible, they strive to provide peace of mind to families. They offer in-home care services tailored to meet the individual needs of their clients.

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Bill Holbrook, President, Trinity Life at Home

For four years, Bill Holbrook was the primary caregiver for his first wife, who ultimately lost her battle with cancer. He later remarried, and he and his wife have been the primary caregivers for a beautiful child with special needs who is non-verbal and non-ambulatory. He walks in his client’s path every day as an advocate for someone who needs a lot of care.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

Tell us about Trinity Life at Home. What exactly does your company do?
Why did you get involved in this industry?
What are some of the challenges your company regularly faces and how do you handle them?
How does homecare work?
What are some of the specialized areas of care?
What types of care staff and clinicians does Trinity employ?
What are the costs for services?
Does healthcare insurance or Medicare cover services you provide?
Your company has experienced significant growth over the last several years? What do you attribute to your success?
What do you enjoy most about your business?

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

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It’s Never Too Late to Communicate – June is National Aphasia Awareness Month

June 25, 2014 by angishields

Eugeria

It's Never Too Late to Communicate - June is National Aphasia Awareness Month

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Aphasia seems to be one of those conditions that is not widely recognized unless it is something that a loved one is facing. June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, and Eugeria! Radio wanted to highlight this condition, and introduce you to some experts that can provide both education and assistance for a loved one suffering from Aphasia.

Joining us on the show today is repeat guest, Prasant Desai, Founder and President of Ability Rehab. Prasant earned a business degree at Southern Miss, then went on to earn his Masters in Public Health. When he moved to Atlanta about 4 years ago, he conceived of the idea for Ability Rehab, and now offers a full range of outpatient services, including Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies. They also provide on-site treatment fo both Assisted Living Communities and Adult Day Care Centers.

Joining Prasant on the show today is his Manager of Speech Pathology, Heidi Lipman. Heidi started her education at the University of Georgia, earning an undergraduate degree in Communications. At her father’s urging, Heidi went on to Georgia State University, earning her Masters in Speeh Pathology. In addition to her work with Ability Rehab, Heidi is also the Founder and President of Brain Masters. Brain Masters brings a preventative component to cognitive decline. According to Heide, one is never too old for new learning or brain fitness. Check out her website at www.brain-masters.com.

For more information about Ability Rehab, visit their website at www.ability-rehab.com, email Prasant at prasant.desai@ability-rehab.com, or call them at (678) 298-9484. For more resources and information on Aphasia, visit www.aphasia.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 more than 20 years.

Mike Doviak of Amedisys, and Cynthia Braswell of AseraCare Hospice

May 26, 2011 by angishields

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Mike Doviak of Amedisys, and Cynthia Braswell of AseraCare Hospice

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Originally from the Northeast, Mike Doviak’s interest in the medical field was kindled by his mother who was a nurse, and her passion for people. His focus on geriatrics stems from close relationships with is grandparents. After studying painting and graduating with a degree in teaching from Radford College in Virginia, Mike was asked to move to Dallas to help a friend start a home health company. Mike has been in the industry in Dallas for many years and credits his success to attention to detail that he learned through his art studies. Mike is a well known and well respected fixture in the medical community in Dallas and enjoys interacting with his clients and their families. Today he is an account executive with Amedisys Home Health, one of the country’s largest home health firm’s headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mike can be reached at 972-740-8125, or via email at mdoviak@verizon.net. Check out their website at www.amedisys.com.

Cynthia Braswell moved to Atlanta 35 years ago from Cleveland, Ohio, to got to Nursing School. In addition to being a “Grady grad”, she also pursued a degree in Health Administration and received a Masters in Education from Georgia State University. She has a passion for serving people, and considers her career her ministry and mission as well. For the past six months, Cynthia has been the Regional Sales Director for AseraCare Hospice, with responsibility for both Georgia and Alabama. When asked what she really does for a living with AseraCare, she will tell you “I’m in the Memory Making Business”. According to Cynthia, her primary role is in helping patients and their families make the most of the time they have left together. When asked about the AseraCare difference, Cynthia noted two items: first, that they offer an advanced telemonitoring program for their patients – making the most of what technology can offer today, and second, AseraCare’s Transitional Care Program, which provides an additional level of support within the first 24 hours of a hospice diagnosis. Cynthia can be reached at (404) 414-7753. She can also be reached via email at Cynthia.braswell@aseracare.com. Check them out on the web at www.aseracare.com.

Special thanks to Griswold Special Care, A Tradition in Home Care Excellence since 1982, for hosting today’s show!

Aqua Umoren and Olivia Haynes of Haven Home Health and Sandra Durbin with Brighton Gardens of Dunwoody

April 13, 2011 by angishields

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Aqua Umoren and Olivia Haynes of Haven Home Health and Sandra Durbin with Brighton Gardens of Dunwoody

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Timing is everything! Particularly for Aqua Umoren. Originally from Seattle Washington, Aqua moved to New Orleans to attend Xavier University. After receiving his Bachelors Degree in Management, he went on to attend the University of New Orleans for his Masters. Early in 2004, Aqua made a decision to move to the Dallas area to pursue his career – several months before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Today, Aqua is Area Director for Haven Home Health. He loves the philosophy of the company that focuses on both the welfare of their staff, and the direct interaction and service to their patients.

Olivia Haynes seems to have missed her true calling, as she is an absolute NATURAL on the air! A Dallas native, Olivia strayed from Texas long enough to earn a degree at the University of Oklahoma. She has spent her career in human resources, getting her feet wet in the healthcare industry at a long term care facility. A year and a half, she found her home at Haven Home Health, where she works as a Senior Healthcare Recruiter. She tells us that she particularly looks for staff that are critical thinkers and exceptional communicators. She prides Haven Home Health on the quality of their staff, and, as such, is extremely careful about the prospective employees that she invites to join the team. To get more information about Haven Home Health, call them at (972) 644-3000, or visit them on the web at www.3hllc.com.

After gruaduating from college, Sandra Durbin moved from Ohio to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to work with juvenile delinquents in Ft. Lauderdale. After moving to Atlanta, she decided to change careers. Little did she know she would simply be working with OLDER juvenile delinquents. Today, Sandra is a Senior Director of Community Relations for Brighton Gardens of Dunwoody. Brighton Gardens is part of the Sunrise family, and thus the oldest assisted living company in the US. Having worked for Sunrise for a number of years now, Sandra loves the sense of community at Sunrise. One of the unique projects being undertaken by Brighton Gardens is their Ageless Design Symposium. Coming up from May 13 to May 15, Brighton Gardens of Dunwoody will be taking four of their apartments and showcasing Aging in Place improvements to help seniors stay in their homes as their conditions progress – whether physical or cognitive. In addition, join Brighton Gardens on May 19 for a Taste of Sunrise. Brighton Gardens is also hosting both a Mothers Day Brunch or a Father’s Day Barbecue that will benefit the Diabetes Association. To find out more, contact Sandra at 678-896-5650, visit them on the web at www.bgdunwoody.com, or stop by their Ashford Center location in Dunwoody for a tour!

Special thanks to Griswold Special Care, A Tradition in Home Care Excellence since 1982, for hosting today’s show!

WellAware Systems and Interim Healthcare on Eugeria! Radio

October 21, 2010 by angishields

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WellAware Systems and Interim Healthcare on Eugeria! Radio

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Lori Sulak has always had a soft place in her heart seniors. Growing up, she had a very strong relationship with her grandparents that led her to become a caregiver after she graduated from high school. Wanting to pursue a career serving the elderly, Lori went to University of North Texas, where she earned a BS in Gerontology, Sales and Marketing. Upon graduation, Lori took a job with the local Area Agency on Aging as an Ombudsman, advocating for seniors in long term care environments, particularly skilled nursing facilities. She later helped create the first advocacy program for seniors in the assisted living environment in Texas. Today Lori continues to advocate for seniors as the Director of Sales for WellAware Systems. A relatively young company, WellAware uses technology to help seniors stay safely in their homes, wherever home may be. They do this by providing passive monitoring technology that provides critical information on sleep habits, bathing habits, ambulation, vital signs and more in an easy to read “dashboard”. This information can then be used to address physical and emotional issues before they turn into a hospital visit. Contact Lori at (804) 615-0608, or visit their website at www.wellawaresystems.com.

Born and raised in Japan, Yoko Ellison left her family and her homeland to move to the United States when she was 18 years old. She attended university in Ohio, and after graduating, moved to a small town in Virginia to pursue a career in Theater Stage Management. After meeting and marrying her husband, they moved to Atlanta, where Yoko took a job as and Acitivities Director at an Assisted Living Facility in Dunwoody. She worked her way up to the Executive Director position before leaving to take a marketing and sales position with Griswold Special Care. From there, Yoko moved into the skilled care environment, and today is a Homecare Coordinator for Interim Healthcare.

A rare Atlanta native, Melody Juneau began her career as a nurse. She attended Georgia Baptist Nursing School, and later Georgia State University to earn her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Her first position after school was with Scottish Rite (now Children’s Hospital of Atlanta) in pediatrics. Melody spent about five years in full time nursing before she left to take a sales position with Medtronic, in the Neurostimulator Division. She went on to work for Pharma Thera selling home infusion services. After working for them for ten years, Melody migrated to the Home Health arena. For the past five years, Melody has been at Interim Healthcare working as a Homecare Coordinator.