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Dan Bourland and John Cowan - Senior Real Estate Specialists, and Octavia Jones of Agape Hospice

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Dan Bourland and John Cowan are both Texans! Dan was born and raised in Lubbock, attended Texas Tech, and has lived in the Dallas area for 30 years. John is from Houston, graduating from the University of Houston Business school in 1973. Interestingly, both Dan and John had different careers before deciding to move into real estate. Dan started his career in the Office Products business, and John in the Wholesale Materials business. John had a second career in Outpatient Imaging. Today, Dan and John are Realtors with Coldwell Banker Apex Realty. Both have the designation “Senior Real Estate Specialist” (SRES). The SRES designation is a certification demonstrating that these two gentlemen have made a commitment to serve the unique requirements of seniors in real estate. In addition to the purchase/sale of real estate, Dan and John also provide seniors with other options, including leasing and reverse mortgages. Dan can be reached at (469) 878-6391, or via email at dan@danbourland.com. Visit him on the web at www.danbourland.com. John can be reachedc at (972) 231-0363, or via email at john.cowan@coldwellbanker.com. John’s website is www.jgowanproperties.com.

Growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida, Octavia Jones Samba got her first taste of serving seniors working at a skilled nursing community after school. She tells us how she helped a 90 year old patient when others didn’t know how to help. As a teenager, Octavia was already hooked on seniors! She went to nursing school in Florida, and came to Atlanta in 1983. Octavia first started working in hospice in 2005. After a brief time away from hospice, she was drawn back by Agape Hospice a little over a year ago when Agape served a member of her family. Today, Octavia is the Director of Business Development for Agape Hospice. She tells us that Agape’s difference is in their personal touch. Agape Hospice can be reached at (404) 763-1456. Chances are, however, Octavia will be in the field, so reach her on her mobile phone at (678) 557 7205. For the more technically inclined, she can be reached via email at jonesoctavia@bellsouth.net.

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

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Full House! Lynn Barbee, Sarah Senter, Duane Krueger and Eileen Nebhut

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Who would have guessed that a midwest girl from El Dorado, Kansas would grow up to be… Ms. Texas Senior America in 2009?! Sarah Senter’s life was already full. She has been married 33 years, is the mother of 2 and grandmother of 3. She and her husband run a successful custom drapery business. She has been a performing tap dancer since she was 5. And in 2009, she entered the Ms. Texas Senior America pageant, and won! After a year of promoting the pageant, and it’s theme of redefining the senior woman as active and involved, she is getting ready to pass on her crown to Ms. Texas Senior America 2010. Be sure to catch this terrific event on Saturday, August 14 at 1 pm at the Dallas Doubletree Hotel. To schedule an event, or find out more about her custom drapery business, contact Ms. Senter the old fashioned way – pick up the phone and call her at (972) 617-8090.

Another Midwesterner, Duane Krueger grew up in a small town in central Illinois. After receiving a Bachelors Degree in Education from Eastern Illinois University, Duane began his career as a teacher and a guidance counselor. He later moved into educational sales in the corporate environment. About five years ago, Duane met a couple in his church that was offering reverse mortgages as a resource for seniors to access the equity in what is traditionally a couple’s largest asset, their home. Shortly thereafter, Duane switched careers, and has been offering this same resource to seniors in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metro area ever since. Today, Duane is a reverse mortgage specialist with Next Generation Financial Services. He can be reached at (877) 539-4040, or via email at dkrueger@1stmarinerbank.com.

Eileen Nebhut grew up in Nashville. She attended Vanderbilt University, received her degree in Psychology, and never used it in her career! She started in the publishing business in New York City. Wanting to travel, and pursue a career in art, Eileen went to Christie’s in London to be educated further. She loved so much, she spent the next seven years working for Christie’s in London. Six years ago, Eileen moved to Atlanta, knowing maybe five people. Having a desire to combine her Design School training, her knowledge of interiors and exteriors into her own business, she conceived and launched NHabitation. NHabitation is a home management firm that offers everything from organizing and space planning to decorating, renovations and Aging in Place-specalized services. Find out more by calling Eileen directly at (404) 309-2152, email her at eileen@nhabitation.com, or visit her on the web at www.nhabitation.com.

Lynn Barbee originally thought she was going to be a broadcast journalist. An Atlanta native, she received her degree in Public Relations. Having been raised by her grandmother, during college Lynn became her grandmother’s caregiver. At that time, Lynn knew nothing about hospice, so she and her grandmother really walked that journey alone. Her career has run a course from senior-focused property management to assisted living and, finally, to hospice. Lynn currently works for Homestead Hospice, and absolutely loves her work because of the amazing resource she is able to provide for families. Lynn notes that hospice should not be thought of as hope abandoned, but rather as “hope redefined” – uniting families, encouraging conversations and preserving memories. Lynn also loves the fact that Homestead Hospice puts care of the patient and the family as paramount, and often goes above and beyond the call to service them. Contact Lynn at (877) 355-4472, or visit their website at www.homesteadhospice.net.