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Making a Successful Move

September 5, 2014 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Making a Successful Move

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Lane Tharp, Victoria Collier, Tina Sensing

Senior Salute Radio brings timely information to leading edge Boomers and Seniors about issues involving care-giving and aging. Learn from both professionals and regular people going through the process with their families. Each week we will also Salute an incredible Senior.

Senior Salute Radio is presented by The Elder & Disability Law Firm of Victoria L. Collier.

Today’s Guests:

Lane Tharp/Coldwell Banker

Lane Tharp is a Seniors Real Estate Specialist with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Since 1998, Lane Tharp of has been working with active seniors and families of older seniors who are needing to make a move from their family home. Active seniors are looking to downsize to a home with fewer responsibilities and sometimes nearer children and grandchildren. Adult children of older seniors are needing to move their parents to a home that better suits their needs.

Tina Sensing/Sensing Transitions

Sensing Transitions is a full-service senior move manager and estate liquidation company in metro Atlanta. They offer a variety of services including space planning, downsizing, packing, move supervision, unpacking and new home set-up, and estate liquidations. They also hold estate sales in their warehouse in Roswell for those folks who only need to sell portions of their estate. Their number one goal is to make their clients move and home liquidation as stress-free as possible!

Today’s Senior Salute Moment: Laura Fisher for her successful transition from her home to a senior living community.

Armand Christopher of Senior Living Realty, and Lorna Armstrong of Armstrong Emergency Readiness

June 24, 2011 by angishields

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Armand Christopher of Senior Living Realty, and Lorna Armstrong of Armstrong Emergency Readiness

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Armand Christopher is originally from Chicago, IL and moved to Dallas in 1975. While working in many different industries over the years, Armand has always had a passion for real estate and has been a licensed realtor for over 35 years. When Armand decided to focus full time on real estate in 2001, he immediately became a Seniors Real Estate Specialist, which is a designation that is owned by the National Association of Realtors. Armand is now a board member of the National Associations of Realtors for that senior designation. He is widely viewed as an expert in senior relocation issues, and loves the opportunity to assist seniors and their families as they transition to new environments and new realities associated with downsizing. Armand’s company is Senior Living Realty, found at www.seniorlivingrealty.com or he can reached by phone at 214-564-5800.

Originally from Southern California, Lorna Armstrong was deeply impacted by a 7.0 earthquake near her home in Northridge in 1994. Having seen firsthand what it was like to be without water, power, gas and other basic services, Lorna joined her fire department’s local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). When she moved to Alpharetta in 1998, she joined the CERT program in that community as well. After 25 years in the corporate world, Lorna decided to make a business out of her passion for emergency preparedness, and formed Armstrong Emergency Readiness in 2009. The mission of her company is to prepare families for any type of emergency, whether it is a “shelter in place” emergency, or an evacuation. She trains families, caregivers and others on what to put in the Emergency Preparedness “kit” and how to be ready to survive the aftermath of an emergency. For more information, please contact Lorna at (404) 952-0647, or visit her website at www.armstrongER.com.

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

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

February 17, 2011 by angishields

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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.