Michelle Jewell, licensed Medicare broker, educates us on Medicare changes, including the new Medicare cards that are coming out, and reminds us about the key issues related to researching, selecting, and using your Medicare benefits. You must take action on this issue!
Our series of discussions with "Aging in Arizona" book contributors continues! Today, Rhea Go-Coloma and Dr. Kevin Haselhorst, MD, discuss hospice and other end of life considerations. These topics are difficult but critically important to understand, and our guests provide insightful and passionate perspectives that you won't want to miss!
Our series of discussions with "Aging in Arizona" book contributors continues! Today, Dana Jean of Senior One Source and Jason May, Esq. of G&M Legal Services join us to discuss medication management among the elderly and the Arizona Medicaid system, also known as ALTCs. Two topics you need to know about BEFORE they become issues for you or your loved ones!
For six weeks, we're interviewing experts who contributed chapters to our new book, "Aging in Arizona: Insights for the Elderly & Their Families." Today, we're joined by certified retirement income professional, Marc Giannone and senior living specialist, Scott Fischer. Enjoy!
For the next six weeks, we're interviewing experts who contributed chapters to our new book, "Aging in Arizona: Insights for the Elderly & Their Families." Today, we're joined by Dr. Ed Perrin, a geriatrician with Iora Primary Care and Andy Lockridge, a long term care insurance specialist. Enjoy!
We've partnered with ComForCare In-Home care to compile a book for you and your loved ones. It's called "Aging in Arizona," and it is a compilation of chapters written by show guests who are experts on the key issues facing the elderly and their families here in Arizona.
Grace Home Health is a Medicare certified agency that provides a wide range of healthcare services wherever you call home. Nurses, therapists, and other practitioners from their team are able to meet with you and deliver care in your home environment. And it's all covered by Medicare. Listen in to learn more about this under-utilized benefit, and visit www.gracehomehealth.org to learn more!
Listen in as we discuss the true benefits of senior living and hear about the unique campus, community and connections you can experience at The Montecito. The Montecito is located in the heart of Peoria and offers Independent, Assisted and Memory Care living options. For more information, visit www.themontecitoseniorliving.com
Dedicated to making your retirement years carefree, MorningStar at Arcadia assisted living offers 80 assisted living suites on three levels, with spacious studio, one-bedroom or two-bedroom floor plans (including penthouse suites). Within the Reflections Neighborhood, they offer 30 suites devoted to the individualized, specialized care of residents with memory impairment from Alzheimer’s Disease or other forms of dementia. Learn more at www.morningstarseniorliving.com
Rebuilding Together Valley of the Sun is a Safe and Healthy Housing organization dedicated to helping low-income seniors, veterans, families with young children, and disabled individuals with critical home repairs and safety modifications at no or reduced cost. For more information, visit www.rtvos.org
Since 1985, Senior Consultants CEO Michael Blaker and his team have been working with friends and neighbors throughout the greater Phoenix Valley to help meet their financial goals through the use of insurance products. Michael joins us to talk about setting goals and putting a plan in place to meet them. To learn more, visit www.seniorconsultants.com
Deciding what you want in the event of your incapacitation, and communicating those desires to your loved ones, is one of the biggest gifts you can, and should, give to your family. Unfortunately, many do not. Hospice of the West is trying to change that by providing free education and legal support for completing your advance care directives. Join us as we discuss this further. As a bonus, we also help you better understand Hospice and Palliative Care for you and your loved ones. For more information, visit www.hospicewestaz.com
Shelly Drews, Founder of Help My Senior, is bringing world renowned speaker and trainer, Teepa Snow, and her team, to Phoenix throughout 2018 to educate and train families and professionals. The series will include five day-long sessions between March and December. The first is March 9th at Glencroft Senior Living in Glendale. To find out more and to register, visit www.helpmysenior.com and listen to the show!
Haven Senior Horizons of Phoenix provides inpatient psychiatric stabilization and treatment to adults age 50 and older experiencing acute symptoms of depression, anxiety, mood swings or psychosis. Services are provided by psychiatrists, geriatricians, nurses, therapists and other professional staff who are dedicated to improving patient quality of life. For more information, visit https://phoenix.havenbehavioral.com/
BridgeWater Assisted Living communities are designed to address the underserved fixed-income senior population that is growing across the valley. Many older adults are spending down their savings as they age and a number of them are living on pensions or Social Security. Many assisted living communities are financially out of reach for those who have limited resources. Listen for more information and visit www.bridgewaterassistedliving.com
Managing the care of a loved one, which can include appointments, medication refills, finances, and more, can be a full time job. A Geriatric Care Manager (GCM) is a consultant who specializes in assisting seniors and their families with all these areas and more. We are joined by Diane Skaff, GCM, LPN and Owner of Senior Support Solutions, who explains the ins and outs of this little known service. For more information, visit www.srsupportsolutions.com
At the Heritage Tradition, life is comprised of the perfect blend of elegance and comfort, fresh and varied dining, endless social connections and a full array of social, cultural and educational opportunities - right at the center of Sun City West. Discover The Heritage Tradition: a life well lived and complimented by genuine hospitality, thoughtfully crafted to meet your needs. Listen in and visit www.http://www.srgseniorliving.com/communities/sun-city-az-heritage-tradition for more information.
Paddy Rasmussen has taken her own personal tragedy and turned it into a unique service for others who experience the loss of a loved one, divorce, or downsizing. Paddy is a trained interior designer who specializes in re-creating your "space" to help you move forward following loss. Living space is often gets overlooked in the grief process. Listen in to hear Paddy's story and to understand how she can help. For more information visit www.helpingpeoplemoveforward.com
Pacifica Senior Living community offers assisted living and full-service memory care programs in a warm, inviting and familiar environment for residents with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Pacifica's residential care community offers an atmosphere of home and comfort, reducing the feeling of loneliness and confusion. For more information about this community or memory care services in general, call 623-738-0613.
Dr. Kevin Haselhorst is an emergency room physician and a passionate advocate for patient self-determination in healthcare decisions. He is also the author of the book "Wishes to Die For: A Caregiver's Guide to Advance Care Directives," and a short booklet titled "Is Palliative Care Right for You?" Dr. Haselhorst is a doctor who wants to visit the doctor as rarely as possible, and he thinks you should want that, too!