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Month: December 2009

Pat Baker, Gary Galloway and Pam Tokarz talk with Eugeria! Radio

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Having spent more than thirty five years working with seniors,  Pat Baker has long had a passion for serving this segment of our population.  According to Pat, she developed this passion early on as she watched her grandmother pioneer “personal care homes” in the Northeast.  She has spent most of her career working as a civil servant in Oklahoma, Texas, and now right here in Georgia.  Pat is the Director of Health and Human Services for Gwinnett County.  The county’s Senior Services organization falls under Pat’s direction.  Consequently, Pat is acutely aware of the needs of Gwinnett County’s seniors, and works hard to provide a broad range of resources to as many residents as possible.  In particular, listen in as Pat shares her particular interest in the challenges of Gwinnett County’s grandparents responsible for raising grandchildren. 

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Gary Galloway has a unique talent for building groups of highly motivated, unpaid individuals to serve Gwinnett County’s seniors in need.  Though Gary is technically the Resource and Marketing Coordinator for Gwinnett County Senior Services, he will tell you he is really the Volunteer Services Coordinator.  And he is exceptionally good at his job.  Spend a few minutes listening to his interview, and you’ll know why.  Gary’s ability to tell a story and capture your imagination and your heart will have you wanting to volunteer as well!  To get more information, or join one of Gary’s “Dirty Dozens”, call Gwinnett County’s Senior Hotline at (678) 377-4150.

 Tokarz, Pam - cropped compressedOur final guest this morning has not spent her career in senior services.  Pam Tokarz is Senior Vice President for Primerica Financial Services.  That said, Pam has spent more than a decade volunteering in the senior community – first at the Norcross Senior Center, and for the fast five years, as a board member for the Friends of Gwinnett County Senior Services.  For the past two years, she has served as the president of this organization.  Friends of Gwinnett County Senior Services is a non-profit organization that exists exclusively to support the county’s senior services organization through a variety of fundraising opportunities.  Over the past ten years, Friends has provided, among other things, 4
Meals on Wheels vans and two other vehicles.  In addition, it provides 135,000 meals each year as part of the Meals on Wheels program.

A Chat with Thom Corrigan, Sandi Thurber, Debra Herring-Gates and Jean Holley

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Thom Corrigan led off today’s show representing both Metta Johnson and Associates and The Elrod-Hill Law Firm. Thom has served the senior community as a social worker and a geriatric care manager for thirty years. Though the two organizations he works with represent different disciplines within the senior services arena, both share the common objective of providing a comprehensive assessment of a client’s situation and providing solutions to meet each client’s unique requirements. Thom is active in Cobb County Services for the Elderly, Senior Services of North Fulton, and serves on the board of the Georgia Chapter of the American Parkinson’s Disease Association. Corrigan Thurber cropped compressed Thom can be reached at (404) 791-8234, or via email at thomcorrigan@bellsouth.net.  Visit the Elrod-Hill Law Firm at www.Elrod-Hillfirm.com, and Metta Johnson & Associates at www.mettajohnson.com.  

Next, we spoke to Sandi Thurber, Director of Social Services at Gwinnett Extended Care Center, a subacute facility that is part of Gwinnett Medical Center’s Lawrenceville Campus. To anyone that speaks to Sandi, it is apparent that she loves her job, and is personally motivated by helping families in times of crisis and need. Educated in Sociology at the University of Southern Mississippi, Sandi began working with older adults on a part-time basis as the Activities Coordinator in a nursing home. After many years at both Meadowbrook and Delmar Gardens, she accepted her current position at Gwinnett Extended Care about four years ago. Sandi tells us that one of her key roles is as a discharge planner, and that planning begins the day a patient is admitted to her facility. Her advice to our listeners is that they should do the same, so that a family doesn’t have to make key decisions in the midst of a crisis. Sandi can be reached at (678) 312-3064, or via email at cthurber@gwinnettmedicalcenter.org.  To visit Gwinnett Extended Care’s web page, click here.

Finally, we spoke to a lovely duo representing Gwinnett Hospital System’s Congregational Ministry for Health & Wellness. Debra Herring-Gates is the Congregational Health Nurse for Hopewell Missionary Holly, Herring cropped compressedBaptist Church. Starting in 1996, Debra was one of the very first nurses in this unique program. Joining the program seven years ago, Jean Holley is Director for the Congregational Ministry for Health & Wellness. This program forms partnerships with faith communities to establish and support interfaith health ministries led by a parish nurse/health minister. The program supports parish nurses as they offer an array of services, including health counseling for individuals, health education for congregation and community, coordination of volunteer services, health promotion programs and support groups. Debra can be reached at her church at (770) 448-5475, or via email at dherring@hopewellmissionarybaptist.org. Visit their website at www.hopewellmissionarybaptist.org. Jean can be reached at (678) 312-2467. To visit the web page for the Congregational Health Ministry, click here.

Full House! Don Kemp, Nancy Kriseman, Renee Cook and Taryn Westmoreland

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Kemp, Don cropped compressedDon Kemp is the President of Southern Advisors Group, a comprehensive financial planning service.  After 20 years of Fortune 100 experience, Don now brings his problem solving skills, business experience and client insight to families by providing comprehensive solutions to a range of financial issues, such as IRA preservation/distribution strategies, the cost of long term care and “self-completing” tax-free retirement income plans.  Don brings a broad, “wholistic”, long-range perspective that helps clients make decisions now that will serve them for decades to come.   Don can be reached at 678-860-4639, or via email at dkemp@brokersifs.com.

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More than 15 years ago, Nancy Kriseman, President of Geriatric Consulting Services, Inc., recognized that aging adults and their families were having difficulty navigating the complex and often bewildering choices facing them as they were required to make decisions about healthcare, living arrangements, custodial care and more.   Acknowledging that the amount of information available can be overwhelming,  Nancy helps her clients sift and evaluate the options.  Her passion is to tackle the most challenging family situations both by educating and counseling, thereby bringing peace of mind, comfort and harmony to her clients in their time of need.  Nancy can be reached at 404-881-0313, or visit her website at www.nancykriseman.com.

Cook, Renee cropped compressedRenee Cook and Taryn Westmoreland rounded out our line-up this morning.  Renee and Taryn represent Tiffany Haggard, and Senior Lifestyle Connections.  Renee’s responsibility at Senior Lifestyle Connections is to assist clients in navigating the difficult and convoluted process of applying for benefits through the Veterans Administration’s Aid and Westmoreland, Taryn cropped compressedAttendance program.  Renee spends a good bit of her time evaluating her clients for eligibility to the program before the application process is even started.  Taryn’s role is to help families find an evaluate living arrangements that meet their physical, emotional and social needs, as well as accommodating their financial means.  Taryn, Renee or Tiffany can be reached at (866) 966-6323.  Visit their website at www.seniorlifestyleconnections.com.

Eugeria! Radio Talks with Tim Young, Kelly Dunham and Wally Kelleman

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Young, Tim croppedTim Young is a Geriatric Care Manager for Piedmont Hospital’s 60 Plus Program.  Sixty Plus is a free service to patients of Piedmont Hospital.  Given the complex and sometimes bewildering process of navigating the after effects of a geriatric illness or injury, Tim and two other Sixty Plus geriatric care manager’s provide resources, advice and counsel to patients and their families on all manner of topics.  Tim shares his passion for helping seniors not only via his job at Piedmont, but also through the Alzheimer’s Association, the Atlanta Regional Commission, Lutheran Services of Georgia and through the Buckhead Christian Ministry (a community food pantry and emergency assistance program).  To learn more about these organizations, or Sixty Plus, contact Tim at timothy.young@piedmont.org, or call the Sixty Plus Helpline at (404) 605-3867.

 

Dunham, Kelly croppedOur next guest, Atlanta native Kelly Dunham, developed a passion for helping others through volunteer work in a nursing home as a youth.  Always energetic and athletic, Kelly has a dream job – she get’s paid to play with her patients.  Kelly would agree – she loves her job at Gwinnett Medical Center’s Glancy Rehabilitation Center.  As a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Kelly works with stroke patients, brain injury victims and many others as they try to regain a semblance of normalcy in their lives after their stay at Glancy.  Kelly even helps clients with their golf game!  One of her passions is her 2nd Thursday Stroke Support Group held at the Glancy center.  To learn more about Glancy and its programs, go to www.gwinnettmedicalcenter.com, or call Kelly directly at (678) 312-6167.

 

Kelleman, Wally croppedN. Wallace Kelleman, “Wally” to her friends, is nearly an institution in the Atlanta Elder Law community.  A lifelong student, Wally attended law school in the late 1980s, and graduated with two law degrees – one from Western New England College of Law, and one from Emory School of Law.  After 38 years as an RN, Wally recognized a gaping hole in the services available to Atlanta’s senior population, and formed The Kelleman Law Firm.  As one might expect, Wally spends time with clients helping with a broad range of issues, including estate planning and asset protection.  But more importantly, in Wally’s own words, she is “the conscience of the client or family.”  She is asking the difficult questions like, “who will support you when you are no longer able to support yourself?”  Wally can be reached via e-mail at attynwk@aol.com, or by phone at (770) 736-0369.