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Month: November 2011

Kelly Bass of Griswold Special Care, and Amy Hentschel of Senior Provisions

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Kelly Bass is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Griswold Special Care’s Plano office. Kelly was born in New York but moved to the Dallas area when she was 4, so she’s “kind of a Texas home-grown girl”. After graduating from North Texas State and getting married and starting a family, Kelly discovered she was a natural caregiver. Kelly began by opening a Montessori school in her home and eventually opened a Kumon Math and Learning Center.

Like so many of us, Kelly’s passion for seniors grew from a family situation when her mother in law sent out an “SOS e-mail” when she needed help after a surgery. When Kelly’s brother, Doug Decoursin, approached her about opening a non-medical home care office with Griswold Special Care, Kelly jumped at the chance to help. Kelly has enjoyed learning about senior care and how the industry can help seniors live more independent and healthy lifestyles.

You can reach Kelly via e-mail at kelly.bass@griswoldspecialcare.com or by calling the Griswold Special Care Plano office at 469-277-3541.  Visit the website at www.griswoldspecialcare.com.

“Show Me”!  Amy Hentschel is a Show Me Girl!  Born and raised in Missouri, Amy believes that actions speak louder than words.  Drawn to serving seniors at an early age, Amy spent many hours during her high school years volunteering in hospitals and with hospice.  After earning a degree in Communications and Mass Media from the University of Missouri, she took a job with Medicare provider and equipment distributor in Illinois, where she called on 250 long term care accounts.  Spending her days going in and out of skilled care facilities, she quickly realized how much help the residents needed, and how ill-equipped many facilities were in terms of holistic treatment of their residents.  About a dozen years ago Amy, finally sick and tired of Illinois winters, moved to Atlanta where she took a job with Sunrise.  She loved her work there, and thought she’d be there indefinitely.  About a year ago, Amy began planning for a new business that would provide support, advice and resource to the seniors she’d become so attached to.  To make the transition from business development to care consultant, she created Senior Provisions, and organization dedicated to assisting seniors evaluate their needs, and find solutions to meet those needs, whether in their current home, or in a new environment.  She provides expert guidance in the areas of senior living options, adult day programs, skilled nursing options, Alzheimers care, non-medical home care, support groups and financial/legal services.  To find out more about Senior Provisions, visit their website at www.myseniorprovisions.com, or call Amy directly at (678) 925-0223.

We want to thank Griswold Special Care for sponsoring today’s show.  Griswold Special Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Dallas and Atlanta for 20 years.

Outback Steakhouse to provide a Thanksgiving meal to Gwinnett County seniors

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Yanis Latsis emigrated to the United States from Latvia in 1989.  He came with his parents, being 14 at the time, because his parents sought a better life for him and his siblings.  In 1992, being a typical teenager, he had aspirations of a stereo, video games, dates, a car…  At the time, his brother was working for Outback Steakhouse, and encouraged him to also apply for a job there.  He started with Outback as a dishwasher in 1992.  In 1996, Yanis helped open the Suwanee location as the Kitchen Manager.  He continued to work his way up in the organization, and in 2003, he was offered an opportunity to buy into a partnership at the Gainesville location.  Five years ago, Yanis became the owner of the Suwanee location – a kind of homecoming for him.

One of the things that is very important to Yanis, and to Outback Steakhouse, is giving back part of his success to the community.  He is extremely grateful for the opportunities he has had to build a life for himself and his family, and now is committed to making an impact in the community that gave him that chance.  Yanis is joined by Gary Galloway, of Gwinnett County Senior Services today.  Outback and Gwinnet County Senior Services joined hands more than a decade ago to implement the Outback at Work program that has now generated more than $100,000 for Gwinnett County’s Seniors.  This money, donated to Gwinnett County’s seniors through non-profit Friends of Gwinnett County Senior Services has been used to support Meals on Wheels, Emergency Home Repair and transportation, among other things.

As we near the holidays, Yanis and his team at Outback Steakhouse in Suwanee want to make sure that several hundred more people have something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.  As such, Yanis is opening his restaurant from 10 am to Noon on Thanksgiving Day to cook a free meal for those who would not otherwise have a Thanksgiving dinner.  Yanis tells us he is personally cooking these turkeys!

Outback Steakhouse in Suwanee is located at 145 Gwinco Boulevard, near the Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd exit of I-85.  They are now open for lunch!  Check out their menu here.  If you know of a senior that might not otherwise get a Thanksgiving meal that is in reasonably close proximity of the restaurant, please call Charlene Barr, Gwinnett County Senior Services, at (678) 377-6715, or email her at Charlene.barr@gwinnettcounty.com.

We want to thank Griswold Special Care for sponsoring today’s show.  Griswold Special Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Dallas and Atlanta for 20 years.

Mike Bolla of Heritage LifePath, Dan Bourland and John Cowan, SRES

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Eugeria! Radio is excited to welcome back Dan Bourland and John Cowan. You may remember them from our February 17th show, but since then, they have developed an hour long presentation targeted at seniors who have questions about what to do about their home. Combining targeted market research and years of experience, they are helping seniors make educated decisions on a regular basis. Welcome back Dan and John!

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.

 

While attending the University of Pennsylvania, Mike Bolla and some of his classmates became acutely aware of the need to protect our country’s freedoms as a result of Iranian hostage crisis, and enlisted in the Army.  Consequently Mike has a special place in his heart for veterans, their families, and the unique challenges many of them face.  After selling a successful trust business, Mike decided 10 years ago to give back to these veterans.  At that time, he assisted his father in applying and qualifying for Aid and Attendance benefits – a process that took him 14 months, and a great deal of frustration.  Coincidentally, a local pastor asked him to help a couple of parishioners through the process.  As a result, Mike spent a good bit of time evaluating the process, and streamlining an approach to assist veterans navigate it.  A year ago, Mike decided to expand the reach of his efforts by creating Heritage LifePath to provide a broader array of services to veterans.  Recently, Mike invited registered nurse Nancy Votta to join him in his work.  Mike is thrilled to be able to provide these services free of charge to the veteran.  If you would like more information, or would like to speak directly with Mike, please send him an email at info@heritagelifepath.org, or call (678) 602-9559, or visit their website at www.heritagelifepath.org.

We also want to thank Griswold Special Care for sponsoring today’s show.  Griswold Special Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Dallas and Atlanta for nearly  20 years.