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Doug Baker is originally for  New Orleans. Looking at his career you would not have expected him to land in the senior services industry. He started his career in law enforcement with the sheriff’s department wth Harry Lee in Jefferson Parish.  He wenton to become a special agent, working with the DEA and ATF. At the age of 30, Doug decided that he was tired of getting shot at, and wanted to do something more meaningful.  So Doug net back to school and earned his MDiv degree from Coventry seminary.  He’s been a pastor, a missionary and a Christian radio show host.  Needless to say, we didn’t have to encourage him to talk!

Thirteen years ago, Doug’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease.  I t was a t this point that Doug redirected his career to work with seniors, and has been doing it ever since.  Today, Doug is the Executive Director of Coventry Place, a 127 unit community of independent living apartments and personal care apartments.  Coventry Place was conceived and constructed by a group that included Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus to provide spacious, safe and affordable housing for seniors.  Coventry is very proud to note that many of its residents and staff have been there for more than 20 years.  In fact, their oldest resident is 106, and has been living at Coventry since it opened in 1987!

For more information about Coventry Place, stop by for a tour at 2806 N. Decatur Rd. in Decatur, or call Doug at (404) 296-0962.

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

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Barbara Ferrell has always wanted to help people, even from her earliest memories growing up in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia.  We’ve seen that in Barbara as long as we’ve known her.  About five years ago, Barbara had an opportunity to take her social work skills to Embracing Hospice.  She tells us she’s home, and never wants to do anything else!  Wow!  Joining Barbara in the studio this morning were two associates.  Kerin Fraunfelder is a Hospice Record Coordinator.  Kerin went to school to be a teacher, but was drawn into hospice before she ever started teaching.  Kerin has a unique relationship to Embracing Hospice, in that her father was the founder of the parent company, American Hospice, and was one of the very early advocated for hospice as a part of the Medicare program in this country. Also joining Barbara is her long time friend and new work associate, Lea Thompson.  Lea has a background in skilled nursing, and has just recently joined Embracing Hospice as Provider Relations Coordinator.  Lea notes that her initial impression of hospice was that it could be a “disturbing” place to work.  After only a few short months, she’s convinced she made the right decision, and resoundingly agrees that hospice is about living!

For more information about Embracing Hospice, call them directly at 404-659-0110, or visit their website at www.americanhospice.com.

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

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A rare native Atlantan, Allie Atkins ventured as far as Macon to earn a degree from Mercer University.  She started her career in the healthcare field publishing medical journals.  A number of years ago, Allie got involved in the Real Estate Book that you’ve probably seen at Kroger or Walgreen’s.  This venture naturally led into a resource book for seniors, Senior Living Choices.  About four years ago, Allie had the opportunity to acquire the company.  After publishing Senior Living Choices in Texas, Florida and the Carolinas, the book is finally making its debut in Atlanta this month.  Interestingly enough, the company is headquartered right here in Duluth!  Allie tells us this book is unique in a number of ways.  First, it is published monthly, rather than quarterly or annually, making the information in it more timely and relevant.  Second, it is widely available around the city, not just in hospitals and rehab centers, but in places you frequently shop – like the grocery store, pharmacy and Target or Walmart.

For more information about Senior Living Choices, or to contact Allie directly, please call her at 770-500-2075, email her at allie@slc-atl.com, or visit the website: www.seniorlivingchoices.com.

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

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Amazing!  After nearly four years of Eugeria! Radio, nearly every show we learn something new!  Debbie Robinson, partner with Robinson & Miller Law Firm, shares the importance of careful planning BEFORE applying for VA Aid & Attendance benefits – particularly with respect to the ownership of real property.

Originally from Massachusetts, Debbie earned an undergraduate degree from Adelphi University in New York, and went on to law school at the University of Chicago.  After moving to Atlanta thirty years ago, she became a widow with two children, at a young age.  This experience highlighted for her the issues women often face after the death of a spouse.  This prompted her to focus her law career on helping families to be prepared for certain life inevitabilities, including estate planning, trust & wills and veterans benefits.

For more information, visit her website at www.robinsonmiller.com, or call her at (770) 817-4999.

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

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Growing up in a small town in northeast Arkansas, Carol Hurst was drawn to seniors at an early age, studying gerontology at Arkansas College.  After graduating, Carol worked as a case manager, a legal advisor and a nursing home ombudsman for the State of Arkansas.  Twenty seven years ago, Carol moved to Atlanta and took a job in the insurance and financial services industry.  After a number of years, she began working in the mortgage industry, and stayed there until about five years ago, when the bottom dropped out of that market.  As she began to investigate other career options, she realized that she could combine her recent expertise with her love for seniors by specializing in products that would help seniors safely tap the equity in their home to help pay for their own long term care, and maintain their independence without becoming a burden to their children.

For the last five years, Carol has done nothing but reverse mortgages, now working for Reverse Mortgage USA.  She is not only a knowledgeable provider of reverse mortgages, she is also an educator.  Carol acknowledges that reverse mortgages are not right for everybody, but they can be a lifesaver for some.  Listen in to hear her provide more detail on who might benefit from this opportunity.  To reach Carol directly, call her at (770) 314-0027, send her an email at churst@rmeducator.com, or check out her website at www.reverse-mortgage-usa.com.

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

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One of the most critical factors in delivering exceptional care – whether to loved ones, or a patient – is to seek as much knowledge as possible with respect to the loved one’s condition.  For professional caregivers and healthcare workers, continuing education is often a requirement.  Because there is a staggering number of opportunities to get educated, it’s critical to spend your valuable time wisely by picking educational opportunities that are relevant, attainable and practical.

To that end, Griswold Home Care is proud to announce the availability of a series of on-line courses that are both practical and accredited for healthcare professionals for use in meeting their annual CE requirements.  These courses have been designed and developed by the Institute for Professional Care Education, in conjunction with Griswold Home Care.  As an example of unique nature of these courses, consider the first course: The Invisible Side of Multiple Sclerosis.  While there are many courses dealing with MS, this course deals with how to live with MS, and how healthcare extenders (nurses, social workers, family caregivers, friends, etc.) can better understand the psychosocial aspects of the disease.  Click here for more information or call Sam Grass at 678-360-1044, or Brad Culp at 770-329-8196.

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

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From an early age, Divine Taylor has had a passion for caring for seniors.  Originally from Falls Church, Virginia, Divine attended Bowie State College in Maryland.  Though her early career was in sales in an unrelated industry, Divine worked as a volunteer on weekends with a friend’s non-profit organization helping to arrange companion care for seniors.  She also served as a caregiver for her grandmother, who suffered with Alzheimer’s until she passed.

These experiences led Divine to seek out the Autumn Leaves family of memory care communities.  As the Director of Sales and Marketing, she has been working diligently with the start-up team to open the doors of Autumn Leaves of Sugarloaf.  This community will be home for 46 memory-impaired residents once their licensure is finalized.  Divine tells us that it will be unique in its focus on creating a community for its residents where they will be able to stay throughout the progression of their disease.

Autumn Leaves of Sugarloaf is located at 1475 Satellite Boulevard in Suwanee.  Stay tuned for a grand opening in early Fall!  For more information, contact Divine via telephone at (678) 990-4580, or email her at dtaylor@autumnleavescom.

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