Seniority Authority

Episode 24: Carol Marak is a solo aging advisor and advocate. She is the founder of the Elder Orphan Facebook Group, which launched in 2016 and has almost 10,000 members. She also has a successful YouTube channel called Solo and Smart and a book titled SOLO AND SMART: The Roadmap for a Supportive and Secure Future. Carol attributes her seven years of family caregiving as to how she learned to plan...

Episode 23: Pat Bennett is the President of Longevity Planning, in Portsmouth, NH. She is a Certified Long Term Care Councilor with over twenty-five years of experience in insurance planning. Pat works both with families looking to do long-term care planning as well as those who are looking for immediate help for a loved one who needs care. As a family caregiver herself, Pat is very aware of the e...

Katie Smith Sloan is President and CEO of LeadingAge. Guided by the mission to be the trusted voice for aging, Sloan advances the organization’s strategic priorities to increase impact through advocacy, enhanced member value and generates ideas to improve our current system of services and supports. As LeadingAge’s President and CEO, Katie Smith Sloan seeks common ground with other stakeholders to...

Episode 22: Richard Peck is a certified financial planner, a chartered advisor in philanthropy, and a chartered financial consultant. Prior to the Charitable Foundation, Richard served Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, the Geisel School of Medicine, and Dartmouth College in their philanthropic work. He is a volunteer member of the marketing and development committee of the Grafton County Senior Citizens...

Episode 21: In 2018, Dr. Pilcher founded Clear Guidance in order to return to her passion of working directly with clients and their families. Dr. Pilcher presently serves as President of the New England Association of Aging Life Care and is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Aging Life Care. Dr. Pilcher has career-long experience working with people with dementia and their families. Prior to f...

Show Notes Dr. Leslie Kernisan is a practicing geriatrician and the founder of the website and podcast Better Health While Aging. She has literally written the book we all need –  When Your Aging Parent Needs Help , A geriatrician’s step-by-step guide to memory loss, resistance, safety worries and more.  A clinical instructor at the University of California, San Francisco Division of Geriatrics, D...

Episode 20: Dr. John Randolph is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, brain health coach and consultant, and member of the Adjunct Faculty at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. He earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in Neuropsychology at Washington State University, and completed clinical and research fellowships in Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging at...

Episode 19: Ashton is a pioneer, speaker, writer, blogger, author, and internationally recognized expert on ageism. She began investigating ageism in her mid-50s, and what she discovered led her to write her book,  This Chair Rocks – A Manifesto Against Ageism , as well as creating a number of other resources to combat ageism. She speaks widely at venues that have included the TED Mainstage and th...

Executive Director at HFC. Bonnie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Hamilton College and an MBA in Marketing from Columbia Business School. Bonnie has extensive experience building organizations from the ground up, including chairing successful multi-million-dollar capital campaigns, designing and managing strategic planning projects, and growing board leadership. She is bringing...

Episode 18: Lisa McCracken is the Director of Senior Living Research and Development at Ziegler - the nation’s leading lender for senior living. Lisa’s primary focus is concentrated on conducting industry research and trend analyses for educative purposes in the form of presentations, newsletters, and research publications. In addition to providing support to the investment banking practice at Zie...

Episode 17: Jean Ketcham is a former small business owner and talk show host. She is also a proud parent, an avid skydiver, and a cancer survivor. To put it mildly, Jean is up to any challenge. After retiring, Jean discovered that 55+ women were not living up to their true potential. Their social circles were shrinking and their lifestyles were becoming less stimulating and less adventurous. That’...

Show Notes: Episode 16: Dr. Everett Moitoza is a business psychologist who has consulted with hundreds of businesses across all industries. His focus has been on interpersonal and organizational conflict and change management issues – especially those related to family businesses and partnerships. His opinions and solutions regarding business and performance issues are frequently sought and publis...

Episode 15: Roger Whitney has been walking life with clients as a financial advisor for more than 25 years and is the host of the award-winning Retirement Answer Man® podcast. He is on a mission to change the way the world thinks about retirement, one little conversation at a time. Roger established Rock Retirement Club in 2018 to help foster a safe online space for soon-to-be retirees to learn, p...

Episode 14: Mr. Spooner joined Greystone in 1986 and now serves as co-CEO. His responsibilities include managing and driving annual business performance, formulating and executing strategies for clients, and interacting with clients, employees, investors, and other stakeholders. Mr. Spooner is a sought-after speaker on a range of topics involving the business of senior living. Mr. Spooner received...

Episode 13: Jeremy grew up in a small town in Ontario and went to school in Montreal, Quebec at McGill University. He initially thought he’d become a doctor only to decide two years into college that he didn’t want to spend 10 more years in school. So, he dropped out and decided he’d help older adults. He and his friends spent a year living in a nursing home, and the result of their year was a pro...

Steele began his professional life as a physicist. Growing up, he was fascinated by space, just like many other scientists. It was after his Ph. D. in physics from the University of Oxford that he decided that aging was the single most important scientific challenge of our time, and switched fields to computational biology. In this episode, Andrew chats with Cathleen about developing therapies tha...

Episode 12: Kathy Anderson is an innovating leader that has served as CEO for two large multi-state nonprofits that cater to older adults. She now stays active coaching and mentoring brand new CEOs across the country. Kathy is a passionate advocate for older adults and those who serve them. Links: Kathy Anderson Goodwin House What’s Next? How will you find meaning and purpose in your next chapter?...

Episode 11: Andrea Daly is an experienced attorney and litigator of Robinson, Boesch, Sennott & Daly, and recognized as a top attorney in the United States. Andrea has helped hundreds of individuals and families avoid probate and ensure their affairs are in order. She joins the podcast today to share her expertise about wills, trusts, and probates. She also gives tips on how families can save time...

Episode 10: The Baby Boomer generation—adults born between 1946 and 1964—represents 44% of the US population, and in the next 5 years, they’re projected to hold 70% of US disposable income and buy 49% of total consumer-packaged goods. This generation continues to smash cultural expectations and redefine the playing field. In this episode, we delve into the mind of the Boomer to understand what’s n...

Episode 09: Discussing your parent’s wishes can be a difficult process, but Dick Edwards is here to help. Dick has spent 36 years in the eldercare field and is currently an administrator of the award-winning Charterhouse, run by Mayo Clinic. Edwards is the author of the book Mom, Dad, Can We Talk? A guide on how to have more loving and productive conversations around the changing age of parents. H...

Episode 08: Dr. Maureen O’Connor is the Associate Director of Boston University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Center Education Core and Director of Neuropsychology at the Bedford VA Hospital. She has dedicated her career to studying dementia and cognitive decline and hopes to assist families in patients through the difficult transition. She joins the podcast today to define what dementia is, explain the i...

Episode 07: Cindy Martin is the Vice President of Quality for the RiverWoods Group. Cindy is a registered nurse with more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare field in a variety of settings. In the past 15 years at RiverWoods, she has set the standard for nursing within three communities. She currently leads quality efforts within the RiverWoods group, including maintaining state and fede...

Episode 05: In 2015, award-winning New York Times journalist John Leland set out to meet members of America’s fastest-growing age group – adults over the age of 85. He anticipated learning of the challenges of growing old, of isolation and decline of health. What he discovered was the opposite, revealing that the later stages of life can be, in actuality, quite the opposite.  In this episode, Lela...

Episode 06: Kate Grondin is an experienced professional move manager and started her own transition management company, Home Transition Resources, in 2008. The company has since been acquired by WayForth, the largest full-service provider of total home transition solutions. In her current role, Kate serves as Vice President of New Business Development. Kate has helped hundreds of families and mult...

Episode 04: Ashley Campbell has recorded two records, The Lonely One (2018) and Something Lovely (2020). She is the daughter of Glen Campbell, popular American entertainer, who passed away in 2017. Ashley accompanied her father on his last tour playing banjo and was able to help him navigate his final years as he struggled with Alzheimer’s. We listen as Ashley shares Remembering , a song written a...