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Chamber Health & Wellness Speaker Series
Topic: Engaging with Aging
Description: A panel program providing information to assist preparing for the aging process
Engaging with Aging is an informational panel presentation by senior services professionals that discusses some of the questions you need to answer in order to be in control of what happens to you or your loved ones during the aging process. Topics covered include:- the legal documents you need to control decisions concerning your health and medical treatments and your property before and after your demise;
- signs that in home care may be needed, what types are available, what does it cost and how to secure it so you don't incur unnecessary liability and risk;
- what types of senior living options are available, what do they cost and how to select the best one for you or your loved one;
- how to manage the downsizing process or transition to a care community; and
- how to pay for it all, what do Medicare, Medicaid and VA benefits cover and not cover, what other options are available.
This lively interactive program addresses a number of major areas of concern and offers the opportunity for Q&A all in the time frame of about an hour. Attendees will receive a great deal of information needed to get them started on the process of determining how they want to age and making sure their family and loved ones are part of the process.
Robert Stelletello
Right at Home Hinsdale/Oak Park/Chicago is dedicated to providing the best possible personalized care to our senior and disabled adult clients. Our caregivers are all finger printed, back ground checked, drug screened, bonded, insured, trained and supervised by our staff. We prepare a customized care plan with the input of family and client to ensure each person receives just the care they need. Services are provided wherever you call home.
Right at Home Hinsdale/Oak Park/Chicago is owned and operated by Robert Stelletello. His background includes extensive experience in business, finance, insurance, not for profits and real estate. He has been an owner of Sunshine Care Alzheimer’s Group Homes in Poway, CA for over 20 years and was the Executive Director for Meals on Wheels Chicago as well as being a program manager and creator of the Community Kitchens welfare to work job training program at the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
Robert is married with three children and lives in Wheaton, IL.
MEREDITH A. MORRIS, CRTS
Meredith, a Certified Relocation & Transition Specialist, is a Caring Transitions owner who has helped people downsize since 2013. Previously, Meredith was a long-time volunteer with Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly and invested more than 20 years in a nonprofit public relations/media relations career.
Meredith holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in journalism. She is president of the Oak Park-based Senior Citizens Services Coordinating Council, affiliate member of the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors, and member of the Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce and the Community Response Network of Aging Care Connections in LaGrange.
Chamber Health & Wellness Speaker Ser...Date and Time
Thursday Mar 16, 2017
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDTSeries is third Thursday of the month, alternating times:
7 - 8pm (January, March, May, July, September, November)
noon - 1pm (February, April, June, August, October, December)Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Cathy Yen, Executive Director
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