Keynote Presentations

These engaging, interactive presentations will inspire and educate every attendee to look at their own lives and evaluate their plan (or make one they haven’t yet).  They will walk away with a clear strategy, eager and prepared to take action today so they can set themselves up to age successfully. 

The Secret of Successful Aging

How to Stay in Charge of Your Life for the Rest of Your Life

The attendees will discover:

• The MOST important question to start with to age successfully
• Two principles that will guide you through the decades
• The Five Pillars of Aging Successfully
• What decisions and choices do I need to make now that will lead me to my goals later?

Having a flexible plan is the most important key to aging successfully. It is critical to be proactive before you need to make decisions that are uninformed and in a panic.  As an Aging Life Care Specialist with 25 years’ experience in guiding seniors, Star will share her expertise with your registrants. Star is down to earth, humorous, and persuasive. In this lively program, she will help your audience to realize this important truth; the decisions made today will determine future success and continued independence!

Successfully Navigating Your Parents’ Senior Years

She will teach the principles from her book, Successfully Navigating Your Parents’ Senior Years.

• It’s never too soon to start the “Conversation” – the “What do you want in the future, Mom?” discussion. Don’t wait for a crisis nor even until retirement or a difficult diagnosis.
• Critical medical, legal and financial documents you need to have before an emergency or diagnosis of dementia
• What are the red flags that indicate your parents already need help?
• The true cost of aging; who pays for home care or home health care, and long-term care?
• Aging in place: is this the best option for your loved ones?
• Exploring other senior living options from retirement communities to life care communities and higher levels of care

This presentation will give attendees the most current, valuable knowledge they need so that they will be able to make the right choices, ideally long before any level of crisis. Participants will be motivated and enlightened, ready for whatever is ahead, inspired to educate themselves and develop a plan together with their parents or loved ones.

A Roadmap for SOLO Agers

The attendees will discover:

• The MOST important question to start with: How can I maintain my independence for the longest possible time?
• The Five Pillars of Aging Successfully
• How to identify someone to be your personal health decision assistant…different than your Health Care Surrogate!
• Finding your trusted health care agent who will be there for you when you need them?
• What decisions and choices do I need to make now that will lead me to my goals later?
• Why having a short term and long-term plan is the best plan!
• How and where do I want to live as I age? What are my options? Where is my social network the strongest?

The attendees will walk away with a clear strategy, eager and prepared to take action today so they can set themselves up to age successfully.