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About: Matt McCann, CLTC is a nationally recognized expert in long-term health care planning. Since 1998, he has helped thousands of individuals across the country prepare for the financial and emotional challenges of aging. A licensed Long-Term Care Insurance specialist in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, McCann has worked with many of the nation's top insurance providers to deliver effective long-term care solutions.
He is also the President and CEO of LTC News, a leading online resource offering trusted information, tools, and guidance on aging, caregiving, health, retirement, and long-term care planning. A sought-after speaker, McCann regularly presents at events nationwide and is frequently featured in radio, television, and podcast interviews discussing these important topics.
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About: Dr.Dorian (aka Dori) Mintzer, M.S.W., Ph.D.,BCC, is a Licensed Psychologist, Board Certified Coach and Retirement and Beyond Transiton Expert. She provides Speaking, Workshops, Psychotherapy, Life and Retirement Transition Coaching, Couples Coaching, Money Coaching and Executive Coaching. She's been featured on The Today Show, ABC Evening News and NPR as well as in a variety of media such as the WSJ, NYTimes,USAToday, Washington Post and Forbes.com. Some of her topics include Embracing Your Bonus Years: A Time to Grow, Learn and Evolve, Reimaginging Retirement, The Changing Landscape of Retirement, Mid-Life Issues for Individuals and Couples, Psychology of Money, Spirituality, and the Impact of Positive Psychology on Positive Aging. She is co-author of The Couple's Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating an Amazing New Life Together and a contributor to a number of additional books. She is host of Revolutionize Retirement Interviews with Experts and Podcast Series. Learn more at www.revolutionizeretirement.com.
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About: Pamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, NCG, CSA, NCPM, is an international caregiving expert, expert witness, elder care mediator, consultant, keynote speaker, and educator in aging services, elder care, and caregiving. As a business owner of non-medical in-home care and professional elder care fiduciary agencies, she gained extensive 1:1 on-the-ground experience working with older adults and family caregivers. This unique experience serves as the foundation for Wilson's passion for educating and advancing the caregiving experience worldwide. She consults with corporations, families, and individuals, focusing on navigating health and healthcare, family relationships, conflict resolution, care, financial, and legal planning. She is an expert witness in elder abuse and neglect, fiduciary negligence, guardianship, conservatorship, power of attorney, and personal injury cases. She helps families resolve conflicts around caregiving issues as a private family eldercare mediator. Wilson can be contacted through her website, www.PamelaDWilson.com,or at 303-810-1816.
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About: Gail Rubin, CT, is a pioneering death educator who starts serious conversations with humor, film clips and outside the box activities. She's a speaker, author, Before I Die Festival pioneer, and Certified Funeral Celebrant. Her motto: 'Talking about sex won't make you pregnant, talking about funerals won't make you dead.' As The Doyenne of Death (R), she helps families reduce stress, minimize conflict, save money and create a meaningful, memorable 'good goodbye.' She's the author of A GOOD GOODBYE: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die, and HAIL AND FAREWELL: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips. She also created The Newly-Dead Game (R) to help families learn their loved ones' last wishes. Learn more at www.AGoodGoodbye.com.
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About: Ruth is an award-winning writer and workshop facilitator. She offers workshops and speaking events on memoir, writing for healing, and the publishing process. She has lectured nationally about recovery from trauma and grief using creative processes. She received an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Bennington College, a PhD in Nutrition and Human Development from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Education from Tufts University. Her essays have been listed in Best American Essays and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is the author of Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War, a memoir about the experience of losing her husband in Vietnam, and People of Yellowstone, photos and biographies of people who live, work and play in Yellowstone National Park.
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