The Care Advocates with Lance A Slatton & Sharon’s Son, George “Aspects of Aging”
The Care Advocates is brought to you by the All Home Care Matters Media team and focuses on providing family caregivers and their loved ones with support, resources, and discussion on the issues facing them in the matrix of long-term care.
The Care Advocates are honored to welcome, Christine A. Smith as guest to the show.
About Christine A. Smith:
Christine A. Smith served in nearly 100 different, private homes as a caregiver last decade. She assisted clients between ages 75 & 105. She worked alongside or reported to loved ones of all ages. She observed thousands of interactions amongst family, friends, neighbors, volunteers, medical professionals, and the community with the person she was hired to assist. During her years of service, she saw aging done well and identified commonalities in how challenges were solved.
Christine also noticed that she, herself, had so few answers to common problems. So she researched, wrote a prompted journal, and began to video conversations every week with people who DO provide what those Persons of Longevity and their caregivers need.
About Aging Better Network:
AgingBetterNetwork.com is a resource website with a list of links to STUFF you’re going to need!
Unscripted, diverse, supportive & casual conversations with individuals who provide that STUFF you’re going to need is called “Aspects of Aging.” Replays of those LIVEstreams are in LinkedIn & YouTube archives. It’s all at the ABN.
About Lance A. Slatton – The Senior Care Influencer:
Lance A. Slatton is an author, writer, host, producer, healthcare professional for over 20 years, and renownedly known as “The Senior Care Influencer”.
Lance A. Slatton is the host of the Award-Winning podcast & YouTube show All Home Care Matters. He is also a senior case manager at Enriched Life Home Care Services in Livonia, MI.
Lance was named as “50 under 50” for 2023 and received the distinction as the Top Influencer for Healthcare and Advocacy for 2024.
Lance is also a columnist for multiple healthcare and news websites and and is the author of the award winning book “The All Home Care Matters Official Family Caregivers’ Guide”.
About Sharon’s Son, George:
Dr. George Ackerman (Sharon’s son) is from Brooklyn, N.Y. Now residing in Florida, he works in the fields of law, police, and education. George lost his mother, Sharon Riff Ackerman on 1/1/2020 due to Parkinson’s Disease.
George wanted to honor his mother and continue to help in the Parkinson’s awareness cause and did not know how to bring change.
George started TogetherForSharon® as a family for the purpose of keeping his mother, Sharon Riff Ackerman’s, memory alive and to share the message of Parkinson’s Awareness and hope for a cure.
Today, https://www.togetherforsharon.com/ reaches thousands of individuals across the country for PD Awareness. George currently interviews individuals throughout the Parkinson’s community including various foundations, caregivers, and Parkinson’s warriors to help share their stories and causes.