Glowing Older

Episode 2:6 Jon Siegel and Kasondra McCormack Discuss Services for Aging in Place


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Jon and Kasondra are masters at matchmaking the best caregivers and estate concierge managers with the needs, goals, and personalities of their clients. The Perfect Companion offers an extensive array services—from meals, grooming, and laundry to memory care, palliative care, and family dynamics management—to individuals and senior living facilities. Their approach to 5-star service means not only addressing clients’ clinical needs but anticipating their needs.

About Jon & Kasondra

Jon Siegel, Founder & President, The Perfect Companion

Jon Siegel has been a board-certified Geriatric Clinical Psychotherapist for more than 30 years. As Founder and President of The Perfect Companion, Inc. (2008), Jon’s compassion and unique insights enable him to determine the individual skill sets and personalities of his caregivers with the corresponding needs and personality of his clients. His offering of “Ritz-Carlton level” concierge care has been the major contributing factor behind the ongoing success of The Perfect Companion, Inc.

Prior to his work as a highly respected psychotherapist, he served as a Captain, Biomedical Science Officer in the U.S. Air Force. He has been a proud member of the Military Officers Association of America, working in V.A. inpatient/outpatient hospital settings. Jon pioneered what is now known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatment.

He is also the Founder and Managing Partner of Resiliency Ventures, LLC a venture capital fund focused on Fin Tech, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain as an Angel, Seed, and Series A investor. He mentors and supports entrepreneurs developing life-enhancing technology and lifestyle innovations.

Kasondra McCormack, EVP Concierge Care Operations, The Perfect Companion

Kasondra is a Social Entrepreneur and Ambassador for the causes and treatments associated with neurodegenerative (brain-related) conditions. She is a respected global thought leader of neurodegenerative restoration and social impact; using functional medicine, nutrition, movement, genetic/ epigenic understanding, and executive thinking to slow down, stop, or reverse disease states. Her degrees and certificates include Environmental Science, Conservation, Phlebotomy, Wholistic Epigenetics, Pathology, Accounting, Economics, and International Culture.

She contributes her expertise to Resiliency Ventures as a Senior Strategic Planning Analyst.

Key Takeaways

The word retire means to withdraw—Baby Boomers have always been proactive and engaged and will not accept traditional models of retirement.

When you are treating somebody as a senior in their own home, it becomes a family affair requiring trust, support, and transparency.

Transitioning into the unknown can create negative health outcomes. Leaving home can also take away purpose which is proven to create decline.

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