In Part II of Navigating Senior Care, the focus shifts from helping our parents to preparing for our own future care. Host Tony Kalinowski and co-host David Alexander are joined again by Brad and Christy Brewer, co-authors of Home to Home: The Step-by-Step Senior Housing Guide, to discuss how early planning can help prevent stress and confusion later in life.

Brad, a Residential Assisted Living Specialist and Vice President of Aspen Valley Senior Homes, and Christy, a Licensed Administrator and geriatric Speech-Language Pathologist with 27 years of experience, offer a practical look at what it means to age with a plan. From financial considerations and government programs to facility tours and family conversations, they walk listeners through what to know and where to start.

Tony opens up about his father’s struggle with burnout while caring for his mother, and the toll it took on their family. That story frames a broader question many are starting to ask in their fifties and sixties: How do we make thoughtful choices today so our children won’t carry the same burden tomorrow?

Brad and Christy share insights from their work at Aspen Valley, including the value of purpose, social connection, and small daily routines that support dignity and well-being.

Whether you are supporting loved ones now or thinking about what your own later years should look like, this episode offers timely and useful guidance to start the conversation and take action with care.

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Learn More About Brad & Christy:  www.aspenvalleyseniorhomes.com

Book: Home to Home Local Edition: The Step by Step Senior Housing Guide 

Podcast Producer: David Alexander