In this episode of the Blueprint Breakers podcast, I sit down with Star Bradbury, a consultant, and author of 'Successfully Navigating Your Parents’ Senior Years.' Star shares her journey from a career in performing arts to becoming an expert in senior living. We delve into her personal experiences caring for aging parents and the invaluable insights she gained. The discussion covers crucial topics, such as the importance of early conversations about aging, understanding the differences in senior care options, and actionable steps for creating a successful aging plan. Star offers practical advice for both caregivers and solo agers, emphasizing the need for a solid support system and conscious aging. Her book provides a comprehensive guide to preparing for and navigating the complex world of senior care, ensuring that our loved ones age with dignity and independence.
About Star Bradbury
A former Florida licensed administrator and Executive Director for both an Assisted Living and Memory Care facility, Star has a broad understanding of the variety of options and choices families face. Her 18 years working with a nationally recognized Life Care Community (Oak Hammock at the University of Florida) allows her to share her expertise in this otherwise confusing and complex senior living option as well.
As the founder of Senior Living Strategies, and the author of Successfully Navigating Your Parents’ Senior Years, she regularly collaborates and consults with individuals and families from all walks of life as well as professionals in the legal, medical, financial, and long-term care insurance world.
Her passion is to help families develop a comprehensive, proactive plan that will allow them to make the best most informed decisions--for their parents’ well-being and their own. Having lost both sets of parents, in-laws, a sister, and many friends, she has the compassion and understanding as well as the professional experience to guide you.
Website: www.starbradbury.com
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About Amy A. Palmer
As host and facilitator for the Blueprint Breaker podcast, Amy is dedicated to expanding and amplifying the voices of women over 45 who are living a “non-traditional” lifestyle. She believes there is more than one way to do life and we all deserve to be seen, heard, understood and represented.
After a lifelong struggle with feeling “outside” the societal norm and longing to live up to perceived expectations, pardon Amy’s French as she says fuck the blueprint! She has found peace, acceptance, and joy as she embarks on the next era of her life as a digital nomadic entrepreneur.
Amy was formerly a senior corporate executive, a nationally recognized sales and operations expert, an award-winning actress, a resident of 13 different US cities, and a prize-winning DC blogger. Amy has a vast network of friends and colleagues with whom she enjoys travel and adventures and a close family including six niblings (nieces & nephews), the loves of her life!
Amy's Instagram: @amypalmer.today
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