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Steve Gurney founded Guide to Retirement Living SourceBook in 1990. Drawing from the experience of observing his family caring for Steve's aging grandfather, he created a comprehensive publication to help others in the same situation. Over the next few years Steve expanded the publication to three regional editions, DC metro, State of Maryland, and the Philadelphia region. Steve has worked closely with nearly every regional and national organization on aging to help maximize their exposure and helping find solutions to their challenges. In 1998, Mr. Gurney sold his company to Greater Washington Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company. He continues to serve as publisher and has dramatically grown the business under the new ownership. In addition, Mr. Gurney founded ProAging Network meetings, and the ProAging Email Network, important resources for senior-serving professionals.. Mr. Gurney serves or has served on the board of directors for the Grass Roots Organization for the Well-Being of Seniors (GROWS), Alzheimer's Association, Interages, Business and Aging Task Force, Virginia Intergenerational Task Force, and the Beacon Institute. Steve has served on countless committees and provided guidance to help organizations and businesses better serve the senior population. Mr. Gurney has received awards and recognition from the Seabury Resources for Aging, Maryland Assisted Living Association, the Senior Marketing Institute and other notable organizations. Mr. Gurney has served on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University Odyssey Program and served as an instructor at several universities and corporate training programs. Steve is a regular speaker at local, regional and national events and has been featured in regional and national publications, electronic and broadcast media. Steve Gurney received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Old Dominion University and a Masters Degree from the Erickson School of Agi

CAROL OSBORNE, D.V.M., is recognized as an authority on alternative and holistic veterinary medicine and the new clinical science of aging-related pet diseases. A Board Certified Diplomat of the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine, she has pioneered the exploration of new therapies for the treatment and prevention of age-related degenerative disease, as well as promotion of optimum health and performance for pets. Dr. Osborne created and patented PAAWS, Pet Anti-Aging Wellness System and authored Naturally Healthy Dogs and Naturally Healthy Cats. She has been featured in USA Today, The Los Angeles Times and the New York Daily News. An Emmy-nominated television journalist, Dr. Osborne has gained national prominence through her frequent appearances on popular shows including Today in New York, Good Day L.A., and Discovery's Animal Planet. Currently, she devotes much of her time to the research and development of advanced biosciences for the benefit of animal health and welfare.

Damian Beau Adams writes from the California coast. He has contributed to the "San Francisco Chronicle," "Chicago Review," Livestrong and numerous websites and anthologies. He taught Creative Writing while completing an M.F.A at San Francisco State University. He's certified in Swedish/Esalen and Shiatsu massage and is a California certified health educator. He writes on health, fitness, aging, natural hair and skincare, men's fashion, education, green living, organic gardening, California and outdoor adventures.

Gabi was born in Missouri, raised in California, educated by marrying young, and is currently "retired" and working 60-hour weeks just for entertainment. She resides in a Palo Alto, CA neighborhood chock-full of folks who watched her grow up, and has become a specialist in plumbing repairs, electrical repairs, rose-pruning, gutter-cleaning, antenna & security camera installation, and the assorted woes of the aging, including (but not limited to) the Onset of Dementia, Finding an Honest Gardener/Housekeeper/Live-In Assistant, and Preventing Adult Children From Walking Off With Everything That Isn't Nailed Down. Gabi speaks English, Southern Drawl, Obituary Dutch, Find-the-Loo French, and Spanglish. She's an engineer currently working retail, and when she doesn't actually know an answer tends to invent something so plausible that it generally turns out to be true.

As founder of Avenues to Wellness and the CEO of FROWNIES anti aging skin care line, I help women learn to make choices that keep them and the ones they love free from the threat of disease and the financial devastation it can cause. I am a Traditional Naturopath, Certified nutritional consultant and mother of five adults. I raised five children and spent less than $100 a year on medical expenses. I am committed to improving the health of America. I help people learn to eat healthy to prevent disease eat without gluten or other allergy foods, how much protein to eat even which wrinkle creams are the best and why. I teach healthy cooking and how to make vegetarian recipes, good sources of protein and how much you need. How to take care of aging skin and prevent wrinkles and lines on the face is an important issue to men and women alike and I have been teaching in the anti-aging skin care industry for over 20 years. As a product developer I understand how to prevent UV ray damage and keep younger looking skin using beauty from the inside out. Raising healthy children can be a challenge and Avenues to Wellness is committed to teaching parents how to feed their children healthy and how much protein, how to get protein snacks what is the best food for muscle growth and much more.

Ronald Acker was born in 1935 and raised on a small farm in New Lennox, Illinois. I attended public school my first four years of grammar school. For the fifth through the eighth grade of grammar school, I attended Wyler Military Academy in Evansville, Wisconsin. After grammar school, I attended college preparatory at Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, Tennessee. I graduated in 1952, eighth in a class of 94 students. I then attended University of Illinois at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois for three years. By 1955, I had gotten married and started a family. This required my attending seven years of night school at Illinois Institute of Technology to obtain my metallurgical degree while working as a metallurgist in a grey iron foundry. As you can see, my education was directed toward mechanical and metallurgical engineering when the United States economy was manufacturing and construction. By 1965 I had become a consulting metallurgist, and owned and created the largest expanded metal plant west of the Mississippi in Chandler, Oklahoma. In 1977, foreign competition demanded my sale to a larger Eastern expanded metal producer in order to fight the competition with economy of scale. Five years latter that Eastern Company went bankrupt. By 1975 the EPA requirements dictated heavy equipment production and the associated pollution was being transferred to third world countries. My consulting metallurgical knowledge became obsolete. By 1978 I became interested in physical therapy, natural healing, and anti aging. For four years I owned and operated South Coast Fitness in Costa Mesa, California. Fifty percent of my clientele were physical therapy patients and fifty percent were cosmetic, such as sun tans and Electro Muscular Stimulation. Unfortunately seventy-five percent of our profit was generated by the cosmetic portion which came to a stand still in 1982 when Ronald Reagan increased the Federal discount rate by 16% to st

About Dr. Andrea Brandt: Dr. Andrea Brandt, PhD., MFT has more than 30 years of experience working with individuals - including celebrities - couples and children. She specializes in anger management, aging, relationships, how emotions relate to financial choices, women's issues, and the mind-body connection. She teaches classes and conducts workshops on her specialties with a heavy concentration on anger management. Dr. Brandt has appeared on national and local television and on the radio. Dr. Brandt obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University. She earned her Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Goddard University. And, she obtained her Ph.D. in Psychology from Pacific Western University. She recently completed training with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training Institute in Boulder, CO and Los Angeles, CA.

Donahue Vanderhider is a professional Gerontologist. He is an alumni of the University of Southern California with a Master's in Gerontology and a University degree in Psychology. He has post-graduate training in Hypnotherapy, Neurolinguistic Programming and Metaphysics. He is on advisory boards for the Alzheimer's Association and the YMCA, and does extensive public speaking on the topics of Aging, Dementia, Caregiving and Stress Management with over 11 years of experience in both professional and scholastic achievements. Vanderhider's extensive knowledge gives him the opportunity to assist and change the current state of gerontology with a focus of Alzheimer's disease. Considered as one of top professionals on the forefront of the "Age Wave", he exposes the extensive need and lack of support of the people caring for our loved ones. Donahue devotes himself to finding realistic and inexpensive tools and techniques for caregivers to control and eliminate their stress levels without sacrificing their personal commitments to their loved ones. As the only Gerontologist with Hypnotherapy credentials on the West Coast, he was singled out to create stress management, guided imagery tools for caregivers by the Los Angeles County Area on Aging and the prestigious L.A. Caregiver Resource Center. From that collaboration, Mr. Vanderhider distilled his stress management program in to a single CD that any caregiver could use and receive immediate as well as long-term stress relief. Mr. Vanderhider is available for public speaking and has developed a Caregiver Coaching Practice. Modeled on life coaching principles but tailored for the unique circumstances of caregivers, he has individual clients that he talks to on a one-on-one basis.

Korth holds a B.A. degree in English and has 33 years of experience in newspaper and magazine advertising, book publishing and printing. Also a writer and editor, Korth has published four books for private authors and has worked with many companies helping them grow their businesses with advertising and strategic business profiles. In 1983, as the owner of a fledgling aviation support advertising agency, she drove THE KORTH COMPANY TM to be the single largest advertiser in the World Aviation Directory. The Korth Company actually contracted for more advertising space than any other advertiser, including Pratt & Whitney and General Electric during that year. In 1999, Korth received a Master's degree in nursing, with a concentration on research and the care of the older adult. This augments Korth's other experiences to firmly ground her in solid knowledge and practical experience as the driving force behind INSIGHTS ON AGING.

I've been a freelance healthcare writer/author (five books) for almost 20 years. My work has appeared in just about every local publication--from the Plain Dealer to New Cleveland Woman--and national ones as well, including Aging Today, Arthritis Today and Continental Airlines in-flight magazine, Profiles. Prior to making the jump into freelancing, I was special sections editor for Cleveland Jewish News, the Jewish community newspaper for Cleveland, Ohio. I cover consumer health and medical issues, with special emphasis on women's health, nutrition and fitness, and management of chronic medical and health conditions (such as diabetes or obesity). And I love what I'm doing.

I am a wife and mother to three wonderful children. I am a makeup artist and a student of medical aesthetics.I love to write and research for skin care and anti-aging products.Having worked for a major heath care company here in the valley sparked my love for this industry. I am currently seeking an internship/employment with a plastic surgeon or dermatologist. I love to travel and would love to study in Paris and New Zealand as well as start my own skin care and cosmetic line.

Cathy Borden is a former publishing specialist who has morphed into a blogger with interests in organization, gardening, health and aging, animals, family and relationships, and just about everything else except politics.

I grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Lock Haven University in English. I then went to the University of Maryland where I received my Masters Degree in Library and Information Services. I taught English and worked as a library media specialist for over 30 years. During that time I also became certified as a hypnotherapist because I wanted to help people achieve their full potential. I also did a stint as a chiropractic assistant and became interested in helping people achieve healthy aging through exercise and nutrition and taking care of their body. Hypnosis is a powerful tool to help people make positive changes in goal setting, health and happiness.

I started back to college at age fifty. I have three sons that are grown and out of the house, and have two grandkids and two more on the way. I guess you might say that I am experiencing the empty nest syndrome. I have many interests. I am hoping to bring awareness in this "harsh" world that we live in, that it is time to simplify our lives so that we will be able to focus on what is important. I was raised in Indiana and spent many days dreaming of bigger and better places. I have found as I am aging, we tend to crave the simplicity that we took for granted in our younger years. I ended up settling in Bend Oregon and have lived here for twenty years. I have to admit Oregon is a hard place to adjust to. It seems like all I could see was sagebrush that caught on my socks, and a bunch of rocks. It truly brought out the "pioneer spirit" that is is known for, at least here in Central Oregon. I have learned to appreciate the many months of cold weather and the mountainous terrain. It has made me strong, and I have learned to watch my step. I am hoping to find many things to do in the journey ahead. I have always loved to write, and my mom tired of the endless wads of paper that spilled out of the trash can. I still write on phone books and brown grocery bags and would write for pennies, praise, or peanuts. I guess I can say that writing has been a "correspondence counselor" within my soul for many many years. I have a Native American heritage and am concerned with the condition of our earth. I know many would play it down and believe that there isn't issues such as global warming etc... We are to be caretakers of what has been loaned to us and nothing can go on forever that is being abused. I know there are many that are doing their best, but many simply do not understand how crucial each action we take from now on will be to those we leave behind.

I am a Nature-O-Path and a passionate wellness industry researcher for the past 30-years. Passion is the truest motivator of education. As Donald Trump stated, give me one person with true passion, over 10-traditionally educated. I am the president and CEO of the Anti-Aging Clinic Assoc., Inc.. I have developed product and treatment protocol that helps improve the immune system, helps prevent disease, helps balance hormones and helps to improve and beautify skin that supports Age Younger, in a non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical manner. People often spend their health to gain wealth only to find they must then spend their wealth to regain their health. Ask yourself the question; what good is wealth without health?

Registered Nurse certified in Restorative Nursing, she is Nurse Educator for The Wealshire in Illinois, a pioneering facility in the care of persons with Alzheimer's disease. Author of Please Get To Know Me - Aging with Dignity and Relevance.

20+ years in healthcare marketing, business consulting, aging studies and communications. I receive great enjoyment from helping with business start-ups and empowering people through knowledge!

Retired Insurance CEO. Trained in medicine and medicines. Trained in mental health particularly manic depression as well as most illnesses (from medical underwriting. Business owner, business, marketing, trained and participated as musician and speech performer and judge. Coached all sports at middle school level. Gave college graduation speech. worked in gifted education. Was in Vietnam. Love to write have battled illness last couple of months but am making a comeback. Work with animals and also interested in aging and the aging process. Have held public office. Have been a teacher.

CB Driver lives in Colorado. Current projects include essays on aging in 21st century America, and Chopstick Valentine, a screenplay.

60 year old man that uses age as a hobby. Thus, every idea,invention,article or study on aging is probably in my brain. I love getting older. The race agains't time ..so far is in my court.

24 Female from the UK. I love to read and write and my favourite subjects are skincare (anti aging)and cosmetics. I am a qualified facialist and make up artist. I love to sell online and enjoy helping others to sell online by giving them advice.

Providing you the best in integrative medical care - Sports Medicine, Anti-Aging, Acupuncture & Primary Care Medicine

I am a PhD candidate studying the aging process.

Jackie Silver is Aging Backwards! She's almost 50, but is usually mistaken for 30. She has more than 25 years of broadcasting and writing experience, including television, radio, magazine, newspaper, voice overs & audio production, public relations & advertising.

Meg Heckman is a reporter for the Concord (NH) Monitor, covering politics and trends related to aging. This year she was named NHPA Writer of the Year and NESNE Community Reporter of the Year. In her free time, Heckman teaches skiing and runs marathons

Linda Hughes is a freelance writer specializing in inspirational, marriage & parenting, medical, and Christian issues, including right-to-life, issues of aging and disability.

Nurse 28 years. Aging specialist. Owned/ operated licensed holistic health school. Reiki Practitioner, Professional Hypnotherapist. Public speaker-health. Sales/marketing background. Published author/columnist-political, Theological commentary.

Mr. Moskowitz has experience caring for his own parents and for in-laws, and maintains continuing contact with others doing the same. His book, Parenting Your Aging Parents - How To Protect Their Quality of Life, And Yours! Is available at KeyPubs.com.

I decided that I needed to do something "more" with my life,where I felt I could make a difference. I had personal experience with a family member with dementia and went back for a Master's in Gerontology. I specialize in dementia and other aging issues.

Currently run home-based Internet marketing business; am sandwiched b/t 2 grown children and parent caring. Neutraceutical + anti-aging certified. Teach weight management to H.P.patients and gym clients. Ministry interest; Extensive research background