Research shows that about 70 percent of people age 65 or older will need long term care services at some point in their lifetime¹. And while most people think of long term care as impacting only those in senior years, 40 percent of people currently receiving long term care services are ages 18 to 64.²

The Genworth 2012 Cost of Care Survey can help families evaluate options to address the increasing cost of long term care. For the ninth consecutive year, Genworth has surveyed the cost of long term care across the U.S. to help Americans appropriately plan for the potential cost of this type of care in their preferred location and setting. The most comprehensive study of its kind, Genworth’s 2012 Cost of Care Survey, conducted by CareScout®, covers nearly 15,300 long term care providers in 437 regions nationwide.

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(Left)  A Family Member HomeCare CEO Brian Gauthier (center) visits with local seniors on financial issues.

With Florida continuing to reject tens of millions of federal health care reform dollars meant to benefit senior citizens, while the state simultaneously garnered recent designation as the nation’s future Alzheimer’s capital, it has become imperative for home health care professionals such as Brian Gauthier, CEO of A Family Member HomeCare of Hollywood of Florida to be able to help their clients above and beyond their basic service offering.

Mr. Gauthier, who has held the exclusive designation of Certified Senior Advisor® for the past three years, recently renewed his certification through an additional 30 hours of continuing education with the Society of Certified Senior Advisors, an international organization that has trained more than 20,000 professionals to meet the changing needs of a growing senior population.

Gauthier, an MBA with specialization in Health Sector Management and Policy from the University of Miami, is currently enrolled in the Master of Arts in Gerontolgy program through the University of Southern California. A member of the Florida Healthcare Executive Forum, he also serves on the board of the Joseph Meyerhoff Senior Center of Hollywood and volunteers weekly for Hospice by The Sea in the Care Center at Memorial Regional Hospital. His perpetual dedication to Florida’s seniors even earned him the Volunteer Broward 2010 Heart of the Community Award.

“The health, financial and social needs of seniors are different and more complicated than those of any other age group. SCSA keeps professionals from a wide variety of fields abreast of all these issues by providing education, training, support and communication resources to those of us dedicated to serving seniors,” he said.

The explosion in growth of the senior population is one of the most important demographic developments of the 21st century. Two-thirds of the people who have lived past the age of 65 are alive today. In the United States alone, seniors (age 65 and older) number 35 million and will continue to increase (with women being the largest segment), leading an unprecedented shift in the age of the population. By 2030, the U.S. Bureau of Census predicts there will be about 70 million people who are 65 and older – one in five Americans will be seniors.

This demographic shift requires an educated response in how professionals work with seniors and the challenges and opportunities they face.

“With more people living longer, we are already beginning to see changes in how seniors function in our society, from retirees who choose to start a second or third career, to various forms of alternative senior housing and new approaches to diet, exercise and overall health care for seniors,” Mr. Gauthier said.

As a CSA, Mr. Gauthier will participate in continuing education that emphasizes ethical selling and business practices and volunteer service specific to seniors.


About the SCSA
The Society of Certified Senior Advisors (SCSA) is a national organization that educates professionals to work more effectively with their senior clients. Founded in 1997, SCSA teaches an integrated approach to the health, financial, and social aspects of aging. Professionals who obtain the designation as Certified Senior Advisors (CSAs) are able to integrate this knowledge into their professional practices. They've learned how incredibly gratifying it is to help seniors achieve their goals, and the seniors they've worked with have learned how important it is to work with someone who truly understands their age-related circumstances.