The Bosak Health & Wellness Elder Experts Team Volunteer to Inspire Seniors about Family Wellness

On Friday afternoon, February 3rd, a voluntary elder experts team of six presented a lunch learn on “family wellness” to over 25 seniors at the Stamford Senior Center. As a result of people putting off getting to know their loved ones dreams and wishes, until they are in crisis mode and it is too late, the Bosak family formed a trusted team of elder experts to help address “family-wellness” in Fairfield County.

The mission of the Bosak Health & Wellness elder experts team is to educate and encourage families to make preplanning a priority in their lives, to help either elders or their children initiate more family meetings to help minimize ongoing uncertainties and worries about finances, belongings, their homes and other significant family matters.

“Too many families get caught in crisis-mode,” said Jerry Bosak, 4^th generation owner of the Bosak Funeral Home in Stamford, CT. “People quietly worry about their parents and what will happen to them and we would like to educate families with preplanning knowledge to help eliminate unnecessary family quarrels and uncertainties.” The focus of the elder expert team is to guide people through “Having The Talk of a Lifetime,” an array of open-ended questioning that is instrumental in families getting to know one another. The team has put together a complimentary guidebook to help families initiate more meaningful conversations. “Families are often challenged with starting and having these types of life empowering conversations which can often be liberating,” said Michele Piskin, a Geriatric Care Expert and President of Eldercare Made Simple.

The team of professional advisors, who all share a similar passion to give back and help the community includes: A wills trusts and estates attorney, a geriatric care expert, a Medicare expert, a senior housing and real estate expert, a wealth advisor and a family counselor. “After the realization that we all often find ourselves sharing the same anecdotal stories about family crisis’s, we decided it was time to do something and, to provide more knowledge and education,” said Alessandra Messineo Long, a wills trusts and estates attorney of The Law Offices of Alessandra M. Messineo Long.

Topics of Discussion include: Advocacy for Older Adults, Challenges of Caregiving and Aging at Home, Controlling Medical Decisions, Documents that are Necessary, How a Living Trust can further your Wishes, Tax Savings derived by Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Risk Profile of Senior Titling & Beneficiary Statements, Estate Planning, Liability Management, Identifying the Appropriate Medicare Plan for your Parents, What Medicare covers and What it Does Not, Understanding the Costs & Flexibility of Medicare Benefits, Preparing your Parents’ House to Sell, Senior Housing Options, Making your Home Safer & Sounder, Necessary Steps, Tax Benefits, How to Have Family Meetings, Benefits of Preplanning and of Family Wellness Education.

“Knowing that the hardest part is getting a family talk started and that people are busier than ever, the team is volunteering to help families make the time for the people they love the most because when they do, they know it will make them feel good,” said Len Schwartz, a Senior Real Estate advisor at Keller Williams.

The Bosak family has been committed to supporting the community since 1919 and today, outreach has become the cornerstone of their commitment to the community and their social responsibilities. A few organizations they support include: ARI of CT, the Bennett Cancer Center, CT Diabetes Association, Revolution Youth Boxing, SilverSource, Stamford Education 4 Autism, the Stamford Hospital Foundation and The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis and Education Center.

Bosak Health & Wellness is a community-based initiative for the Bosak Funeral Home. The Bosak family supports numerous community organizations as a corporate social responsibility and commitment to their community to include those that are particularly focused on health wellness and eldercare.

For More Information: Call Mia Schipani at 646-734-7004 or Jerry Bosak at 203-325-9300.