12-30-23: OMBUDSMAN Expert Panel with Annette Mays; Barbara Gwinn; and Rebekah Williams

One of our highly informative OSJ Radio Shows asking our expert panelists: What questions should a healthcare consumer ask before choosing a home health or hospice agency? Will be answered by Annette Mays – Executive Director

OK Assoc. for Home Care & Hospice (pictured second from left) Barbara Gwinn, Legal Services Developer Community Living, Aging, and Protective Services (CAP) (pictured far left) one of Barbara’s questions will be; Does the state actually provide legal representation for Older Oklahomans?

(Pictured next to me) Rebekah Williams, Ombudsman Systems Advocate/Liaison one of Rebekah’s questions will be; What options do I have other than going in a nursing home?

Tune into this information panel of experts this Saturday 12/9/23 at 9:05AM on FREEDOM Oklahoma’s Talk Radio 96.9FM on The Rise & Thrive OSJ Radio Hour!

For the last 7 years, Rebekah has been an Ombudsman based out of the Southern Oklahoma Developing Association in Durant. Rebekah was recently appointed to the role of Ombudsman Systems Advocate and Liaison where she works as a face and voice with lawmakers and agencies to represent the residents of Long-Term Care facilities across Oklahoma.

Rebekah Williams
Ombudsman Systems Advocate/Liaison
[email protected]

580-618-4567

 

Annette Mays
Executive Director
OK Assoc. for Home Care & Hospice

She found herself in her current position as the Executive Director of the Home Care and Hospice Association when many of those same Home Care Agencies served on the Association’s Board of Directors and were looking for a new Executive Director.  Mays has been with the OK Assoc. for Home Care & Hospice since 2007.
PH: 405-609-6160 (office)
PH: 405-210-7857 (cell)

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Annette Mays, Executive Director, OK Assoc. for Home Care & Hospice found herself in her current position as the Executive Director of the Home Care and Hospice Association when many of those same Home Care Agencies served on the Association’s Board of Directors and were looking for a new Executive Director.  Mays has been with the OK Assoc. for Home Care & Hospice since 2007.
PH: 405-609-6160 (office)
PH: 405-210-7857 (cell)

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Barbara Swinn is an attorney working for the Department of Human Services – Community Living, Aging and Protective Services as a Legal Services Developer helping Oklahomans 60+ to connect to resources for legal assistance. Her title is Legal Services Developer Community Living, Aging, and Protective Services

405-208-2048

[email protected]

12-23-23: NERVE RENEWAL: Glenn Cope II, Jimmy Steele, and Mark Cope

Glenn Cope II is a Co-Founder and Director of Marketing who holds a BA in Advertising and has over 30 years experience in both traditional print, broadcast media, and internet marketing. His experience comes from both freelance and corporate settings. Glenn also has entrepreneurial experience with small business development and operations in retail, textile manufacturing, and the healthcare industries.

 

Jimmy Steele is a Co-Founder and Director of Patient Growth at Nerve Renewal. He oversees our patient experience process, as well as messaging and digital marketing strategies for reaching new patients and building a trusted Nerve Renewal brand.

Mark Cope’s role at Nerve Renewal is Community and Physician Relations. He holds a BA in Graphic Design and has worked as a professional portrait photographer, graphic designer, and e-commerce marketplace supervisor. He is the father of two and in his spare time enjoys photography, playing guitar, and pickleball.

Website: nerverenewalnow.com

Facebook: NerveRenewalNeuropathyClinic

Phone: 405-458-5983

12-16-23: Attorney, Keith F. Givens with MANSELL & ENGEL Law Firm

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND … Keith F. Givens with Mansell & Engel Insurance Attorneys that can fight the fight with insurance claims refusing to pay or not paying enough!
The show with Mr. Givens was so popular that we felt the need to bring  it Back! theinsuranceattorneys.com
Keith F. Givens from Mansell & Engel Law Firm. Keith is an expert in going up against Insurance Companies when they are doing the insured person or persons wrong and they see this a lot with long Term Care Insurance Companies and many other types of insurance companies as well!
Keith Givens has seen it all within his 25 years of law experience! He loves to go to court and fight for you or your loved one!  One of our topics will be on “Bad Faith” which simply means an insurance company wrongfully denied or delays payment of benefits owned under someone’s insurance policy.
Mansell & Engel – The Insurance Attorneys… are there to advise and NEVER  let the insurance company be the final word through intimidations… You have, rights!
Visit TheInsuranceAttorneys.com or Call Keith at: (405) 241- 4445
Listen in this Saturday, December 16th at 9:05am on FREEDOM 96.9FM Oklahoma Talk Radio (see below in this OSJ e-newsletter) on what 18 podcast platforms The Rise & Thrive OSJ Radio Hour besides our Radio Network with 22,000+ listenership.
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Website:  TheInsuranceAttorneys.com

Facebook: InsuranceAttorneys 

Contact Keith F. Givens
Mansell & Engel
405-232-4100
204 N. Robinson Avenue, 21st Floor, Oklahoma City, OK  73102

 

 

Website:  TheInsuranceAttorneys.com

Facebook: InsuranceAttorneys 

Contact Keith F. Givens
Mansell & Engel
405-232-4100

12-9-23: OMBUDSMAN Expert Panel with Annette Mays; Barbara Gwinn; and Rebekah Williams

One of our highly informative OSJ Radio Shows and questions we will be asking our expert panelists is; What questions should a healthcare consumer ask before choosing a home health or hospice agency? Will be answered by Annette Mays – Executive Director

OK Assoc. for Home Care & Hospice (pictured second from left) Barbara Gwinn, Legal Services Developer Community Living, Aging, and Protective Services (CAP) (pictured far left) one of Barbara’s questions will be; Does the state actually provide legal representation for Older Oklahomans?

(Pictured next to me) Rebekah Williams, Ombudsman Systems Advocate/Liaison one of Rebekah’s questions will be; What options do I have other than going in a nursing home?

Tune into this information panel of experts this Saturday 12/9/23 at 9:05AM on FREEDOM Oklahoma’s Talk Radio 96.9FM on The Rise & Thrive OSJ Radio Hour!

For the last 7 years, Rebekah has been an Ombudsman based out of the Southern Oklahoma Developing Association in Durant. Rebekah was recently appointed to the role of Ombudsman Systems Advocate and Liaison where she works as a face and voice with lawmakers and agencies to represent the residents of Long-Term Care facilities across Oklahoma.

Rebekah Williams
Ombudsman Systems Advocate/Liaison
[email protected]

580-618-4567

 

Annette Mays
Executive Director
OK Assoc. for Home Care & Hospice

She found herself in her current position as the Executive Director of the Home Care and Hospice Association when many of those same Home Care Agencies served on the Association’s Board of Directors and were looking for a new Executive Director.  Mays has been with the OK Assoc. for Home Care & Hospice since 2007.
PH: 405-609-6160 (office)
PH: 405-210-7857 (cell)

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Annette Mays, Executive Director, OK Assoc. for Home Care & Hospice found herself in her current position as the Executive Director of the Home Care and Hospice Association when many of those same Home Care Agencies served on the Association’s Board of Directors and were looking for a new Executive Director.  Mays has been with the OK Assoc. for Home Care & Hospice since 2007.
PH: 405-609-6160 (office)
PH: 405-210-7857 (cell)

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Barbara Swinn is an attorney working for the Department of Human Services – Community Living, Aging and Protective Services as a Legal Services Developer helping Oklahomans 60+ to connect to resources for legal assistance. Her title is Legal Services Developer Community Living, Aging, and Protective Services

405-208-2048

[email protected]

12-2-23: LIVE REMOTE! At The Santa Market – State Fair Park starting at 9:05am. Come see us!

The 12th Year in a row for the OSJ to be doing The 14th Annual; The Santa 🎅 Market with Our LIVE Remote Starting at 9:05am on FREEDOM 96.9FM, Oklahoma’s Talk Radio,
This Saturday December the 2nd, 2023 (my Mom’s B-Day too!) The Rise & Thrive OSJ Radio Hour! We will be handing out over 3000 OSJ magazines and if you get there early (the first 500 will get a Santa Market Shopping 🛍️ bag with the OSJ Magazine inside the bag!
The OSJ is a Diamond Sponsor for this Event!  Okseniorjournal.com
Joan Clarke, one of the co founders of The Santa Market. After losing her husband to Alzheimer’s in 2007, she channeled her love of craft shows into a way to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association. She works tirelessly year round to provide a wonderful fundraiser for this terrible disease.
Angel D. Myers will be the Co-Host for the LIVE Santa 🎅 Market Remote with Robin R. Gunn on Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 on FREEDOM 96.9FM at 9:05am / Angel is an inspirational public speaker/ OSJ, magazine/radio/expo Consultant / Community Liaisons for the Bradford At Mustang. bradfordofmustang.com. For Speaking Engagements, email Angel 😇 at: [email protected]
Robin R. Gunn – Oklahoma Senior Journal 📓 Radio 📻 App Expos & Events and Columnist Articles for the Oklahoman. The OSJ is celebrating our 31st Year bring you and your family vital resources … The OSJ is the 1st & original publication for the 50+ and their families in OKC! [email protected]
The Santa 🎅 Market Facebook: thesantamarket

11-25-23: The Santa Market LIVE REMOTE!! OSJ Radio Hour Dec. 2nd from The Santa 🎅 Market !!!

 

 It is December 1st & 2nd (Friday & Saturday) and The Oklahoma Senior Journal/ Rise & Thrive OSJ Radio Hour  will be conducting a LIVE REMOTE at 9:05AM on FREEDOM 96.9 FM to 10 o’clock-AM from The Santa 🎅 Market on December 2nd, 2023 (Saturday) just inside The Pavilion Building at the OKC Fair Grounds.

The Oklahoma Senior Journal has been a Diamond Sponsor for the last 12 Years!

If you missed our Interview a few weeks ago with Joan Clark, who is the co-founder of The Santa 🎅 Market along with a couple of vendors. Here is an edited version of that OSJ radio show to listen to.

https://www.facebook.com/thesantamarket/

 

11-18-23: Keith F. Givens with MANSELL & ENGEL Law

This Saturday 11/18/23 at 9:05am on FREEDOM 96.9FM … We will be speaking with Attorney, Keith F. Givens from Mansell & Engel Law Firm. Keith is an expert in going up against Insurance Companies when they are doing the insured person or persons wrong and they see this a lot with long Term Care Insurance Companies and many other types of insurance companies as well!
Keith Givens has seen it all within his 25 years of law experience! He loves to go to court and fight for you or your loved one!  One of our topics will be on “Bad Faith” which simply means an insurance company wrongfully denied or delays payment of benefits owned under someone’s insurance policy.
Mansell & Engel – The Insurance Attorneys… are there to advise and NEVER  let the insurance company be the final word through intimidations… You have, rights!
Visit TheInsuranceAttorneys.com or call Keith at (405) 232-4100.
 

Website:  TheInsuranceAttorneys.com

Facebook: InsuranceAttorneys 

Contact Keith F. Givens
Mansell & Engel
405-232-4100
204 N. Robinson Avenue, 21st Floor, Oklahoma City, OK  73102

11-11-23: The Santa Market 2023

That is right it is Santa 🎅 Market time again 14th Annual!!! The OSJ radio will be LIVE on the air from Santa 🎅 Market, Saturday December the 2nd at 9:05am on FREEDOM 96.9FM. Listen to The Rise & Thrive OSJ Radio Hour on The Santa 🎅 Market… This Saturday (my Birthday 🥳) 11/11/23 at 9:05am again on FREEDOM OKLAHOMA’s Talk Radio 96.9FM! (Center & Standing)  is Carly Cartmill our children’s book 📚 Author and stuffed animal 🧸 extraordinaire!  (Left) is Cindy Manning – Scentsy Consultant for 15 years and (Center) is Joan Clark Co-Founder of The Santa 🎅 Market  thesantamarket.org.

All proceeds benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of Oklahoma!

 

Joan Clarke

Joan Clarke

Joan Clarke is one of the Co-Founder of The Santa Market craft show Benefitting the Alzheimer’s association of Oklahoma. She has worked for 14 years on this amazing show. It’s a family event in memory of her husband (Russell) who passed away in 2007 from Alzheimer’s. Email Joan at; [email protected] 

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Carly Cartmill

Carly Cartmill

Carly Cartmill may have been born in Texas but calls Oklahoma home. Carly graduated from the Children’s Institute of Literature in 2008 with writing and publishing her first book, The Split Pea Soup Caper. With the enjoyment of writing and making kids of all ages, laugh, smile or giggle, Carly has written six other children’s books.

Skunk Juice, Operation Funny Bone, Monster Lady, Stuffed, Gimme Paw Five and Eye Boogers, a mama paws misfit story. Find Carly on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Carly works full time for Nortek Air Solutions, Okarche, OK, but most of all is working on being a new Grammy to her new grandson, Ezra.

This will be Carly’s 14th year at The Santa Market. Along with her books, Carly collects new and gently used stuffed animals that she gives for FREE with a donation to ALZ while at The Santa Market.

Carly Cartmill | 405-249-9323 | [email protected]  | www.facebook.com/skunkjuice.me | instagram.com/carly0122_ | tiktok.com/@carlywheeler65

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Cindy Manning

Cindy Manning

Cindy Manning, Scentsy Consultant for 15 years.  I received an Associate Degree in Business Management before deciding to become a stay home mom to my daughter Ashley.  She is now a Senior in HS.  I enjoy reading, hiking with my dog, and gardening.

Cindy Manning, Scentsy Independent Consultant | https://manning.scentsy.us[email protected]

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thesantamarket.org

11-4-23: Socks for Seniors Oklahoma! Nancy Doran and Sue McMillan

Socks 🧦 for Seniors Oklahoma a 501 (something) were in the OSJ Radio Studio and through thoughtful intentions has grow into more then 🧦 Socks for our Senior Oklahoma (they still get 🧦 socks of course) though donations & volunteers from local Businesses, Services & in-kind Donations … Socks 🧦 for Seniors Oklahoma is always needing your help! A Beautiful Wonderful Cause; 🧦 Socks for Seniors Oklahoma of course came for more then Humble beginnings … listen to their whole story this Saturday 5th at 9:05am on FREEDOM 96.9FM

Co-Founders of 🧦 Socks for Seniors Oklahoma (left) is: Nancy Doran & (center) Sue McMillan.
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Sue McMillan Bio: I wear many hats. I am a legal assistant to my husband’s law firm, a licensed Certified Fraud Examiner, Real Estate Broker, sell insurance and investments. We also farm with a cow-calf operation. In 2013 I founded Socks for Seniors OK, in 2018 Socks for Seniors OK became a 501(c)3 charitable organization. I am a wife, mother to 3, grandmother to 6 and great grandmother to 13 as well as my dog, 2 cats and 2 donkeys.
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Nancy Doran Bio: I currently work part time as a contracted accountant and volunteer as an Administrator for Socks for Seniors OK. I retired in 2016 after 25 years’ experience in management of administrative services & logistics in a manufacturing environment. I have over 3 years’ experience in management of software implementation and over 7 years of experience in the retail and banking environment. I am widowed & a mother to 1 son and 1 grandson.
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​Facebook: Socks for Seniors Oklahoma

​Website: www.socksforseniorsok.org

​Email: socksforseniorsok@coxinet.net

​3240 W Britton Rd, Ste 103, ​Oklahoma City OK 73120

10-28-23: Sunbeam Family Services: Mary Margaret McMiller,  Laini Ryan, and Monique Shields

Sunbeam Family Services were in The Rise & Thrive OSJ Radio Hour Studios talking all about the services Sunbeam has had for 107 years in the OKC Metro! From Foster Programs, Support Groups, Volunteer Programs, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Programs and Events!!! The resources and educational programs that Sunbeam Family Services have are second to none. Tune in this Saturday, October, 28th at 9:05am on 96.9FM the FREEDOM Network to help the ones you love or for yourself!
Left to Right is Mary Margaret McMiller – Sunbeam Family Services Clinical Director,  Laini Ryan – Care Navigator for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and Mental Health and Monique Shields – Care Navigator for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and Mental Health.
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Mary Margaret McMiller, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with a Master of Social Work degree from The Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. She currently works as a clinical director at Sunbeam Family Services in Oklahoma City. Mary Margaret has over ten years of experience in the field of social work.
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Laini Ryan is a Care Navigator in the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and Mental Health program with Sunbeam Family Services. She has prior experience in Sunbeam’s foster care program. Laini is currently a Masters of Social Work Student at the University of Oklahoma. Laini is passionate about supporting children and families in Oklahoma.
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Monique Shields is currently a Care Navigator with Sunbeam Family Services in the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and Mental Health program. Monique has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a minor in Substance Abuse. Monique has worked for Sunbeam for 7 months today. Monique is passionate about helping others in need.

 

SunbeamFamilyServices.org or call (405) 528-7721.