Richard Wexler

Richard Wexler is the CEO and co-founder of APlan2Age, a brand-new nonprofit resource offering a Care Plan, checklists and conversation guides. Richard’s message is simple but urgent: we need a national conversation on aging.

As you know, many people don’t have plans in place for housing, care or finances in later life and have no idea of the physical and emotional complexities involved as they or their loved ones get older and have health events.

Richard offers a personal, practical perspective shaped by 14 years of caring for four parents in their 80s and his experience as the host of the Caring in America podcast. A few examples of topics he can speak candidly about:

The rising pressures on the sandwich generation and why aging should be a family conversation
Steps we can take to educate America about the complexities of aging and care and the topics that need to be addressed
The effects of elder care in the workplace
How to use tools like APlan2Age’s free Care Plan to start planning now

As Richard said in the recent launch announcement for APlan2Age: “As a country, we need a wake-up call. We are an aging nation. The choice is simple: get prepared or wing it when something happens. By age 65, 70 percent of us will need some form of care, and understanding the resources out there -- and how complicated, expensive and emotional care can be -- is critical.”