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Today’s guest is Becky Bongiovanni, the co-founder and brand president of CarePatrol.
It is a network of more than 200 care specialists across 40 states and parts of Canada. The network’s independent advisors will come to your home for a face-to-face discussion to learn about specific needs and to make recommendations about where to get needed care.
With a background in geriatric ophthalmology and a deeply personal connection to the challenges of elder care, Becky helps families make informed, confident decisions when it comes to finding the right long-term care options for their loved ones.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why the senior care industry is so confusing, and how CarePatrol simplifies it.
- What families need to know about facility inspections, care histories and state licensing requirements.
- How CarePatrol advisors personally vet and tour facilities before making recommendations.
- Why Becky believes it’s never too late to rediscover joy and pursue long-lost passions.
- How purpose, not just care, plays a pivotal role in healthy aging.
Whether you’re in the sandwich generation supporting your own children and aging parents, or you’re exploring purposeful career options after retirement, Becky’s story offers insights and encouragement.
After turning 50, Becky discovered there was more to life than just work, even though she’s loved every minute of her more than 20-year journey with CarePatrol.
As a franchise-based business, CarePatrol offers free advisory services to families searching for safe and suitable care options, including assisted living, memory care, independent living, in-home support and residential nursing facilities.
Advisors not only tour local facilities in person, but they also review and translate complex government inspection reports into plain language to help ensure families understand the quality of care being provided.
What makes the service stand out is its unbiased, education-focused approach. Advisors are trained and certified to help clients choose facilities based on their medical conditions, mobility, budget, preferences and long-term goals – not just the business’ marketing hype.
Becky’s goal is to ensure the care community matches a person’s current and future needs. She wants people to age safely, but with dignity and purpose as well.
Although the business side is demanding, Becky’s work is deeply meaningful to her. She knows firsthand the pain of navigating elder care alone, especially after witnessing her grandfather suffer abuse in a nursing home.
Today, CarePatrol helps families avoid those painful outcomes by offering expert guidance, compassionate support and insights to local facilities.
Around the time she turned 50, Becky started engaging in activities that give her joy, like horseback riding. That was always something she loved from afar, but never took time to fully pursue.
Now the proud owner of a quarter horse, Becky rides trails on the weekends and she finds the experiences to be relaxing and empowering. Riding horses taught her a lot about herself as well as how to let go of control and to lead with confidence.”
That step into equestrian life also reflects Becky’s larger philosophy that you’re never too old to try something new.
Her advice for anyone over 50 searching for more meaning in their lives is to do the things they’ve always wanted to do, but were too busy, scared or practical to try.
Whether it’s launching a business, riding a horse or supporting aging adults in your community, when you are over 50, you deserve to live your life with meaning and purpose.
To learn more about Becky’s work or to connect with a CarePatrol advisor near you, visit www.CarePatrol.com.
That’s all for this week’s show. If you’d like to start living a more meaningful life, I encourage you to download our free guide to finding purpose, which is available at www.forwardfrom50.com.
I’ll have another inspirational interview on the next episode of the Forward From 50 podcast. Thanks for listening. If you like this show, please consider leaving a review wherever you download the episodes.
After closing his business and enduring several painful years of uncertainty regarding what to do with his life, Greg founded Forward From 50 to help men and women over 50 to live more purposeful lives by pursuing things they are passionate about. A Wisconsin native, Greg currently lives in Arizona.