Grand Plans

SCORE YOUR RISK

HOW MINDFUL ARE YOU ABOUT GRAND PLANNING?

Find out by assessing your GERIDRAMA™ RISK SCORE

This 20-question query will provide a snapshot of how prepared you — and the people you love — are for your second half of life.

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How it works

Design your Grand Plans in 20 easy steps

We believe there are 20 concrete and soft steps all adults can take now to mitigate GeriDrama during the second half. These inputs are based on shared stories and reflections from industry experts, authors, professionals and normal everyday people who have learned big lessons from lived experiences.

Communication

Through a bimonthly newsletter, blog, vlog, books and social media postings, we’ll make sure you stay informed and feel part of a community that understands the importance of grand planning.

Consulting

We are advancing opportunities to promote conversations and consultations about aging and how to plan for it. Email me today at susannabarton@me.com for more information.

Workshops/Presentations

Workshops and presentations break down the most important elements of your Grand Plans and connect your experiences to others’.

Books

Our library of books includes Grand Plans 2.0: How to Mitigate Geri-Drama in 20 Easy Steps, the Grand Planner 2.0 and many others.

Some of the many organizations with which we’ve partnered for presentations, workshops, ambassadorships, column-writing, book-signings and events

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Learn and Grow

GRAND PLANS & GERITALES PODCAST

We interview experts, professionals and people just like you to learn more about plans we can make now to make our Golden Years great.

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Mindful Aging is one of the most loving things we can do for our families.

If you can take even one step of the Grand Plans, the future looks brighter. Take at least 10 steps and your golden years are truly golden. Together, these 20 moves create Grand Plans that guarantee reduced stress for the loved ones who will one day be our caregivers and supporters.

What I like best about her work on the subject is she offers an easy-to-follow cheat sheet on how to tackle the most important issues related to aging. Best of all is her unapologetically positive perspective about getting older.

LARA PATANGAN, Author/Columnist

With intelligence, humor, compassion and experience, Susanna helps the reader navigate a topic that way too many of us don’t want to tackle.

KIMBERLY WATERHOUSE, Realtor

After my personal encounters with second-half planning ‘dont’s’ I started stirring up conversations through an online community I founded called Grand Plans and discovered there are many intelligent people out there who had gone through similar challenges and were quite willing to talk about it…determined to be more conscientious about planning for their own benefit and their community’s.

SUSANNA BARTON, Founder