Terri Abelar

Since 1988, Aging Solutions’ founder and CEO, Terri Abelar, has been one of California’s leading consumer advocates helping older Americans. She has designed or helped design pioneering programs and services for seniors, and has given expert testimony on elder care issues to legislative committees in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. She has helped thousands of seniors and their adult children deal effectively with the emotionally draining issues that arise when seniors’ needs are changing and their need for services increases; she has also helped families recover millions of dollars in property and assets.

Her expertise on elder care issues is sought by medical and legal professionals and the media, and she is an effective and powerful speaker to groups on contemporary elder care and elder abuse issues. Before founding Aging Solutions, she was a social services supervisor at the Riverside County Office on Aging, where she specialized in elder abuse prevention, and helped develop The C.A.R.E. Program for interagency partnerships that in its first years, saved taxpayers millions of dollars. As part of California's insurance advocacy program for seniors, HICAP, she counseled and fought on behalf of seniors seeking benefits denied to them by managed care health corporations, and those baffled by Medicare’s ever-changing policies and rules. 

Diane LeVan

Diane recently earned a master’s degree in clinical gerontology, and also brings to Aging Solutions many years of experience assisting a wide diversity of clientele.

Janice Doman, LVN

Janice has been a nurse educator and nursing supervisor and has held management positions at several healthcare-centered organizations and facilities. She has specialized in ensuring that patients receive continuous and appropriate quality of care, and in ensuring the accuracy of patient medical records.

Sandie Feathers

Sandie has worked for many years in public social services agencies, helping families overcome a variety of problems and issues. She is also a grandmother several times over.

Helen Sandeman

Helen Sandeman offers an extensive managerial background focusing on client support and services. A Bay Area resident for over 11 years, she adds a global perspective on health care systems, having also lived in Australia and England.

Ms. Sandeman is a mother of two teenagers and is also a talented artist and graphic designer.