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Are you worried about caring for an aging parent, spouse or family member?
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Are you overwhelmed with today’s complex medical, legal, financial and insurance systems?
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Are you looking for an objective expert that can develop an individualized plan for you & your loved one?
our mission
The Senior Advocacy Group is a collaborative specialty practice that provides all-inclusive care management to seniors and their families to aid in identifying social, legal, and financial issues that this population may face as they seek to live out their golden years. We offer comprehensive and customized geriatric care management and late in life financial planning, with a strategic alliance of an elder law attorney. Given the complexities of navigating through all of these hurdles, it is our mission to provide a one-stop-shop to simplify, advocate and provide the best care possible for your loved one as if they were our own family member.
Rebecca Sawallich, NP
Founder
about the senior advocacy group
From a very young age, I knew that it was my calling to care for people. I’ve been in the nursing profession for almost 20 years and more than 15 of those years have been as a nurse practitioner. During this time, I’ve worked in hospitals, clinics as well as in-home visits seeing patients. Since moving back to Wisconsin in 2014, I have been blessed to be able to spend my time with numerous older relatives and help them with their health needs as well as end of life care. When my father-in-law suggested starting my own practice serving as a geriatric care manager and bestowing the same type of care to others that I’ve already been providing to my own family members, it was like all of my years of experience and passion for helping this population culminated into the perfect opportunity…and The Senior Advocacy Group was born.
our team
Melissa Hofmeister, RICP® CLTC®
Melissa Hofmeister is a financial associate for Thrivent, with a passion for helping families find financial clarity while making complicated, late in life decisions. Through the use of tools like asset protection, wealth transfer and tax efficiency solutions, she's able to meet clients where they are at and help achieve their individualized goals. Along her professional journey, she has undertaken and received several designations on these topics, including obtaining the Certification in Long Term Care® and Retirement Income Certified Professional® designations. We are grateful to have her serve as a strategic partner at the Senior Advocacy Group.
Peter J Walsh, Attorney
Peter Walsh is an attorney at VonBriesen & Roper with twenty years of experience in estate and asset protection planning and inheritance litigation. Peter assists clients with preserving family wealth through estate and asset protection planning. Peter is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for Elder Law and Trusts and Estates. He is AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest rating possible. Peter served as the Chair of the Elder Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin and as a member of the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Taskforce for the Reduction of Elder Abuse. What a wonderful asset to have him serve as a strategic partner at the Senior Advocacy Group.
Paul Bastian, Home Transitional Specialist
Paul has been a Realtor for the past five years and each year he has built his business and helped more clients achieve their goals. Paul has a background in teaching and a masters degree in education. Paul excels at communication and is a “people first” person. Paul has assisted many clients on transitioning into “later in life” housing. He walks each of his clients through the process of getting their home ready to sell, to how much it will cost to move, to negotiating the transaction, and finally to settle that client into a new living space (condo, smaller home, or assisted living). What a crucial person to have as one of our strategic partners at the Senior Advocacy Group.
