pursue higher education and build
their own lives, Annie’s own parents
are preparing to transition into her
home. Annie foresees a move in her
and her husband’s future, into a home
with a granny f lat in the back where
her parents can live, enabling her to
eventually provide more hands-on
care. “It’s just a never-ending cycle of
life, work and caretaking,” she says,
“and it’s going to ramp up a lot more
very soon.”
“This is becoming real for me, and
I don’t even know the solution,” Annie
says. “This has been a very long-haul
situation of juggling back and forth,
back and forth, and then when you
get closer to the peak of it and you
think you’re going to be looking down,
you’re not looking down. I’m looking
up another hill, a pretty big hill, and I
don’t know what to do.”
are women,” he says. Javaheri also
says the growing senior population re-
quires a higher level of care, meaning
heavier responsibilities for caregivers.
Javaheri and other medical
professionals like his colleague Lisa
Adamek, a geriatrics nurse who leads
the house call program for Mer-
cy Medical Group (part of Dignity
Health), say they are aware of the dif-
ficult position many informal caregiv-
WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
Pacific Investment
Consultants
CELEBRATING WOMEN IN
LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING OUR VERY
OWN PARTNER CHRISTEEN REEG
A growing need
According to A ARP research, the
economic value of services provided
by informal caregivers is steadily
increasing, up almost 80 percent from
2007 to 2013, when it reached $470 bil-
lion. In 2015, 34.2 million Americans
— about 10 percent — had provided
unpaid care to an adult over 50 in
the past year, and 40 percent of those
were in “high burden situations,”
with the recipient needing significant
care with daily activities. And while
the ratio of male to female informal
caregivers has tightened in recent
years (34 percent versus 66 percent in
2009, 40 percent to 60 percent in 2015),
A ARP finds women take on the most
burdensome tasks, such as bathing,
toileting and dressing, while men are
more likely to help with less demand-
ing tasks, like financial and care man-
agement. Female informal caregivers
also tend to spend more hours each
week on caregiving than their male
counterparts.
Dr. Ashkan Javaheri, head of geri-
atric medicine for Dignity Health, sees
the trend playing out in his profes-
sional life. “Based on my experience,
the majority of the caregivers we see
ers find themselves in. Launched 12
years ago, the program supports pri-
mary care doctors with homebound
geriatric patients, essentially bringing
the doctor’s office to the patient’s
home. A typical visit will include a
health evaluation by a geriatric spe-
cialist, who also arranges prescrip-
tions and provides counseling.
“One way that I usually approach
my patients is that I’m not just there
C
hristeen Reeg, partner and wealth advisor for
Pacific Investment Consultants, dreamed of
a career in finance as early as age nine. She
has more than 30 years of experience working in the
financial sector, and for the last 20 years has owned her
own company. The dream she first had at nine has now
become a life-long passion, which is evident in how she
describes her work.
“I am committed to the success of my clients so they can
live their best lives possible,” says Reeg. “I help clients
manage change, guide them to and through retirement,
and ultimately help them reach their goals.”
“
We help
our clients
dream big,
plan wisely
and live
fully.
Partner/Advisor
Just like she’s passionate about her career, Reeg also
believes in giving back. She currently serves as the chair
of the Planned Giving Committee for the El Dorado
Community Foundation, a board member for Marshall
Hospital in Placerville, and serves on the Advisory
”
— CHRISTEEN REEG
Board of the Assistance League of Sacramento.
“At Pacific Investment Consultants, we believe in
enriching the lives of our clients, colleagues and
communities through sound investment advice,
integrity and a commitment to outstanding service. I
am fortunate to do just that every day,” concluded Reeg.
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