ThirdAge Services LLC

ThirdAge Services is a group of professionals who help “Third Age” and other individuals with their financial and daily living needs.  Our personal experiences -- we all have parents in their 80's -- convinced us of the need.  Our varying roles as adult children of distant and cognitively impaired parents led us to understand the need for custom services designed for the needs of each individual.  Our training and expertise make us uniquely qualified to meet your needs by offering objective, accurate assessments of your needs.  We have the resources to provide wide ranging, impartial solutions to questions, and support you in meeting challenges and making choices.  We are independent consultants who offer solutions, plans of action and assistance with executing those plans. 


Carole B. Larkin  is the Geriatric Care Manager for ThirdAge Services, specializing in all forms dementia care. She has a Master of Applied Gerontology degree with a specialty in Aging Services from the University of North Texas. 

   Carole trains home care companies, assisted living communities, memory care communities and nursing homes in dementia care techniques to enable a higher quality of life for persons with dementia and their families.  She has training in mediation skills and works with eldercare attorneys resolving difficult family issues regarding dementia.   

    Carole functions as the hub of the wheel of resources available to help families, and makes specific recommendations of the highest quality resources available at every price point, saving time and money for the families who secure her services. 

    She is a member of the National Association of Geriatric Care Managers, the American Society on Aging,  the Gerontological Society of America and Sigma Chi Omega, the national Gerontology Academic Honor and Professional Society.  She has been a Care Manager for more than five years and has served older adults and their families for over two decades.

Elaine Wiant, is a Certified Fraud Examiner and an actuary.  She has more than 25 years   of experience working with older adults through non-profit organizations, retirement plans and consulting.  Her expertise is in fraud prevention and detection, financial management, retirement planning, and assisting beneficiaries with retirement plans, insurance, Medicare, Social Security and other government programs.

Garrett Vogel graduated from SMU and received his MBA from the University of California.  His more than 25 years of experience includes work with assisted living facilities, hospitals, continuing care retirement communities, and physicians practices.  Garett served on the Dallas Human Services Commission and his professional memberships include the Healthcare Financial Management Association.