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Chris Cooper, CFP®, owner and founder of Chris Cooper & Company, Inc., specialize in financial planning and provides resources specifically tailored to elderly and disabled adults, non-traditional families, small business owners, as well as retired or soon-to-be-retired individuals.

“I have found that people want and need financial advice, but they don’t want what financial sales people are handing out. ” says, Cooper.

Chris Cooper began his career in nursing homes and hospitals as a paramedic and nurse. A personal interest in learning how people could finances health care, led him later in his career to pursue his Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant designations. Chris also holds a Masters of Science in Financial Services degree and a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology.

Chris is also the owner and founder of ElderCare Advocates, Inc. a private geriatric care management and long term care consulting firm. ElderCare Advocates is a free standing, non-hospital or other health care provider affiliated firm that provides comprehensive assessments and planning of long term care needs of disabled adults and the elderly. Assessments are made across the medical, psychological, social, environmental, legal and financial aspects of a person’s life.

Chris Cooper is a regular guest commentator for the ABC owned and operated WTVG-TV, Channel 13, in Toledo, Ohio appearing on 13ABC Action News at Noon. Chris has appeared on CBS’s Early Show, NBC’s Today Show and CNBC’s Power Lunch. He is regularly quoted in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Money magazine, SmartMoney, and many other publications.

Chris Cooper & Company, Inc. is a fee-only financial planning firm working with small business owners, individuals preparing to retire, and elderly adults and their families. The firm provides counseling and guidance in the areas of investments, taxation, and estate preservation.