David Ritter

Financial Advisor, Waddell & Reed

Location(s) served: Pennsylvania

Address: Hummelstown, Pennsylvania

Email: dritter@wradvisors.com

Area of Expertise:
Financial Planning, CMFC (Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor), CLTC (Certified in Long-Term Care)

Caregiving Experience:
Lived with ex-wife's grandmother for the last 5 years of her life and functioned as a part of a family team that kept her in her own home to the age of 96.

Fun Fact about me:
I love to sing and act, although I have not had time recently to devote to performing for anyone but myself and my wife in our home/car, etc.

Profile:
I have had personal experiences with arthritis and bronchial-asthma, so this helps me empathize with those suffering from these and similar ailments. I also have experience in my family helping to care for people with diabetes and COPD and heart disease.

I belong to several organizations in the Central Pennsylvania area including S.O.S. (Senior Opportunity Services - a group of service providers to the senior population) and R.S.V.P. (Retired Senior Volunteer Program - an agency that coordinates and facilitates volunteerism throughout the region).

Professionally, I have seen the importance of planning ahead, financially as well as socially and emotionally for the possibility of living a long life and eventually needing care.

"People do not plan to fail. They fail to plan!"