About Anthony Cirillo
Health, Aging, Caregiving Expert
Anthony is president of The Aging Experience, creator of the Caregiver Smile Summit, and founder of Sage Stream , a live-stream, interactive music concert platform for older adults, caregivers and senior living.
Anthony is a board member of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function as well as a member of the Nationwide Financial / National Council on Aging Health and Wellness Roundtable and the Bank of America Elder Care Policy Roundtable.
As a founding father of the hospital patient experience movement, he helps health care organizations craft experiences and seize opportunities in the mature marketplace. He helps family caregivers thrive and individuals make educated aging decisions. A consultant and professional speaker, Anthony is a monthly contributor on The Charlotte Today program, a monthly contributor to Sixty and Me, a former contributor to US News and World Report, Huff Post 50 and the former about.com / VeryWell expert in Senior Care.
He previously served on the national board of Senior Net and is the former executive board member of the Dementia Action Alliance. He is past board chairman of the Lake Norman Family Health Clinic.
A Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives with a Masters from the University of Pennsylvania, Anthony’s clients have ranged from the Cleveland Clinic, Unisys, and King Faisal Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Atrium, Novant Health, Wall Street startups and many more.
As someone who helped launch the patient experience movement, Anthony has a unique ability to envision the future state of health care, see solutions before others see problems and formulate answers before people understand the question. He has been called innovative, inventive, original and resourceful. He provides logical support for futuristic thinking and makes difficult to understand ideas easier for people to comprehend. Anthony can connect the dots in healthcare. CEOs retain him for big picture thinking.
Story
Anthony Cirillo is a passionate advocate for family caregivers and older adults, helping them lead a quality life through a platform of educated aging – physically, emotionally and financially.
He understands the business of health care and as someone who spends thousands of hours a year with older adults and their caregivers, he understands consumer perspective and needs.
A Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Anthony consults with health care organizations globally. Having helped launch a Wall Street startup, he brings marketing savvy and an entrepreneurial mindset to clients, being named a Top 50 Entrepreneur in Charlotte in 2011.
His article “The Chief Experience Officer” became an impetus for the Cleveland Clinic to create an office of patient experience, hire the first hospital chief experience officer and create a groundswell to promote better patient experiences long before the focus on value-based purchasing.
A member of the National Speaker’s Association, he has spoken to thousands of health care professionals and consumers at wide-ranging venues and is represented by several speakers’ bureaus.
Anthony started his career as a producer for CBS-TV in Philadelphia. And he uses skills honed early in his career when he appears on radio and TV as an expert in aging and health care. Anthony is a prolific writer, having written hundreds of blogs and articles. He is often cited in the press including wide-ranging publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, among others.
Anthony fell into a mission and advocacy for elders when he started performing in nursing homes. A gifted singer-performer, he has been to Nashville to record and has sung around the country. He uses his performing gifts in his keynote speeches. Anthony brightens the lives and promotes the quality of life and the dignity of caregivers and seniors. And he is a conduit that helps businesses reach and connect to boomer and senior audiences.
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Delighted Customers We Have Served Over the Years
Hospitals
Carolinas Healthcare System
Carolinas Healthcare System – Union
Cleveland Clinic
Dubai Healthcare City
Evangelical Community Hospital
ExcelCare Nursing
Hugh Chatham Community Hospital
Hunterdon Medical Center
King Faisal Specialist Hospital
Marshall Steele and Associates
New Jersey Council of Children’s Hospitals
New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals
Novant Healthcare
Our Lady of Lourdes Rancocas Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital
Princeton Partners Health
Renown Health
Renown Health Nursing
Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center
Thomasville Medical Center
Trinitas Hospital
Associations
Alabama Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Society
Alliance of Professional Health Advocates
Alzheimer’s Association Western Carolina
Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern Carolina
American College of Healthcare Administrators
American College of Healthcare Executives
American Healthcare Association
Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference
Argentum South Carolina, October 2017
Arizona Assisted Living Federation
Carolinas Healthcare Marketing and PR Society
Colorado Healthcare Association
Delaware Valley Alzheimer’s Association Seminar at the Shore
Financial Research Associates
Health Leaders
IIR International
Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
Iowa Health Care Association
Leading Age
Lehigh Valley Activities Profesionals
The Maryland Activity Coordinators Association
MASHMD – The Mid-Atlantic Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development
Maryland Patient Safety Conference – MD Hosp. Association
Michigan Assisted Living Association
Minnesota Statewide Activity Professionals
Missouri Assisted Living Association
Missouri Healthcare Association
Montana Gerontology Society
Montana Health Care Association
National Council on Aging
Nevada Healthcare Association
Nebraska Hospital Association
Leading Age New Jersey
New Jersey Hospital Association
New Jersey Healthcare Planning and Marketing Society
North Carolina Activity Professionals
North Carolina Healthcare Human Resources Association
Ohio Healthcare Association
Oklahoma Hospital Association
Pennsylvania Assisted Living Association
South Carolina Primary Health Care Association
South Carolina Healthcare Association
SCAPA – SC Activity Professionals
South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations
South Dakota Healthcare Association
The Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania
The Beryl Institute
VHA – Mid America
Virginia Association of Activity Professionals
Virginia Patient Safety Conference
Virginia Healthcare Association
Virginia Assisted Living Association
Wisconsin Healthcare PR and Marketing Society
World Research Group
Corporate / Government
Times-Shamrock Mohegan Sun Senior Expo
Winthrop University
Environmental Protection Agency
GlaxoSmithKline
Lynchburg College
Starwood
Unisys
GatesMoore&Company
Oxford Communications
Mitchell Community College
Aging Services / Churches / Non-Profits
Assisted Living Concepts
Bay Village of Sarasota
Bently Senior Living
Brookdale Senior Living
Brookridge Retirement Community
Buena Vida Estates
Cadbury Continuing Care Retirement Community
Cathedral Village
Centralina Area Agency on Aging, Aging for the Future Conference
Chambrel at Island Lake
Charles E. Smith Life Communities
Charlotte Village Network
ComforCare Senior Services
Covenant Village of Florida
Dunwoody Continuing Care Retirement Community
Emeritus Senior Living
Fleet Landing Continuing Care Retirement Community
Forest City Nursing Center
Forsyth Court, Winston-Salem
Friends Village at Woodstown
Genesis Eldercare
Gilpin Nursing Center
Heart of Georgia Altamaha Regional Development Center
Innova Health and Rehabilitation
Manor Care
Mayflower Retirement Community
Meadowview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
North Meck Women’s Club
Parkwood Place Independent Living
Remedi Senior Care
Resources for Senior Living
Riddle Village Continuing Care Retirement Community
Sardis Presbyterian Church
Second Wind Dreams
Senior Care Adult Medical Day Centers
Shady Lane Nursing Center
Shepherd’s Center
St. Mark’s Catholic Church
Stonegates Continuing Care Retirement Community
The Fountains at Cedar Park Continuing Care Retirement Community
Touchstone Health
Winter Park Towers
