Carroll S. Golden Announces Support for Older Americans Month 2026
Tampa, Florida – May 6, 2026 – Carroll S. Golden, CLU, ChFC, CLTC, CASL, LECP, FLMI, LACP, author and speaker, today announced her decision to actively support Older Americans Month. This commitment aligns directly with her 25-year career in long-term care planning and her current leadership in longevity strategies for financial professionals and families.
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) designates May as Older Americans Month to recognize the contributions of older adults and promote healthy aging. The 2026 theme, “Champion Your Health,” emphasizes prevention, wellness, personal responsibility, self-management, and informed decisions that support independence.
Golden’s support includes promoting the theme through her platforms, integrating “Champion Your Health” messaging into her initiatives, and sharing practical resources from her books and expertise. “For decades, I have helped families navigate the emotional and financial realities of long-term care and caregiving,” said Golden. “Supporting Older Americans Month is a natural extension of that mission—empowering older adults and their advisors to champion health proactively so they can age with dignity and security.”
Golden’s career began in long-term care insurance, where she developed tools to prevent families from being torn apart by unplanned extended care costs. As a former board member and Executive Committee member of the Intercompany Long Term Care Insurance Conference (ILTCI), she earned the 2024 Long-Term Insurance Recognition Award for advancing literacy and innovation in extended care planning. She created the Lifetime Healthcare Center (LHC) at NAIFA, which includes the Medicare Collective and Limited & Extended Care Planning Collective, alongside the Investment, Retirement, Estate & Advanced Planning (IREAP) Center.
Her recent focus on longevity builds on this foundation. As author of the book series How Not to Tear Your Family Apart, How Not to Pull Your Family Apart, and How Not to Pull Your Life Apart Caregiving, Golden provides professionals and families with story-driven resources to start difficult planning conversations. Her latest release, Leading in the New Retirement Era: How to Lead, Adapt, and Win in an AI-Driven World, equips advisors to integrate healthcare complexity, Medicare, Social Security, and AI tools into multigenerational wealthcare strategies.
“Longevity is not just about living longer—it is about living better,” Golden stated. “My work has always centered on bridging financial security with health and caregiving realities. Champion Your Health perfectly complements the work that I’ve undertaken to prepare advisors for the new retirement landscape.”
Golden invites financial professionals, families, and organizations to join her in supporting Older Americans Month by visiting https://acl.gov/oam/older-americans-month for official resources, graphics, and social media toolkits using #OlderAmericansMonth and #ChampionYourHealth. She encourages readers to explore her work at www.carrollsgolden.com and her latest book, available via major retailers.
This support reinforces Golden’s ongoing contributions as a nationally recognized speaker, author, and strategist who transforms retirement planning from transactional to transformational—ensuring older Americans and their families thrive in an era of extended lifespans.