Knowledgeable Aging Podcast: Recent Episodes
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We provide a unique perspective or unique point of view on a particular topic or set of topics in some direct way associated with the aging process. This content will be available with these broad topics of interest: finance, health & wellness, housing and law. We are convinced that industry professionals, authors and speakers typically have a unique perspective within their area(s) of expertise....which we believe will differentiate our material from any other provider of information associated with the aging process.
Janice Goldmintz, founder of Talk About Aging, helps children and their aging parents get in sync, any age, any stage. Her Master’s degree in Gerontology has given her wide insight into what can be done to assist our seniors in creating the highest quality of life possible, no matter what the challenges may be. As a child of aging parents, she has had to sift through a myriad of options, changes and emotional situations. Janice provides a way to navigate the overwhelm, whether from medical issues, family dynamics or work/life issues.
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Pam Reynolds is the author of the recent book Caregiving with Confidence. She is a Certified Aging Life Care Manager, Certified Professional Gerontologist, and Certified Dementia Practitioner. Pam has been in the field of senior healthcare for her entire career, beginning with senior facilities and nursing homes, and in 2013 started her own home care company. In 2019 she sold that company to pursue her dream of becoming an elder law attorney. She is now working as a paralegal and preparing to begin law school in the fall of 2023. She lives in Loudoun county with her husband and two children.
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Dean Lambert has worked with funeral professionals for nearly 30 years to help them connect and serve the families facing one of the most challenging moments of their lives: the loss of a loved one. As a father who has himself experienced the loss of a child, he knows first hand the grief that clouds the vision needed to honor a life well-lived. Dean is leading the Love Always Project with a team of experienced subject matter experts and people committed to its purpose: encouraging people to think more positively and proactively about end-of-life issues and funeral prearrangement.
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For 20 years, I have been advocating for the vulnerable and dying. For ten years, I trained and mediated elder disputes at the LA County Department of Consumer Affairs. I helped elders with family issues, including financial abuse and end-of-life care. In 2012, I earned an Executive Juris Doctor (EJD) from Concord Law School, a division of Purdue Global, majoring in Health Law. My internship was in Pediatric Hospice, where I spent a year attending Interdisciplinary Team Meetings and writing about my experiences.
For many years, I have been a hospice volunteer sitting at the bedside of many dying patients. In addition to supporting their families, I help tie up their final loose ends so they can pass in peace. I have been a Thanatologist since 2015. I am certified as an expert in caring for the dying and bereaved and teaching others about the dying process. I have clinical bioethics training and sat on two hospital bioethics committees.
In 2020, I became a Board-Certified Patient Advocate (BCPA) and started Ending Well Patient Advocacy, LLC. I weaved my past experiences into a business that specializes in giving people a voice in planning the last chapter of their life. I earned Facilitator certificates through Respecting Choices® and now offer community classes and presentations on advance care planning and surrogacy.
In January 2021, I became the Surrogate Consultant for the Final Exit Network (FEN). My role is to help FEN members and their partners who act as surrogates or healthcare proxies enforce and honor the patient’s Advance Directives.
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Jessica Sylvester is a registered dietitian with advanced board certifications in critical care nutrition, diabetes management, and weight loss. She has a Master’s degree from one of the nation’s leading nutrition institutes, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. In her private practice, Florida Nutrition Group, Jessica provides both condition-specific nutrition care as well as preventive interventions for preserving health. In addition to providing direct patient care, Jessica’s work in nutrition has included research, academia, and public policy. Her expertise in the field led to her selection as a Media Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
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Amanda Rees is the CEO and cofounder of Bold. Bold’s online platform creates personalized, science-backed programs to address the most fundamental health and wellbeing challenges faced by older adults. Bold provides clinical exercise programs to prevent falls, reduce arthritis related disability, and increase activity levels so that everyone has the ability to age well. Bold partners with healthcare organizations to make these programs affordable and accessible entirely online. Amanda has been a fitness instructor for over a decade, teaching dance, yoga, indoor cycling, and tai chi.
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Patti LaFleur is the former care partner to her Mom, Linda, who had dementia. Despite her dementia diagnosis Patti and Linda found joy every day. They were always laughing, singing, dancing, crafting and finding things to celebrate. Patti taught Kindergarten for 9 years before quitting her job to care for her Mom. Now Patti continues to tell their story and share their love on social media as a way to raise awareness and change the stigma around dementia.
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Rena Yudkowsky, a professional memory coach and geriatric social worker, is the founder of Memory Matters. She teaches online memory improvement courses to mid-lifers and seniors. Over the past twenty years in the field, she has served as the director of an Alzheimer’s unit in an assisted living facility in Maryland, the director of development at a senior enrichment program in Israel, trainer for dementia caregivers, facilitator of support groups, and international lecturer on aging topics.
Currently, she is the memory coach for an international anti-aging clinic where she does 1:1 coaching and Is working on a comprehensive program to prevent dementia.
She is super passionate about her mission of helping those 50 + to age more healthfully, both physically and cognitively as she empowers them to believe in their own memory with confidence and grace.
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Heidi Huynh has spent years working with adults from their 50’s into their 100’s in a variety of settings including their own homes, Independent Living communities, Assisted Living, and Skilled Nursing settings; with the purpose of increasing safety and independence so they can continue to spend time doing what they love and fulfilling their purpose. She is an Occupational Therapist, Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, and entrepreneur striving to share with the world that with the right tools and support anyone can continue living a full life worth living, as she helps people to overcome barriers and rise to new heights.
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Wife, Mother, Author, and Advocate for individuals with disabilities or health concerns. Christy has been in the caregiving field for 30 plus years, starting with family members as well as a respite provider for the ARC of Maryland. She is the mother of a 22-year-old disabled son and wife of 29 years. Christy has been published in the Autism Parenting Magazine, as well as 50 plus Lifestyle magazine and writes a regular column for GiversGuides magazine out of Honolulu, HA called “Ask Christy”. Christy is the Founder and President of Our Little Peace of Mind, where she creates solutions for care coordination for individuals and families. Christy also serves as the Treasurer on the Gimme a Break Foundation Advisory Board.
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Patricia Dubroof is the Director of Community Relations for Assisting Hands Home Care. She creates partnerships with our senior communities to share educational and creative tools about the important role caregivers have in our family’s lives. She connects with our families as they enter the caregiver world, listening carefully to their stories and finding solutions to their caregiving needs. Patricia facilitates several programs: Death Cafe, Book Events, What’s Your Plan, and others. Patricia represents Assisting Hands as an active member of the Rockville Chamber of Commerce, Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce, GROWS, and the Senior Services Alliance.
Patricia Dubroof joined Assisting Hands in March of 2019. She has over 35 years of experience in caring for seniors through creativity and coaching. She developed arts and healing programs at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Iona Senior Service, Washington DC Veterans Medical Center, and many other local and national organizations.
Patricia is the founder of Women Leaders in Elder World. We are a group of caring and experienced professionals from a wide variety of disciplines eager to help you and your loved ones find the best solutions and resources.
Jennifer Lagemann is a former family caregiver, home care aide, and home care administrator. She also founded NextJenn Copy, a marketing and operations consulting firm for home care agencies from start-up to sell, and also is an active writer, researcher, and journalist in the space.
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Ellen Belk is a Silver Living strategist, with an impressive 20+years of operational experience in Senior housing as a holistic Dementia expert, author, trainer and influencer. She brings a unique blend of proficiency in operations, sales, team building, resident experience and innovation to her clients. Belk has a refreshing and straight forward style that leaves a lasting impression on anyone who works with her.
As a rising Brand Ambassador, Belk is a trusted voice seeking to share information about technology products and other services benefitting aging consumers within her circle-of-influence and network. Therefore, she’s an asset to those innovator cohort groups who understand the need for influencer marketing strategies to reach Boomer consumers and ‘silver citizens’.
Having a strategic partner-relationship with someone like Belk who’s held Director positions’ at the local, divisional and national levels with top- tier industry leaders such as Ascension, Brookdale, Atria and Milestone Retirement, is an ideal investment for your company success!
A dynamic speaker and recognized expert in aging and Dementia, Belk moves seamlessly from the C-Suite to the frontlines of care, captivating audiences with her authentic stories from personal experience in the trenches of elder care. Her TEAM™ approach to achieving Championship level outcomes resonates with both professional and family caregivers alike.
As a consultant, Belk thrives when she’s infusing her passion for bringing a championship level mentality to those in senior housing while forging collaborative partnerships with like -minded servant leaders and agents of change in the Silver Living sector.
Belk believes, “together we are stronger.” And she challenges those she encounters to “be the change.”
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I am a Certified Hospice and Palliative Licensed Nurse with decades of nursing experience. I specialize in taking care of chronically and terminally ill adults as well as the elderly. Because I am passionate about end of life care and death education, I am a supporter of the Death Positive Movement which promotes death awareness. I am ELNEC (End of Life Nursing Education Consortium) Trained which qualifies me to provide education and training on end of life care and education. I am also an active member of several national organizations that support end of life care and education and I feel my membership/participation in these organizations show my commitment to the industry.
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Empowering people to thrive – no matter what disability or cognitive disorder they may live with – is the focus of Benjamin’s work as a social gerontologist. Caregiver, activity director, lifelong learning center director, and home repair coordinator were each roles that shaped his understanding of the unique needs of seniors. Currently, he guides the person-centered training for over 2,000 employees in 8 states, drives Koelsch Innovation Lab, and coaches 70+ wellness directors and 32+ Executive Directors who support over 1,500 seniors. His passion is imagining the impossible and building alliances that make it possible.
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Judith Sachs is Founder and Director of ANYONE CAN MOVE, an adaptive movement program in Philadelphia, PA. Although she started her professional life on the stage, and then moved to the healthcare arena, she now combines these two passions. Her goal is to get everyone moving, whether in a chair or across the floor.
Judith’s programs inspire movement beyond what participants thought was possible. She posits that physical experimentation in a chair, wheelchair or walker can free a body from many restrictions and galvanize a group to work together on rhythm, grace and confidence. She is a certified Dance for PD® teacher in Philadelphia, currently teaching online.
In 2019, she piloted an innovative therapy program, CLOSE CONTACT for COUPLES® with PD in Portland OR, Cherry Hill, NJ and Philadelphia PA under a grant from Penn Medicine. In 2020, she was awarded a Parkinsons Foundation COE grant to improve partner communication with couples online, and in 2021, was awarded a second year in cooperation with both the Parkinsons Disease and Movement Disorder Center, Penn Medicine and the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Cleveland Clinic, Las Vegas, NV. In 2022, she was invited to join the new Prime PD Parkinsons Fitness platform online as a teacher of qigong, balance and gait. In addition, she is part of the CenterStage Arts in Medicine program at Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, dancing with patients and caregivers in the infusion suites.
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Kescha Wilson is the founder and CEO of Design Her Queendom, a personal development company deeply committed to helping powerhouse women leaders reprioritize themselves while managing the demands of career and the responsibilities of home. She specializes in work-life integration, self-prioritization, lifestyle restructuring, and burnout recovery. Design Her Queendom was born out of Kescha’s personal burnout recovery experience as a wife, mother, and former Special Agent with the FBI.
She quickly realized how her strategies were now applicable to her caregiving journey with her own mother and vital to many of her clients that are caregivers while also managing multiple roles and responsibilities. She now leverages her expertise and natural gifts in the aging community with a special emphasis on the wellness and personal fulfillment of caregivers in the Sandwich Generation. She is a speaker, coach, and is launching her first book in Summer 2022.
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Matthew Erickson is a Financial Advisor with a comprehensive financial planning practice under the firm Northwestern Mutual Park Avenue in New York City. His practice focuses on individuals and families with comprehensive planning across people’s short-term, mid-term and long-term goals and working together to bridge across these over time. He dedicates his practice to promoting financial literacy and economic empowerment and is skilled in helping clients formulate strategies around accumulating, preserving and eventually distributing their savings and wealth over time and teaches people how to do it in an effective and particularly tax-efficient way. He holds his Series 7, Series 63, LAH and SIE and has a demonstrated history of working with primarily LGBTQ+, POC and Womxn professionals.
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Dr. Kaishauna Guidry, MD, HMDC is a mobile physician based in Southern California. She was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, attended Susan Miller Dorsey High School, then stayed local to attend UCLA. Go Bruins! She has been married to her husband, Javelin Guidry, for 25 years. They reside in Murrieta, California, have three young adult children, & one granddaughter.
Dr. Guidry received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, with a minor in Education Studies in 1997. She then taught elementary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District for a brief time until starting a family with her college sweetheart. They settled in Long Beach, California with pre-Dr. Guidry caring for her family as a stay-at-home mom. After spending 14 years taking care of her children and community through church, youth sports organizations, PTA, etc., she decided to pursue a career in Medicine.
As an aptly termed “Non-traditional PreMed student” she attended Long Beach City College, where she worked as a Master Tutor of science courses, and student representative for the science professor hiring committee. She also took post-baccalaureate coursework at Cerritos College, where she served on the Dean’s Advisory Board and as President of the PreMed Club. Once accepted into medical school, she and her family moved to Texas for her matriculation to Texas A&M College of Medicine. There she served the underserved in the student run clinic ‘Health for All.’ Dr. Guidry subsequently matched into the Loma Linda University Medical Center Categorical Internal Medicine Program, her family happily returned Back to Cali for her training. In residency she was selected by her peers to advocate on the Program Improvement Committee. Today she serves patients & families in their homes as a Hospice & Palliative Care Medical Director, and her private mobile physician practice Mourning Dove Medical. She is most proud of her new podcast on Apple Podcasts, Anchor & YouTube: “At The Heart of Healthcare with Dr. G” Episode 1 “What is Hospice?”
Dr. Guidry is a strong Healthcare Advocate & Mentor who is passionate about combating healthcare disparities across medical specialties and providing strategies of success for aspiring physicians. She endlessly empowers people to navigate the broken US Healthcare system. Her goal is to normalize diversity in the pipeline of medicine. Her hobbies include enjoying the beach, fine dining, watching the News, Forensic Files reruns, and football—Go LA Rams!
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Malika Moore founded Aging & Amazing, LLC to provide support to Aging & Amazing Adults, Caregivers, and Professionals through innovative and engaging education and consultation etc. Aging & Amazing has evolved into a 24/7 online community designed especially for those aging, caregivers, and any professionals specializing in aging. Its scheduled launch is May 2022.
With more than 10 years of experience as a professional, clinician, and business owner Malika champions for older adults and caregivers. She has obtained valuable experience in working in behavioral health, community, education, and healthcare to her first-hand experience and strategies in serving the aging population, caregivers, and professionals specializing in aging. Her experience includes the roles of adjunct faculty, clinician, geriatric care management, medical social worker, psychotherapist, and support group facilitator. Her expertise has afforded her many opportunities across the District of Columbia to support agencies, older adults, and caregivers.
Malika brings creativity, experience, and passion to the most vulnerable and has worked in clinical settings with all age demographics and socioeconomic backgrounds. She has served in various leadership roles and enjoys uplifting and inspiring through motivational speaking and innovative strategies.
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Mary L. Flett, PhD is a keen observer of what it means to be an aging adult and offers her unique perspective on embracing the shift that aging brings. She is a passionate and engaging speaker on all things related to aging, and is known for her unique ability to bring humor and compassion to complex and emotionally challenging topics. She recently published a three-book series, “Aging with Finesse”, containing selections of blogs she has been writing for the past four years.
After over 30 years of working with elders as a psychologist, Dr. Mary now offers consultation on how to age-in place, how to manage life transitions, and how to adapt to the changes life presents as we age. She created Five Pillars of Aging, which she describes as a template for “re-negotiating your lease on life”. Five Pillars is a virtual classroom, with courses on how to create a legacy of values, how to stay engaged over the lifespan, how to adapt and accommodate rather than resist aging, exploring purpose and meaning in later life as a spiritual calling, and what she has coined, “emotional economics”. This last pillar synthesizes the key challenge of aging: believing I am enough, I have enough, knowing there is enough, and defining for yourself what is “good enough”.
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Maria Khader has worked in the healthcare field since 1995 specializing in the care of and advocating for the elderly. She established JK House of Grace Assisted Living Facilities in 1995. With Maria as the Director, these homes are recognized by colleagues and medical professionals for providing high quality nursing care, and specializing in the most difficult and complex cases of advanced dementia/behavioral problems. She has fulfilled her lifelong dream, where every aspect of the residents’ lives – body, mind, and spirit – are cared for and vital to their treatment. She is known as “The Dementia Whisperer” because of the gifts she uses to enhance the lives of her residents.
Maria is currently certified as a Case Manager/Delegating Nurse, a Certified Dementia Practitioner and a Certified Alzheimer’s disease Dementia Care Trainer and Speaker. In her many years in the health care field she has received honors from King Hussein and Queen Noor al Hussein in Jordan as an outstanding graduate in Nursing. She has also received certificates in public health and education from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD and certificates in curriculum development, education and development of education materials from Nottingham University in the UK.
Maria’s ongoing passion is to see her patients receive the best love and care possible. Her husband and 4 children are deeply involved in the day to day operations of the facilities and committed to supporting her passion.
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Katrina Wolf is the owner of Agewell Senior Fitness. She is an ACSM certified Personal Trainer, an ACE certified Senior Fitness Specialist and has over 20 years’ experience as a Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant working with the geriatric population.
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Tiffany DiPanni is the Founder of Social Savvy Seniors based out of Palm Beach County, Florida. She offers specialized programs and training to help older adults and caregivers adapt to the digital world we live in.
Originally from Rhode Island, Tiffany completed her undergraduate and Graduate School programs in South Florida. After many years pursuing a career in corporate America, Tiffany DiPanni officially established Social Savvy Seniors to empower more seniors with the digital literacy skills they need.
Tiffany has held leadership positions in several industries including medical, legal and sports marketing; but the senior community has always been the most near and dear to her heart, as she spent much of her time as a child with her grandmothers, great aunts, and all of their friends.
She believes the greatest generations are not given the same opportunities as others who are more tech-savvy, and she is working hard to change that. Simple technology skills can be life changing for so many and she is happy to share some of this information with you today!
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Dr. Shanelle James, a native Washingtonian, is CEO of LimbsNThings, LLC, Mobile & Telehealth Physical Therapy Practice and licensed physical therapist. Her quest to become a physical therapist began in elementary school when she observed her father go from injured to well following physical therapy treatments. Ever since then, she has been on a quest to become a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Upon graduation from Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, she went on to attend one of the few HBCUs offering the Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2005, Alabama State University. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Recreational Therapy in 2009 from Alabama State University (ASU) and during her undergraduate summers, she completed her prerequisites and was an inaugural member of the Maternal and Child Health Pipeline Training program prior to admission to the Physical Therapy Program at ASU. She completed her internship in Recreational Therapy at the Warm Springs Rehabilitation Center in Warm Springs, GA working in clinical and community recreation settings. She treated people diagnosed with acute traumatic brain injury, stroke, amputations, blindness and various adaptive sports programs, aquatics and more to improve quality of life. Dr. James earned her Certified Therapeutic Recreational Specialist (CTRS) certification while matriculating through her first year of ASU’s DPT Program. Dr. James aspired to see how PT was performed all over the country prior to graduating in 2012; therefore, she trained in many settings, inclusive of outpatient rehab in Georgia, inpatient rehab in Ohio, acute ICU/NICU in Oklahoma, assisted living and skilled nursing in DC. As a travel recreational therapist, Dr. James worked in acute psychiatric and tuberculosis unit in California while on her path to becoming a licensed PT in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia and has worked in skilled nursing, outpatient facilities early intervention, home health, house calls and inpatient rehabilitation. In each setting, Dr. James has developed ways to engage in fun rehabilitation tasks to achieve functional goals of each patient. Dr. James is the Secretary of the American Academy of Physical Therapy, a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and active with it’s DC Chapter. Monthly on Saturdays at 6pm, Dr. James talks with local businesses and professionals on Pull Up with LimbsNThings live on YouTube and Facebook to discuss topics pertinent to aging and physical function. When she’s not working, she is making memories with her husband, their 2 children and her parents.
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Lindsey B. Sarowitz has been with Handler & Levine, LLC, since 2013. Ms. Sarowitz is an associate with the firm, and regularly represents individuals, including Federal government employees, in preparing their estate plans, consisting of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives and other estate planning documents. She also represents Estates and Trustees in regard to decedent’s issues, helping guide families through probate and trust administration following the loss of a loved one.
Ms. Sarowitz graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. with a degree in Justice. She received her law degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, in San Diego, CA. Ms. Sarowitz is a member of the Bar in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, and practices regularly in all jurisdictions. She is originally from New York, and currently lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Jessica Conneely is a highly experienced facilitator in the field of dance and education With over 30 years of performing, teaching and educating others on the benefits of dance, Jess provides safety-conscious dance & movement programs for mature adults in Community and Aged Care across NSW.
Following a long career in the performing arts, Jessica works across the Arts and Health sectors delivering inclusive, artistic and holistic programs to enrich the lives of elders in care and community. As a trainer in education and dance, Jess works with Health and Care professionals to support the use of creativity and music to keep people moving safely to improve quality of life and wellbeing. Jess has received numerous awards and grants to further expand the best practice in dance and creative engagement for our ageing population.
As a trained and highly qualified educator, Jess has adapted her artistic imagination to mentor and encourage others to meet their potential in making a positive impact on an individual’s health and wellbeing.
Founded by Jessica in 2017, Dance4Wellbeing is internationally recognised as one of Australia’s most innovative dance and movement providers for over 55s in delivering programs across the Arts & Health sectors.
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Terri Lemere, M.S., OTR/L, ECHM, CAPS has been a practicing Occupational Therapist for 25 years. She has vast experience working in a variety of settings – skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehab, outpatient, hospital, assisted living facilities, and her favorite setting – home health. Terri earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology in 1991 from The University of South Carolina, and her Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy in 1996 from Towson University. Terri went on to earn her Executive Certificate in Home Modification from USC Leonard Davis, School of Gerontology in 2020. She also became a Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) in 2020.
She founded Healthy Home Living Solutions, LLC in 2021 and offers home safety assessments, aging in place solutions, and client/caregiver education on safe strategies and fall prevention. Terri lives in Middletown, Maryland (Frederick County) with her husband, two college-aged sons, and Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
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Lindsey McCormick is a Certified Dementia Care Specialist, Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant, and Certified Memory Coach. She also holds certifications in the Parkinson’s Big and Loud Program as well as Dr. Paul Lam’s Tai Chi for Rehabilitation. Most of all, Lindsey is on a mission to save as many brains as she can through the Enhance Protocol at the Maryland Center for Brain Health.
During 2020, she came to learn about a small clinic in Boise, Idaho who was doing revolutionary things and on the cutting edge of the latest cognitive research regarding the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases including various types of dementia, concussions, traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and more. They helped develop an exciting new program called The Enhance Protocol®, a phenomenal guide to helping individual’s operate their mind at peak potential.
The Maryland Center for Brain Health offers a truly holistic approach to the prevention and recovery of cognitive decline. Looking at the entire body system, we can identify contributing factors to an individual’s cognitive concerns, and we can guide you in achieving your optimal brain health to lead a stronger, more empowered and healthy life.
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Ajike O. Etumadu MD FACP. BC Internist, Geriatrician and Hospitalist in Charlotte NC. Residency in Internal medicine in – NYC and a Fellowship in Geriatrics LI NY. She has been working predominantly in a Hospitalist setting with a special passion for the Elderly.
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Shari Fleming is an Accredited Estate Planner® focused on helping individuals and businesses reach their goals. She is Principal of the Law Office of Shari Fleming, which is a law firm dedicated to serving with excellence and integrity throughout every transaction, committed to encouraging individuals and businesses to innovate and grow, and devoted to securing, maintaining, and transferring wealth to future generations. The firm’s areas of legal practice include business formation and succession planning, real estate, estate planning, and estate administration.
Shari Fleming received a Bachelor of Science in History, a Bachelor of Science in Black Studies, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. After graduation, she attended the University of Maryland School of Law, received a Degree of Juris Doctor, and was admitted to the Maryland State Bar in 2008. She is commissioned as a Notary Public in the State of Maryland, licensed as an Associate Real Estate Broker and Title Producer in the State of Maryland, and has been trained as a
court designated mediator of civil disputes.
In addition to practicing law, brokering real estate transactions, and mediating, Shari serves as an adjunct professor, and has taught community college to graduate level law courses. Currently, she teaches at the University of Maryland Global Campus and Howard Community College and facilitates real estate continuing education courses. Through higher education, she also serves as a Business Coach.
In 2020, Shari founded the Our Legacy Matters community with the purpose of advancing the concepts of ownership, wealth maintenance, and wealth retention within communities of color. Most recently, Shari Fleming has been named one of The Daily Record’s 2021 Leadership in Law Generation J.D. honorees, due to her dedication to the practice of law and her community!
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Lisa Weintraub Schifferle is a Senior Policy Analyst in the CFPB’s Office for Older Americans. She leads the Managing Someone Else’s Money financial caregiving program and supports the Office’s work to combat elder financial exploitation.
Ms. Schifferle’s career in consumer protection spans more than 20 years. Before coming to the CFPB, she worked for 12 years at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where she trained consumers, business and advocates on scams, identity theft, and cybersecurity. She also served as the FTC’s Identity Theft Coordinator and litigated fraud and data security cases.
Ms. Schifferle spent eight years at the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau, as a Staff Attorney and Supervising Attorney. She represented low-income clients in consumer, bankruptcy, housing, public benefits and employment cases.
Ms. Schifferle received her B.A. summa cum laude from Yale College and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
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Kyrié (Kee-re-ay) is a corporate coach and ageism activist. She loves being with others in their story, particularly at points of transition in career or life phase. She brings joy and enthusiasm to her coaching, focusing on gentle, sustainable growth as opposed to a “soul boot-camp.”
She is the co-founder of the anti-ageism clearinghouse OldSchool.info and the editor of the ChangingAging blog with more than 30,000 subscribers. She has spoken at the International Alzheimer’s Association Conference, the Eden Alternative Conference (featured in Atul Gawande’s best selling book: Being Mortal), and has most recently been touring the country with thought leader Dr. Bill Thomas on his ‘ChangingAging Tour’. Kyrie’s book, Healing Dementia, has been endorsed by renowned geriatrician Al Power, and her work on OldSchool, with TED speaker Ashton Applewhite, was recently featured in the New York Times.
Kyrié splits her time between San Francisco and vagabonding in her Sprinter camper van. In 2015 she traveled to all 50 states via van the culmination of which was founding a wellness center, Prosper.
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Dr. Joseph Casciani has a 40-year history in aging as a psychologist and manager of mental health practices. He was awarded the first contracts from the California Department of Aging in 1982 to develop mental health training for the state’s nursing homes. For 16 years, he was the clinical lead for a large mental health practice where he oversaw mental health programs for patients in hundreds of nursing homes, in eight states. He is past President of Psychologists in Long Term Care, and former Board Member of a national consortium of geropsychology training programs. He is the author of two books, Handbook of Health and Behavior and Living Longer IS the New Normal, and other articles and book chapters. For over three decades, he has presented to caregiver groups, health care professionals, and senior organizations. Concept Healthcare (also known as CoHealth) is his former
company, named to emphasize the importance of behavioral health concepts in the care of older adults. In 2018, he extended his professional interest in aging to his new venture, the Living to 100 Club. The website, www.Livingto100.Club, offers a collection of strategies and resources on successful aging, and his weekly podcasts on aging and longevity continues in this tradition with guests who share their professional insights and individuals with personal stories about overcoming their own obstacles.
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Jenevieve is a dually licensed integrated financial wealth advisor. She is currently one of the leading planners with the largest independent financial firm in the Mid-Atlantic, First Financial Group.
As an advocate for her business clients and member of NAIFA (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors) she has been educating the public since her role as VP-Financial Consultant at Charles Schwab in 2008. She is on the board of two small businesses, one in NY and one in Virginia. She lives in Reston with her husband, two children and their rescue dog.
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For 20 years, I have been advocating for the vulnerable and dying. For ten years, I trained and mediated elder disputes at the LA County Department of Consumer Affairs. I helped elders with family issues, including financial abuse and end-of-life care. In 2012, I earned an Executive Juris Doctor (EJD) from Concord Law School, a division of Purdue Global, majoring in Health Law. My internship was in Pediatric Hospice, where I spent a year attending Interdisciplinary Team Meetings and writing about my experiences.
For many years, I have been a hospice volunteer sitting at the bedside of many dying patients. In addition to supporting their families, I help tie up their final loose ends so they can pass in peace. I have been a Thanatologist since 2015. I am certified as an expert in caring for the dying and bereaved and teaching others about the dying process. I have clinical bioethics training and sat on two hospital bioethics committees.
In 2020, I became a Board-Certified Patient Advocate (BCPA) and started Ending Well Patient Advocacy, LLC. I weaved my past experiences into a business that specializes in giving people a voice in planning the last chapter of their life. I earned Facilitator certificates through Respecting Choices® and now offer community classes and presentations on advance care planning and surrogacy.
In January 2021, I became the Surrogate Consultant for the Final Exit Network (FEN). My role is to help FEN members and their partners who act as surrogates or healthcare proxies enforce and honor the patient’s Advance Directives.
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Dan Morhaim, M.D. brings a unique perspective: Physician, state legislator, academic, author, consultant. As an emergency medicine physician, he’s been on the front lines of health care for over 40 years, including 13 years (1981-1994) as Chair of Emergency Medicine at Franklin Square Hospital (Maryland). After his election to the Maryland General Assembly in 1994, he joined the ER Team at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital where he continues on staff. He was a physician volunteer for 3 years at a Baltimore homeless clinic and served on its Board, and he’s also worked on the Navajo Indian Reservation. As a state legislator, he served in the Maryland House of Delegates for 24 years (1995-2019), enacting 139 bills on a broad range of topics with a focus on healthcare, environment, public safety, and procurement reform. He has been and continues to be on numerous boards and committees including serving now as Chair of the Baltimore County Behavioral Health Advisory Council. He brings a clinical perspective to EagleForce, a health information technology company, and he is the medical director for commercial ambulance companies. As faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (16 years) he taught public policy, and his research on advance care planning led to numerous articles and two books: the first book in 2011 and his second in 2020 (“Preparing for A Better End, www.thebetterend.com) both from Johns Hopkins Press. The books have earned endorsements from a diverse group of distinguished people including Maya Angelou, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Dr. Leon McDougle, Dr. Leana Wen, and others from the medical, academic, faith, and business communities.
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As a National Board-Certified Teacher, Denise Calhoun developed a language arts curriculum for older adults titled, Changing Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging, published by Purdue University Press. She has a BA and teaching credential from UCLA, a master’s degree from California State University, Northridge and an EdD and PhD from Pepperdine University where her research has been focused on communicative interaction and cognition in older adults. To provide global awareness on this topic, she has presented at organizations such as the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and California Assisted Living Association (CALA). She has also written several articles on the subject. Her most recent articles are Computer usage and cognitive capability of older adults: Analysis of data from HRS, published in Educational Gerontology and Rethinking the education potential of older adults to delay the onset of dementia, published in The Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. Dr. Calhoun is the CEO of Communicare-Connections, a company dedicated to helping older adults maintain quality of life. She is currently in the process of launching a nonprofit organization, Communicare, with her partner Dr. Seung Lee. Communicare strives to provide opportunities for lifelong learning and meaningful social interaction across generations using innovative technologies.
Seung B. Lee, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Education at Pepperdine University in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. His research focuses on collaborative learning, online interactions, socio-cognitive processes and creativity among K-12 students, particularly in the context of STEM education. He is currently involved in two studies funded by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Lee’s methodological expertise is in quantitative ethnography and epistemic network analysis (ENA), which apply statistical and visualization techniques to model the structure of connections in the data. He served as the Program Committee Co-chair for the 2020 International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography. His previous professional experiences include policy research and program management roles with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and nonprofit foundations in Korea and the U.S.
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Lorraine Spiotta is a Community Liaison for Hospice of New Jersey. Building relationships within the community and simplifying the extensive coverage of hospice services to patients and families.
In addition, since 1997, Lorraine has worked to bring long term care insurance policies and a “peace of mind” to a diverse group of clients. Lorraine is the President and Founder of Senior Long-Term Care Insurance Brokerage, Inc.
Lorraine has been widely recognized and acknowledged in New Jersey as one of the foremost spokespersons in the LTCI (Long Term Care Insurance) industry. In addition, Lorraine is the author of “Key Solutions For Caregivers,” a simplistic and realistic guide for caregivers.
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Laurel Otey is the owner of Layered Living, a holistic wellness practice. She serves families and businesses worldwide as a certified Health Coach, international Wellness Educator, Celiac Disease Advocate, and Corporate Speaker. Laurel provides Health Coaching Programs with a focus on autoimmune disease, general Wellness Classes, and comprehensive Prenatal and Parenting Education for parents. All services are available online and by video-call.
Laurel transforms lives through the way we eat and live. Her clients eliminate unpleasant health symptoms and reduce their dependency on medications, resulting in decreased healthcare expenses. By alleviating unnecessary suffering, they gain a higher quality of life.
She was first inspired to begin her health coaching practice when faced with her child’s health problems. At one year old, Laurel’s oldest daughter began experiencing ongoing health problems – bloating and diarrhea, skin rashes, frequent illness, mood changes, and dark circles under her eyes. At the time, Laurel’s concerns were dismissed as those of a worried first-time mother.
Out of necessity and frustration, Laurel began researching in an effort to become a more informed and effective health advocate for her child. In the end, it was identified that her daughter did, in fact, have celiac disease and needed to be on a 100%, lifelong, gluten free diet (#nocrumbsplease).
This experience showed her that there is still a huge gap in knowledge and support around celiac disease and related conditions in our medical community. Laurel returned to school and graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She now serves as a necessary bridge between patients and doctors.
In between coaching and classes, Laurel enjoys spending time with her three kind, intelligent, food-loving daughters and creating new, delicious, gluten free recipes with her husband. The wellness challenges they have faced and overcome together continue to inform and shape Laurel as both a mother and wellness professional.
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Kyrié (Kee-re-ay) is a corporate coach and ageism activist. She loves being with others in their story, particularly at points of transition in career or life phase. She brings joy and enthusiasm to her coaching, focusing on gentle, sustainable growth as opposed to a “soul boot-camp.”
She is the co-founder of the anti-ageism clearinghouse OldSchool.info and the editor of the ChangingAging blog with more than 30,000 subscribers. She has spoken at the International Alzheimer’s Association Conference, the Eden Alternative Conference (featured in Atul Gawande’s best selling book: Being Mortal), and has most recently been touring the country with thought leader Dr. Bill Thomas on his ‘ChangingAging Tour’. Kyrie’s book, Healing Dementia, has been endorsed by renowned geriatrician Al Power, and her work on OldSchool, with TED speaker Ashton Applewhite, was recently featured in the New York Times.
Kyrié splits her time between San Francisco and vagabonding in her Sprinter camper van. In 2015 she traveled to all 50 states via van the culmination of which was founding a wellness center, Prosper.
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Gia Calhoun is a Pilates teacher based in Los Angeles, California, who has been teaching Pilates since 2007. She has been working for Pilates Anytime since 2013 and is the Vice President.
Growing up as a dancer in southern California, Gia started Pilates when she was 15 after a recommendation from one of her teachers to help with a recurring hip injury. She continued to study Pilates for the remainder of high school while she was training to become a professional ballet dancer. After she graduated, she enrolled at the University of California, Irvine, where she was a dance major. After her first year, she took a leave of absence and joined Columbia City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet. She later returned to school and received her B.A. in dance in 2007. During her final year of college, she simultaneously completed her Pilates teacher training with Diane Diefenderfer at Studio du Corps.
Upon graduation, Gia moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to dance with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and to teach Pilates at their school. She also taught Pilates at The Pilates Center of Pittsburgh. When she moved back to Los Angeles, she taught at various gyms, studios, and physical therapy offices in the area before finding a home at West LA Pilates. She taught there for five years before transitioning to a full-time employee of Pilates Anytime.
Gia continues to dance in a local ballet company, the Kenneth Walker Dance Project, who performed a tribute for Joseph Pilates at the 2017 Pilates Method Alliance conference.
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M. Jane Markley, RN President of M Jane Markley Consulting, LLC, is a consultant and healthcare ethics advisor with 35+ years experience in healthcare. She works with individuals, families, organizations, ethics committees, and healthcare systems to help them understand the importance of advance care planning for themselves, their loved ones and their members.
A retired Navy Nurse, she is board-certified in healthcare management, a patient advocate and a former hospital ethics committee chair. She trains healthcare advocates; speaks nationally and internationally; works one on one with individuals and their families to complete their advance directives; facilitates ethics training for medical students as an Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, and serves on the Maryland State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life. power of attorney.
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Dr. Deitrick, America’s Relaxation Doctor,® is a board-certified family physician who helps individuals discover ways to reduce stress and live a more full-filled life. In addition to being a physician, Dr. Deitrick is an entrepreneur, speaker and author of Relaxed and Ready – A Simple Roadmap to Reducing Workplace Stress and Frustration, and the adult coloring book, Relaxed and Ready, designed to reduce anxiety levels. Her newest book is Grateful and Ready Journal. To learn more, visit www.drdeitrickg.com.
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Mr. Melton began his career with the Social Security Administration in September 1976 as a Claims Representative in the New Iberia, LA field office. During August 1979 he transferred to the Lake Charles, LA District Office and worked there as a Claims Representative, Operations Analyst, and Operations Supervisor. In June 1989, he transferred to the Winchester VA District Office. In June 1990, he was selected as the Field Representative for a 14-county district in Virginia and West Virginia that is serviced by the Winchester, Manassas, Culpeper and Martinsburg SSA field offices. He was responsible for the coordination of public information & education activities throughout the district. On March 6, 2005, Mr. Melton was selected as a Public Affairs Specialist for the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. As a member of a 3-person public information team working in cooperation with 14 offices serving the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, he is involved in a variety of public affairs activities. Through the establishment and maintenance of networks of working relationships, he consults with a wide variety of media outlets, governmental entities, special interest groups and key employers. He ensures the public is properly informed as to the solvency, direction and purpose of Social Security Administration programs. Mr. Melton also served as the Acting District Manager of the Martinsburg WV District Office on two occasions.
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Dr. Green is the President and CEO of Caregiver Support Services, which specializes in supporting family and professional caregivers across the lifespan through direct supportive services. She is the author of three books At the Heart of the Matter, Caregiving in the New Millennium, and Reflections from the Soul, and currently writes a monthly article that focuses on self-care among caregivers. Dr. Green has extensive experience focused on caregivers’ health and wellness, with an emphasis on caregiver stress, burnout, and related family conflicts.
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Susan Kousek, the owner of Balanced Spaces®, LLC in Reston, Virginia, is a Certified Professional Organizer and a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) and of the National Speakers Association (NSA).
In 1999, she founded Balanced Spaces and has since worked with hundreds of people helping them lead a more organized life in their office or home. Through her seminars, she has taught thousands of attendees how to better manage their time, organize their paper and computer documents, manage email, and declutter their homes and offices.
Seminar clients include local and federal government agencies, trade associations, non-profits, and corporations. She has also presented many times at the NAPO national conference, as well as at NAPO chapters. Individual clients include government and corporate employees, small business and non-profit CEOs, solopreneurs, homeowners, and retirees.
Susan is semi-retired now and feels strongly about giving back to the community so she teaches seminars on downsizing and how to easily create your home inventory, two activities that many people intend to do, but keep putting off. She’s happy when she hears that her seminar attendees were motivated to take action.
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Jenevieve is a dually licensed integrated financial wealth advisor. She is currently one of the leading planners with the largest independent financial firm in the Mid-Atlantic, First Financial Group.
As an advocate for her business clients and member of NAIFA (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors) she has been educating the public since her role as VP-Financial Consultant at Charles Schwab in 2008. She is on the board of two small businesses, one in NY and one in Virginia. She lives in Reston with her husband, two children and their rescue dog. finance personal finance financial wellness financial wellness tips
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Hosai Todd Hesham, MD is a board-certified Otolaryngologist that has been in practice for more than a decade. She is a graduate of Albany Medical College and finished her ENT training at Georgetown University. After finishing her residency, she decided to stay in the DC region. She has worked at the DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where she served as ENT Section Chief. For the last 6 years she has been in private practice focusing on surgical treatment of thyroid disease, salivary gland, and office-based sinus procedures. Dr. Todd Hesham is also active in global health and volunteers her time doing international medical work.
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Lindsey Sarowitz joined Handler & Levine, LLC in 2013. Ms. Sarowitz is an associate with the firm, and regularly represents individuals, including Federal government employees, in preparing their estate plans, consisting of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives and other estate planning documents. She also represents Estates and Trustees in regard to decedent’s issues, helping guide families through probate and trust administration following the loss of a loved one.
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With more than 30 years in the audiology and hearing aid industry, Steve DeMari brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership to his position as Director of Business Development and Education. He is responsible for maintaining and growing the customer base and cultivating new relationships as well as mentoring outreach peers and account managers.
Steve’s passion for the industry began during his early years in Syracuse, New York, with his hard-of-hearing sister. He helped trouble shoot her hearing aids and teletypewriter, became involved with the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities in Central New York, and volunteered with the audiology mobile unit at Rochester Hearing and Speech Center. Steve earned a master’s degree in audiology from Syracuse University, then completed a clinical and research audiologist fellowship at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach, California.
Steve has served in a variety of leadership roles. Most recently, he was Vice President of Sales and Account Management and Director of Audiology for United Healthcare Hearing. Previously, he was Director of Government Services and Business Development for Phonak, Starkey, and Sivantos as well as audiologist and manager for a wide demographic of medical and private practice clinics in Los Angeles and Chicago. Under his leadership, these companies and channels enjoyed market-share rise and team growth. Steve was instrumental in launching the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program in Illinois.
Steve is a member of the American Academy of Audiology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Illinois AA. He stays highly involved in the industry through several social networks and professional blogs and continuing education within the field of Audiology.
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Dr. Mark Hinkes is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine who recently retired from clinical care after 40 years’ service. 20 years in private practice in Miami, FL and 20 years at the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. In Nashville, Tennessee he served as the Chief of Podiatry Services and Director of Podiatric Medical Education. He has been the Chairman of the Preservation Amputation Care and Treatment (PACT) Program for over a decade.
His service was responsible for providing the full spectrum of foot health care including primary podiatric medicine, pedal biomechanical evaluations, orthotic/prosthetic services, preventive foot care for patients with diabetes and at-risk limbs, wound care and foot surgery. He also provided consultation services for primary care, emergency care services, and specialty service clinics.
Before moving to Nashville, Dr. Hinkes was the Chief of the Podiatry Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Virginia. He served as National Field Advisor for Quality Assurance for Podiatric Medicine for the Veterans Administration. Dr. Hinkes has been a consultant for hospitals, extended care facilities, and corporations. He has served on multiple hospital committees, lectured nationally and internationally for community groups and schools, and has published peer-reviewed journal articles. He is the author of two books on diabetic foot health, Keep The Legs You Stand On, and Healthy Feet for People with Diabetes. Dr. Hinkes participated in teaching podiatric medicine at the graduate level at Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine in Miami, Florida from 1987 to 1998 as Adjunct Associate Professor of Podiatric Medicine. He is bilingual, English-Spanish, and has been a consultant to the electronic and print media in both languages. He has been President of the Dade County (Florida) Podiatric Medical Association. He has served as a clinical investigator for Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Hinkes started his podiatric medical career in Miami, Florida where he completed his American Podiatric Medical Association-approved medical/surgical residency training at Westchester General Hospital. Dr. Hinkes graduated in May 1976 from Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio as a member of Phi Alpha Pi Professional Fraternity. In January 1973, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois. His teaching at post-graduate level included Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and Geriatric Medicine in Nashville that focused on common foot problems with an emphasis on the diabetic foot, ulcer and amputation prevention in the at-risk patient.
Dr. Hinkes is certified by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery and the American Professional Wound Care Association. He is a diplomat of the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons. His professional memberships include the American Podiatric Medical Association, American Podiatric Writers Association, American Professional Wound Care Association and Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. He is a frequent blog contributor to several wound care blogs including Podiatry Today Magazine and his personal LinkedIn site. He is President and CMO of ePrevenir, a company who offers a cloud-based tool for Primary Care Providers to manage the four comorbidities of diabetes. In his leisure time, Dr. Hinkes enjoys raising roses, traveling, playing backgammon, and creating stained glass art.
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Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, FRCSI is a hand and upper extremity surgeon, author and healthcare entrepreneur in Doral (Miami), Florida.
Badia studied physiology at Cornell University and obtained his medical degree at NYU, where he also trained in orthopedics. A hand fellowship at Alleghany General Hospital in Pittsburgh was followed by an AO trauma fellowship in Freiburg, Germany. He runs an international hand fellowship, served on the review board of a hand surgery techniques journal, and previously organized a yearly Miami meeting for surgeons /therapists devoted to upper limb arthroscopy and arthroplasty. This international meeting was held at the renowned Miami Anatomical Research Center ( M.A.R.C. ) which Badia co-founded in 2005.
In 2008 he created the Badia Hand to Shoulder Center, having previously co-founded the Miami Hand Center, and Surgery Center at Doral.
In 2010 he launched OrthoNOW®, the first immediate orthopedic care center in south Florida, later franchising the concept which can now be licensed to orthopedic colleagues and healthcare systems and currently seeking the optimal strategic healthcare partner.
He is past president of the International Society for Sport Traumatology of the Hand (ISSPORTH) is a member of several orthopedic societies (AAOS, ASSH, AAHS, EWAS), honorary member of more than 10 international hand surgery and arthroscopy associations, and served as honored professor at the prestigious Philadelphia Hand Course in 2012. Having lectured in all seven continents he is currently focused on improving healthcare delivery in the orthopedics and sports medicine realm.
Dr Badia has outlined his journey and delved into the major challenges and hurdles of delivering healthcare in the U.S. through his Amazon best-selling book, “Healthcare from the Trenches” published during the Covid19 pandemic.
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Dan Morhaim, M.D. brings a unique perspective: Physician, state legislator, academic, author, consultant. As an emergency medicine physician, he’s been on the front lines of health care for over 40 years, including 13 years (1981-1994) as Chair of Emergency Medicine at Franklin Square Hospital (Maryland). After his election to the Maryland General Assembly in 1994, he joined the ER Team at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital where he continues on staff. He was a physician volunteer for 3 years at a Baltimore homeless clinic and served on its Board, and he’s also worked on the Navajo Indian Reservation. As a state legislator, he served in the Maryland House of Delegates for 24 years (1995-2019), enacting 139 bills on a broad range of topics with a focus on healthcare, environment, public safety, and procurement reform. He has been and continues to be on numerous boards and committees including serving now as Chair of the Baltimore County Behavioral Health Advisory Council. He brings a clinical perspective to EagleForce, a health information technology company, and he is the medical director for commercial ambulance companies. As faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (16 years) he taught public policy, and his research on advance care planning led to numerous articles and two books: the first book in 2011 and his second in 2020 (“Preparing for A Better End, www.thebetterend.com) both from Johns Hopkins Press. The books have earned endorsements from a diverse group of distinguished people including Maya Angelou, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Dr. Leon McDougle, Dr. Leana Wen, and others from the medical, academic, faith, and business communities.
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Ryan Backer is an age activist striving to undo ageism within an intersectional framework. They have been on this social justice path since 2013 and are a co-creator of OldSchool.info, as clearinghouse anti-ageism resources. They’ve facilitated workshops on undoing ageism and queering age internationally. Ryan aims to eradicate ageism, along with white supremacy, gender bias, ableism, body shaming, homophobia, classism and all other forms of oppression. They’ve worked as an in-home care partner, as well as interned at the Edie Windsor SAGE Center, the NYC Elder Abuse Center, and Brooklyn Pride Center’s ElderPRIDE. When they are not presenting workshops or working on Old School they are organizing intergenerational events and groups, creating zines, and writing articles for ChangingAging. Ryan identifies as a white, non-binary, European-American ‘old person in training’ with an undergraduate degree in Gerontology.
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Cheryl has over 30 years of experience as a clinician and a researcher in health policy, focusing on a variety of areas including cost, access and quality of care. In addition to being a pharmacist, she went on to get a MBA and PhD. Her research work has focused on developing and validating healthcare quality measures across different types of care. She has worked at a number of the large research organizations that work with Medicare,
Medicaid, and private insurers. But her most important work has been helping people steer their way through the health care system.
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Robert Taylor / CEO Taylormade Sleep Services and Consulting
Robert Taylor has over 12 years experience in the field of sleep medicine. Robert Taylor received his education from the Texas School Of Sleep Medicine. Since being registered in sleep by the BRPT, Taylor has been a technical director, marketer for sleep services, regional director, travel neurodiagnostic specialist, and sleep educator. Taylor’s passion for sleep therapy and education led him to start Taylormade Sleep. His belief was that patients deserve care that’s more affordable, convenient, and specialized. Its not enough to just diagnose a patient, rather he wants to focus on all around health with proper sleep, nutrition, and proper mindset.
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Kyrié (Kee-re-ay) is a corporate coach and ageism activist. She loves being with others in their story, particularly at points of transition in career or life phase. She brings joy and enthusiasm to her coaching, focusing on gentle, sustainable growth as opposed to a “soul boot-camp.”
She is the co-founder of the anti-ageism clearinghouse OldSchool.info and the editor of the ChangingAging blog with more than 30,000 subscribers. She has spoken at the International Alzheimer’s Association Conference, the Eden Alternative Conference (featured in Atul Gawande’s best selling book: Being Mortal), and has most recently been touring the country with thought leader Dr. Bill Thomas on his ‘ChangingAging Tour’. Kyrie’s book, Healing Dementia, has been endorsed by renowned geriatrician Al Power, and her work on OldSchool, with TED speaker Ashton Applewhite, was recently featured in the New York Times.
Kyrié splits her time between San Francisco and vagabonding in her Sprinter camper van. In 2015 she traveled to all 50 states via van the culmination of which was founding a wellness center, Prosper.
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M. Jane Markley, RN President of M Jane Markley Consulting, LLC, is a consultant and healthcare ethics advisor with 35+ years experience in healthcare. She works with individuals, families, organizations, ethics committees, and healthcare systems to help them understand the importance of advance care planning for themselves, their loved ones and their members.
A retired Navy Nurse, she is board-certified in healthcare management, a patient advocate and a former hospital ethics committee chair. She trains healthcare advocates; speaks nationally and internationally; works one on one with individuals and their families to complete their advance directives; facilitates ethics training for medical students as an Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, and serves on the Maryland State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life. power of attorney.
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Janet Bunce, founder and owner of Your Age in Place Plan, is an aging lifecare professional and certified geriatric care manager. She specializes in helping clients achieve their goal to remain in their homes as they age – aging in place. In over 16 years of working with older adults and their families she has been able to establish what determines successful aging in place and demonstrate that doing so is a choice that requires a plan. In the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the perils of life in nursing homes and aging in place has gone from a fervent desire to an urgent imperative. Janet is on a mission to help people enjoy empowered lives aging in the home of their choice.
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Mr. Melton began his career with the Social Security Administration in September 1976 as a Claims Representative in the New Iberia, LA field office. During August 1979 he transferred to the Lake Charles, LA District Office and worked there as a Claims Representative, Operations Analyst, and Operations Supervisor. In June 1989, he transferred to the Winchester VA District Office. In June 1990, he was selected as the Field Representative for a 14-county district in Virginia and West Virginia that is serviced by the Winchester, Manassas, Culpeper and Martinsburg SSA field offices. He was responsible for the coordination of public information & education activities throughout the district. On March 6, 2005, Mr. Melton was selected as a Public Affairs Specialist for the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. As a member of a 3-person public information team working in cooperation with 14 offices serving the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, he is involved in a variety of public affairs activities. Through the establishment and maintenance of networks of working relationships, he consults with a wide variety of media outlets, governmental entities, special interest groups and key employers. He ensures the public is properly informed as to the solvency, direction and purpose of Social Security Administration programs. Mr. Melton also served as the Acting District Manager of the Martinsburg WV District Office on two occasions.
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PIPPA KELLY is one of the UK’s foremost writers on dementia. An award-winning blogger and journalist, she hosts the highly successful dementia podcast Well I Know Now and speaks regularly on elderly care and dementia. Her haunting novel, Invisible Ink, which has a small but significant dementia thread based on her late mother, was published in 2016. You can read her blog https://pippakelly.co.uk/, listen to her podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/well-i-know-now/id1513600445
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Dr. Desai is a geriatric psychiatrist and an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Washington School of Medicine. He is the co-author (along with his wife Dr Faith Galliano Desai) of the book One Day Mindfulness Millionaire: Living Mindfully – A Lighthearted Primer for the Uninitiated. He is also the co-author (along with his mentor Dr. George Grossberg, a national and international leader in Geriatric Psychiatry) of the book Psychiatric Consultation in Long-term Care: A guide for healthcare professionals, 2nd Edition published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. His practice focuses on helping patients with Intellectual disabilities, Autism, Treatment-resistant Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder, Dementias and Long-term care residents. He has been in practice for 21 years. Dr. Desai conducts workshops on stress management and neuroplasticity-based resilience training that includes learning simple mantra meditations and living mindfully.
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Saba Shahid, M.S.: Chief Smiling Officer of Creative Neurology (formerly The Art Cart), Author and Creator of Let’s Combat Micrographia®
Saba Shahid is the Chief Smiling Officer of Creative Neurology (formerly The Art Cart), an internationally acclaimed organization that ignites creativity to take back control of symptoms in people with Parkinson’s Disease. In a short amount of time, Saba has developed her “Smile Through Art®” creativity and movement program and Let’s Combat Micrographia® program into an international offering that provides programming to thousands of patients teaching them how to live better with their symptoms instead of feeling burdened by them. Creative Neurology travels to different communities worldwide and also provides programming virtually. Saba is the author of “Lets Combat Micrographia® book series. The Let’s Combat Micrographia® books and program is the only research-based program in the world that is proven to help improve small handwriting in as little as three to six weeks. Saba is a current board member for DopaFit, Inc. Saba has created strategic partnerships with organizations, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies nationally that all join her in her mission to spread smiles through creativity and movement.
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Lindsey Sarowitz joined Handler & Levine, LLC in 2013. Ms. Sarowitz is an associate with the firm, and regularly represents individuals, including Federal government employees, in preparing their estate plans, consisting of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives and other estate planning documents. She also represents Estates and Trustees in regard to decedent’s issues, helping guide families through probate and trust administration following the loss of a loved one.
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John is the Founder and CEO of Home EXCEPT Inc. He was the Director of Distribution Partnerships for Brother International Canada. In 2015 he began consulting and in March of 2016 he was presenting on behalf of a client to the CDC in Atlanta. At that meeting he learned about the challenges of aging in place. In early 2017 John incorporated Home Except Inc to solve the problem of private remote monitoring to age in place. In October 2020 HomeEXCEPT launched its fully certified solution.
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Jon is an award-winning producer, multimedia innovator, and baseball historian with over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry working with clients like Disney, Pixar, and Universal Studios.
Since 2018, Jon has led “BasebALZ”, a reminiscence therapy program from the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) in partnerships with Alzheimer’s Los Angeles, the Veteran’s Administration, and Alzheimer’s San Diego. Jon is also the chair for SABR’s Baseball Memories group, whose mission is to initiate more baseball reminiscences therapy programs led by their membership in chapters around the USA.
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Dr. Carol A. Penn, DO, MA, ABOM, FACOFP doubly Board Certified in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine as well as being a Master movement, meditation, and mindset coach brings more than 40 years of experience and expertise in Mind Body Medicine and the movement sciences. Gifted with the ability to inspire and educate about self care, Dr. Penn brings a unique set of skills to her work as a physician. Her work in Mindful Movement and the dynamic small group facilitation work in the Mind Body Spirit Medicine series is designed to assist each participant in their journey of deep self care and in learning how to prioritize themselves on behalf of achieving their best and highest self. In her online Mind Body Medicine series you will learn how to balance your Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous system as well as how to uncouple the amygdala and hippocampus regions of the brain from fear based behaviors that hold us back and keep us stuck.
Dr. Penn hoping to guide each person on their own unique journey, holds national certifications in Mind Body Medicine from the Center for Mind Body Medicine; Health, Wellness and Fitness Coach from Wellcoaches; and is a certified Personal Trainer from the National Council on Strength and Fitness. Additionally, she has a 500 hour certification in yoga from Soma Yoga and is certified in Organ Cleansing QiGong. She also brings her artistic sensibilities to the marriage of the arts and medicine with her background as a professionally trained dancer and choreographer with the world famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and a Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Teaching Fellow, Dr. Penn will get you moving and keep you moving on your path to health and wellness.
Having achieved a rare standard of excellence in the Academic community, Dr. Penn is a Fellow in the American Academy of Osteopathic Family Physicians and is Clinical Faculty with Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, the Center for Mind Body Medicine, and the Medical Moguls Academy. She is a recent graduate of the Whole Health Medical Institute and serves as a leader in her community as a member of the Board of Health and in her capacity as a Trustee with Lunch Break Inc. She is also a two time best selling author and her book: Meditation In a Time of Madness, launched in 2019 as a number 1 best seller in the category of meditation and alternative medicine.
A business woman, servant leader and entrepreneur, Dr. Penn is a Founder/Activist and Chief Visionary Officer of Penn Global Visions LLC, a health and education multi-media firm changing the world one meditation at a time. Soon the doors to Penn Mogul Medical Group, her concierge medical practice will be open! She is a medical correspondent for WURD Radio in Philadelphia where she is a frequent guest and Podcastor as well as the host of her own weekly show and podcast: Weightless in Mind, Body and Spirit. A creative forever, she continues to direct her all volunteer women’s dance ensemble Core of Fire.
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Dr. Green is the President and CEO of Caregiver Support Services, which specializes in supporting family and professional caregivers across the lifespan through direct supportive services. She is the author of three books At the Heart of the Matter, Caregiving in the New Millennium, and Reflections from the Soul, and currently writes a monthly article that focuses on self-care among caregivers. Green has extensive experience focused on caregivers’ health and wellness, with an emphasis on caregiver stress, burnout, and related family conflicts.
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Olga is a Speech and Language Pathologist specializing in swallow disorders, accent modification, and speech therapy services for adults working to improve overall personal and professional communication skills.
Olga received her Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Linguistics from the University of Michigan in 2007 and her Masters in Communication Science and Disorders from Wayne State University in 2010.
She has since worked in several states and healthcare settings, currently residing in Northern VA and providing speech therapy services to clients via teletherapy and in acute care at three local hospitals. Olga also has experience teaching ESL and she is fluent in Russian.
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Jenevieve is a dually licensed integrated financial wealth advisor. She is currently one of the leading planners with the largest independent financial firm in the Mid-Atlantic, First Financial Group.
As an advocate for her business clients and member of NAIFA (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors) she has been educating the public since her role as VP-Financial Consultant at Charles Schwab in 2008. She is on the board of two small businesses, one in NY and one in Virginia. She lives in Reston with her husband, two children and their rescue dog.
Jenevieve is passionate about sharing knowledge and “balance sheet” protection with integrated tax optimization with professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners.
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Lorraine Spiotta is a Community Liaison for Hospice of New Jersey. Building relationships within the community and simplifying the extensive coverage of hospice services to patients and families.
In addition, since 1997, Lorraine has worked to bring long term care insurance policies and a “peace of mind” to a diverse group of clients. Lorraine is the President and Founder of Senior Long-Term Care Insurance Brokerage, Inc.
Lorraine has been widely recognized and acknowledged in New Jersey as one of the foremost spokespersons in the LTCI (Long Term Care Insurance) industry. In addition, Lorraine is the author of “Key Solutions For Caregivers,” a simplistic and realistic guide for caregivers.
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Dan Morhaim, M.D. brings a unique perspective: Physician, state legislator, academic, author, consultant. As an emergency medicine physician, he’s been on the front lines of health care for over 40 years, including 13 years (1981-1994) as Chair of Emergency Medicine at Franklin Square Hospital (Maryland). After his election to the Maryland General Assembly in 1994, he joined the ER Team at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital where he continues on staff. He was a physician volunteer for 3 years at a Baltimore homeless clinic and served on its Board, and he’s also worked on the Navajo Indian Reservation. As a state legislator, he served in the Maryland House of Delegates for 24 years (1995-2019), enacting 139 bills on a broad range of topics with a focus on healthcare, environment, public safety, and procurement reform. He has been and continues to be on numerous boards and committees including serving now as Chair of the Baltimore County Behavioral Health Advisory Council. He brings a clinical perspective to EagleForce, a health information technology company, and he is the medical director for commercial ambulance companies. As faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (16 years) he taught public policy, and his research on advance care planning led to numerous articles and two books: the first book in 2011 and his second in 2020 (“Preparing for A Better End, www.thebetterend.com) both from Johns Hopkins Press. The books have earned endorsements from a diverse group of distinguished people including Maya Angelou, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Dr. Leon McDougle, Dr. Leana Wen, and others from the medical, academic, faith, and business communities.
Erin Scheithe joined the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection in 2017 as a Content Specialist in the Office for Older Americans. Prior to joining the CFPB, she served as the Vice President of Grassroots at the American Bankers Association and was responsible for encouraging bankers to engage with their members of Congress. She previously worked in AARP’s Education and Outreach department, developing resources on financial security issues for the 50+ population.
The majority of Erin’s career has been spent in the field of financial education. She worked for both the American Bankers Association and North Carolina Bankers Association to develop programs to teach children and parents the basics of financial literacy. Erin obtained both a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia.
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Judith Levy’s work experience ran the gamut from pediatrics, establishment of a hospital Occupational Therapy rehabilitation program, work in a home rehabilitation program, to educational as a local college Occupational Therapy guest lecturer, and finally teaching the Occupational Therapy component at a home health aide training program.
She wrote her book “Activities to Do with Your Parent Who Has Alzheimer’s Dementia” after her mothers diagnosis. It was at this time that Mrs. Levy began speaking at caregiver training sessions and at Alzheimer’s family support groups.
Mr. Dunavant spearheaded the expansion by Doyle into the Mid-Atlantic region over twenty years ago, establishing the Washington, DC office and now the company’s continued expansion further into the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. He continues to supervise estate appraisals, museum deaccessions, and art and antiques evaluations for heirs and collectors. He frequently travels throughout the United States giving lectures, sharing his passion for antique silver, and aiding in business development for the company. Mr. Dunavant lectures frequently on a broad range of topics including specific collecting areas such as Antique Silver, the history of dining, and general collecting trends. In addition, Mr. Dunavant has shared his expertise as an appraiser on the popular television series Antiques Roadshow for fifteen consecutive seasons from 2004-2020; and looks forward to the 2021 season.
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Dr. Mark Hinkes is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine who recently retired from clinical care after 40 years’ service. 20 years in private practice in Miami, FL and 20 years at the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. In Nashville, Tennessee he served as the Chief of Podiatry Services and Director of Podiatric Medical Education. He has been the Chairman of the Preservation Amputation Care and Treatment (PACT) Program for over a decade.
His service was responsible for providing the full spectrum of foot health care including primary podiatric medicine, pedal biomechanical evaluations, orthotic/prosthetic services, preventive foot care for patients with diabetes and at-risk limbs, wound care and foot surgery. He also provided consultation services for primary care, emergency care services, and specialty service clinics.
Before moving to Nashville, Dr. Hinkes was the Chief of the Podiatry Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Virginia. He served as National Field Advisor for Quality Assurance for Podiatric Medicine for the Veterans Administration. Dr. Hinkes has been a consultant for hospitals, extended care facilities, and corporations. He has served on multiple hospital committees, lectured nationally and internationally for community groups and schools, and has published peer-reviewed journal articles. He is the author of two books on diabetic foot health, Keep The Legs You Stand On, and Healthy Feet for People with Diabetes. Dr. Hinkes participated in teaching podiatric medicine at the graduate level at Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine in Miami, Florida from 1987 to 1998 as Adjunct Associate Professor of Podiatric Medicine. He is bilingual, English-Spanish, and has been a consultant to the electronic and print media in both languages. He has been President of the Dade County (Florida) Podiatric Medical Association. He has served as a clinical investigator for Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Hinkes started his podiatric medical career in Miami, Florida where he completed his American Podiatric Medical Association-approved medical/surgical residency training at Westchester General Hospital. Dr. Hinkes graduated in May 1976 from Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio as a member of Phi Alpha Pi Professional Fraternity. In January 1973, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois. His teaching at post-graduate level included Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and Geriatric Medicine in Nashville that focused on common foot problems with an emphasis on the diabetic foot, ulcer and amputation prevention in the at-risk patient.
Dr. Hinkes is certified by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery and the American Professional Wound Care Association. He is a diplomat of the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons. His professional memberships include the American Podiatric Medical Association, American Podiatric Writers Association, American Professional Wound Care Association and Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. He is a frequent blog contributor to several wound care blogs including Podiatry Today Magazine and his personal LinkedIn site. He is President and CMO of ePrevenir, a company who offers a cloud-based tool for Primary Care Providers to manage the four comorbidities of diabetes. In his leisure time, Dr. Hinkes enjoys raising roses, traveling, playing backgammon, and creating stained glass art.
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Since his mother passed away from complications due to Parkinson’s Disease in 2011, Chad has made it his life mission to help people with Parkinson’s Disease lead healthy and fulfilling lives. Chad, is the founder of DopaFit, Inc., a one of a kind movement center for people living with Parkinson’s in Western and Central Massachusetts. Dopafit, offers group exercise classes, yoga, chorus, drumming, Smile Through Art Workshops, tai chi, and dance for people living with Parkinson’s disease. Chad, is Rock Steady Boxing certified, Delay the Disease certified, and PD SELF certified. He is a board member for the American Parkinson’s Disease Association Massachusetts chapter and a public policy advocate on both the state and federal level. Chad has worked with the Michael J. Fox foundation to help raise awareness on Capitol Hill about the problems people living with Parkinson’s disease face on a daily basis. Currently, Chad is working on legislation in Massachusetts that will allow firefighters and first responders who are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease receive early retirement and a full pension. Chad works hard every day to make sure that people are living well with their Parkinson’s disease.
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M. Jane Markley, RN President of M Jane Markley Consulting, LLC, is a consultant and healthcare ethics advisor with 35+ years experience in healthcare. She works with individuals, families, organizations, ethics committees, and healthcare systems to help them understand the importance of advance care planning for themselves, their loved ones and their members.
A retired Navy Nurse, she is board-certified in healthcare management, a patient advocate and a former hospital ethics committee chair. She trains healthcare advocates; speaks nationally and internationally; works one on one with individuals and their families to complete their advance directives; facilitates ethics training for medical students as an Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, and serves on the Maryland State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life. power of attorney.
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Ajike O. Etumadu MD FACP. BC Internist, Geriatrician and Hospitalist in Charlotte NC. Residency in Internal medicine in – NYC and a Fellowship in Geriatrics LI NY. She has been working predominantly in a Hospitalist setting with a special passion for the Elderly.
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Dr. Galina Reitz is the Faculty Program Director at the University of Maryland, College of Information studies. Dr. Reitz joined the iSchool after 12 years as a faculty member and administrator at UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County). Dr. Reitz has presented her research at venues around the country and internationally, as well as consulted with technology companies on the design of new devices for older persons. Dr. Reitz has published on various topics including Voice Technology in Supporting Older persons with cognitive impairments, Person-Centered Technology and Quality of Life, Narratives of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Supporting Caregivers and Care Recipients after the Onset of Cognitive Impairment with Home Based Technology. Most recently Dr. Reitz was awarded a three-year NSF Grant to explore Negotiating Cyber Systems Access for Older Adults with Mild Neurocognitive Disorder. In addition to research Dr. Reitz is focused on the development and continuous enhancement of all aspects of academic programming and continuing to establish community partnerships that support career pathways for students.
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Lynn Socci is a certified Medicaid planner and owner of Medi-Asset Protect. At Medi-Asset Protect, they help families navigate an often-confusing process, so they qualify for the care
needed to live better lives. in-home care and personal care services.
Michael Anthony is a former delegate to the White House Conference on Aging, Chair of the Certified Medicaid Planner™ Governing Board, author and lecturer, and subject matter expert in the area of Medicaid Planning. Mr. Anthony wrote the largest textbook on the subject of
Medicaid Planning and teaches an extensive curriculum of Continuing Legal Education.
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Dr. Irina Koyfman is a Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Nursing Practice with more than 20 years of clinical experience.
Along with being a clinician, she is a leader and an entrepreneur, she owned and operated multiples healthcare venues. She is a Subject Matter Expert in Care Coordination, Chronic Care Management and a Dementia Care Specialist. She worked at large health insurance companies, hospitals and private practice. She is a nursing professor at International College of Health Science and a consultant. She is passionate about patient care and her mission is to empower patients and caregivers to take control and become a quarterback of their health.
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Susan Kousek, the owner of Balanced Spaces®, LLC in Reston, Virginia, is a Certified Professional Organizer and a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) and of the National Speakers Association (NSA).
In 1999, she founded Balanced Spaces and has since worked with hundreds of people helping them lead a more organized life in their office or home. Through her seminars, she has taught thousands of attendees how to better manage their time, organize their paper and computer documents, manage email, and declutter their homes and offices.
Seminar clients include local and federal government agencies, trade associations, non-profits, and corporations. She has also presented many times at the NAPO national conference, as well as at NAPO chapters. Individual clients include government and corporate employees, small business and non-profit CEOs, solopreneurs, homeowners, and retirees.
Susan is semi-retired now and feels strongly about giving back to the community so she teaches seminars on downsizing and how to easily create your home inventory, two activities that many people intend to do, but keep putting off. She’s happy when she hears that her seminar attendees were motivated to take action.
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While a member of the Santa Fe Estate Planners Council, Betsy Ehrenberg founded Legacy Concierge to protect wealth especially after a person passes away. Her company has been at the forefront of digital property protection for the past five years.
Our world has changed; we are aware that digital assets reside in over 160 locations and trust and estate investment planning with digital assets is more strategic today than ever before. Financial risks have risen from the pervasive electronic fraud that is now extant in the virtual and digital age.
For some background, Betsy came from the world of software, starting with founding Operations Control Systems, a software company providing performance and security services to the top Fortune 50 companies.
As the first female manager at IBM Canada, Betsy was a role model for other businesswomen seeking sales and engineering leadership positions at high-tech firms in North America. Professional awards include Silicon Valley Business Women of the Year, New Mexico and Alaska Bar Association Real Property Trust & Estate speaker, Worldwide Family Office author. Published articles include Grave Robbing in the 21st Century and Keeping Passwords Complete, Correct and Current.
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Saba Shahid is the Chief Smiling Officer of The Art Cart, an internationally acclaimed organization that spread smiles through creativity and movement. In a short amount of time, Saba has developed her “Smile Through Art®” creativity and movement program and Let’s Combat Micrographia® program into an international offering that provides programming to thousands of patients teaching them how to live better with their symptoms instead of feeling burdened by them. The Art Cart travels to different communities worldwide and also provides programming virtually. Saba is the author of “Lets Combat Micrographia® book series. The Let’s Combat Micrographia® books and program is the only research-based program in the world that is proven to help improve small handwriting in as little as six weeks. Saba has created strategic partnerships with organizations, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies nationally that all join her in her mission to spread smiles through creativity and movement.
Saba is the CEO and President of ACS Regulatory Consulting which provides regulatory expertise to medical device manufacturers across the globe. During her free time she loves spending time outdoors with her husband and son and is also studying to become a private pilot.
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Pastoral Care Chaplain and Amazon International #1 Best-Selling author of the God-inspired book, Affairs of the Heart and the insightful book, Dying Without Crying. Ms. Willett has been featured on EWTN Eternal Life Radio, The Bridge/Tandem Radio, Christian Talk Radio and The Voice of Central Jersey WCTC; as well as “Called to Serve” TV10, The Trenton Monitor and The Examiner Newspapers. Several years ago, Janice experienced a low in her life that so many of us can relate to. As she questioned her purpose, she turned to God for guidance. That was the monumental pivoting point wherein she left her unfulfilled life, including a 33 year career in the service industry, and used her savings to live and follow the path that led to writing the books that bring peace and comfort to so many. Ms. Willett also speaks professionally to encourage and inspire others.
Affairs of the Heart is about the courage to change-personal transformation that overflows at home, work and in friendships through forgiveness and developing a better relationship with God. Whether living a joy-filled life or feeling despair of any type, Affairs of the Heart will bring peace, comfort and healing through this easy to read, relatable story and the 72 full color Inspirations the author received during her 90 day journey into God’s arms at St. Veronica Church. The church, located in Howell, NJ, has been featured on ABC Primetime, Fox 5 and local TV as one of the most Charismatic Churches in America.
Dying Without Crying is a beautiful concise guide providing useful, actionable tips for caregivers and care-receivers on setting boundaries, having a voice and making decisions .. along with sharing the experience of facing death with dignity… and the difficult emotions & circumstances that accompany it. The book brings comfort to those dealing with any daily challenges, encouraging us to live each day the best we can. “Dying Without Crying” is being used by caregiving, bereavement, healthcare and funeral organizations.
In our look back moments, as we attempt to find meaning to our overall existence, we ask ourselves why it takes a milestone birthday, the loss of a loved one or terminal illness to open our eyes – to evaluate the choices we’ve made and how we have conducted our lives. Improve your life today with “Dying Without Crying.”
“We are all traveling down the same road; we just arrive at different times.” ~ J.I. Willett
Become a Better Version of Yourself Today. Own the First Aid Kit for the Soul. This is the Book You Will Always Want to Have at Your Side.
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Kunle Adewale is a graduate of Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria with specialization in Painting and Art History. He studied Civic Leadership from Tulane University New Orleans, Arts in Health for Helping Professionals, Charlotte and Arts in Medicine at the Arts in Health Research Intensive from University of Florida. Kunle is a certified artist in Understanding Arts and Dementia (University College London, UK) and in Medicine and The Arts (University of Cape Town, South Africa).
With over a decade of experience as an artist and educationist, Kunle founded ‘Tender Arts Nigeria’ in 2013, a social enterprise and non-profit organization which aims to positively impact children, youth and adults, with a focus on therapeutic arts, art education, talent development, community development and civic engagement. Projects that Kunle facilitated in the past and present range from therapeutic art projects for displaced families suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders, to children and adults living with cancer, sickle cell anemia, dementia, mental illnesses, HIV and aids, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism or other neurological disorders.
He has impacted over 15,000 beneficiaries through his art programs in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and USA. He currently leads the largest Arts in Health Network on the continent of Africa through the ‘Arts in Medicine Fellowship for Students and Professionals in Arts and Health’, located in Nigeria. He has featured as a panelist and keynote speaker at Arts in Health-related conferences in Nigeria and abroad. His development works has featured on Aljazeera, Reuters, BBC Africa, TRT World and Africa 54 Voice of America Washington DC among many others.
His community-based projects have been supported by U.S Dept of State, Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida, U.S Consulate Lagos, and endorsed by International Child Arts Foundation, Washington D.C, United Nation Information Center, Society of Nigerian Artists, Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture, Lagos State Ministry of Sports Youth and Social Development.
In 2014, Kunle was nominated for Global Teacher Prize by the Varkeys Foundation (UK). In August 2015, Kunle had the honor of meeting United States President, Barack Obama through the Mandela Washington Fellowship Award for Young African Leaders. He has also been specially recognized by National Museum of African Arts, Smithsonian Institution Washington DC and The Arts Council of New Orleans. He is an international advocate for persons living with cancer and sickle cell anemia, and a vast member of Art Therapy Without Borders, Inc.
He was Nigeria’s recipient of the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Worker Award (UK) and has been nominated for JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Nigeria in 2018. He is currently the Nigerian representative for Arts in Health Early Career Research Network (UK) and was recently shortlisted by the World Bank as one of the 68 Social Inclusion Heroes. As a result of Kunle’s impacts in the field of arts in health globally, He was honoured in 2019 by the Mayor of Cincinnati Ohio, Mayor John Cranley as He proclaimed August 2 as the official ‘Kunle Adewale Day’ in the US.
Kunle strives to continue to provide visionary leadership and inspire others to engage in social development in Nigeria and Africa through his therapeutic art engagement programs. Kunle is a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), University of California
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Hosai Todd Hesham, MD is a board-certified Otolaryngologist that has been in practice for more than a decade. She is a graduate of Albany Medical College and finished her ENT training at Georgetown University. After finishing her residency, she decided to stay in the DC region. She has worked at the DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where she served as ENT Section Chief. For the last 6 years she has been in private practice focusing on surgical treatment of thyroid disease, salivary gland, and office-based sinus procedures. Dr. Todd Hesham is also active in global health and volunteers her time doing international medical work.
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Dr. Desai is a geriatric psychiatrist and an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Washington School of Medicine. He is the co-author (along with his wife Dr Faith Galliano Desai) of the book One Day Mindfulness Millionaire: Living Mindfully – A Lighthearted Primer for the Uninitiated. He is also the co-author (along with his mentor Dr. George Grossberg, a national and international leader in Geriatric Psychiatry) of the book Psychiatric Consultation in Long-term Care: A guide for healthcare professionals, 2nd Edition published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. His practice focuses on helping patients with Intellectual disabilities, Autism, Treatment-resistant Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder, Dementias and Long-term care residents. He has been in practice for 21 years. Dr. Desai conducts workshops on stress management and neuroplasticity-based resilience training that includes learning simple mantra meditations and living mindfully.
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Newly retired Deputy District Attorney Paul Greenwood was a lawyer in England for 13 years. After relocating to San Diego in 1991 he passed the California Bar and joined the DA’s office in 1993. For twenty two years Paul headed up the Elder Abuse Prosecution Unit at the San Diego DA’s Office. In 1999 California Lawyer magazine named Paul as one of their top 20 lawyers of the year in recognition of his pioneering efforts to pursue justice on behalf of senior citizens.
He has prosecuted over 750 felony cases of both physical, sexual, emotional and financial elder abuse. He has also prosecuted ten murder cases, including one death penalty case.
In March 2018 Paul retired from the San Diego DA’s office to concentrate on sharing lessons learned from his elder abuse prosecutions with a wider audience. In October 2018 he was given a lifetime achievement award by his former office.
Paul now spends much of his post retirement time consulting on elder abuse cases and providing trainings to law enforcement and Adult Protective Services agencies across the country and internationally. He is also involved as the criminal justice board member of National Adult Protective Services Association.
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Born in England but travelled and worked across 80+ countries in 6 continents, now lives with his family in the Washington DC metro area. A strategic and marketing professional with international C-suite and board level experience from consumer goods to the beauty industry, OTC healthcare, and now Silicon Valley high technology. Involved in multiple leveraged buyouts and IPOs. Most recently an angel investor and serial entrepreneur; Nigel was also an active board member at Catholic Charities and Mote Marine Laboratories as well as being a decade long volunteer with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program.
Currently CEO for Stack Labs with a unique take on spatial awareness, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science enabling seniors to continue living independently in their own homes, while providing peace of mind for family members.
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My clinical experience is extensive, including hospital, residential, and community based setting. I earned an MA degree from New York University, am a Certified Dementia Care Practitioner, and held the position of Director of the Kaplen Adult Reach Center at the Tenafly JCC for 17 years, including an affiliation with the Alzheimer’s Association for more than 15 years as a facilitator of caregiver support groups. I train home health professionals to render effective dementia care in the home, rehabilitation centers, and residential facilities and offer guidance and support to family caregivers to enable a higher quality of life for adults with dementia.
As an advocate for the dementia community, I create and coordinate town based Alzheimer’s Awareness Symposiums to raise awareness and offer caregivers needed information, guidance and community resources. I also offer dementia educational presentations. For more information, click Services Provided tab. My knowledge and guidance has helped hundreds of caregivers to provide appropriate, competent, and sensitive care to avoid burnout.
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Dr. Deitrick, America’s Relaxation Doctor,® is a board-certified family physician who helps individuals discover ways to reduce stress and live a more full-filled life. In addition to being a physician, Dr. Deitrick is an entrepreneur, speaker and author of Relaxed and Ready – A Simple Roadmap to Reducing Workplace Stress and Frustration, and the adult coloring book, Relaxed and Ready, designed to reduce anxiety levels. Her newest book is Grateful and Ready Journal. To learn more, visit www.drdeitrickg.com.
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Asante Dickson, MD is chairman of Adventist healthcare White Oak Medical Center and CoFounder/President, Ascension Medical Educators, LLC, a professional services firm committed to providing quality academic advising, professional development, and positive self-assessment of students aspiring to the profession of medicine.
Dr. Dickson is a graduate of Cornell University and former post baccalaureate student at Georgetown University in the Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies (GEMS) Program. He achieved the Doctorate of Allopathic Medicine from Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM), with a Fellowship in Stanford University’s Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology. He is a full-time CAQ Neuroradiologist, and a committed advocate for social justice in healthcare, with significant contribution of time, talent and finance in support of high school and college – level pipeline initiatives for scholars aspiring to the profession of medicine.
Dr. Dickson’s humility connects to early years of personal struggle and self-doubt with transformational change to confidence, discipline and success through the benefit of active mentorship in his professional and personal endeavors. His passion for excellence in clinical care of patients, and training and mentoring initiatives to develop outstanding health professionals are cornerstones of his philosophy of servant-leadership.
Dr. Dickson’s service in academic medicine and educational initiatives extends throughout the United States, South America and the Caribbean, with recent presentations at Georgetown University Medical Center (2018), Solar Meninos De Luz (2018), and Caribbean Medical Providers Practicing Abroad (2017). Dr. Dickson is an avid tennis player and is married with twin sons. Dr. Dickson holds special admiration for his parents, Michael and Myrtle Dickson, who have instilled virtues of compassion, service, leadership and education as the legacy that he continually shares.
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Cheryl has over 30 years of experience as a clinician and a researcher in health policy, focusing on a variety of areas including cost, access and quality of care. In addition to being a pharmacist, she went on to get a MBA and PhD. Her research work has focused on developing and validating healthcare quality measures across different types of care. She has worked at a number of the large research organizations that work with Medicare,
Medicaid, and private insurers. But her most important work has been helping people steer their way through the health care system.
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Lindsey Sarowitz joined Handler & Levine, LLC in 2013. Ms. Sarowitz is an associate with the firm, and regularly represents individuals, including Federal government employees, in preparing their estate plans, consisting of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives and other estate planning documents. She also represents Estates and Trustees in regard to decedent’s issues, helping guide families through probate and trust administration following the loss of a loved one.
Lindsey is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars, and is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Montgomery County, MD. As part of her practice, Lindsey provides estate planning seminars to Federal Government employees through the National Institute of Transition Planning. elder law durable power of attorney probate estate planning estate planning attorney
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Dr. Alisa Kauffman received her B.A. degree from Lehigh University in 1981 and a D.M.D. from the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Dental Medicine in 1985. She maintained her private practice in New York City until 1995 when she limited her practice to Geriatric Dentistry. Dr. Kauffman serves as the Dental Director at two skilled nursing facilities. In 2010 at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Dr. Kauffman created the geriatric dental curriculum for the LIFE program (Living Independently for Elders), a unique dental care program within the LIFE program, which is designed to keep our elders in their own residences while receiving a full range of medical, dental care as well as social and creative services at the LIFE care center in West Philadelphia. UPenn third and fourth year dental students rotated through her program so that they would become proficient in treating the geriatric population before graduation. Here they learned to work side by side with nurses and nurse practitioners developing a relationship treating the body as a whole and not just looking at teeth. She was the Chief Dental Officer at the Penn Dental Family Practices where she has maintained that position from 2011-2018 leaving to do house calls for the elderly back in New York City full time.
Making house calls to those who cannot get out of their homes has been a life passion for her. Working with physicians and nurses to service a population of individuals who would otherwise not have dental treatment has been a commitment she feels is the reason she loves dentistry. “When you love what you are doing, it doesn’t feel like work!” gerontology geriatrics palliative oral health
Most recently Dr. Kauffman has written a book HOW TO BECOME A HOUSECALL DENTIST trying to franchise this practice to serve all the elderly across the USA.
She has also developed a line of oral care products for those with dementia and disabilities.
I love what I do and have the passion to help those who would otherwise not be able to get help!
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Laurel Otey is the owner of Layered Living, a holistic wellness practice. She serves families and businesses worldwide as a certified Health Coach, international Wellness Educator, Celiac Disease Advocate, and Corporate Speaker. Laurel provides Health Coaching Programs with a focus on autoimmune disease, general Wellness Classes, and comprehensive Prenatal and Parenting Education for parents. All services are available online and by video-call.
Laurel transforms lives through the way we eat and live. Her clients eliminate unpleasant health symptoms and reduce their dependency on medications, resulting in decreased healthcare expenses. By alleviating unnecessary suffering, they gain a higher quality of life.
She was first inspired to begin her health coaching practice when faced with her child’s health problems. At one year old, Laurel’s oldest daughter began experiencing ongoing health problems – bloating and diarrhea, skin rashes, frequent illness, mood changes, and dark circles under her eyes. At the time, Laurel’s concerns were dismissed as those of a worried first-time mother.
Out of necessity and frustration, Laurel began researching in an effort to become a more informed and effective health advocate for her child. In the end, it was identified that her daughter did, in fact, have celiac disease and needed to be on a 100%, lifelong, gluten free diet (#nocrumbsplease).
This experience showed her that there is still a huge gap in knowledge and support around celiac disease and related conditions in our medical community. Laurel returned to school and graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She now serves as a necessary bridge between patients and doctors.
In between coaching and classes, Laurel enjoys spending time with her three kind, intelligent, food-loving daughters and creating new, delicious, gluten free recipes with her husband. The wellness challenges they have faced and overcome together continue to inform and shape Laurel as both a mother and wellness professional.
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Cathy Richards, M.A. is an exercise physiologist, wellness coach, and best-selling author of BOOM: Six Steps to a Longer, Healthier Life. After working in both corporate and senior living settings, Cathy’s signature programs focus on maximizing physical health, brain function, and energy levels for all ages with a unique message of “never too early, never too late”. As a professional speaker, Cathy unlocks key mindset shifts and strategies for lasting motivation and lifestyle change. She has been featured on numerous TV news stations and print publications including the Washington Post.
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Susan Kousek, the owner of Balanced Spaces®, LLC in Reston, Virginia, is a Certified Professional Organizer and a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) and of the National Speakers Association (NSA).
In 1999, she founded Balanced Spaces and has since worked with hundreds of people helping them lead a more organized life in their office or home. Through her seminars, she has taught thousands of attendees how to better manage their time, organize their paper and computer documents, manage email, and declutter their homes and offices.
Seminar clients include local and federal government agencies, trade associations, non-profits, and corporations. She has also presented many times at the NAPO national conference, as well as at NAPO chapters. Individual clients include government and corporate employees, small business and non-profit CEOs, solopreneurs, homeowners, and retirees.
Susan is semi-retired now and feels strongly about giving back to the community so she teaches seminars on downsizing and how to easily create your home inventory, two activities that many people intend to do, but keep putting off. She’s happy when she hears that her seminar attendees were motivated to take action.
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Dr. Kadisha Rapp, board certified Emergency Medicine physician, and bestselling author, is a native Washingtonian living in Houston, TX. She was educated at The Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Howard University where she did her residency in Emergency Medicine, before doing a sports medicine fellowship under the doctors for the Pittsburgh Pirates. She has 20 years’ experience working in urban, suburban, small town, and freestanding ER’s, and she has also treated folks in the entertainment industry in various venues. She has lived and practiced in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Houston, and even practiced in Honolulu, HI. Her experience has made her passionate about helping others make the best use of the Emergency Department, through her bestselling book, “Help Us Help You in the Emergency Room,” what an Emergency Physician doesn’t HAVE TIME to tell us on seeing us in the Emergency Department…but really wants us to know.
Lastly these times have led her passion for preparation and avoiding unnecessary convenience in the ER…to go beyond the ER, which is why she has replicated for everyone, the first aid kit she created and improved for herself over the years. Lastly, she has even made a personal sized mini kit expressly meant to keep each one of us safe during the pandemic.
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Dr. Green is the President and CEO of Caregiver Support Services, which specializes in supporting family and professional caregivers across the lifespan through direct supportive services. She is the author of three books At the Heart of the Matter, Caregiving in the New Millennium, and Reflections from the Soul, and currently writes a monthly article that focuses on self-care among caregivers. Green has extensive experience focused on caregivers’ health and wellness, with an emphasis on caregiver stress, burnout, and related family conflicts.
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Kathryne (Kate) Fassbender is the creator of the Dementia Letters Project and the granddaughter of someone who lived with Vascular Dementia. Playing a range of roles, she walks with those on their dementia journey, magnifying the importance of creativity and human connection. Digging into her ArtBin as a classically trained musician, studio artist, theatre-maker, and using her academic foundation in the Creative Arts Therapies, Kate serves others on the pillars of Education, Life Enrichment, and Support. With 20 years of living in service to those with dementia, she has experienced both sides of the dementia coin, learning what it means to be both a family and a professional care partner. This experience has impacted the way she becomes relational with others in both a creative and dignified way Kate is a Certified Dementia Communications Specialist, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Certified Dementia Care Professional, Purple Angel Ambassador, and Certified TimeSlips Facilitator trained in building Creative Communities of Care. She is a dementia educator, speaker, Life Enrichment coach, and creative engagement specialist.
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While a member of the Santa Fe Estate Planners Council, Betsy Ehrenberg founded Legacy Concierge to protect wealth especially after a person passes away. Her company has been at the forefront of digital property protection for the past five years.
Our world has changed; we are aware that digital assets reside in over 160 locations and trust and estate investment planning with digital assets is more strategic today than ever before. Financial risks have risen from the pervasive electronic fraud that is now extant in the virtual and digital age.
For some background, Betsy came from the world of software, starting with founding Operations Control Systems, a software company providing performance and security services to the top Fortune 50 companies.
As the first female manager at IBM Canada, Betsy was a role model for other businesswomen seeking sales and engineering leadership positions at high-tech firms in North America. Professional awards include Silicon Valley Business Women of the Year, New Mexico and Alaska Bar Association Real Property Trust & Estate speaker, Worldwide Family Office author. Published articles include Grave Robbing in the 21st Century and Keeping Passwords Complete, Correct and Current.
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Dr. Carol A. Penn, DO, MA, ABOM, FACOFP doubly Board Certified in Family Medicine and
Obesity Medicine as well as being a Master movement, meditation, and mindset coach brings more than 40 years of experience and expertise in Mind Body Medicine and the movement sciences. Gifted with the ability to inspire and educate about self care, Dr. Penn brings a unique set of skills to her work as a physician. Her work in Mindful Movement and the dynamic small group facilitation work in the Mind Body Spirit Medicine series is designed to assist each participant in their journey of deep self care and in learning how to prioritize themselves on behalf of achieving their best and highest self. In her online Mind Body Medicine series you will learn how to balance your Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous system as well as how to uncouple the amygdala and hippocampus regions of the brain from fear based behaviors that hold us back and keep us stuck.
Dr. Penn hoping to guide each person on their own unique journey, holds national certifications in Mind Body Medicine from the Center for Mind Body Medicine; Health, Wellness and Fitness Coach from Wellcoaches; and is a certified Personal Trainer from the National Council on Strength and Fitness. Additionally, she has a 500 hour certification in yoga from Soma Yoga and is certified in Organ Cleansing QiGong. She also brings her artistic sensibilities to the marriage of the arts and medicine with her background as a professionally trained dancer and choreographer with the world famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and a Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Teaching Fellow, Dr. Penn will get you moving and keep you moving on your path to health and wellness.
Having achieved a rare standard of excellence in the Academic community, Dr. Penn is a Fellow in the American Academy of Osteopathic Family Physicians and is Clinical Faculty with Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, the Center for Mind Body Medicine, and the Medical Moguls Academy. She is a recent graduate of the Whole Health Medical Institute and serves as a leader in her community as a member of the Board of Health and in her capacity as a Trustee with Lunch Break Inc. She is also a two time best selling author and her book: Meditation In a Time of Madness, launched in 2019 as a number 1 best seller in the category of meditation and alternative medicine.
A business woman, servant leader and entrepreneur, Dr. Penn is a Founder/Activist and Chief
Visionary Officer of Penn Global Visions LLC, a health and education multi-media firm changing the world one meditation at a time. Soon the doors to Penn Mogul Medical Group, her concierge medical practice will be open! She is a medical correspondent for WURD Radio in Philadelphia where she is a frequent guest and Podcastor as well as the host of her own weekly show and podcast: Weightless in Mind, Body and Spirit. A creative forever, she continues to direct her all volunteer women’s dance ensemble Core of Fire.
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Pippa Kelly is one of the UK’s foremost writers on dementia. An award-winning blogger and journalist, she hosts the weekly dementia podcast Well I Know Now and speaks regularly on elderly care and dementia. Her haunting novel, Invisible Ink, which has a small but significant dementia thread based on her late mother, was published in 2016. You can read her blog https://pippakelly.co.uk/, listen to her podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/well-i-know-now/id1513600445
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M. Jane Markley, RN President of M Jane Markley Consulting, LLC, is a consultant and healthcare ethics advisor with 35+ years experience in healthcare. She works with individuals, families, organizations, ethics committees, and healthcare systems to help them understand the importance of advance care planning for themselves, their loved ones and their members.
A retired Navy Nurse, she is board-certified in healthcare management, a patient advocate and a former hospital ethics committee chair. She trains healthcare advocates; speaks nationally and internationally; works one on one with individuals and their families to complete their advance directives; facilitates ethics training for medical students as an Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, and serves on the Maryland State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life. power of attorney.
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Dick Kits was until 2017, together with his wife, the owner of Kroese Kits, the oldest healthcare agency in The Netherlands. Since 1937 Kroese Kits has been providing private care and nursing in the Netherlands, Belgium and Europe.
In addition, he produces movies of people’s course of life and he is active as an author and publisher of:
My Parents Aged (Mij Ouders Ouder, 2006)
Silver is gold (Zilver is goud, 2007)
The New Old with co-author Hedda Schut (Het Nieuwe Oud, 2011)
Dementia 24/7 with co-author dr. Anneke van der Plaats (De dag door met dementie, 2016; China 2019)
CONTACT – in a complex world (CONTACT – in een complexe wereld, 2019)
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Kat is the founder of Nest & Care LLC, a Private Duty In-Home Care agency providing companion care, personal care and skilled nursing services to families in and around Montgomery County and Howard County, MD. For the past 15 years, she has devoted her nursing career to caring for patients with Neurologic or Neurosurgical conditions in the acute, subacute and chronic phases. She worked at Keck Medical Center of USC in Los Angeles, California before moving to Maryland where she exclusively worked with patients with stroke as a stroke program coordinator at Providence Hospital. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines in 1998. Kat is married to Mikael, a pediatric surgeon. They have 3 boys and 3 dogs.
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Dr. Galina Reitz is the Faculty Program Director at the University of Maryland, College of Information studies. Dr. Reitz joined the iSchool after 12 years as a faculty member and administrator at UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County). Dr. Reitz has presented her research at venues around the country and internationally, as well as consulted with technology companies on the design of new devices for older persons. Dr. Reitz has published on various topics including Voice Technology in Supporting Older persons with cognitive impairments, Person-Centered Technology and Quality of Life, Narratives of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Supporting Caregivers and Care Recipients after the Onset of Cognitive Impairment with Home Based Technology. Most recently Dr. Reitz was awarded a three-year NSF Grant to explore Negotiating Cyber Systems Access for Older Adults with Mild Neurocognitive Disorder. In addition to research Dr. Reitz is focused on the development and continuous enhancement of all aspects of academic programming and continuing to establish community partnerships that support career pathways for students.
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Bob Bacheler MSN, CCRN, CFRN is a mid-50s YO married father of three. After attending Penn State University where he obtained a BS in Science specializing in Astrophysics and Mathematics Bob attended Community College of Philadelphia where he obtained an RN Associates in Nursing. Over the next twelve years Bob worked throughout the Philadelphia Metropolitan area as an independent contractor nurse in many of the ICUs, ERs, all three burn centers, and several other specialty units. During that time he attended the University of Phoenix, where he obtained his Masters of Science in Nursing. In 2007 Bob started his career as a Flight RN.
In 2016 Bob officially launched Flying Angels, which has grown to include nurses and doctors worldwide who accompany patients who have medical needs on commercial airlines.
Bob has been a contributing author several texts including the current Association of Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) Standards for Critical Care and Specialty Commercial Carrier Medical Transport www.astna.org . Bob also serves as a member of the Subject Matter Advisory Board (SMA) for ASTNA as an advisor on all aspects of commercial medical transport and has served on the Board of Directors.
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Cheryl has over 30 years of experience as a clinician and a researcher in health policy, focusing on a variety of areas including cost, access and quality of care. In addition to being a pharmacist, she went on to get a MBA and PhD. Her research work has focused on developing and validating healthcare quality measures across different types of care. She has worked at a number of the large research organizations that work with Medicare,
Medicaid, and private insurers. But her most important work has been helping people steer their way through the health care system.
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After serving as full time faculty for twenty years at The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC; Matthew L. Mintz, MD, left academics in July, 2017 to start a private Internal Medicine and Primary Care practice in Bethesda, MD. During his tenure at GW, Dr. Mintz directed numerous courses including GW’s Primary Care Clerkship GW’s clinical skills course, both for over a decade. In the fall of 2013, Dr. Mintz was directed by the Dean to take charge of GW’s 4 year curricular revision, serving as Assistant Dean for Pre-Clinical Education. Dr. Mintz has won numerous teaching awards including the GW School of Medicine’s Distinguished Teacher Award and the American College of Physicians- DC Chapter’s Sol Katz Teaching Award. Dr. Mintz was also clinically active at GW, serving as director of and seeing patient in GW’s Premier Access Program. Dr. Mintz has been consistently named one of Washingtonian Magazine’s Top Docs since 2012.
Dr. Mintz is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and has been a principal investigator for several research projects related to asthma, diabetes and smoking cessation, as well as several studies regarding medical student education. Dr. Mintz has published in peer reviewed journals on topics including asthma, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and medical education. He is author of the book “Disorders of the Respiratory Tract: Common Challenges in Primary Care” published by Human Press, Inc.
Dr. Mintz is currently a solo practitioner in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition to concierge services he offers to his patients, he one of the few physicians who certifies patients in both the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia for medical cannabis as part of his regular practice. Dr. Mintz is an expert in CBD and medical cannabis, and is author of the book, “Medical Marijuana and CBD: A Physician’s Guide for Patients.”
Dr. Mintz received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago and a medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine, where he also completed a residency in internal medicine and was chief medical resident. He received a Master Teacher’s certificate from the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development.
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Lisa Dinhofer, MA, CT, known as “The Crisis Tamer’, works with subject matter and circumstances most people turn away from. She mentors companies past traumatic and destabilizing events, workplace abuse and crisis communications to regain stability, establish a new normal and build resilience. Lisa was an employee at the World Trade Center during the 1993 bombing and was still working in NYC during 9/11. She draws from those first hand experiences of workplace trauma and lessons learned from other workplace tragedies.
Lisa is a certified Thanatologist with a sub-specialty in trauma, trained counselor, trained mediator, and a crisis communication specialist with 18+ years of professional experience training, consulting, coaching, debriefing and public speaking. Lisa works with a diverse client base within both for-profit and non-profit organizations. She currently serves as a designated coach for an on-line community based in the UK for people struggling with addiction and is a credentialed provider with an EAP.
Lisa’s areas of expertise include: unexpected/traumatic disruption | active shooter and employee violence | COVID-19 issues | addiction issues | workplace grief from death and non-death losses | trust building, Target and ‘Upstander’ training following bullying and sexual harassment | burnout and resilience building | mergers & RIF aftermath issues | scandal | employee termination and other difficult conversations.
She served as an Adjunct Instructor in the Graduate Thanatology program at Hood College, Frederick Maryland and is President of Koden Consulting Services.
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Jake has experience founding, funding, building, scaling and managing successful global organizations and teams. Currently, he is the Founder and CEO of UpsideHōM, whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for older adults everywhere.
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Lindsey Sarowitz joined Handler & Levine, LLC in 2013. Ms. Sarowitz is an associate with the firm, and regularly represents individuals, including Federal government employees, in preparing their estate plans, consisting of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives and other estate planning documents. She also represents Estates and Trustees in regard to decedent’s issues, helping guide families through probate and trust administration following the loss of a loved one.
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We talk with Jamie Valvano, the daughter of Jim Valvano (Jimmy "V"), the legendary head basketball coach at North Carolina State University, as she explains her role as a crucial part of the caregiving team for her father as he battled terminal cancer.
Jamie proudly describes how her Dad established The V Foundation for Cancer Research and her own interaction with the foundation today.
Jamie will also share the emotional story of discovering her second son had suffered a stroke in utero. She recounts the personal struggles she faced being a mother of a child with special needs as she mistakenly thought she needed to “fix” her precious son.
At the young age of 33, Jamie was diagnosed with breast cancer as a direct result of inheriting the BRCA 2 genetic mutation from her father. Overcoming the life changing circumstances associated with battling cancer allowed her to gain personal insights that brought about significant transformation.
Jamie talks openly about her ongoing advocacy and the impact she strives to make every day as a caregiver, mother and a survivor.
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Anu Murthy is a healthcare attorney and practice consultant who focuses exclusively on physician, dentist and advance care practitioner employment contracts, partnership agreements and other practice related business matters. With several dozen close family members who are physicians, she is intimately familiar with the challenges they face. As her clients will attest, she takes pride in her work, and is passionate about positioning them for success while protecting their interests. It is this passion that has compelled her to relaunch one of the most specialized health law advisory practices in the country
Anu has assisted and represented physicians, dentists and their groups in all aspects of their business transactions. She has always believed that the most effective way to help physicians succeed and shield them from liability was through the comprehensive review, negotiation and drafting of their contracts. Teaching the “business of medicine” to Residents and Fellows in training enabled her to expand into a unique consultative advisory role for her clients.
In 2009, while Anu was negotiating a practice acquisition, she was offered a senior leadership role within an integrated health system. For the next decade Anu held progressively larger roles within a diverse group of healthcare ecosystems including academic, not for profit, for profit and private equity. Anu directed provider recruitment teams, created and grew service lines and co-led numerous practice acquisitions. As part of the physician integration process, Anu helped to create and administer several physician leadership development programs, mentorship programs, and alignment and diversity initiatives. Other projects include EHR selection and implementation, ACO formation, bundled payment programs and compensation reform. Most recently, Anu was Director of Federal Affairs for one of the largest physician trade associations in the country focusing on value based payment advocacy.
The above experiences have given Anu a singular perspective to be able to effectively advise and coach her clients. She has been on the employer and corporate side and thus has an insiders view of what her clients need to understand in the entire employment/affiliation process from recruitment onwards. Anu has her pulse on what is most important to the provider community be it compensation, reimbursement or compliance.
Her experience and knowledge serve to facilitate a nuanced review of healthcare transactions that will guarantee a competitive advantage for her clients. A diverse national network of contacts throughout the healthcare industry gives her the inside track on market trends and how to capitalize on them. Anu can be a physician’s concierge in the business of medicine.
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Carleigh is a recent graduate of George Washington University where she discovered her love for entrepreneurship. As the CEO of Viva Vita, Carleigh wants to bring virtual reality to retirement communities and senior individuals for engaging experiences that promote brain health and community fellowship.
In 2019, Carleigh Berryman had an idea that would catalyze a change for the mental health of seniors. She watched her grandmother, Glenda, age each year and not being able to enjoy experiences as she did before becoming a senior. One day, Glenda shared with Carleigh that she had no reason to “get out of the bed in the morning.” Carleigh wanted to help her Granny and hundreds of other grannies and grandpas improve their mental wellness and quality of life. Thus, Viva Vita was established to bring virtual reality (VR) to retirement communities for engaging experiences that promote brain health and community fellowship.
Today, Viva Vita is made up of a youthful team of innovators and dynamic team members passionate to break through the virtual reality industry for seniors.
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Sayani Das is presently doing her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. Her doctoral research work is focused on elderly health among the rural elderly population of West Bengal. She also completed her M.Phil. in Anthropology from the University of Delhi, Delhi. During M.Phil. days, gerontology evoked her keen interest, and she worked on the elderly population of Haryana, North India.
Sayani’s research work is based on frailty syndrome among community-dwelling older adults. In India, only a handful of studies have focused exclusively on this aspect, but she believes that from the viewpoint of future demographic changes in India there is an urgent need to examine all the consequences and pathways of this geriatric syndrome.
In 2019, she received the best poster award in Medical Gerontology from the Association of Gerontology India. She has presented papers at several seminars and has published research papers. Sayani is passionate to increase health awareness and improve the quality of life of the elderly population.
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Robert Taylor has over 12 years experience in the field of sleep medicine. Robert Taylor received his education from the Texas School Of Sleep Medicine. Since being registered in sleep by the BRPT, Taylor has been a technical director, marketer for sleep services, regional director, travel neurodiagnostic specialist, and sleep educator. Taylor’s passion for sleep therapy and education led him to start Taylormade Sleep. His belief was that patients deserve care that’s more affordable, convenient, and specialized. Its not enough to just diagnose a patient, rather he wants to focus on all around health with proper sleep, nutrition, and proper mindset.
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Dr. Emily Reilly, MSOTR/L, ECHM is the founder/CEO of Purposefully Home located in Scottsdale, Arizona. She practices as an occupational therapist and provides functional living consultation to clients to improve the way the home space enhances the resident’s lifestyle. Integrating skills as an occupational therapist and certified home modification professional, Dr. Reilly has helped create solutions to enhance the way families maintain their daily roles, routines and interests. Many people wish to remain in their home for as long as possible and that is the goal for each client served. Purposefully Home is a boutique consulting agency providing education, advocacy and limitless potential to each client, caregiver and community member served. caregiving dementia
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Dr. Joy’El Ballard is a board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist who uplifts women daily in her office to assist them in taking a proactive approach to their health. She is very passionate about educating and empowering women to initiate and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
She is a best-selling author of Loving Me, Myself and “Her”: Through Perimenopause & Beyond, which is a self-affirming guide that enlightens, encourages and empowers women approaching the menopausal transition. Dr. Ballard is a Speaker who aims to provide a platform for women in the community to become educated and invigorated about facing different aspects of their health.
She was born and raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland. She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Syracuse University. She obtained her medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her residency training in Obstetrics & Gynecology was completed at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore where she was appointed the Administrative Chief Resident and subsequently received the “Attending Award.”
Since finishing her training, she has been in private practice for 12 years in Annapolis, MD. She shares her expertise in preventive health, contraceptive management, sexual health, perimenopause and menopause. She is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She is a member of the North American Menopause Society and a Certified Menopause Practitioner.
She enthusiastically encourages women to adopt appropriate strategies that transform their mindset for healthy aging and healthy living from the inside out as they encounter different stages of womanhood.
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Dr. Deitrick, America’s Relaxation Doctor,® is a board-certified family physician who helps individuals discover ways to reduce stress and live a more full-filled life. In addition to being a physician, Dr. Deitrick is an entrepreneur, speaker and author of Relaxed and Ready – A Simple Roadmap to Reducing Workplace Stress and Frustration, and the adult coloring book, Relaxed and Ready, designed to reduce anxiety levels. Her newest book is Grateful and Ready Journal. To learn more, visit www.drdeitrickg.com.
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My clinical experience is extensive, including hospital, residential, and community based setting. I earned an MA degree from New York University, am a Certified Dementia Care Practitioner, and held the position of Director of the Kaplen Adult Reach Center at the Tenafly JCC for 17 years, including an affiliation with the Alzheimer’s Association for more than 15 years as a facilitator of caregiver support groups. I train home health professionals to render effective dementia care in the home, rehabilitation centers, and residential facilities and offer guidance and support to family caregivers to enable a higher quality of life for adults with dementia.
As an advocate for the dementia community, I create and coordinate town based Alzheimer’s Awareness Symposiums to raise awareness and offer caregivers needed information, guidance and community resources. I also offer dementia educational presentations. For more information, click Services Provided tab. My knowledge and guidance has helped hundreds of caregivers to provide appropriate, competent, and sensitive care to avoid burnout.
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Dr Katharine Forth PhD is the CEO and co-founder of Zibrio and its technology that allows simple and safe balance measurement to help people reduce fall risk and improve their balance. She has a doctorate in motor control and conducted a postdoctoral fellowship at NASA. She is an expert in postural stability and has created award-winning balance training programs for older adults. She is also a world champion athlete.
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Doctor Nussbaum is board-certified in Clinical Psychology and Geropsychology with a specialization in Neuropsychology. He is a member of the National Health Register for Psychologists and a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and American Academy of Clinical Psychology. Having earned Phi-Beta Kappa and his Doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in 1991, Dr. Nussbaum completed his internship and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is an Adjunct Professor in Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
He is the Founder and President of Brain Health Center, Inc. that provides independent medical examinations, neuropsychological assessments, and case management for those suffering neurological and neurobehavioral disorders. The Center also serves as the epicenter for Dr. Nussbaum’s Brain Health Lifestyle®, consultation business, and his Keynote presentations internationally.
Doctor Nussbaum has 30 years experience in the care of adults and older persons suffering dementia, head injury, and many neuropsychiatric disorders. An expert in neuroanatomy and human behavior, he has published many peer reviewed articles, books, and chapters within the scientific community. He also serves on the editorial boards for several scientific and clinical journals.
Doctor Nussbaum educates the general public on the basics of the human brain and how to keep the brain healthy over the entire lifespan. He has presented his views on brain health at the United Nations, National Press Club, Mensa, Sirius Radio, and CSPAN. His keynote presentations are both informative and fun and he is often interviewed by the local and national press/media. mental health neuroscience
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Cindy is a Board Certified Patient Advocate, Certified Senior Advisor®, CEO and founder of the Patient Advocate Agency. Cindy has been working in the health care field for over 20 years. Her career started as a nurse working in oncology at Princeton Medical Center. As a nurse and medical education specialist, Cindy thought that the health care system worked well for patients. However, once her daughter became seriously ill and medically complicated, she realized how difficult and confusing the health care system can be and why it is important to have someone advocate for you. This is why Cindy founded the Patient Advocate Agency. Today Cindy is passionate about using her knowledge and experience to help patients navigate the very complicated and costly health care system by providing support and advice for her clients. patient advocacy
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Dr. Green is the President and CEO of Caregiver Support Services, which specializes in supporting family and professional caregivers across the lifespan through direct supportive services. She is the author of three books At the Heart of the Matter, Caregiving in the New Millennium, and Reflections from the Soul, and currently writes a monthly article that focuses on self-care among caregivers. Green has extensive experience focused on caregivers’ health and wellness, with an emphasis on caregiver stress, burnout, and related family conflicts.
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Founder of Essential Learning Curve Ltd delivering workshops, awareness, consultancy and currently developing E-Learning from Community Champions covering all protected characteristics and so much more. Founder of Trans Aware CIO and previously Cleveland Transgender Association. Way back in the 90s I created Middlesbrough Survivors empowering and educating on issues around adult male survivors.
Key contributer to the Stockton on Tees Trans inclusion framework currently adopted in schools in the Stockton area and helped Cleveland Police write policy for trans inclusion amongst their staff.
First trans woman to be shortlisted and receive special recognition for the Inspiring Women Mo Mowlam awards 2019 & regularly nominated as a role model for the NDA. Shortlisted and finalist in the 2018 Catalyst Awards for Voice and Influence. Creator of the first trans safe house “Our House” project in the UK.
Delivering highly respected Trans & Diversity training to a range of public and private sector organisations, Healthcare, Schools, Prisons, Care Homes, Community Organisations, NCS, Businesses large and small.
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Cheryl has over 30 years of experience as a clinician and a researcher in health policy,
focusing on a variety of areas including cost, access and quality of care. In addition to
being a pharmacist, she went on to get a MBA and PhD. Her research work has focused on
developing and validating healthcare quality measures across different types of care. She
has worked at a number of the large research organizations that work with Medicare,
Medicaid, and private insurers. But her most important work has been helping people steer
their way through the health care system.
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We Care Management’s Owner, Amanda LaRose, has a Master’s Degree in Social Work, is a Licensed Clinical Social Work Therapist and Certified Advanced Social Work Case Manager. She has experience counseling adults of all ages, families, and caregivers. Amanda believes that everyone experiences changes across the lifespan, which naturally leads them to developing coping skills to overcome those challenges.
However, there are times in everyone’s life, when for some reason, they are struggling to cope, and therefore they can benefit greatly from additional support. This is why Amanda is passionate about supporting people who are committed to improving their lives. She created We Care Management to support older persons and their family members.
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After serving as full time faculty for twenty years at The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC; Matthew L. Mintz, MD, left academics in July, 2017 to start a private Internal Medicine and Primary Care practice in Bethesda, MD. During his tenure at GW, Dr. Mintz directed numerous courses including GW’s Primary Care Clerkship GW’s clinical skills course, both for over a decade. In the fall of 2013, Dr. Mintz was directed by the Dean to take charge of GW’s 4 year curricular revision, serving as Assistant Dean for Pre-Clinical Education. Dr. Mintz has won numerous teaching awards including the GW School of Medicine’s Distinguished Teacher Award and the American College of Physicians- DC Chapter’s Sol Katz Teaching Award. Dr. Mintz was also clinically active at GW, serving as director of and seeing patient in GW’s Premier Access Program. Dr. Mintz has been consistently named one of Washingtonian Magazine’s Top Docs since 2012.
Dr. Mintz is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and has been a principal investigator for several research projects related to asthma, diabetes and smoking cessation, as well as several studies regarding medical student education. Dr. Mintz has published in peer reviewed journals on topics including asthma, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and medical education. He is author of the book “Disorders of the Respiratory Tract: Common Challenges in Primary Care” published by Human Press, Inc.
Dr. Mintz is currently a solo practitioner in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition to concierge services he offers to his patients, he one of the few physicians who certifies patients in both the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia for medical cannabis as part of his regular practice. Dr. Mintz is an expert in CBD and medical cannabis, and is author of the book, “Medical Marijuana and CBD: A Physician’s Guide for Patients.”
Dr. Mintz received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago and a medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine, where he also completed a residency in internal medicine and was chief medical resident. He received a Master Teacher’s certificate from the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development.
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Linda Jahnke is the President of Jahnke Consulting Inc., a Long Term Care Planning and Advocacy Firm. Linda has focused on educating families and providing LTC insurance options since 1987.
When her clients need to file a claim, as a Board Certified Patient Advocate, Linda is uniquely qualified to manage the claim process and provide valuable community resources. Her company has filed hundreds of successful claims for policy holders.
Linda served for seven years on the board of director’s for the George G. Glenner Alzheimer’s Family Care Centers. She also volunteered with the Area of Agency on Aging as a Ombudsman in long term care facilities in San Diego.
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Jolene is motivated to inspire families to have conversations about what really matters in life. She was a full-time carer for her husband when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and with this knowledge and her background as a Funeral Director, she was inspired to create ‘Your Life Talks’.
She is passionate about the importance of creating a record of our life journey for future generations, and having conversations about our wishes for our future including end of life healthcare.
‘Your Life Talks’ was created with a mission to raise community awareness of the importance of initiating these meaningful conversations within families, to recognize our intrinsic need to remember and celebrate our life and achievements and talk about our future as we age.
Jolene has recruited over 30 speakers to present talks to community, carer & multicultural groups in Australia & New Zealand.
Jolene recognized that what most people need is a reason or a little bit of encouragement to kick-start these conversations, and that spending time reflecting on our life journey provides a natural seque into the more challenging conversations regarding our future.
Her innovative Conversation Starter cards and mobile App, ‘Your Life Story’ & ‘Your Life Wishes’ have been widely embraced as an ideal way to assist families with kick-starting these conversations.
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Dick Kits was until 2017, together with his wife, the owner of Kroese Kits, the oldest healthcare agency in The Netherlands.
Since 1937 Kroese Kits has been providing private care and nursing in the Netherlands, Belgium and Europe.
In addition, he produces movies of people’s course of life and he is active as an author and publisher of:
My Parents Aged (Mij Ouders Ouder, 2006)
Silver is gold (Zilver is goud, 2007)
The New Old with co-author Hedda Schut (Het Nieuwe Oud, 2011)
Dementia 24/7 with co-author dr. Anneke van der Plaats (De dag door met dementie, 2016; China 2019)
CONTACT – in a complex world (CONTACT – in een complexe wereld, 2019)
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Cailey Massey is a Canadian-born artist and founder of the company Artfull Aging. Artfull Aging provides older adult communities and operators with online access to art programs that promote social connectivity, lifelong learning, and creative expression. Massey has been developing and implementing person-centered art programs in communities for over a decade. Her work focuses on improving access to high-quality art programs and overcoming barriers to participation.
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Tom worked 33 years for the Social Security Administration as a claims representative, operations supervisor, field representative and public affairs specialist. He retired in June, 2011 and is now a self-employed Social Security speaker and consultant. He made more than 6000 speeches and talks while working for Social Security-more than anyone in the history of the Social Security Administration. Twice, he was presented the Commissioners Citation, Social Security’s highest award. Tom received 4 Deputy Commissioner of Communications Citations for excellence in making the complexities of Social Security and Medicare easily understandable.
Many publications with a monthly readership of over 2 million persons published his columns about Social Security. Tom produced and appeared in over 200 TV shows about Social Security. He has been considered the expert in explaining how receiving a pension based on work not covered by Social Security (such as Teacher’s Retirement of Texas) can affect Social Security benefits. Many Social Security employees have told him they never understood the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset law until they heard his explanation.
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Founder & CEO, Sambhaavna Partners & Caregiver Saathi
Bhavana comes with nearly 24+ years of experience in diverse global companies as a consultant, an HR leader and a passionate person with diverse interests.
She brings practical experience of accomplishments inside organisations along with a depth of professional knowledge, which she continues to challenge and build.
She is the Founder & CEO Sambhaavna (www.sambhaavna.com), a business consulting firm that specializes in Organization Development & HR, and Caregiver Saathi (www.caregiversaathi.co.in), a social enterprise that aims to create an ecosystem of well-being for the informal caregivers who are the primary caregivers to a family member with terminally illness or with chronic medical conditions. She believes that the healthcare system needs to be reimagined with the perspective of the caregiver, in a way that there is systemic social change such that technology can enable humanity.
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Dr. Alisa Kauffman received her B.A. degree from Lehigh University in 1981 and a D.M.D. from the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Dental Medicine in 1985. She maintained her private practice in New York City until 1995 when she limited her practice to Geriatric Dentistry. Dr. Kauffman serves as the Dental Director at two skilled nursing facilities. In 2010 at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Dr. Kauffman created the geriatric dental curriculum for the LIFE program (Living Independently for Elders), a unique dental care program within the LIFE program, which is designed to keep our elders in their own residences while receiving a full range of medical, dental care as well as social and creative services at the LIFE care center in West Philadelphia. UPenn third and fourth year dental students rotated through her program so that they would become proficient in treating the geriatric population before graduation. Here they learned to work side by side with nurses and nurse practitioners developing a relationship treating the body as a whole and not just looking at teeth. She was the Chief Dental Officer at the Penn Dental Family Practices where she has maintained that position from 2011-2018 leaving to do housecalls for the elderly back in New York City full time.
Making house calls to those who cannot get out of their homes has been a life passion for her. Working with physicians and nurses to service a population of individuals who would otherwise not have dental treatment has been a commitment she feels is the reason she loves dentistry. “When you love what you are doing, it doesn’t feel like work!” gerontology geriatrics palliative oral health
Most recently Dr. Kauffman has written a book HOW TO BECOME A HOUSECALL DENTIST trying to franchise this practice to serve all the elderly across the USA.
She has also developed a line of oral care products for those with dementia and disabilities.
I love what I do and have the passion to help those who would otherwise not be able to get help!
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Advance care planning involves learning about the types of decisions that might need to be made, considering those decisions ahead of time and letting others know about your preference often putting them in an advance directive. Everyone over the age of 18 needs an advance care directive. palliative care end of life healthcare.
M. Jane Markley, RN President of M Jane Markley Consulting, LLC, is a consultant and healthcare ethics advisor with 35+ years experience in healthcare. She works with individuals, families, organizations, ethics committees, and healthcare systems to help them understand the importance of advance care planning for themselves, their loved ones and their members.
A retired Navy Nurse, she is board-certified in healthcare management, a patient advocate and a former hospital ethics committee chair. She trains healthcare advocates; speaks nationally and internationally; works one on one with individuals and their families to complete their advance directives; facilitates ethics training for medical students as an Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, and serves on the Maryland State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life. power of attorney.
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Sandra is a qualified social justice and political activist, specialising in Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. Migrant Women, employability and leadership are her top priorities.
Over her professional career, she has gained relevant experience working with people from diverse backgrounds, nationalities, life experiences and ages. This includes providing the necessary support to assist them in achieving their personal, educational, and professional goals. As a result, she developed a genuine passion for working and advocating for the rights of people through mobilising the communities and empowering individuals to think creatively.
Alongside her works experience, she put herself forward as a political candidate in the Tallaght Central Ward of South Dublin County Council in the Local Elections 2019 as a Social Democrats candidate with a fresh and innovative approach; In a short period, she managed to run and lead her own, campaign; the indicators of performance shows that she got the highest number of first preferences from the 47 migrants candidate that didn’t get elected; as part of her campaign, she was advocating for more diverse and inclusive voices in the Irish political framework. Sandra is also passionate about dancing salsa, plants, arts, and spending time with her family.
Alongside her works experience, Sandra is passionate about dancing salsa, plants, and arts. Her family is a multilingual and multiracial family with beautiful and loving harmony, where France, Spain and Ireland connected all the dots. She is a Sign Language lover.
She truly believes education and employment play essential roles in empowering, strengthening, and restoring human dignity. migrant workers un women
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Dr. Galina Reitz is the Faculty Program Director for the BSIS at the Universities at Shady Grove. Dr. Reitz joined the iSchool after 12 years as a faculty member and administrator at UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County). Dr. Reitz has presented her research at venues around the country and internationally, as well as consulted with technology companies on the design of new devices for older persons. Dr. Reitz has published on various topics including Voice Technology in Supporting Older persons with cognitive impairments, Person-Centered Technology and Quality of Life, Narratives of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Supporting Caregivers and Care Recipients after the Onset of Cognitive Impairment with Home Based Technology. Most recently Dr. Reitz was awarded a three-year NSF Grant to explore Negotiating Cyber Systems Access for Older Adults with Mild Neurocognitive Disorder. In addition to research Dr. Reitz is focused on the development and continuous enhancement of all aspects of academic programming and continuing to establish community partnerships that support career pathways for students.
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Jonathan is a lecturer and researcher in gerontology at Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador. He is the director of the community outreach program SIPAM which aims at improving the quality of life of older adults and their caregivers. He graduated in political sociology from Université de Lille, in gerontology from King’s College London. He completed his PhD thesis in 2020 in global health and social medicine also at King’s College London. Among other roles, he supervises student research, including the one presented in this talk.
Daniela Sosa is a 6th year medical student at Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ. With a strong interest in becoming a geriatrician and the desire to understand the sociological patterns associated with this choice, Daniela is the student lead researcher on the study evaluating motivations and deterrents associated with choosing geriatrics as a medical specialty. geriatrics aging elderly geriatric care health care elder care dementia
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Maureen Rulison is President of Caregiver Support & Resources, LLC. She is also Co-Founder WeAre#DementiaStrong. Throughout her 25+ year career working with elders and persons living with disabilities, Maureen has developed the philosophy that “Failure to plan, is a plan to fail.” This never became more of a truth to Maureen then when she became Brian LeBlanc’s Care Partner. Brian is living with Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia. Now, Maureen has experienced the value of pre-planning both personally and professionally. webinar health care caregivers alzheimer's disease caregiving lewy body
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Ernie Castro has spent the last 13 years of his career originating reverse mortgage loans in the DC Metro area. His expertise, understanding, and ability to work through complex problems has helped him close nearly 400 loans. For the past 30 years, Ernie and his wife Marjorie have lived in Oakton, Virginia. They have three adult children living and working in the area. hecm estate planning what is a reverse mortgage reverse mortgages
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Asante Dickson, MD is chairman of Adventist healthcare White Oak Medical Center and CoFounder/President, Ascension Medical Educators, LLC, a professional services firm committed to providing quality academic advising, professional development, and positive self-assessment of students aspiring to the profession of medicine.
Dr. Dickson is a graduate of Cornell University and former post baccalaureate student at Georgetown University in the Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies (GEMS) Program. He achieved the Doctorate of Allopathic Medicine from Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM), with a Fellowship in Stanford University’s Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology. He is a full-time CAQ Neuroradiologist, and a committed advocate for social justice in healthcare, with significant contribution of time, talent and finance in support of high school and college – level pipeline initiatives for scholars aspiring to the profession of medicine.
Dr. Dickson’s humility connects to early years of personal struggle and self-doubt with transformational change to confidence, discipline and success through the benefit of active mentorship in his professional and personal endeavors. His passion for excellence in clinical care of patients, and training and mentoring initiatives to develop outstanding health professionals are cornerstones of his philosophy of servant-leadership.
Dr. Dickson’s service in academic medicine and educational initiatives extends throughout the United States, South America and the Caribbean, with recent presentations at Georgetown University Medical Center (2018), Solar Meninos De Luz (2018), and Caribbean Medical Providers Practicing Abroad (2017). Dr. Dickson is an avid tennis player and is married with twin sons. Dr. Dickson holds special admiration for his parents, Michael and Myrtle Dickson, who have instilled virtues of compassion, service, leadership and education as the legacy that he continually shares. obesity health care
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Cindy is a Board Certified Patient Advocate, Certified Senior Advisor®, CEO and founder of the Patient Advocate Agency. Cindy has been working in the health care field for over 20 years. Her career started as a nurse working in oncology at Princeton Medical Center. As a nurse and medical education specialist, Cindy thought that the health care system worked well for patients. However, once her daughter became seriously ill and medically complicated, she realized how difficult and confusing the health care system can be and why it is important to have someone advocate for you. This is why Cindy founded the Patient Advocate Agency. Today Cindy is passionate about using her knowledge and experience to help patients navigate the very complicated and costly health care system by providing support and advice for her clients.
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Cathy Richards, M.A. is an exercise physiologist, wellness coach, and best-selling author of BOOM: Six Steps to a Longer, Healthier Life. After working in both corporate and senior living settings, Cathy’s signature programs focus on maximizing physical health, brain function, and energy levels for all ages with a unique message of “never too early, never too late”. As a professional speaker, Cathy unlocks key mindset shifts and strategies for lasting motivation and lifestyle change. She has been featured on numerous TV news stations and print publications including the Washington Post.
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Judy’s work experience ran the gamut from pediatrics, establishment of a hospital Occupational Therapy rehabilitation program, work in a home rehabilitation program, to educational as a local college Occupational Therapy guest lecturer, and finally teaching the Occupational Therapy component at a home health aide training program.
She wrote her book (ACTIVITIES TO DO WITH YOUR PARENT WHO HAS ALZHEIMERS DEMENTIA) after her mothers diagnosis. It was at this time that Mrs. Levy began speaking at caregiver training sessions and at Alzheimer’s family support groups. alzheimer's disease lewy body caregiving caregiver training alzheimer's disease dementia vascular
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Lindsey Sarowitz joined Handler & Levine, LLC in 2013. Ms. Sarowitz is an associate with the firm, and regularly represents individuals, including Federal government employees, in preparing their estate plans, consisting of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives and other estate planning documents. She also represents Estates and Trustees in regard to decedent’s issues, helping guide families through probate and trust administration following the loss of a loved one.
Lindsey is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars, and is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Montgomery County, MD. As part of her practice, Lindsey provides estate planning seminars to Federal Government employees through the National Institute of Transition Planning. elder law durable power of attorney probate estate planning estate planning attorney
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Dr. Camelia Lawrence, MD, FACS is a board-certified surgeon specializing in benign and malignant breast disease. She has fellowship training in advanced breast cancer surgery, including skin and nipple-sparing mastectomy, sentinel node biopsy and oncoplastic techniques. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and her medical degree from the University Of Rochester School Of Medicine. She completed her residency at New York Medical College. She then entered her fellowship training at the John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica in Breast Surgical Oncology. She currently serves as the Director of Breast Surgery for the Hospital of Central Connecticut and Midstate Medical Center tasked with the responsibility of further developing their breast programs.
She serves as Assistant Professor of Surgery at UConn School of Medicine, University of Connecticut where she works with medical students and surgical residents nurturing her personal interest in teaching and education of the future generation. She has co-authored a book chapter entitled “Benign Breast Diseases” published in Berek and Novak’s Gynecology, 2012 and served as a peer-reviewer for journals. Her scholarly activities yielded abstracts, poster presentations and papers. She has received numerous awards for her commitment to service including the Dr. Kenneth Woodard Memorial Award, Rush-Henrietta Rotary Club’s Dr. Edwin Robinson Humanitarian Award, and the Carrie-Ann Smith Award. In 2015 she was chosen by the Urban League of Southern Connecticut to receive the Woman of Power Award during the Women’s Empowerment Summit. She was awarded the 2017 Doctor of Distinction Award for Fairfield County, the American Cancer Society Award for Women Leading the Way to Wellness and the Susan G. Komen Inaugural More Than Pink Honor for her commitment to breast cancer care. Most recently she received the 100 Women of Color Award in Hartford, CT and the Southern CT Black Chamber of Commerce Business Woman of the Year Award. breast cancer risk factors breast cancer awareness public health oncology
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Cassandra owns and operates Holistic Living Consulting LLC, a wellness business, helping women embrace physical and emotional wellness. Additionally, Cassandra is the Author of He Restoreth My Soul Triumph through Adversity and Holistic Healing Common Herbs & Essential Oils to Improve Your Health. She is a Certified Wellness Coach through the Spencer Institute and holds a Master’s degree in Gerontology.
Cassandra is a Credentialed Professional Gerontologist (Aging Expert) and Certified Wellness Coach. Her career experience is varied working with the older adult population across various settings such as skilled nursing facilities, hospice, and long term acute care hospital. She is passionate about advocating for older Americans and devotes her volunteer efforts to causes affecting seniors. Currently she is on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging for the state of Arkansas and the Advisory Committee for the Alzheimer’s Cure Foundation.
In 2014, Cassandra was diagnosed with systemic lupus. After living in pain for approximately a year Cassandra decided to take control of her health. She took courses in health & wellness and started her path to healing. Starting in 2016 Cassandra entered remission with her condition and is thriving instead of surviving. clean eating dementia alzheimer's disease health care memory loss
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Kyrié (Kee-re-ay) is a corporate coach and ageism activist. She is the co-founder of the anti-ageism clearinghouse OldSchool.info and the editor of the ChangingAging blog with more than 30,000 subscribers. She has spoken at the International Alzheimer’s Association Conference, the Eden Alternative Conference (featured in Atul Gawande’s best selling book: Being Mortal), and has most recently been touring the country with thought leader Dr. Bill Thomas on his ‘ChangingAging Tour’. Kyrie’s book, Healing Dementia, has been endorsed by renowned geriatrician Al Power, and her work on OldSchool, with TED speaker Ashton Applewhite, was recently featured in the New York Times.
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Working past 65 doesn't necessarily allow you to delay enrollment into Medicare. Centers for Medicare Services has strict guidelines on what individuals can do and must do when working past 65. Failure to comply can result in lifetimes penalties and delays in coverage.
In this webinar, Mr. Norce will cover your Medicare options and responsibilities when you or a spouse is considering working past 65. It is imperative that you learn exactly how Medicare views your situation when working past 65.
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- Decisions made for you-Employer size
- To Enroll or Not to enroll
- Maintaining creditable coverage
- HSAs and Medicare after 65
- Creating a Special Enrollment Period
- Application process for Part B
- COBRA and Medicare-Be careful
John is the founder of Medicare Portal with over 31 years in the insurance industry. During this time, he has assisted thousands of clients with their Medicare experience – from education, to enrollment, to lifetime policy support. John remains highly active in the insurance industry by serving on the boards of two local insurance associations. Additionally, John is a certified continuing education instructor, providing courses on Medicare to his fellow agents. insurance agent, medicare advantage plans, sign up for medicare turning 65 medicare mistakes medicare enrollment when to sign up for medicare medicare supplement medigap
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As technology increases, more and more is done on the computer such as zoom calls, on-line education and email. Well never fear, the Ergo-Expert is here! Let me give you some tips to change your environment at home. Sign up for this informative 20 minute webinar that will help you set up your computer and your life for comfort and ease.
We’ll go over:
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Computer Set-up at your desk.
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Chair Set-up for comfort
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Laptop Set-up on the couch, bed, kitchen and desk.
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Common injuries and how to prevent them.
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Behavioral changes that can help.
As an Ergonomist and Occupational Therapist working in the field of injury prevention, I have been running ergonomic programs for the past ten years. I truly love helping people be more comfortable and productive at work and have seen amazing results over the past decade! While lecturing on Ergonomics at the University of Southern California I managed the ergonomics program at Raytheon Space and Airborne systems. As a consultant, I’ve worked with some of the biggest technology, insurance and healthcare companies in the world from Google to Electronic Arts, Symantec to UCLA, as well as City of Hope, Sony, Union Bank, AIG and The Hartford. The biggest challenge in managing these programs was the paperwork. Keeping up with the evaluations, injury reporting and database management, leaving less time to do training, evaluations or strategize! Ergolution was created out of this need to “fast-track the paperwork” to focus on the ultimate goal of devoting maximum time to employees and running the program. We make ergonomics easy for employees with education and make it stress-free for managers by automating the workflow. One of the unique fundamentals of Ergolution and my passion as an entrepreneur is that we are a Social Enterprise, giving back by contributing to women entrepreneurs becoming more successful through our donations and our community education efforts. ergonomics work from home
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● Learn top 3 Considerations to Caring for a Loved One at Home
● Identify Strategies to Set Boundaries
● Understand How the Home Environment Impacts Success
● Explain Ways to Advocate for Yourself and Your Loved One
● Describe Methods to Create a Care Team
Dr. Emily Reilly, MSOTR/L, ECHM is the founder/CEO of Purposefully Home located in Scottsdale, Arizona. She practices as an occupational therapist and provides functional living consultation to clients to improve the way the home space enhances the resident’s lifestyle. Integrating skills as an occupational therapist and certified home modification professional, Dr. Reilly has helped create solutions to enhance the way families maintain their daily roles, routines and interests. Many people wish to remain in their home for as long as possible and that is the goal for each client served. Purposefully Home is a boutique consulting agency providing education, advocacy and limitless potential to each client, caregiver and community member served.
Stan, a Vietnam Era vet, began his career in the entertainment and fitness industries before becoming an insurance professional. He opened his own insurance brokerage over 20 years ago, adding Long Term Care coverages to his portfolio of life and disability products. A premier specialist in Long Term Care, Stan guides his clients through the complexities of the choices available with Long Term Care, as well as offering life, disability, and critical illness policies. Stan currently teaches the general LTCI Continuing Education (CA) courses, as well as The California Partnership for Long Term Care, under the auspices of the California Departments of Insurance and Aging. Stan receives numerous invitations to speak at local, financial planning, legal, senior, and insurance associations, including the San Gabriel Assn. of Financial Planners, NAIFA, LAAHU/VCAHU, USC, and the Joint Medicare Summit (IEAHU/SDHU/OCAHU/DCAHU). He has served on the advisory panels for the CA Partnership for Long Term Care.
Aside from his personal production and teaching seminars, Stan mentors financial advisors through the complexities of the LTC Insurance sale (pre-qualifying inquiries, meeting with clients, customizing proposals, monitoring underwriting). His agency assists the sellers of LTCI with education, marketing, and product knowledge. All client proposals and quotes are individually tailored to reflect the clients’ needs, budgets, financial plan, and lifestyle requirements.
Stan assures his clients and agents/financial advisors that the products represented by his brokerage have only the highest ratings/reliability. Just recently the agency has introduced Hybrid policies which appeal to those clients who wish to blend life insurance with LTCI coverage. Stan is married to Marcia, also a licensed agent, who also serves as a corporate officer. While their daughter, Shawna was growing up (USC Doctor of Physical Therapy, 2016), Stan was active with WAGS softball and Agoura HS Girls’ Water polo. Stan and Marcia have also chaired various committees with the local chamber of commerce associations and charity groups.
Mark is in business development for Right At Home in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in Maryland. They are a private duty home care agency specializing in companion care, CNA/GNA care, and Certified Medicine Technicians. He works to build referral relationships with hospital staff, skilled nursing centers, home health providers, assisted living and independent living communities.
At Right At Home they work with medically frail and elderly who want assistance to allow them to stay safe and well in their home or current living arrangements. They can provide live in care, hourly care, or episodic care to meet a person/family at their level of need.
Right At Home has a highly effective hospital or rehab to home program called Right Transitions. They do outreach and educational events in the area to create awareness about care and support alternatives to allow a person to age in place safely.
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- Importance of caring for self and living a balanced life.
- Dr. Nussbaum’s Brain Health Lifestyle®.
- Specific research-based activities to build "brain resilience."
- Neural Plasticity, Neurogenesis, and brain resilience.
- To share this information with each client and family.
- Learn about the Miracle of the Human Brain
Doctor Nussbaum is board-certified in Clinical Psychology and Geropsychology with a specialization in Neuropsychology. He is a member of the National Health Register for Psychologists and a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and American Academy of Clinical Psychology. Having earned Phi-Beta Kappa and his Doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in 1991, Dr. Nussbaum completed his internship and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is an Adjunct Professor in Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
He is the Founder and President of Brain Health Center, Inc. that provides independent medical examinations, neuropsychological assessments, and case management for those suffering neurological and neurobehavioral disorders. The Center also serves as the epicenter for Dr. Nussbaum’s Brain Health Lifestyle®, consultation business, and his Keynote presentations internationally.
Doctor Nussbaum has 30 years experience in the care of adults and older persons suffering dementia, head injury, and many neuropsychiatric disorders. An expert in neuroanatomy and human behavior, he has published many peer reviewed articles, books, and chapters within the scientific community. He also serves on the editorial boards for several scientific and clinical journals.
Doctor Nussbaum educates the general public on the basics of the human brain and how to keep the brain healthy over the entire lifespan. He has presented his views on brain health at the United Nations, National Press Club, Mensa, Sirius Radio, and CSPAN. His keynote presentations are both informative and fun and he is often interviewed by the local and national press/media. mental health neuroscience
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Life Care Planning is like Car Insurance. People don’t want to think about having an accident. Yet, we want and need to drive, it is part of our lives.
Here’s What You’ll Learn
- What is involved in a Life Care Plan?
- Anticipating common aging-related or disability-related life challenges and planning for how to successfully conquer them.
- Planning in order to minimize the stress, financial problems and family strife lack of planning causes.
- Completing necessary legal documents, and documenting one’s likes and dislikes, wants and needs and financial plans.
Maureen Rulison is President of Caregiver Support & Resources, LLC. She is also Co-Founder WeAre#DementiaStrong. Throughout her 25+ year career working with elders and persons living with disabilities, Maureen has developed the philosophy that “Failure to plan, is a plan to fail.” This never became more of a truth to Maureen then when she became Brian LeBlanc’s Care Partner. Brian is living with Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia. Now, Maureen has experienced the value of pre-planning both personally and professionally.
- My perspective achieved through a decade long study and experience of institutional care of the elderly in the U.S. and India
- Desired versus actual quality of life of the elderly
- Unique, practical, insightful and simple way forward
- Dialogue with the webinar participants on their perspective on the institutional care and way forward
Dr. Mayanka Gupta is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Resource Management and Design Application, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi. Her Doctoral degree focused on Quality of Life of elderly at Old Age Homes (alternate living arrangement) and Recreation Centres (day care centres) in India. She has presented several papers in international & national conferences & seminars on gerontology. Management of shared resources, Inclusive public spaces, mental health are areas of her interest. Conducted several trainings on intergenerational bonding, resume writing, theatre for change, women’s reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, sexual abuse for varied target groups.
Here’s What You’ll Learn
Goals of Digital Asset Planning
Know the Difference between Digital Assets and Digital Accounts
Steps in Digital Estate Planning
– Appoint a Digital Power of Attorney
– Designate a Digital Executor
– Authorize Your Digital Steward
Do You Want a Digital Crypt?
Resources for Digital Legacy Planning
Sig’s professional experience includes a career in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Information Agency, fundraising for locally based organizations, and community organizing. He has mediated cases for the DC Superior Court for more than 15 years. As an elder mediator in private practice he helped families resolve disputes around property distribution, guardianship, and caring for loved ones. His clients’ experiences and his own as a family caregiver form the heart of Love’s Way: Living Peacefully with Your Family as Your Parents Age*, a book he co-authored with Judge (ret.) Carolyn Miller Parr.
*Hendrickson Publishers, 2019.
Elder Mediator and Co-Author
Love’s Way: Living Peacefully with Your Family as Your Parents Age
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This webinar is for older persons and adult children who are seeking ways to identify signs of mental health difficulties and to know how to address these signs so they do not become clinical problems.
Here’s What You’ll Learn
- What is Mental Health
- Risk factors in mental health difficulties
- How to identify signs of mental health disturbance
- How to cope with these symptoms
- Resources that can also help
We Care Management’s Owner, Amanda LaRose, has a Master’s Degree in Social Work, is a Licensed Clinical Social Work Therapist and Certified Advanced Social Work Case Manager. She has experience counseling adults of all ages, families, and caregivers. Amanda believes that everyone experiences changes across the lifespan, which naturally leads them to developing coping skills to overcome those challenges. However, there are times in everyone’s life, when for some reason, they are struggling to cope, and therefore they can benefit greatly from additional support. This is why Amanda is passionate about supporting people who are committed to improving their lives. She created We Care Management to support older persons and their family members.
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- Wellness Model
- Loneliness and Older Adults
- Socialization
- IKIGAI: Purposefulness
- Mental Health
- Celebration of Life
Sai Raj Kappari is a Clinical Gerontologist and works in emphasizing the biopsychosocial aspects of aging and its impact on the wellbeing of individuals he serves. He has a PharmD and Master of Science in Gerontology from University of Southern California.
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The daily use of our body warrants optimizing knowledge regarding strategies to complete work and daily routines in an injury-free manner. The webinar will discuss techniques to prevent joint and back injuries and provide advice regarding tool selection for limiting stress on our joints and back.
Sign up for this informative webinar that will help you prevent injury and better choose household equipment.
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- To identify basic ergonomic concepts for injury prevention.
- To identify ergonomic risk factors.
- Three mechanisms to minimize risk of injury.
- The two principles of body mechanics concepts to prevent injuries.
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If you are turning 65 this year or are working or planning to work over age 65, we encourage you to join us for an educational webinar on Medicare basics, presented in conjunction with Medicare Portal.
You’ll learn about the following aspects of Medicare:
- Medicare Eligibility
- Medicare Parts A, B, C and D
- Original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Costs
- What to Do When Turning 65
- What to Do When Working Past 65
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Here’s What You’ll Learn
- Are you prepared to climb up and down the retirement mountain?
- The benefits of uncommon planning you need to know
- Do you know how to grow and protect your retirement in these volatile markets?
Jenevieve is a dually licensed integrated financial wealth advisor. She is currently one of the leading integrated financial planners with the largest independent financial firm in the Mid-Atlantic, First Financial Group. As an advocate for her business clients and member of NAIFA (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors) she has been educating the public since her role as VP-Financial Consultant at Charles Schwab in 2008.
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It can be believed that there are 1.2 million older gay and lesbian people in the U.K (Semlyen 2016). If you apply this number of older LGBTQ people to the fact that one in fourteen people over the age of 65 may develop a form of dementia (Alzheimer’s Society 2017), it can be estimated that there could be around 85,714 gay and lesbian people with dementia in the UK alone.
Webinar Aims:
To identify micro-aggressions in dementia care.
To explore the impact micro-aggressions may have on a LGBT person living with dementia.
To be able to explore ways we can overcome micro-aggressions in dementia care.
Phil Harper, PGDip, is currently a sessional lecturer in dementia care at the University of Worcester, and, Public Health Tutor at Coventry University Group. Phil is also a doctoral candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University exploring care staff’s understanding of the needs of an LGBTQ+ person living with dementia. He has worked in dementia care for 7 years; previously, he worked in hospitals, charitable organizations and care homes. Phil has been involved in the development of dementia training for hospitals and care homes and is most recently a LGBTQ consultant for Ashwell Care Services, a home care company based in Worcestershire specialising in LGBTQ care.
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This webinar is for seniors who no longer want, need or can afford their life insurance policies. 500,000 seniors a year walk away from their policies, leaving over $100 billion in benefits behind. Their policies can be sold for cash.
Here’s What You’ll Learn
- What a life insurance settlement is
- Why someone would want to sell a life insurance policy
- How much money a policy can be worth
- What can be done with the money
- Yes, it is absolutely legal
- And so much more!
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“I am ‘STILL LIVING WELL’ with Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Dementia for I Am “#DEMENTIASTRONG!!!”
After my diagnosis, I learned very quickly that the only person that can assist you as you go along your Dementia journey is . . . YOU!
After 3 days of lying in bed feeling sorry for myself, I had to make a quick decision . . . “do I want to just continue laying here, feeling sorry for myself or do I want to get up and make a difference? I chose the second option. My background was in Public Relations and Marketing so I was used to talking. What better way to put my voice to good use than to talk about my Alzheimer’s Journey, how I cope, how I handle anxiousness and how staying busy helps to keep me focused.
I know everyone has heard from the medical professionals but it wasn’t until people like Richard Taylor, Kate Swaffer and countless others started speaking out about what life and living is all about from the perspective of the person who is actually “Living the Best Life” they possibly can, coping with the issues that come up and rejoicing in their big and small victories.
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Attendees will be able to:
Identify the first step of advance care planning
List at least three people you should talk with about your advance care plan
Define advance care planning
Identify who should have an advance care plan
Explain why an advance care plan is important
M. Jane Markley, RN President of M Jane Markley Consulting, LLC, is a consultant and healthcare ethics advisor with 35+ years experience in healthcare. Sheshe works with individuals, families, organizations, ethics committees, and healthcare systems to help them understand the importance of advance care planning for themselves, their loved ones and their members.
A retired Navy Nurse, she is board-certified in healthcare management, a patient advocate and a former hospital ethics committee chair. She trains healthcare advocates; speaks nationally and internationally; works one on one with individuals and their families to complete their advance directives; facilitates ethics training for medical students as an Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, and serves on the Maryland State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life.
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Here’s What You’ll Learn
- Use life insurance to leave a legacy
- Different types of life insurance policies
- How much coverage do I need?
- Choosing the right company
Kenya started her State Farm Agency in 2007 and prior to becoming an agent she was a team member for 8 years. Kenya has worked with some of the most successful agents and helped them reach their professional goals. She started her first agency in Arlington, VA and opened a second office in Falls Church, VA, March 1st, 2019. You might recognize Kenya from the current State Farm commercial with Terry Crews regarding about life insurance!
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- My background … from UK lawyer to California prosecutor
- How I ended up prosecuting elder abuse crimes for over 22 years
- Why I decided to “retire” from the office to share lessons learned with a wider audience
- Definition of elder abuse (varies from state to state)
- Types of elder abuse
- Who are the likely victims and perpetrators
- What we can do to help recognize and report it
Newly retired Deputy District Attorney Paul Greenwood was a lawyer in England for 13 years. After relocating to San Diego in 1991 he passed the California Bar and joined the DA’s office in 1993. For twenty two years Paul headed up the Elder Abuse Prosecution Unit at the San Diego DA’s Office. In 1999 California Lawyer magazine named Paul as one of their top 20 lawyers of the year in recognition of his pioneering efforts to pursue justice on behalf of senior citizens.
He has prosecuted over 750 felony cases of both physical, sexual, emotional and financial elder abuse. He has also prosecuted ten murder cases, including one death penalty case.
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Dr. Emily Reilly, MSOTR/L, ECHM is the founder/CEO of Purposefully Home located in Scottsdale, Arizona. She practices as an occupational therapist and provides functional living consultation to clients to improve the way the home space enhances the resident’s lifestyle. After witnessing the fast-paced, acute-care setting often leaving patients feeling unheard and concerned about discharge services and support, Dr. Reilly wanted to help fulfill the gap in care that exists. Integrating skills as an occupational therapist and certified home modification professional, Dr. Reilly has helped create solutions to enhance the way families maintain their daily roles, routines and interests. Many people wish to remain in their home for as long as possible but they’re families and homes are not always prepared for unexpected events and illness. Purposefully Home is a boutique consulting agency providing education, advocacy and limitless potential to each client, caregiver and community member served to promote community living.
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