I have been a healthcare professional and educator for over 20 years. I am the, activity director, of many years, at Hunt Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Danvers. While there, I have gained much dementia care and activity experience and knowledge. I have had special training in dementia care and dementia activities through the Alzheimer�s Association and other...
I am an occupational therapist with 15+ years of experience working with persons with various forms of dementia and thier families. I also am the owner of MindStart - Activities for Persons with Memory Loss. I have applied concepts from research and my experience to the design of these products to produce products that work with various stages of dementia. They include user...
My deep interest and long experience with older people, reminiscence and dementia resulted in the publication of two products to connect the generations who can remember the 1940s and 1950s, Many Happy Returns™ Chatterbox cards. These evidence-based memory trigger cards provide more meaningful and enjoyable connection between seniors and younger people and serve to enrich...
Day Al-Mohamed currently serves as a Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer with the American Psychological Association (APA). She manages APA’s legislative and regulatory activities related to public interest policy issues in the arenas of Disability and Ethnic Minorities. This involves influencing policy-making activity on Capitol Hill and regulatory activities in the federal...
Justine Lam joins the Myelin Repair Foundation to spearhead their internet strategy. She looks forward to spreading awareness and interest in myelin repair and MRF's research model, engaging supporters, activating them as volunteers and expanding MRF's grassroots donor base through the application of new media strategies.
Prior to joining MRF, Justine was responsible for spearheading the Ron...
Bob Tell is a writer who lives in Farmington Hills, Michigan. His first published book is "Dementia Diary, A Caregiver's Journal," a memoir that uses humor and compassion to describe his widowed mother's sixteen year decline into the opaque fog of dementia.
"Dementia Diary" has received much praise from experts in the long term care community. It is available for purchase...
