OPEN MIC on Alzheimer’s Speaks – Resources, Training, & Insight
Today our host Lori La Bey talks with
- Denise Calhoun is an author and founder of Calhoun Communications and Communicare Connections.
- Marilyn Raichle is an author and Executive Director of Maude’s Awards.
- Ken Whalen whose Mother lived with dementia. this experience changed his life. He and his brother created the Linda Kay Monroe Whelan Memorial Education Scholarship to honor his mom.
- Teresa Carter the founder of Forget Me Not Associates in Dementia Knowledge.
I think you will find our conversation with Denise Calhoun, Marilyn Raichle, Ken Whelan, and Teresa Carter interesting as we explore services, products, care culture, needs, and positive outcomes.
Contact Denise Calhoun
Calhoun Communications https://calhouncommunications.net/about
Communicare Connections https://communicareconnection.org/
Book – Changing Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging
Purdue https://www.press.purdue.edu/
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Changing-Seasons-Language-Curriculum-Healthy-ebook/dp/B0BG2MMHQ2?ref_=ast_author_dp
Marilyn Raichle
Book – Don’t’ Walk Away
Book Website https://dontwalkaway.net/
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCBMQNDB
Email marilyn@maudesawards.org
Maude’s Awards gives three annual $25,000 awards to organizations and up to five $5,000 awards to individuals excelling in one of four categories of care for persons living with dementia and care partners. Applications have closed for 2024, but we will let you know when the winners are announced.
Ken Whalen
Linda Kay Monroe Whelan Memorial Education Scholarship: https://bold.org/funds/linda-kay-monroe-whelan-memorial-scholarship-fund/
Teresa Carter
Forget Me Not Associates
https://forgetmenotassociates.com/
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