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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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