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Candace “Dace” Brown has been working with the aged population since she was a teen. She began by volunteering and working with elders in nursing and assisted living homes. While working toward a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies, her passion became more focused on the minority community. She went on to earn master’s degrees in adult education and gerontology and now teaches health and gerontology courses in the traditional classroom setting, online, and in the community. Dace also has a personal interest in life extension through exercise.

Sara Myers with Her Mother Reva

The National Senior Living Providers Network (NSLPN) is a premier online community for industry news and career opportunities for all professionals involved in the senior care marketplace. We provide quality recruitment opportunities for employers and superior job-seeking opportunities for industry professionals across all of the senior living disciplines.

Older Americans Month May 2009. The theme is "Living Today For a Better Tomorrow".

Silver Ambassador Carol Sullivan, PhD, is a Denver writer, author, former state legislator, and English teacher who created and co-teaches the course “Turning Your Life into Story,” designed for anyone age 55 and over who enrolls in courses at Denver’s Most Precious Blood Wisdom Center. This course has been included under the heading, “Transitions without Walls,” a Silver Planet project, funded in part by the Rose Community Foundation’s Boomers Leading Change initiative.

[amazon cover 1931916411] Over the span of two decades, author, columnist, and speaker Carol Bradley Bursack cared for a neighbor and six elderly family members. As a result of this experience, Bursack wrote Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories, a portable support group for caregivers.