Speaker: Melanie Perry
Session: Applying Evolving Well-being Principles to Enhance Quality of Life of the "New Elder" within Assisted Living
Bio: Innovative Memory Care, Life Enrichment, Psychosocial Wellbeing, and Operational leader with a 25 + year history of serving in the Long Term Care and Elder Services profession. Passionate about dementia care, Life Enrichment design and leadership, psychosocial wellness, healthcare consulting, public speaking, customer service, and Person-Centered Care principles. Mission-driven, leading with love. Award-winning support leader and educator with a Master of Science in Psychology from the University of St. Francis and a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling (with an emphasis in gerontology) from Nova Southeastern University