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	*Advisory Board* Dorothy Coons, Author, Gerontologist Ann Arbor, Michigan *Teaching Dementia Care: Skill and Understanding* *Quality of Life In Long-Term Care* *Specialized Dementia Care Units* *A Better Life* Nancy Mace, Author Concord, California (photo unavailable) Teaching Dementia Care: Skill and Understanding *Quality of Life In Long-Term Care* *The 36-Hour Day* *Dementia Care* Shelley Weaverdyke, Ph.D. Ann Arbor, Michigan (photo unavailable) *Teaching Dementia Care: Skill and Understanding* *Dementia Care* Mary Guerriero Austrom , Ph.D. Wesley P. Martin Professor of Alzheimer's Education Department of Psychiatry Director, Education Core Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center Indiana University School of Medicine Mary Guerriero Austrom (B.A., B.Ed., Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario; M.A., Ph.D., York University, Toronto) has worked and lectured in the field of Alzheimer disease for over 15 years. Her clinical and research interests include the grief and stress experienced by family caregivers of Alzheimer disease patients as well as issues related to healthy adjustment to late life transitions. She has written over 80 articles, book chapters and abstracts on these topics. Her interests include professional caregivers; especially in long term care facilities. As a result, she develops and delivers staff and management development workshops for long term care facilities. Dr. Austrom is on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Indiana currently serving on the Executive Committee as the Immediate President of the Chapter. She chairs the National Steering Committee of Education Core Directors and is also involved with other organizations both locally and nationally devoted to issues affecting the elderly. James R. Peacock, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology & Social Work Appalachian State University Boone, NC Dr. Peacock is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gerontology in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. His teaching in social gerontology covers a range of topics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. His gerontological research interests center on applied dementia care, but also extend to broader philosophical, pedagogical, and practical issues of formal and informal caregiving. Alzheimer Mediation For Dementia Conflict Civic Center Healthcare Campus 3031 N Civic Center Plaza Ste 257 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 \| Return Home \| Press \| Profile Advisory Board \| Forum \| Sharing & Learning \| Preferred Websites \| Dementia Care Resource Center \| Ask Karen \|