INTERNATIONAL

Alzheimer Society of New Brunswick

Alzheimer Society of Prince Edward Island

CrossReach (associated with The Church of Scotland) - Closed the 1st and 2nd International Conferences in Glasgow

Conducted programs and on-site trainings at CrossReach care communities: Adams House (Elderslie, Scotland), Cameron House (Inverness, Scotland), Cumnor Hall (Ayr, Scotland), The Elms (Edinburgh, Scotland), St. Margaret's House (Polmont, Scotland), Williamwood House (Netherlee, Scotland), South Beach House (Ardrossan, Scotland), Queen’s Bay Lodge (Edinburgh, Scotland), Oasis Bankfoot and Belmont Castle (Bankfoot, Scotland), Clashfarquhar (Stonehaven, Scotland), Rubislaw Park and Balmeadie House (Aberdeen, Scotland), Oversteps (Dornoch, Scotland), Budhmor House (Portree – Isle of Skye, Scotland), Oasis Garlochhead (Helensburgh, Scotland)

Conducted staff training programs, lived on-site for one week and arranged outings for those with dementia at Rubislaw Park (a CrossReach care community in Aberdeen, Scotland)

Drew Nursing Home (Sackville, NB)

Eden Alternative (International Convention -- Tacoma, Washington)

The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

University of Stirling and The Dementia Services Development Centre (Stirling, Scotland and Belfast, Ireland)

University of the South Pacific, Fiji Council of Social Services & the Ministry of Health (Suva & Natabua, Fiji)

Alzheimer Groupe Inc. and McGill University (Montreal, Canada)

NATIONAL

Alzheimer's Foundation of America (Philadelphia, Dallas, San Diego, and Cincinnati)

National Association of Health Care Assistants (Joplin, MO)

National Association of State Veterans Homes (Minneapolis, MN)

REGIONAL

Health care providers with several communities

Americare – conducted training at their annual C.N.A. and Leadership conventions as well as on-site work at multiple care communities

Bethesda Adult Communities

Bickford Cottage Memory Care

Dimensions in Senior Living

Eagle Healthcare (ardent followers of The Eden Alternative) – conducted Leadership and DementiaCare trainings as well as on-site programs at all 13 of their homes

Garden View Care Centers

Highgate Senior Living

John Knox Village Care Center

Pioneer Homes (Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Fairbanks, Anchorage and Palmer, AK)

Presbyterian Manors of Kansas

Sunrise Assisted Living (Lenexa, KS)

Wesley Retirement Services - Wesley Halcyon House

State and regional associations

Alabama Gerontological Society annual conference

Alzheimer's Associations: Mid-Missouri Chapter (Columbia, MO), St. Louis Chapter (St. Louis, MO), Southwest Missouri Chapter (Springfield, MO), Alzheimer's Association of Illinois (Quincy, IL), Alzheimer’s Association of Montana (Great Falls, MT), Northeast Tennessee/ Southwest Virginia Chapter (Johnson City, TN), Eastern Tennessee Chapter (Knoxville, TN), Greater Richmond Chapter (Richmond, VA), Central & Western Virginia Chapter (Roanoke, VA), Greater Indiana Chapter (Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, IN), Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter (Louisville, KY), Georgia Chapter (Amelia Island, FL)

Conducted a tour of family caregiver focused programs in Huntington, West Virginia, Lexington, Frankfort, Louisville, Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Owensboro and Paducah, Kentucky, as well as Evansville, Indiana, sponsored by the Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter

Alzheimer's Resource Center (Dothan, AL)

Alzheimer Society of Washington (Bellingham, WA)

Central Missouri Area Agency on Aging

Florida Health Care Association annual convention

Georgia Health Care Association annual convention

Iowa Assisted Living Association annual conference

Iowa Health Care Association annual convention and educational training (Des Moines, IA)

Kansas Health Care Association annual convention

Missouri Assisted Living Association

Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities annual convention

Missouri Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

MC5 (Missouri Coalition Celebrating Care Continuum Change)

Missouri Health Care Association annual conference

Missouri League of Nursing annual training program series (six cities)

Missouri Long-Term Care Ombudsman

New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (Saratoga Springs, Bolton Landing, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and New York, NY)

Parish Nurses of Kansas

Virginia Association of Activity Professionals (VAAP) annual conference

Washington State Residential Care Council of Adult Family Homes annual convention

Individual groups or organizations

AseraCare Hospice and NorthCare Hospice (Kansas City, MO)

Exira Care Center (Exira, IA)

Frontier Community Services (Soldotna, AK)

Greater Kansas City Health & Wellness Ministry (Kansas City, MO)

Homer Senior Center (Homer, AK)

Hospice Compassus (Springfield and Joplin, MO)

Kendallwood Hospice (Riverside, MO)

Long Island State Veterans Home (Stony Brook, NY)

Lutheran service groups and pastors in NW Missouri

McCrite Plaza at Briarcliff (Kansas City, MO) and McCrite Plaza Topeka (Topeka, KS) • Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (Pelham, AL)

Missouri Veterans Home (Cameron, MO)

Northeast Missouri Area Health Education Center

Practical Care Continuum (Austin, TX)

Regional Staff Development Coordinators (Rochester, NY)

St. John's Hospital Annual Conference for physicians (Springfield, MO)

St. John's Mercy Skilled Nursing Care (St. Louis, MO)

Southlake Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Jacksonville, FL)

San Juan Rehab and Care Center (Anacortes, WA)

Senior Adult Ministry of Canterbury United Methodist Church (Birmingham, AL)

Serendipity Adult Day Care (Anchorage, AK)

Tiffany Care Centers (Oregon and Mound City, MO)

University of Alaska Fairbanks and Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

University of Alaska Southeast Sitka

University of Kansas--Landon Center on Aging

Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (Harrisonburg, VA)