Care Giving for Alzheimer's Disease (PDF)

Verna Benner Carson, PhD, PMHCNS, BC, is an advanced practice, board certified clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric/mental health nursing.  She is also the President of C&V Senior Care Specialists, Inc., a consulting firm that provides training, operations, and marketing support to geriatric providers across the continuum of care specializing in behavioral health and Alzheimer's care. Dr. Carson is also an associate professor of psychiatric mental health nursing at Towson University in Baltimore, MD. Towson is part of the University of Maryland System. Prior to this, Dr. Carson served for 11 years as the National Director of Behavioral Health for Tender Loving Care - Staff Builders.  She was an associate professor of psychiatric nursing at the University of Maryland School of Nursing for 21 years. 



Katherine Vanderhorst, RN, BSN is Vice- President of C&V Senior Care Specialists, Inc., a consulting firm incorporated in 2007. C&V Senior Care Specialists provides training, operations, and marketing support to geriatric providers across the continuum of care specializing in Behavioral Health and Alzheimer's Care. Katherine Vanderhorst is a psychiatric nurse with years of clinical experience in Behavioral Health Care and Alzheimer's Care. She began her career at New York Hospital Cornell-Medical Center Payne Whitney Clinic. She wrote two studies on the effectiveness of psychiatric home care. Prior to working in home care she worked in product development and marketing for a Fortune 500 company Pharmaceutical Company. In her 15 years with a National Home Care Provider she served as a Sales Director over 6 Northeast States and General Manager over a $20 million market in Western New York .





Harold G. Koenig, MD, MHSc completed his undergraduate education at Stanford University, his medical school training at the University of California at San Francisco, and his geriatric medicine, psychiatry, and biostatistics training

“The primary goal is to share information about expected changes in functioning and behavior of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, strategies and tools to effectively manage those changes … . For caregivers and providers, this is an easy-to-reference guide with practical suggestions that are both straightforward to implement and likely to yield immediate results. This book is also recommended to physicians or other healthcare providers who have regular interaction with caregivers to help answer questions and provide suggestions about caregiving.” (Christopher J. Graver, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2015)