what kind of food I wanted to eat from different options in the cafeteria. I saw that each resident’s room was decorated with things that they loved and there was always an endless supply of hugs.
As I grew older and got a more realistic view of a career in nursing, I quickly knew that my childhood dream would need to change. While I may have had the heart of a caregiver, I surely did not have the stomach of one. Despite being introduced to senior living at an early age, working in long-term care never felt like an option for me without a medical background of some sort. While I may not have exactly understood the magnitude of those precious moments as a child volunteering alongside my mom, I think back on those memories fondly as the foundation for how I became my own version of a caregiver.
Back then, and still to this day, my mom is my very best friend and the person I look up to the most. Later in life, I had the privilege of accepting my first paid job in senior living at an assisted living community where my mom served as the Director of Nursing. In that role, I learned that the same principles my mom instilled in me as a child, still were true as I navigated my new career working with seniors as an adult. It was not until I physically worked in a community myself, that I truly understood that I could be a caregiver in different ways. By greeting visiting family members or simply helping
a resident find an illusive pair of missing glasses, I am still a caregiver who can support seniors. The industry is diverse and provides ample opportunities in hospitality, technology, development and so much more.
Today, I do not get to work directly with seniors as a standard caregiver would, but my path in senior living brought me to a much more important role with BioVie Inc., where my team is working to make an incredible impact for the aging population in the fight against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s through clinical research. I am fortunate enough also, to work alongside my mentor, Sarah Hoit, in building a nonprofit focused on prioritizing research, funding, development, education and innovation in healthy aging with Social Impact Partners.
It is my personal mission through my work with both BioVie and Social Impact Partners, to reclaim healthy aging and influence all generations to focus on proactive and preventative care to combat neurodegenerative conditions.
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