Becoming an Alzheimer's Whisperer: A Resource Guide for Family Caregivers

Verna Benner Carson, Ph.D., R.N., CS-P is the President of C&V Senior Care Specialists. She is the author of 24 books and manuals and the creator of both the Becoming an Alzheimer's Whisperer and the Road to Wholeness Behavioral Health Programs. She is a regular contributor to various nursing journals and nationally known speaker on the topics of Alzheimer's, Psychiatric Nursing, and Spirituality. Dr. Carson resides in Fallston, Maryland. Katherine Vanderhorst, is Vice-President of C&V Senior Care Specialists, Inc. She 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 for a Fortune 500 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 in Western New York. She has also written and co-authored several articles. Both Dr. Carson and Katherine feel passionately that elders who are diagnosed with either mental health issues and/or Alzheimer's or another dementia should receive care in the least restrictive setting possible, hopefully, this is the person's home.