Media

Taped interview (:06), 'Aging with Grace and Dignity,' WV Public Radio. Click on the link above.

Taped interview (:45), 'Converstaions with those who care' (stories of five caregivers), VA Public TV, Channel 21, Culpeper, VA, produced with Aging Together.

Live interview (1:00), 'St. Louis on the Air,' KWMU 90.7 (NPR affiliate)

Feature articles in dozens of newspapers and magazines in multiple states.

National recognition

2008 USA Book News National Best Book Awards Finalist

Publishers Weekly article, 'Health Front and Center' (8-4-08)

"The National Institute on Aging's Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center staff consider Alzheimer's Care with Dignity a valuable book."

2010 Indie Excellence Awards Finalist

Speaker/Signings

Keynote speaker at Caregiver Conferences. Other venues and audiences included Alzheimer's Association events, hospital and nursing staffs, home health care and nursing home staffs, book stores, and churches. Seventeen-year caregiver Frank Fuerst has also spoken at many libraries from California to Massachusetts. Reviewers and audiences gave all talks excellent reviews. Additional signings included Book Expo America (NYC).

Sample speaking topics (about 1:00 each)
> Introduction to dementia
> Overcoming negative emotions
> Financial and legal considerations
> Medical realities
> Products that work
> When others provide care
> Activities of daily living
> Communicating with someone who has dementia

Sample sermons
> The Power of Prayer
> The Fifteenth Commandment