Caring Companion Home Care of Concord, MA was selected by the industry's most prominent national trade organization, the National Private Duty Association (NPDA), to deliver a consumer seminar entitled "When Dementia Strikes: Managing Care and Making the Most of Each Day."  It will be delivered as a free webinar on May 16 at 3:30 PM EST.

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) cause grief for families and increasingly complex cases for home care agencies. The Alzheimer's Association and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have developed an innovative new program to train family and caregivers in the use of Habilitation Therapy to reduce the care challenges in these difficult cases.  Participants will learn about best practices in the industry as the country faces this growing challenge.

"We are truly honored to have been selected to deliver this information, among the roughly 17,000 thousand homecare agencies nationwide," says Caring Companion owner and long-time Concord resident, Jim Reynolds. "We owe this to our Concord office director, Dr. Deborah Bier, who has become a recognized expert on dementia and home care." 

Reynolds and Bier write a monthly column for the Concord Journal and other Gatehouse Media publications entitled "Living and Loving: Elder Care in the 21st Century."  Reynolds has established the agency as a leader in developing innovative technology and care solutions applied to elder care.  They have been praised for their unique proprietary family communications platform, as well as its focus on wellness, and use of Habilitation Therapy to care for clients with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias.

Bier, a 30-year Concord resident, was in the first group in Massachusetts to be certified by the Alzheimer's Association and the Commonwealth to train dementia caregivers and coach dementia families in Habilitation Therapy.  She has a 25-year career as a counselor and agency director helping multi-generational families apply wellness approaches to managing chronic illness.

Space is still available to enroll for this free webinar. Go to www.PrivateDutyHomecare.org and click on "Register for Webinar" at center, right of the screen. For questions, contact Dr. Bier at 978 884-4769 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , or see their website at www.CaringCompanion.Net