Board Members

Hospice of the Valley

Board Member

Hospice of the Valley delivers palliative and hospice care in the familiar surroundings of patients' homes or where they live.  Members of the hospice team make house calls much like the family doctors did years ago.

We are the leading provider of hospice care in Arizona and also offers a full spectrum of services, including pediatric care, dementia care, pulmonary care and palliative care for those suffering chronic illness.

We strive to meet the physical emotional, social and spiritual needs of our patients, families and caregivers.

www.hov.org

Visiting Angels

President

Visiting Angels help families assess all the tools they need to remain where they want to be, safe and sound, wherever they call home.

A long-distance family caregiver herself, Elaine is a Certified Dementia Practitioner, serving as Director of Care Management for Visiting Angels East Valley.  She is certified in the Teepa Snow PAC ™ (Positive Approach to Care) method of dementia training and teaches practical aging, life and caregiving skills throughout the community.  She coaches caregivers and families whether they are in the trenches, or proactively preparing to handle what comes next through her Successful Aging program.

https://www.visitingangels.com/mesa/home

The Perfect Place

Secretary

Rose Saunders is a registered nurse with a master’s degree in nursing and a doctorate in higher education. She has been the dean of several different nursing programs in four states during her career. She is a consultant with expertise in curriculum and program evaluation for nursing programs. Rose is currently the executive director of the Perfect Place, a non-medical adult daycare that offers recreational activities to individuals with dementia and provides respite to  caregivers. The Perfect Place partners with experts in the field to offer programs to educate families, caregivers, and the public related to various aspects of dementia. 

 https://theperfectplacecare.org

Oakwood Creative Care

Board Member

Oakwood Creative Care Clubs (licensed adult day health services) offers research-based, cutting edge, person-directed care model focusing on strengths, interests and wellness.  Open Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.  OCC’s day clubs is a nonprofit solution and alternative to costly in home care and facilities.  Oakwood believes that every member deserves the opportunity to engage in meaningful activities and remain apart of the community.

Research indicates even though the brain is deteriorating in certain areas and causing impairments in the thinking, memory and judgment, individuals with dementia can visually communicate through the creative center of the brain even when they are no longer verbal.

Oakwoodcreativecare.org

Neighbors Who Care

Board Member

Established by the community for the community.  For over twenty years people have been served, encouraged and enabled to be as mobile and independent as possible.  Our goal is to give back to others and offer them the opportunity to live independently in their own homes with dignity and to create an atmosphere of kindness and caring in our community.  Our services include business services, transportation, shopping/errands, dinner delivery, minor repairs, check-in calls, friendly visits, respite care, welfare visits, van services and recreational therapy activities.  Visit Neighbors Who Care.

Vice President/Treasurer

Wayne  was a caregiver for his wife for many years prior to her passing in 2017.  In order to provide services and therapies to his wife, it was necessary to travel 300-400 miles each week for the services.  Unfortunately those services are/were severely absent in the south east valley.  Mr. Mangold wrote a memorandum describing his journey to locate and provide those services and therapies.  Afterwards he visited each of the partners requesting help to create programs in the southeast valley for current and future families traveling similar journeys.