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Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio “Understanding and Appreciating the Crooked Lines When dementia Shows”  Featuring Emerald Crest Chaplain Arlen Solem and Cassia’s Director of Communications, Jenna Zark.

December 15, 2022 – Lori La Bey, talks with Jenna Zark, the author of Crooked Lines: A Single Mom’s Jewish Journey. Both of her parents had dementia.  Jenna is a playwright whose works are produced in New York, the Midwest and at regional theaters throughout the country. She is also the director of communications at Cassia, which provides housing, health care and community services to older adults.  Also joining us is Chaplain Arlen Solem.  He has been a chaplain with Emerald Crest memory care since 2018.  He loves that he gets to spend his days with so many people he considers friends. 

Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio – Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sounds news, not just sound bites since 2011.

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