Please enjoy this episode of The Resilient Caregiver Podcast where we empower those who serve people diagnosed with dementia by providing unbiased information and the encouragement necessary to maintain caregiver wellness. This podcast is brought to you by the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Southwest Wisconsin.

Today our guest is Dr. Kalisha Bonds-Johnson. She is an Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated with a Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt specializing as a Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in 2012 and more recently graduated with a PhD from Oregon Health & Science University. During her PhD studies, she focused on quality of life for African Americans diagnosed with dementia and their caregivers and how interpersonal factors such as decision-making affected quality of life. I’m excited to learn today from Dr. Bonds-Johnson how culturally tailored clinical interventions can help us improve health outcomes for African-Americans living with dementia and their families. Doctor, welcome to the show!

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Music: Star Night by Wonderland, New City by Josh Leake, Forest by the Sea by Beneath the Mountain

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