Advancements in Dementia Care

Juliet Holt Klinger, Brookdale’s senior director of dementia care, is a gerontologist specializing in person-centered programs for people living with dementia. As an educator and program designer for more than 35 years, she is responsible for Brookdale’s dementia care program development, implementation and quality assurance for the company’s nearly 400 dementia care communities and provides strategy development and innovation for its dementia care product line. Juliet currently serves as a board member of the Pioneer Network—an organization devoted to promotion of person-centered care and changing the perception of aging.

Jack York, iN2L’s co-founder and president, has earned a reputation in senior living for his charismatic, mission-driven approach in building an organization around the idea that it’s never too late for a fulfilling life. iN2L began as a philanthropic idea to donate computers to assisted living communities and nursing homes in Southern California. But when he saw that conventional technology was too difficult for most older adults to use meaningfully, Jack decided to find a way to make it accessible for all levels of physical and cognitive ability. Jack speaks around the world on using technology to create personalized experiences that engage and connect older adults to their loved ones.

Jay Newton-Small is CEO and founder of MemoryWell, a national network of more than 700 writers who tell the life stories of seniors to help improve their care. It was inspired by caring for her father, who had Alzheimer’s. Previously, Jay was Washington correspondent for TIME Magazine, where she remains a contributor, and she authored the 2016 best-selling book, Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works. Jay is a 2017 Halcyon Incubator fellow, a 2016-2017 New America fellow and a 2015 Harvard Institute of Politics fellow, as well as the 2016 winner of the prestigious Dirksen Award for congressional reporting.