Introducing Your Event Speaker,
Blanche S. Katz, M.S.N., R.N., G.N.P.

Brief Introduction  |  Expanded Introduction

Our speaker is the Eldercare Educator who works with people who have concerns about their parents. She is a Geriatric Specialist with 18 years of know how and has had the experience of looking after her own parents and spouse.

She retired after teaching nursing for 30 years and is now a guest speaker for the California State University at Fullerton’s Nursing Department’s Master Degree Program and the Orange County’s Office On Aging.
She volunteers for the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP for short) for Medicare beneficiaries and has done this for more than 10 years.

She presents community education programs using her knowledge and experience for adult caregivers who want to anticipate and avoid the conflicts as their loved ones grow older and balance elder care in their family and work life.

She speaks to companies who want to increase their productivity and reduce absenteeism by improving their communication and understanding of elder care issues for their employees and manage generational diversity in today’s workplace.

Please help me with a warm welcome for ….. Blanche Katz.

Expanded Introduction

Our speaker today is a gerontological nurse practitioner who is known to non-profit organizations, corporate America and individuals as the "ElderCare Educator." Retired from teaching nursing after 30 years, she was a caregiver herself, looking after her parents and spouse for a number of years. Since retiring from full-time work, she has taught part-time at California State University at Fullerton in their Geriatric Care Manager’s curriculum. She is now a guest speaker for their Nursing Program’s Master Degree curriculum.

Our speaker has experience with both Home Health Nursing and Nursing Case Management. She has been a medical case manager for a health insurance company and helped initiate a Linkages Program in Orange County, a state-wide program designed to provide community resources for dependent adults to help them remain in the community in their homes.

The ElderCare Educator volunteers for the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP), the California State Health Insurance Assistance Program for Medicare beneficiaries, and has done this for more than ten years in senior centers, telephone counseling, health fairs, and community forums. She also presents community education programs for Orange County’s Office on Aging and the Council On Aging – Orange County.

Our speaker is certified by the National Family Care Givers Association to present their seminar, “Communicating Effectively with Health Care Professionals”, the Bringing Elder Care Home, L.L.C., by John Paul Marosy’s, “Elder Care and Work: Finding the Balance” seminar, and Lifetapes Communications, Inc.’s, “Aging Parents: The Seminar”, which is endorsed by many national organizations.

From time to time, our speaker presents community education programs using her knowledge and experience for adult caregivers who want to anticipate and avoid the conflicts as their loved ones grow older and balance elder care in their family and work life. She also speaks to companies that want to increase productivity and reduce absenteeism by improving their communications and understanding of elder care issues for their employees and manage generational diversity in today’s workplace.

You're in for an interesting and informative evening.

Please help me welcome America's ElderCare Educator, Blanche Katz.