Author Sue Salach holds a bachelor’s degree in Health and Aging and has worked in the geriatric healthcare field for over 15 years. Her professional career includes nursing home, assisted living and independent living experience, hospice education, and geriatric care management.
Sue utilizes her personal and professional experiences to educate and empower seniors, caregivers, and healthcare and business professionals. Through both public speaking and one on one consultation she has assisted hundreds of caregivers in finding the resources needed to care for their loved one. Her passionate speaking style on topics such as advanced directives, caring for the caregiver and lifestyle transitions, to name a few, combines her extensive educational and career experience with her personal understanding of how overwhelming it can be to try to care for an older adult.
Sue’s accomplishments include:
• Author of Along Comes Grandpa, Caregiving Resources for People in the Real World
• Serving on the advisory board of Chicago Caregiver Magazine
• S.O.S.- Sue offers Support, a bi-monthly column in Chicago and Los Angeles Caregiver Magazine
• Appointed by the Mayor to the Hoffman Estates Commission for Seniors and Disabled
• Member of the National Association of Geriatric Care Managers
• Noted in the Manchester’s Who’s Who of Care Managers
Sue lives in the Chicagoland area with her husband Pastor Paul Cutler and her three dogs Mimi, P-Nut and LuluBelle.
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