6025 Commerce Circle, 44094 Willoughby
Description of IDEAS Institute
The IDEAS Institute is a recently incorporated entity having received its 501(c)(3) status in March 2000. The IDEAS Institute is the culmination of several years of effort on the part of a small but highly regarded group of professionals. Dr. Margaret Calkins is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of environments for elderly, particularly people with dementia. As an architect and gerontologist, with a background in psychology, she has worked extensively on creating low-cost solutions for facilities trying to improve their environments and programming for people with dementia. She is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences around the world. Jennifer Brush, MA, CCC/SLP, Execcutive Director, is a highly regarded Speech-Language Pathologist known for her work in the areas of memory and swallowing interventions for people with dementia. As a sought after speaker, Ms. Brush offers interactive and educational presentations that help audiences bridge the gap between current research findings and the care needs of their clients. She has applied research experience as the Principal Investigator on both government and private foundation grants. Ms. Brush is the co-author of A Therapy Technique for Improving Memory: Spaced Retrieval and Time Well Spent with the Older Adult, as well as the author of several articles. Stacey Biddle, COTA/L has combined her creative talents with degrees in Art Therapy and Occupational Therapy by providing direct services for 15 years to seniors in long term, subacute, assisted living, outpatient, home health care and healthcare travel assignment. She has extensive experience adapting and modifying the environment to enhance the quality of life of older adults. In addition, Ms. Biddle has applied her expertise through project management of research on HIV, dementia, adapted wardrobe systems and incontinence studies.
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