An innovative approach to person-centered programs.
Who we serve
Alzheimer’s Care Associates (ACA) provides professional consulting services to:
Senior Living Providers
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Assisted Living Providers
Memory Care/Support Communities
Adult Day Programs
What we do
We specialize in creating innovative, evidence-based memory care and support programs tailored to your residents’ needs.
We know it’s challenging to stay on top of the latest research AND implement new strategies into your program.
We understand how overwhelming it can be to provide your staff with training that is engaging AND educational.
We’re here to help you with the increasing challenges we are faced with each day in supporting those living with a dementia diagnosis.
Why we do it
With over 30 years of experience, the team at ACA has an expertise and passion for memory support that is unmatched. Although our consulting services apply to entire communities, we’re on a mission to help each individual living with a dementia diagnosis.
In fact, long before the term was popularized, Alzheimer’s Care Associates (ACA) was advocating and developing person-centered whole person memory care programs.
We continue to adapt to research findings, so we’re constantly innovating and improving the quality of life for those we serve.
At ACA, we believe the “perfect model of care” is continually unfolding. Each individual requires a unique whole person approach to support the people we are entrusted to care for each day.
It’s this unique combination of experience, research, innovation, and passion that makes our consulting firm stand out from the rest.
Meet the Team
Nancy Schier Anzelmo
PRINCIPAL
Nancy is the Founder and Principal of Alzheimer’s Care Associates.
She’s passionate about leveraging cutting edge research to improve the lives of those affected by dementia. But she’s not just an advocate; Nancy is a sought-after expert.
With a Master’s degree in Gerontology, and over 30 years of hands-on experience, Nancy is considered a leader in the field of senior living: assisted living memory care and adult day programs.
Prior to founding ACA in 2001, Nancy worked in various roles within the long term care continuum including:
Residential Care
Assisted Living
Skilled Nursing
Rehabilitation
Adult Day Programs
Over the years, her work and research has garnered recognition in both the private and nonprofit sectors of senior living services.
Nancy has received achievement awards for her innovative work with the Alzheimer’s Association and various senior service agencies.
She is a highly regarded speaker and educator in the field of Gerontology.
As an expert in memory support programs, Nancy has served her community in various capacities:
Program forum consultant to the Alzheimer’s Association chapters of California
Faculty Member at Sacramento State University, Gerontology Department since 1999
Former Vice President of Sigma Phi Omega, Gerontology honors society, Sacramento chapter
Board member of the California Coalition for Person-Centered Care
Volunteer for the Northern California Alzheimer’s Association
Task Force member for the Dementia Action Alliance
Member of the Gerontological Society of America and the American Society on Aging
Currently, Nancy serves as a board member of the statewide California Assisted Living Association (CALA). As the co-chair of the education committee, Nancy works diligently to educate individuals overseeing the care of older adults living in supportive housing settings.
Nancy is also the co-founder of Connected Horse (est. 2015), a nonprofit devoted to equine guided assisted learning programs for older adults affected by a diagnosis of dementia..
Connected Horse provides equine-assisted workshops that inspire connection and engagement in the lives of all those impacted by a dementia diagnosis or neurocognitive disorders.
Nancy resides outside of Sacramento with her husband, daughters and many rescued pets.
Kimberlee Alsup
ASSOCIATE
For close to 30 years, Kimberlee’s passion for meaningful connections with those living with cognitive decline has taken her on a journey that has been enriching to those she serves and has become a personal mission.
Stepping into memory care as a classically trained chef, she has created exceptional dining programs customized to meet organizational goals, and to build resident enjoyment.
Honing her skills through fresh, upscale menu design, this led to marketing her techniques through her book, Table for Two, Dining with Dementia.
Chef and author has revitalized senior living teams to embrace a vision of person-centered dining with a focus on clean cuisine, nutrition for brain health and living in wellness.
Kimberlee has excelled in senior living communities from corporate chef to marketing to Executive Directorship, facilitating Alzheimer’s support groups and speaking to audiences about successful dining for our aging population in congregate settings.
Currently, Kimberlee is involved in furthering her mission for senior living communities. She and her husband Dave tend to their organically raised Angus cow-calf herd, heritage breed chickens, and organic vegetable farming. She splits her time between their home in Northern California and their farm in West Tennessee.
Through her experience with fresh and flavorful foods, simply prepared, she has built a brain healthy cooking approach that offers nutritional benefits for wellness and longevity, providing optimum health advantages for living life fully.
Bri Buchanan-Johnson
ASSOCIATE
Bri has been working in the senior care industry for the last 16 years. Over her career, Bri has supported those living with Alzheimer’s and other Dementias in multiple settings which include:
Adult Day Health Care
Skilled Nursing
Memory Care
Home Care
Throughout her career, Bri has been results driven while creating and implementing person centered programs in senior housing environments.
She has developed, piloted, and implemented successful brain fitness programs, memory care programs, and life engagement activity programs for Independent, Assisted, and Memory Care environments.
Bri has a strong passion for training and teaching others unique ways to create meaningful interactions and opportunities for those living with dementia and their families.
Her field experience coupled with her operational and management experience offers a well-rounded approach to creating dynamic and stimulating programs that work in real life situations and in various senior care environments.
In addition to her work in senior housing, Bri is also a certified Death Doula specializing in working with the elderly and currently works in Washington State running a Dementia Outreach Program.
Bri lives in the forest on the Olympic Peninsula in northern Washington with her husband, 4 children, and 2 dogs.
Contact Us.
nsa@alzcareassociates.com
(916) 708-4904
2351 Sunset Blvd. Suite 170-143
Rocklin, CA 95765
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