{"id":9,"date":"2012-11-11T12:08:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-11T12:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caregiversunitedotorg.wordpress.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-02-15T14:32:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T20:32:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"About the author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_5533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2514\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_5533-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_5533-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_5533-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_5533-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_5533-44x55.jpg 44w, https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_5533.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beth Reinert has experience with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease both professionally and personally.\u00a0\u00a0 She worked as the\u00a0 Recreation Director on a Special Care Unit for Alzheimer\u2019s patients for two years.\u00a0 Having a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Education from the University of South Alabama that specializes in Therapeutic Recreation prepared her for modifying activities to encourage connection and enjoyment.\u00a0 Both her maternal and fraternal grandmothers died with the disease and was the primary caregiver for her mother also died from Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.\u00a0 Beth is an avid writer and advocate for the elderly, targeting those living with dementia.\u00a0 She is especially passionate for the plight of the caregiver who is navigating that journey with their loved one.<\/p>\n<p>She served District 01 in Alabama as the Alzheimer&#8217;s Association Ambassador, led the Dementia Friendly Alabama Project in Mobile, AL and led a Dementia Care Ministry at Christ Anglican Church.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Reinert is a contributing author to <em>Dementia Friendly Worship &#8211; A Multifaith Handbook for Chaplains, Clergy, and Faith Communities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beth Reinert has experience with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease both professionally and personally.\u00a0\u00a0 She worked as the\u00a0 Recreation Director on a Special Care Unit for Alzheimer\u2019s patients for two years.\u00a0 Having a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Education from the University of South Alabama that specializes in Therapeutic Recreation prepared her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4cxZR-9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2602,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/2602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}