About
Hello! It's Brenda Gurung (she, hers), CDP, CMDCP, EMBA; and I'm the Founder and Educator for Be Growth Dementia Education. I'm a credentialed dementia specialist, with a focus on empowering insights to better connect with individuals living with dementia and proactive strategies to lessen dementia "behaviors."
I am elated to be a Forbes Health Advisory Board Member for 2022.
I serve as a volunteer Community Educator for the Alzheimer's Association, having facilitated >170 workshops for families and professionals. And I've served in senior living over 12 years.
Lovely to "meet" you ~
Workshops & Experience
Workshop Venues
Rocky Mountain Conference on Dementia
Boulder County Area Agency on Aging Caregiver Conference
Boulder County Area Agency on Aging Living Well with Dementia
Colorado Activities Professionals Association
Sinceri Senior Living
Gen-Care Lifestyle Senior Living
Thriving During COVID-19
Eldergrow
A Place for Training
Mary Elaine Petrucci's Caregiver Conference
St Johns County Council on Aging
and more: comprehensive list available
Experience
Certified Independent Consultant through Teepa Snow's Positive Approach to Care, 2018, 2021-2022
Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP)
Certified Montessori Dementia Care Professional (CMDCP)
Memory Bridge
Boulder County AAA: Project Visibility Trainer (inclusivity for LGBT seniors)
Alzheimer's Association Volunteer Community Educator
Certified Eden Alternative Associate
Naomi Feil's Validation Method
Forbes Health Advisory Board, 2022
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment: assisted living and memory care consultant
Colorado Gerontological Society: Colorado Assisted Living Administrator Training
and more