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Brent, MBA is author, speaker, advocate and former clinical education manager, committed to enhancing the lives offamily caregivers and their aging parents throughout the world siblings and parents having what she calls crucial conversations inpreparation for the end-of-life issues they may faceBest Sellers: 1# bestselling book Why Wait? The Baby Boomers Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially & Legally for a Parents DeathCareer Focus: Author Carolyn A. Brent is a former clinical educational manager in the pharmaceutical industry. She is an avid activist andadvocate working with the U.S. Congress for the purpose of creating change to protect seniors and veterans from financial and medicalabuse. Carolyn A. Brent, M.B.A., is the founder of Grandpas Dream, a non-profit organization that provides free medical and legal resources to thepublic. Her personal mission is to enhance the lives of family caregivers and their aging parents. As a speaker, she travels throughout theUnited States lecturing about the importance of adult siblings and parents having what she calls crucial conversations in preparation for theend-of-life issues they may face, so that instead of being torn apart, they can come together as a strong family. As a result, they can create asupportive and loving environment that a parent needs in order to depart the world with dignity.Carolyns passion for her subject started when she was caring for her own father, who was diagnosed with dementia in 1997. From thatexperience, she found that neither she nor her family truly understood not only the medical challenges related to aging and chronic illness,but also the financial and emotional weight that these bring to bear on a family. In 2009, she founded GrandPas Dream with the hopes ofbeing an instrument of positive change for other families who were experiencing the same pain and heartache that she experienced, andwho were being challenged by the need to plan for their aging parents medical, financial, and legal well-being.Carolyns professional background gives her rare insight into the medical side of these complex issues. For seventeen years she worked forsome of the worlds leading pharmaceutical companies. She served as a clinical education manager for Pharmacia, in which capacity sheworked with some of the leading and key opinion leaders in the medical field. In her role as a senior therapeutic sales representative foranother major pharmaceutical company, she provided information to doctors and staff on a variety of subjects, including medical health careplans.Carolyn has worked as a volunteer within different assisted-living facilities, including the San Joaquin County Behavioral Health facility. Since2008, she has volunteered her services to Congress, working toward making the Veterans Administration responsible for upholding thedecisions that veterans have made about the appointment of a financial fiduciary and medical representative in the event of their disabilityand protecting those whom they select. Her goal in life is to empower caregivers and their family members with the knowledge of thepossible challenges they might have to face together while caring for an aging parent.Carolyn received a B.A. from National University in Los Angeles, California, and an M.B.A. at the University of Phoenix, in Pleasanton,California. She currently resides in Northern California.Free Audio & Video SamplesBaby Boomers' Guide to Preparing for a Parent's Death by author Carolyn A. BrentNBC Interviews author of the number one bestselling book Why Wait? (Elder Care)ABC Sacramento Interviews author Carolyn A. Brent "Avioding conflict at a time of grieving"New Day Seattle Interviews Carolyn A. Brent on "Senior Care"Carolyn Brent Audio &amp Video ProgramsThe DoveTV invites author of Why Wait? Carolyn A. Brent to their show for the second timeCarolyn interview a 66 year old care for her 102 year old motherCarolyn Brent BooksCarolyn A. Brent, MBA is author of the number one bestselling book Why Wait? The Baby Boomers Guide to Preparing Emotionally,Financially and Legally for a Parents DeathContacting Carolyn BrentSee more >Email:carolyn@caregiverstory.comj.sandifer@sbcglobal.netTelephone:925-451-8124510-304-8092Mailing Address:Grandpas Dream Inc.2415 San Ramon Valley Blvd.Suite 4245San Ramon, CA 94583David RiklanSteve TothChristine Dreher, ... Father TimeAdvanced Expert Search Most Connected Experts 1996-2015 SelfGrowth.com. 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