PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Pamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, CG, CSA, Certified Senior Advisor, specializes in working with individuals and families to navigate healthcare and aging issues. Whether it’s a situation of immediate crises and decisions must be made quickly, a situation where a longer term plan is required or simply an educational need. She is a court appointed guardian, coordinates services and provides client education in person.
EDUCATION
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATION
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
I was born in Omaha, Nebraska and lived in a small neighborhood where I could tell you the names of each family who lived on my block and the neighboring blocks. My grade school class consisted of many good friends some I still keep in touch with today. It was a small community bordered by industry on four sides and knitted together by a Catholic Church and school. There was no crime, it was safe to play in the streets and children respected their elders. My mother was the family caregiver who took in any family member who became ill or went faithfully to visit them in hospitals and nursing homes. She placed flowers on the family graves every Memorial Day, proudly celebrated Mother’s Day and other holidays.
She taught me the basics of life. How to go through a grocery store line and count change. The importance of reading by visiting the library every Saturday morning to participate in the book club and check out my own books. The ability to sew and practically make all my own clothing when I was in my late teens and early twenties. The value of work and of paying cash for my first automobile. And the value and importance of caring for loved ones.
I was born to my mother at the age of 35 — I lost my mother the year I turned 35. My father passed away several years later. My oldest sister died in a car accident when she was 29, I was 17. My oldest brother passed away almost a year after my father. Many see this as a tragedy. I see it as the reason I do what I do, helping older people. Cleaning out books at my parent’s home after my father passed away, I found a book tucked away in the bookcase in my old upstairs bedroom. In it a list of things I wanted to do when I grew up; listed was forestry, fly planes in the Air Force, join the Peace Corps and help old people. Isn’t it amazing the wisdom we have when we’re young that we miss or forget until we’re older if we remember at all. Another unexpected blessing in my life was to write and host The Caring Generation radio program on 630 KHOW-AM in Denver for two and a half years. Through this program I interviewed experts from around the world with a similar interest in educating caregivers. A presentation about caregiving at a local conference led me to end the radio program to focus on caregiver education because of the question, “where can we find information like this?” The information is here.
Please enjoy the information presented in this website. I hope it helps you understand that you’re not alone. In this moment, you’re in exactly the right place. May God Bless you and your family in your journey of caregiving.
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