VIP Inspirational evening event (Friday)

Talk Title: The Parting Waters: Faith, Healing and Wholeness Disrupting Alzheimer’s Disease

Empowerment Day of Education (Saturday)

Talk Title: New Approaches to Progressing Caregiver/Family Health and Wholeness – Spirit, Soul and Body

Talk Title: Loving God with all your Mind

Deborah, a native of New Orleans, is the Founder and Executive Director of Healed3D, Inc, an award-winning speaker, ministry leader, educator, and author and is currently completing her Master’s of Divinity Studies with Regent University School of Divinity. After a twenty year Corporate career, by far her most treasured role is Alzheimer’s Caregiver to her mom.

VIP inspirational evening event (Friday Only)

Talk Title: Wisdom in Navigating the Journey of Alzheimer’s Disease

Dr. Norman Christopher Francis (born March 20, 1931 in Lafayette, Louisiana), is a former president of Xavier University of Louisiana. He served the position from 1968-2015 as the first lay (non-clergy) president of Xavier. … He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Dr. Francis was an Alzheimer’s Caregiver to his wife Blanche through the entirety of her journey with Alzheimer’s spanning over 15 years while serving as President of Xavier, Husband and Father.    Francis’ thirty-four years as president is among the longest of any college president in the United States. Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Jesse Jackson and Pope John Paul II have come to New Orleans to commend Francis.

Mary Jude Camiolo (Florida) is a pianist and composer gracing people through piano and writing music since age twelve. She is particularly passionate about sharing her gifts to glorify God, love for children, the hurting and vulnerable to include the elderly and those living with Dementia. Mary retains a Music degree from the Mason Gross School of Arts in New Jersey. Her album Wren, released in March 2018 is gaining National recognition.

Lyle E. Henderson, known as the New Orleans Prince of Gospel, is a proud parent, Gospel Recording Artist, Radio Broadcaster, Minister and Stellar Nominee. He began singing when he was 5 years old, on a chair, in front of a national church convention audience at a General Assembly of The Church of the Living God. Lyle co-produced and recorded his first CD on the Rampart Street Music/Pinnacle Entertainment project called, “I Cannot Go Back,” in 1997. The CD sold upwards of 12,000 units and, while it is currently out of print, is still in demand.

Talk Title: The Impact of Lifestyle in Alzheimer’s Reversal

Dr. D’Souza has been part of the Oschner team since 2011 and specializes in memory disorders. He was trained in India and completed his internship at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. His residency was completed at Tulane University, and he is Board Certified in Neurology. He has worked previously with Dr. Richard Strub at Tulane in Memory Disorders and helped direct the Sleep Center and Epilepsy Center at Tulane.

Talk Title: Managing Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias

Founder and Director of the IDRP and Principle Investigator of all IDRP studies at LSU. He received his BS and PhD from the University of Kentucky and maintains primary interests in clinical work focused on finding treatments for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, and the development of evidence based dementia caregiver programs.

Talk Title: Lester’s Legacy: Finding Art in Alzheimer’s and Managing Expectations

Dr. Potts is the Founder of Cognitive Dynamics. He is also a board certified Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, storyteller, general neurologist with special interest in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, geriatric neurology, caregiving, the humanities and the expressive arts.

Talk Title: Caregiver Guilt and Decisions No One Wants to Make

Ellen Woodward Potts co-authored the book, A Pocket Guide for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver, with her husband, neurologist Daniel C. Potts, M.D. out of their experience with eight family members with various forms of dementia.  She was named one of Maria Shriver’s “Architects of Change,” and speaks frequently on positive ways to deal with the behavioral issues care partners face in dealing with their loved ones with various forms of dementia.