Joanne Koenig Coste

Joanne Koenig Coste has been a nationally recognized expert on Alzheimer's disease and an outspoken advocate for patient and family care since 1973. Currently in private practice as an Alzheimer's family therapist, Ms. Koenig Coste also serves as President of Alzheimer Consulting Associates, implementing state-of-the-art Alzheimer care throughout the United States.

She is constantly in demand for lectures and consultations nationwide. Ms. Koenig Coste lectures, with compassion, pathos and humor, from Maine to Alaska, in such venues as Harvard University, the World Alzheimer's Congress, the National Alzheimer's Association, Local AD chapters, and the American Geriatric Psychiatry Association.

She has authored The Training Manual for AD Caregivers in Long Term Care Settings and The AD Training Manual for Community-Based Care, which focus on the practical elements of caring for AD patients. Her articles on Alzheimer's disease have been published nationally, and she has appeared on numerous local and national radio and television shows throughout the U.S.

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Recognition:

- NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw: Woman to Watch in the 21st Century
- National Award for Health Heroes
- Humanitarian of the Year (Alzheimer's Association)
- YWCA Academy of Women AchieversMass Chapter Community Service Award

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National Media Venues:

- Dateline
- Heathcare Magazine
- National Journal of Alzheimer Care
- Newsweek
- Nursing Home Magazine
- Reader's Digest
- The New York Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- Women's Health

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Community Relations:

- VIP Panelist on Massachusetts Easter Seal Telethon
- Volunteer for PBS Auction
- Developed a Community Based Program for Police Officers
- Facilitator Widow-to-Widow Program
- Panel Judge Harvard Graduate School of Design
- Past Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Mass Chapter of the National Alzheimer Association


Joanne was a guest on the Internet Radio Program COPING WITH CAREGIVING on October 16, 2003

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