Kari K. Brizendine, PT, CWS, CDP, CADDCT, CMDCT, Select Rehabilitation
Kari, a Physical Therapist, is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College in Virginia. She is an education specialist for Select Rehabilitation, one of our nation’s largest long-term care rehab providers. Kari has spent more than 40 years working with the geriatric population in a multitude of clinical settings where she has been responsible for patient care, clinical programming, education, and staff development. She chaired and developed a wound team at a state facility for individuals with developmental disabilities and has provided wound care in a multitude of clinical settings including acute and long-term care. Her most recent interest has been working with Artificial Intelligence as it relates to fall prevention and reduction. She is a certified wound specialist through the American Board of Wound Management, a certified dementia practitioner and trainer through the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners, a certified Montessori dementia care professional and she is LSVT big certified. Her predominant interest has been in serving those with dementia, their caregivers, health care providers and families, with the message that each person with dementia continues to have a life that matters, and that quality is possible if we all join that person using his or her personal interests, residual skills, and memories in what she calls “My Way”. She is the co-author ofMy Past is Now My Future: A Practical Guide to Dementia Possible Care and author of Though You Do Not Know My Name I Know You Love Me Just the Same.