The Care Advocates with Lance A. Slatton & Sharon's Son, George "Caregiver Resources"

All Home Care Matters

Enriched Life Home Care Services

Alzheimers, Caregiver, Healthcare, Homecare, Health, Dementia, Health & Fitness, Care, Education

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Care Advocates is brought to you by the All Home Care Matters Media team and focuses on providing family caregivers and their loved ones with support, resources, and discussion on the issues facing them in the matrix of long-term care.

The Care Advocates are honored to welcome, Paula Muller as guest to the show.

About Paula Muller, PhD:

Paula Muller, PhD. Founder of CareLink360, brings a wealth of experience in healthcare technology, including a background in Biomedical Engineering, EEG analysis in Switzerland, Ph.D., and Post-doc work with Parkinson's patients. Her career spans tech and software development roles at companies like SiriusXM, Net-Scale Technologies, and Authentidate. Paula is certified in Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST), a Dementia Sales Advisor (DSA-NC), a Dementia Care Certified (CDC), a Certified Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia Care Training (CADDCT), and a Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP), and volunteers as a bilingual Community Educator and support group facilitator for the Alzheimer's Association.

Paula’s vision for CareLink360®, inspired by her commitment to family bonds, aims to bring older adults and their loved ones closer together, Changing The Way The World Ages®.

About Lance A. Slatton - The Senior Care Influencer:

Lance A. Slatton is an author, writer, host, producer, healthcare professional for over 20 years, and renownedly known as "The Senior Care Influencer".

Lance A. Slatton is the host of the Award-Winning podcast & YouTube show All Home Care Matters. He is also a senior case manager at Enriched Life Home Care Services in Livonia, MI. Lance was named as "50 under 50" for 2023 and received the distinction as the Top Influencer for Healthcare and Advocacy for 2024.

Lance is also a columnist for multiple healthcare and news websites and and is the author of the award winning book "The All Home Care Matters Official Family Caregivers' Guide".

About Sharon's Son, George:

Dr. George Ackerman (Sharon’s son) is from Brooklyn, N.Y. Now residing in Florida, he works in the fields of law, police, and education. George lost his mother, Sharon Riff Ackerman on 1/1/2020 due to Parkinson’s Disease.

George wanted to honor his mother and continue to help in the Parkinson’s awareness cause and did not know how to bring change. George started TogetherForSharon® as a family for the purpose of keeping his mother, Sharon Riff Ackerman’s, memory alive and to share the message of Parkinson’s Awareness and hope for a cure.

Today, Together or Sharon reaches thousands of individuals across the country for PD Awareness. George currently interviews individuals throughout the Parkinson’s community including various foundations, caregivers, and Parkinson’s warriors to help share their stories and causes.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Welcome to the care advocates where we're advocating for you.
0:39.4	I'm joined by my esteemed colleague,
0:45.5	friend and co-host, Dr. George Ackerman, also known as Sharon's son, George. Welcome. How are you,
0:50.5	George? Great to see you and always looking forward to advocating. And actually this month is Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month, so always always and also, I believe, autism awareness month.
0:58.2	So we have so many causes and obviously the show doesn't really focus on just one because
1:04.0	we want everyone out there, caregiver, to realize that they're never alone.
1:08.2	So thanks again for this opportunity.
1:10.3	And teaming up together around the world always means a lot and a special place in my heart.
1:15.8	Absolutely. Well, today we have a special guest. We have Paula Mueller. Welcome, Paula. How are you?
1:21.5	I'm doing great. Thank you so much for having me in this show.
1:24.4	And absolutely so important to support caregivers, family caregivers,
1:29.7	in all types of situations, right?
1:32.7	So many causes that we all embrace.
1:36.2	Yes, thank you for having me.
1:37.9	You know, Paula, for our viewers and listeners who may not be familiar with you,
1:42.1	why don't you share a little bit about who you are and, you know,
1:45.0	kind of how you came into the caregiving space?
1:48.0	Sure, thank you.
1:49.0	So my name is Paula Mueller.
1:52.0	I'm originally from Chile.
1:54.0	I grew up in Chile and my family is still in Chile.
1:58.0	But caregiving is something that comes natural. I think this is very, very similar to many
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