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Joan
P. Holland, LMSW-ACP, is Co-Owner/Vice-President of GHT, Inc., which provides
social work management and training services for primary care clinics and home health
agencies, and a founding partner of Special Care Seminars, a consulting firm serving state
human service agencies in AK, IL, LA, SD, & TX. In 1997, Ms. Holland concluded
three decades of service with the State of Texas in Dallas Country, where she implemented
Adult Protective Services and Volunteer Guardianship programs. She has served on numerour
state and regional taskforces on aging issues. |
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Cheryl
Killian, M.S. is an experienced administrator with 20 years of leadership in
long-term care. A graduate of our department, Ms. Killian began her career in
Hillhaven Corporation facilities in the state of Idaho. Since 1985, she has served as the
Administrator of Kent's Nursing Center, a for-profit facility located in Ft. Worth.
She is also Owner/Operator of Legacy Care Center, Inc, a nursing home corporation which
operates two nursing facilities in TX. She is an active member of state LTC
associations and has served on the State's Nursing Administrator Licensure Board. |
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Rosemary
Redmond, J.D. received her legal training from St. Mary's University School of
Law in San Antonio, Texas. From 1974-78 she served as Director of the Older
American's Legal Action Center, a non-profit dividion of Dallas Legal Services Foundation,
Inc. In 1978 she founded the Carlisle Street Legal Center in Dallas, TX, where she
has specialized in health care law, issues competence, resident rights, estate planning,
and other legal matters pertaining to the aged. She currently Chairs the Texas Department
of Aging's Texas Elder Rights Taskforce. |
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Terry
Thompson, M.S.W., received his graduate degree in social work from the University
of Arkansas in 1970. Since then, he has amassed extensive experience in the field of
aging through positions in FL, AZ, and TX. He currently directs the Tarrant County
Mental Health Association's Nursing Home Ombudsman Program, where he has precepted many of
our students as interns. From 1985-1993, he served as an Aging Program Planning
Specialist with the Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County. He is a past president
of the Tarrant Area Gerontological Society. |
