Dementia Focused Practice®

Interested in the Dementia Focused Practice Conference on November 3rd-4th In Tempe Arizona? Guest Speaker, Kerri Kasem is a multimedia personality, producer and writer and has anchored music, talk and entertainment programs for radio and television. 2020 marks her 33rd year in the business. In February 2010, she joined Premiere Radio Networks for the launch of Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx and The Side Show Countdown. In April of 2014, she left Sixx Sense to form the Kasem Cares Foundation, a non-profit organization which and has successfully passed bills in multiple states to stop elder abuse. Kasem founded the Kasem Cares Foundation to establish and fight for the rights to have visitation and reasonable access to an ailing parent, especially when under the care and control of an uncooperative spouse or sibling. The Kasem Cares “Visitation Bill” has been passed in 12 states so far CA, TX, IA, UT, LA, VA, AL, WI, IL, AR, NE, and MD with 9 other states adopting a version of the Kasem Cares bill to make it a total of 21 states. Among her many humanitarian awards, the prestiges Presidential Volunteer Service Award. On April 27, 2014, her father Casey Kasem’s birthday, she was awarded a Certificate of Congressional Recognition for her foundation’s “dedication to fighting elder abuse and protecting the integrity of the family unit through advocacy.” Kasem has made guest appearances on, The View, Good Morning America, Access Hollywood, etc.