AngilTarachRN
Member since November 18, 2009Angil Tarach-Ritchey RN, GCM is a best-selling author, speaker, consultant and national expert in senior care. With over 30 years experience in senior care and advocacy Angil is very passionate about eldercare and is well respected in her field. Angil started in eldercare as a nurse's aide at the age of 17 and had an experience in the nursing home she worked at in 1977 that changed the way she provided care and set the course for a lifelong passion to improve the treatment and care of the elderly. The details of that experience are in her bestselling book "Behind the Old Face: Aging in America and the Coming Elder Boom", which has been endorsed by the highly respected aging authority, author, and founder of Age Wave, Ken Dychtwald Ph.D., and 2 leading nursing organizations, NurseTogether and Nurse Talk. She went on to become a Registered Nurse and later a Geriatric Care Manager and has worked in a variety of positions and settings throughout her career, including owning her own homecare agency for 10 years.
Angil has written over 60 articles for several websites, publications, and writes CEU courses for Pedagogy Inc Her passion and expertise have led to being published in the Chicago Sun Times, Wellsphere, Maturity Matters, Medpedia, Vitamins Health, Pain Today, Aging Wisely, Medworm, National Senior Living Providers Network, Alzheimer's New Zealand and several other publications. She has been featured in WE Magazine for Women; Women on a Mission, Life Goes Strong, His is Mine, Pedagogy Inc., You and Me Health Magazine, Faith Filled family Magazine, and more. Several publications and websites, such as CNBC, Reuters, Consumer Affairs, MSN Careers, PTO Today, Second Act, and Women Entrepreneur have interviewed and quoted her in articles on eldercare, business, and even elementary school hygiene.
You are invited to preview "Behind the Old Face: Aging in America and the Coming Elder Boom" in a 22 page mini-media ebook, which includes text, photos, and video, which you can access through BehindtheOldFace.com