Alzheimer’s Affiliation, Connecticut Chapter honors three workers of Hartford HealthCare Senior Providers

For his or her dedication to advocate for and lift consciousness about Alzheimer’s illness and different dementias, the Alzheimer’s Affiliation, Connecticut Chapter acknowledged the 2017 Girls’s Champions at an awards breakfast held Could 18 in West Hartford.

Among the many ladies who have been inducted into the Class of 2017 have been three workers of Hartford HealthCare Senior Providers: Heather Hitchcock, group outreach supervisor, of Plainville; Denise Lebrocquy, retirement counselor, Jerome Dwelling, of Southington; and Patty O’Brian, dementia specialist, Hartford HealthCare Middle for Wholesome Growing older, of Cromwell.

“Girls’s Champions are empowered to make use of their distinctive expertise, ardour and affect to advance the mission of the Alzheimer’s Affiliation by advocacy, training, outreach and philanthropy,” in line with the Alzheimer’s Affiliation Girls’s Champions Mission Assertion. To qualify for the award, Girls’s Champions are requested to select from three of 5 pillars from the Alzheimer’s Affiliation’s strategic plan and full a minimal of three actions per yr.

Hitchcock, Lebrocquy and O’Brian have labored tirelessly professionally and personally for the trigger, mentioned Jennifer Walker, vice chairman of communications and advocacy, Alzheimer’s Affiliation, Connecticut Chapter.

Walker famous that not solely two-thirds of individuals with Alzheimer’s illness are ladies however greater than 60 % of caregivers are feminine. In recognition of girls’s roles in addressing the disaster, the state chapter launched the Girls’s Marketing campaign in 2015. Amongst these acknowledged that first yr was Amina Weiland, useful resource coordinator and dementia specialist, Hartford HealthCare Middle for Wholesome Growing older.

“Girls are on the epicenter of this disaster and would be the driver within the resolution,” Walker mentioned.

“Patty, Denise and Heather in addition to Amina have an actual ardour and dedication to assist, educate and lift funds to struggle this illness. They’re inspiring,” said Wendy Martinson, program director, Hartford HealthCare Middle for Wholesome Growing older. “These ladies are super property to not solely the Alzheimer’s Affiliation however our Hartford HealthCare Senior Providers crew.”

Hartford HealthCare Senior Providers is a not for revenue Hartford HealthCare Companion. For extra details about Hartford HealthCare Senior Providers, go to hhcseniorservices.org.