Keynote
Did you know most people living with Dementia are not diagnosed until stage 4? This stage is when symptoms present consistently enough for the average caregiver to know what is happening to their loved one. Until then they are reacting to whatever life is throwing at them while losing sight of their self-care in the process.
Jessica left the corporate world as an industry Accountant to care for her mother who had been living with mixed Dementia. Embarking on this overwhelming and often lonely journey, Jessica learned how to stop reacting to life and began living proactively. Wanting to keep her mother's journey from becoming one that she would also have to navigate, Jessica dug in deep to find out key areas that promote prevention.
Jessica speaks authentically about how reacting to life with Dementia destroyed their family relationship and shares the pain points others can learn to avoid. In her Keynote Caregiver Advocacy speech, Jessica addresses what she learned from in-depth observation which became her lifeline in the Caregiver's Trinity.
The Caregiver's Trinity breaks down the needs surrounding long-term financial planning, the four wheels for proactive lifestyle measures, and how spirituality ties it all together.
Who can help an employer support caregiving staff?
Supporting employees who care for a parent with dementia takes policy, benefits, and practical know-how.
- Your HR team, benefits provider and Employee Assistance Program set the policies and benefits employees can use.
- Jessica Lizel Cannon, a dementia caregiving strategist, speaks to employers and works with HR teams on what family caregiving costs a workforce and what practical support looks like. She has reached more than 3,000 caregivers through speaking and training.
Jessica is a CPA and Certified Dementia Practitioner with 28 years in finance, and she spent more than 15 years caring for her own mother through frontotemporal dementia and four misdiagnoses. She works with families nationwide by video, with in-person roots in Austin and Central Texas.
