Martha
Miller, founder and president of ElderWise,
is a native Vermonter, attended Northfield
School for Girls, the University of Vermont
and Windham College with a B.A. in Liberal
Arts. She also has attended Trinity College
for additional classes in business management
and psychology, and UVM for classes in gerontology.
Martha
began her caregiving career with a five-month
intensive program at the Retreat, a psychiatric
hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont, and later
worked in private hospitals, nursing homes
and psychiatric nursing homes in California,
Massachusetts, and Vermont.
Based
upon thirty years of experience as a caregiver
and as a teacher, she has developed a system
of caregiving that is comprehensive and
individualized, making it possible for
caregivers to work together and with family
members to optimize the older person's
health and well-being.
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