Rice-Oeschger, LMSW, leads the Wellness Initiative at the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center, where she designs, implements and evaluates wellbeing and self-care programming for family caregivers. Moved by family experiences with long-term illness and memory loss, Laura has worked in dementia care since 1996. Laura is a national and state presenter on memory loss and caregiver wellbeing, has advanced professional training in mindfulness-based interventions, and holds professional certifications in aging, dementia and contemplative clinical care.