Susan Crowson

Susan Crowson is an aging care manager, specializing in memory diseases since 2006. She has developed systematic approaches to recognize and identify loss and behaviors due to dementia. Susan is a Certified Dementia Practitioner® CDP and an Aging Life Care Professional®. During her career, she has helped a multitude of families grapple with effects of aging, dementia, and quality of life.

Furthermore, Susan Crowson is the Managing Partner of Geriatric Planning, LLC providing full Geriatric Care Management and Coordination. Services include comprehensive Cognitive Assessments with individualized Care Plans for patient and family. Additionally, Susan was Dementia Specialist providing Cognitive Assessments for The Neurology Clinic Memphis TN and Certified Testing Administrator for Alzheimer’s clinical trials Phase 2 and 3: Biogen Evolve, Engage and Tango studies, Genentech Tauriel.

Priorly, Susan was Manager of Baptist Memory Care Center establishing an outpatient Ambulatory Clinic to provide memory assessments and care consultations under a 4-year grant through Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation Foundation. She was Director of Programs and Advocacy at the Alzheimer’s Association MidSouth Chapter and served as an Alzheimer’s Association Legislative Advocacy Ambassador, providing testimony for the National Alzheimer’s Advisory Council in Washington, DC. An expert in her field, she is a Dementia Education Consultant and Gerontology Course Instructor having taught across the US and internationally at the 13th World Congress on Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Amsterdam. Susan credits her experience to her Father who died from Alzheimer’s disease in 2010 and for whom she was his primary caregiver for his final 6 years.