Guests:

Dale Lund, Ph.D.
College of Nursing, U of U

Dr. Dale Lund (PhD) is a professor of gerontology & sociology at the University of Utah.  He has been doing research on the topic of family caregiving for 25 years and published his work in many journals.  His research has focused on identifying the difficulties and benefits that caregivers experience, what types of help are most needed and is now planning to test an intervention to help caregivers make more effective use of respite services. 

Nancy Stallings, M.A.M., Program Manager for the Caregiver Support Program, Salt Lake County Aging Services.

Nancy Stallings, M.A.M., is Program Manager for the Caregiver Support Program, Salt Lake County Aging Services. This program offers information, classes, support, resources and limited services to caregivers of frail older adults.  Prior to her work at Salt Lake County, Ms. Stallings served as Training Specialist for Adult Protective Services.  Her education and experience includes teaching, education, human services and organizational behavior.

Pamela S. Perlich, Senior Research Economist

Pamela Perlich, Ph.D. has been with the bureau since 2000. In addition, she is Professor Adjunct in the College of Architecture + Planning. Before joining the Bureau, she worked for seven years in the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget concentrating on long-term economic and demographic projections. Pamela specializes in Utah demographics, applied regional economic studies, and economic and demographic modeling.

Pamela is a member of the Utah Population Estimates Committee, and is the University's primary contact with the Bureau of the Census through the State Data Center program. She serves on the Utah Council for Economic Education as the representative for the University of Utah and is a member of the Envision Utah Steering Committee. At the University she is a faculty in the Graduate Certificate in Demography and a member of the Center on Aging. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Utah and B. S. in Economics and Business from the University of Tulsa. Her hometown is Tulsa, Oklahoma and she relocated to Utah in 1986.

Alan K. Ormsby, J.D.,
Director, Division of Aging and Adult Services

Alan K. Ormsby is the Director of the Division of Aging and Adult Services at the State of Utah. The Division of Aging and Adult Services is the smallest Division within Utah’s Department of Human Services. But the Division’s responsibility is great and is growing rapidly, in line with Utah’s rapid growth in its senior population. Together with our local partners, the Area Agencies on Aging, the Division provides critical services to empower Utah’s seniors to remain independent in their own homes. Prior to working as the Director, he was the Legal Services Developer for the State of Utah.

Alan recently returned to Utah after living in Connecticut, where he was working as an attorney specializing in long-term health care law. Alan did his undergraduate studies in Business Management at the University of Utah, and then graduated magna cum laude from Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, Connecticut. Alan loves lawyer jokes and believes he knows the meanest lawyer joke of all time – and if you think you can beat it, he’ll take the challenge.

Patricia Jones
State Senator, District #4 (Holladay, Millcreek, Murray, Cottonwood Heights)

I have sponsored legislation that protects seniors from financial exploitation and abuse, and I sponsored the Commission Aging.  Also, I was invited by Governor Huntsman to participate in the White House Conference on Aging (it only occurs every 10 years).  I have parents age 85 and 90 (nearly) and am the only sibling living here.  I also have seen how many parents are caring for adult children with disabilities (as well as spouses and other family members).