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Musings of a woman who left her corporate career to become a caregiver for elderly parents, wrote a book and found her way back to corporate - with love, instead of fear, leading the way. Now working at my Alma Mater, UC Irvine, as Marketing and Communications Director for the School of Biological Sciences.

Thursday, May 05, 2011

Cheers for "The Silverado Story"


Big news from New York City today...If you're a frequent reader of my blog, then you know I work for Silverado Senior Living at the corporate offices in Irvine. One of my favorite projects of the past two years was to help Silverado's co-founders, Loren Shook and Steve Winner, write a book about their extraordinary company. Last November, their book, "The Silverado Story-A Memory Care Culture Where Love is Greater than Fear," was published by independent publisher AJC Press. The book was truly a labor of love for all involved, from the authors to Silverado associates who shared stories and photos. It was especially meaningful for the editorial-design-publishing team who worked very long hours to make it a reality - Patty Ledezma, Marcelo Soares, Tara Zoumer, Ellen Reid, Sean Glumace and the amazing Audrey Knoth of Goldman & Associates Public Relations. We put in several all-nighters to make the publishing deadline. And when the first real book arrived, we cried happy tears!

Today we are gratified that Silverado's goal of changing the world in the way that the memory-impaired are cared for may be happening in an even bigger way thanks to the broad reach of "The Silverado Story." We learned this afternoon that the book has won a Silver Medal in the 2011 national Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) in the category of Aging. What an honor! Congratulations to Loren, Steve and the team!!

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