LORA D KING 

Los Angeles California native, Lora King, MA, MFCC, has been a social worker for most of her adult life and continues to serve and embolden those who require her special brand of sensitivity and insight. She has always taken seriously her profession, in that she continually pursues avenues of growth and development to strengthen her ability to counsel and provide her clients with the direction best suited for their individual and unique circumstances. Such commitment to her calling in life has taken her down a broad spectrum of experiences which is enhanced by education and training. She has a natural ability to listen, observe, assess, and develop a plan of action for clients that contribute to her expertise to do what she does best — advocate. So when she found herself faced with one of the greatest challenges in her life, she chose to take it on passionately as she has always done with everything important to her.

 

 

Her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease (also known as AD) in 2004, at which time she knew little of the disease. Since then she has researched and studied AD vigilantly, participated in a variety of clinical and research studies, and utilized the services of her local Alzheimer’s Association and Caregiver Resource Center. She was on the Advisory Board of the African American Community Advisory Council in association with the Mary Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at UCLA. A Professional Speaker, she is available for business, social engagements, workshops, and training as well as individual and family coaching. Her book, Stolen, is a chronicle of her (and her brother’s) journey as a primary caregiver to improve the quality of life and care of their father by providing compassionate in-home-care services with independent provider contractors-all while managing the progressive behavioral and cognitive changes of his AD symptoms. It is also an excellent guide for others who may find they are facing similar challenges as an AD patient, a primary caregiver, and an adept training tool for in-home-caregivers. Ultimately, Stolen is a testament of love, tenacity, and commitment of a brother and sister.