Kay Paggi
Licensed Professional Counselor
National Certified Gerontological Counselor
Care Manager, Certified 

     Phone  972-839-0065   Fax: 972-907-3799
E-Mail:kay@kaypaggi.com
 
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Care Manager, Certified (CMC)
National Certified Gerontological Counselor (NCGC)
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Professional Geriatric Care Manager
Family Mediator

    EDUCATION

Family Mediation Training, May 1996
Dispute Mediation Service Training, May 1994
Nursing Home Activity Directors Course, 1992 
Master of Education, December 1990, University of North Texas
-GPA 4.0/4.0
Bachelor of Music, August 1968, University of North Texas

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

7.04-2006 – Advisor for Trinity Learning Center productions of educational videos for workers in Long Term Care settings

11-95 to present - private practice, Geriatric Care Manager/ElderCare Consultant.  Assist elders and their adult children with long term care arrangements; develop care plans based on home environment, cognitive and emotional status; provide referrals, monitor caregivers.

1992 to present - ElderCare Counselor working with both elders and adult children to resolve crises, improve intergenerational understanding, promote mental health.

1998 to present - Originator and facilitator of 'Coping with Aging Parents', an intensive seminar in caregiver education covering aging issues, anger, grief, role reversal, will planning, sibling relations, and life style adjustments.  Offered twice yearly.

1996 to present - Facilitator of monthly support group for caregivers, 'Caring for Aging Parents', a support group for caregivers that has met in the same location and the same time for 14 years. This group started in 1989 in its current location, moved to a Plano location in 1990-1995, and returned. From 1996-2006 it met twice a month.

1993 - Creator of 'Mental Aerobics', a program designed to encourage self-esteem and renew confidence of older adults by demonstrating that they can continue to think creatively.

2004 - Mental Aerobics was the subject of a Research Grant conducted by Bert Hayslip, PhD, regent professor in the Dept of Psychology at the University of North Texas.

9-94 to 3-97 – Mental health therapist on the Generations unit (geriatric/psychiatric) at Columbia Medical Plaza Hospital, Sherman, TX.

9-92 to 11-95 - Counselor at the Maurice Barnett Geriatric Wellness Center in Plano. 
8-90 to 11-92 - Pro Bono caseworker, internship at Dallas County MH/MR Geriatric Services. 

    PUBLISHED

Paggi, "The Maurice Barnett Geriatric Wellness Center", SWSA Journal, Vol.11 No.1/1995, p.57-61.

Paggi & Hayslip, ‘Mental Aerobics’, Educational Gerontology, spring 1999. 
 

    PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

-Advisory Board of the Richland College Emeritus program, 1993-current

-Advisory Board for the Boomers Program and Richland College, 2008-current
-Dallas Area Gerontological Association (Board 1995-6, 2000-2004)
-National Association of Geriatric Care Managers, South Central chapter (secretary 1997-2001)

-National Council on Aging, (Presenter, Apr’96 National Conference)
-American Society on Aging (Presenter ‘94 National Convention)
-Southwest Society on Aging (Presenter Oct '94, Nov '95, Nov '96)