Printable Biography of Jacqueline Marcell

Jacqueline Marcell is the devoted daughter in the riveting true story, Elder Rage, or Take My Father... Please! How To Survive Caring For Aging Parents. A former college professor and television executive, she gave up her life for a year to take care of her elderly parents. After fighting through an unsympathetic medical system and enduring her father's rages, her ingenuity and loving persistence turned around a seemingly impossible situation with her difficult father, and changed a life-altering family tragedy into a book that's having a broad appeal, considering that 50 million American's struggle to provide care for aging family members and friends.

Now an advocate for eldercare awareness and reform, Marcell hosts her own radio program, "Coping with Caregiving." She has appeared on 100 radio and television programs, including CNN, NBC, NPR, "Good Morning America," Lifestyle Magazine and "Iyanla." AARP's BULLETIN, with a circulation of 22 million, featured her on their cover. Articles have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union Tribune, Kaiser Permanente Journal, Aging Today, Contemporary Long-Term Care Magazine, The Institute of Gerontology, Modern Healthcare Magazine, Prevention Magazine, The Gerontologist, The Journal of Longevity and Woman's Day. Her book, on the fast track to becoming a bestseller, has received multiple endorsements from celebrities, medical professionals, and associations across the country.

Using humor to captivate her audience, Marcell educates families and professionals on how to make caregiving more manageable, both medically and behaviorally. She replaced an ailing Maureen Reagan at the California Governor's Conference for Women, lecturing with First Lady, Sharon Davis. She has presented for the Alzheimer's Association, Hospice, Epilepsy Foundation, Young Presidents Organization, The American Society on Aging, and at numerous conferences. Continuing Education Units (CEU's) and Continuing Medical Education Credits (CME's) can be obtained for her "edu-taining" seminars, which cover the topics of preventative measures, long-term care insurance, elder-proofing the home, finding the right doctors and caregivers, adult day care, residence options, modifying difficult behaviors, support groups & resources, and coping with the stress of watching a loved one's decline.