Biography
Biography

Over the span of two decades, author, columnist, consultant and speaker Carol Bradley Bursack cared for a neighbor and six elderly family members. As a result of this experience, Bradley Bursack wrote "Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories," a portable support group for caregivers.

"Minding Our Elders" is used as a college text for gerontology and nursing home administration classes as a way to humanize, for students, the family caregiving experience. Bradley Bursack's award-winning Websites, www.mindingourelders.com and www.mindingoureldersblogs.com include links to helpful agencies, articles rich with information and comfort, links to chat groups, and resources for caregiver, boomer and senior needs.

Bradley Bursack's elder care newspaper column, “Minding Our Elders,” runs weekly, in print and on-line. She is Editor-in-Chief of ElderCarelink.com. She's an expert blogger and community leader on OurAlzheimers.com and the forum moderator and a regular contributor to AgingCare.com.

Bradley Bursack has been interviewed on many national radio shows, including “Mr. Eldercare,” "Today's Author," “The Ron Ross Show,” and Kevin Skipper's “The Parent Care Show,” and NPR's “Talk of the Nation.” She has been interviewed and quoted in magazines and newspapers around the world, including Family Circle, Quick and Simple, Heart Insight (American Heart Association), North Jersey Media Group, The Leader-Telegram, Tampa Tribune and the Sydney Morning Herald. She also speaks on caregiving issues to groups of all sizes.

Bradley Bursack is a member of AARP, CAPS (Children of Aging Parents), the National Caregivers Advisory Panel, the National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) and the National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals (NCHPP). As an expert in her field, she is featured in Montclair's Who's Who in Heath and has written hundreds of articles for national publications. Bradley Bursack is also a contributing author to "The Media Librarian's Handbook," (Facet Publishing, UK 2008) and contributing author to: "Dementia: Frank and Linda's story: New approaches, new understanding, new hope" (Lion-Monarch, March 2010).