Terri Waldman has over 25 years of experience providing services and advocacy for older adults in Pima County. She has expertise with Older Adults and Behavioral Health through her role as Director of the Generations Senior Mental Health Unit at El Dorado Hospital and as Director of Tucson Medical Center Geropsych Unit, which she opened in January of 2015. She has also served as the Director/Administrator of two local memory care units, Pacifica Senior Living and Copper Canyon where she ensured quality care for cognitively impaired individuals and their families. She assisted in the opening of Hacienda at the Canyon as the Director of Member Health Services. She most recently was the Executive Director of St. Luke’s Home that provides affordable assisted living to low-income seniors. Terri believes that we can learn from the “Buddhas on Earth” as she calls individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease, about how the present moment is life’s greatest gift. Her person-centered approach and her father’s belief that five minutes of laughter a day creates a happy life guides her practice and life journey.