(1 CEU Live Webinar) COVID-19 in Assisted Living Communities: Areas of Consideration

Carol Kulkens has been a Medical Social Worker since 1981. She has her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Fairleigh Dickinson University and her Master’s from Fordham University. She began her health care career and continued as a Medical Social Worker in Hackensack/Meridian Medical Center for 29 years, of which 25 were in a leadership position. During this time, she completed a second Master’s from Seton Hall University in Health Care Administration (MHA). She left the acute hospital world in March 2017 and accepted the position of Vice President of Case Management in CareOne, LLC which owns long-term care centers and assisted living facilities in New Jersey. Carol Kulkens enjoys working in healthcare and finds it challenging and purposeful. It is a fast paced environment that requires organization, accountability and the clinical expertise to work with patients and families in crisis as well as providing supportive counseling. Carol was actively involved in communicating to the residents and families during the COVID-19 crisis. She also assisted in the feeding and hydration of residents in the beginning of the COVID pandemic.