The 2024 Hawaii Pacific Gerontological Society (HPGS) honoree is Dorothy Colby. Dorothy is a highly regarded dementia care specialist with more than 25 years of professional and personal experience
in caring for people living with dementia. She is a Certified Positive Approach to Care trainer and mentor, as well as a Hawai‘i Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative Memory Care Navigator, Dementia Friends Master Trainer and Champion, and Roslyn Carter Institute Dealing with Dementia Trainer.
Dorothy was born in Kailua and raised in Hau‘ula on O‘ahu. After graduating from St. Andrew’s Priory School in 1981, she attended Bryn Mawr College, where she earned her master’s degree in 2023. She went back to school and graduated from the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Kapi‘olani Community College. She joined Hale Ku‘ike in 2005 and is now its community relations director.
An advocate for so many individuals, families and organizations, Dorothy says, “My mission is to bring care partners together to learn how to better support those living with dementia.”
This year’s HPGS student scholarship fundraiser will be held on Friday, Nov. 8, at 5:30 pm at the Arcadia. The registration form can be found at http://hpgs.org/scholarships.html. Donations will be accepted through Nov. 30.
HAWAII PACIFIC GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY (nonprofit)
P.O. Box 3714, Honolulu, HI 96812
Sherry Goya, HPGS Executive Director
808-722-8487 | sgoyallc@aol.com | hpgs.org
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