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Leslie Fuller, a Licensed Master Social Worker and Certified Dementia Practitioner, is the owner of Inspired Senior Care.
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Leslie Fuller, LMSW, CDP, owns the dementia care consulting agency Inspired Senior Care. She worked 12 years in leadership roles in independent living and dementia care and as a divisional dementia care manager. She is an educator for the Alzheimer's Association, is a Positive Approach to Care® Independent Trainer, and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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