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Instructors

Rick Crozier, MA, GMHS
Program Manager, Community Services for Older Adults, Good Samaritan Behavioral Healthcare in Puyallup, WA

Rick Crozier, MA, GMHS, is Program Manager, Community Services for Older Adults, Good Samaritan Behavioral Healthcare in Puyallup, WA. He is also a Geriatric Mental Health Specialist who has spent the past 17 years working with older adults and their mental health issues. He is the Vice Chair of the Washington State Mental Health Planning and Advisory Committee and the Chair of the Older Adult Services Treatment Sub Committee. He has been a consultant with the Washington State Mental Health Division in their effort to improve case-finding of at-risk older adults in need of services and was an advisory committee member to the Joint Legislative and Executive Task Force on Long Term Care, Safety, Quality and Oversight. Rick received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Sciences from Rollins College in 1983, his Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Community Psychology from Chapman University in 1990, and completed the Geriatric Mental Health Specialist Certificate Program at the University of Washington in 1992. He is widely known for both his advocacy efforts and for his informative and entertaining presentations on mental health and aging.

Jeannette Franks, Ph.D.
Affiliate Associate Professor, UW School of Social Work

Franks has worked in the field of aging and social services for more than two decades. A passionate gerontologist, her research has focused on quality of life in long-term care. She is the author of Washington Retirement Options: The Statewide Guide to Independent and Assisted Living Communities and is currently writing another book in the field. She teaches pre-clinical geriatrics in the UW Department of Family Medicine and at Bastyr University as well as continuing education courses on ethics, grief and loss and long-term care. Franks serves on the Kitsap County Advisory Council on Aging and Long-term Care, the Elderwise Board of Directors and several other community social service agency boards.

Karen Kent, MSG, LMHC
Clinical Supervisor, Geriatric Regional Assessment Team, King County

Kent is the Clinical Supervisor of King County's Geriatric Regional Assessment Team, a mental health outreach team that provides crisis services, caregiving counseling, substance abuse intervention, and private pay consultation and intervention services under the umbrella of Evergreen Healthcare. She has a master's degree in gerontology from the University of Southern California and has been in the field of geriatric mental health for 30 years.

Ken Ryan, MC, GMHS

Ryan is a supervisor of mental health services to older adults at Highline - West Seattle Mental Health Center. He has been a mental health therapist for over 20 years, providing counseling, case management, day treatment, residential services, and emergency services to mentally ill persons. Ryan has extensive experience conducting workshops for both professional and non-professional staff on topics such as diagnosis, assessment, mental illness, dementia, depression, delirium and dealing with problem behavior. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School of Counseling at Seattle University.

Instructors are subject to change.