Better Brain Health as You Age
• Discuss the many ways to maintain your brain health as you age.
• Learn how hypertension, diabetes, and chronic illnesses affect the brain.
• Tackle the most common problems afflicting older adults such as anxiety
and persistent sleep issues, with the incorporation of methods.
Presented by:
Dawn Jefferson, Education and Support Coordinator
Dawn Jefferson is the Education and Support Coordinator at Insight Memory Care Center in Fairfax, VA. She is a native New Yorker who has nurtured a 20-year career as an educator, having taught English and been an administrator at The Potomac School in McLean, VA and The Urban School of San Francisco, CA. Dawn has worked in hospital and school settings while earning a Master of Religion and Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College and spent several summers in Vermont completing another master’s degree in English at Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English. Dawn earned her Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School (YDS) in May 2021 and was ordained in the United Church of Christ in October 2022. She presently serves as the Minister for Mission and Justice at Hope UCC in Alexandria, VA. Dawn spent her last year in seminary researching the practical theology of dementia and considering the intentional ministry we offer to older adults. She is a certified Dementia Friendly Champion, served on the Dementia Friendly Fairfax Action Team, and hosted two monthly Dementia Care Partner Support Groups: one inspired by a UCC grant and the other for LGBTQIA+ Care Partners at Insight before joining our staff formally in the Fall of 2024.
