Angela Crews, MA, CMC
Aging Life Care Professional
Angela has a BA in marketing with a minor in voice performance and an MA in gerontology with has a focus on women, resilience and volunteering after widowhood. Her internship was completed under the director of social services at the DuPage Senior Center in Bartlett, IL. A native of Lake Wales and current resident of Frostproof, she mostly works with clients in eastern Polk County.
Growing up as a pastor’s child and experiencing life as the “granddaughter” to many older adults, Angela appreciates the depth of experience and wisdom older adults possess and understands their desire to be respected and live life to its fullest. She has experience in assisted living and skilled nursing as a resident and family liaison, director of marketing for a dementia residency, and as the public relations/social media and event planning manager for a local nonprofit organization. She also has experience in laughter yoga and as a dementia care practitioner.
Becoming a Geriatric Care Manager/Aging Life Care Professional has always been a part of Angela’s career plan and she earned her Care Manager Certification in 2020. Her approach to working with clients is to address their healthcare needs first while at the same time becoming aware of their psycho-social needs and strengthening their support networks. She looks for approaches that incorporate the medical, physical and lifestyle choices to assist her clients with small steps to optimize their overall well-being.
Angela enjoys spending time in her vegetable and flower gardens. She says, “I have never known a paper craft I didn’t like,” but also loves to sew and to preserve fruits and vegetables. She recently began raising chickens, which was a lifelong bucket list item, especially the Americana which lays green or blue eggs. Also on her bucket list are a walking tour across the English countryside, publishing a cookbook about preserving jams, compotes and chutneys with the fruits grown specifically in Florida, and hosting a table in The Longest Table.