Kakugawa, Frances H.

An award-winning author, educator, inspirational speaker and dignity-in-caregiving advocate, Frances H. Kakugawa was a longtime caregiver for her mother. Her experiences provided the groundwork for this new vision of caregiving: "Once I embraced the new person who was evolving before me, once I let go of the person I wanted my mother to be, put myself in her position and educated myself on the disease and its effects on a person, caregiving turned into a freer flowing river."