Caring with Compassion: The Role of a Caregiver

Tara Anglim LCSW, ACHP-SW, has spent her 30-year career working with individuals and families in a variety of systems and clinical settings. She received her Master of Social Work degree from Fordham University, and her Bachelor of Social Work from Molloy College. Tara is currently serving as Associate Executive Director of Culture and Experience for Peconic Bay Medical Center-Northwell Health. She began her work there in 2013, initially serving as the Associate Director of Palliative Medicine in which her interdisciplinary work achieved the hospital’s inaugural Joint Commission Palliative Care Certification in 2017. In 2018, PBMC proudly opened the Caregivers Center, the first of its kind in a hospital on Long Island, dedicated to providing person-centered support, education and resources to family caregivers. Tara went on to provide peer support to six caregivers centers across the health system. Most recently, has been supporting her advocacy for family caregivers through research. Tara is humbled and honored to elevate the personal stories and experiences of family caregivers. She research and pursuit of her doctorate. Ms. Anglim is privileged to be able to support individuals and families in her work every day. She is most proud of her own family with husband Kevin and their three children Kevin, Sean and Kate.

Christine is a Clinical Social Worker on the Palliative Medicine Team at Peconic Bay Medical Center. Through her role, Christine has the privilege of supporting patients and their families, including family caregivers as they navigate chronic illnesses and hospitalizations. Christine’s focus lies in providing meaningful psychosocial, emotional support and resources to families with the goal of helping to achieve the highest quality of care aligned with what matters most.

Sandeep Jauhar, MD, PhD, is a doctor at Northwell. He has written several bestselling books. MY FATHER’S BRAIN, his latest book, is a memoir of his relationship with his father as he succumbed to dementia. In the book, Jauhar sets his father’s descent into Alzheimer’s alongside his own journey toward understanding his father’s disease. It has been named by The New Yorker and AARP as one of the best books of 2023 (so far). Jauhar’s first book, INTERN, was an international bestseller and was optioned by NBC for a dramatic TV series. His second book, DOCTORED, was a NYT bestseller and was named a NY Post Best Book of 2014. HEART: A HISTORY, his last book, was named a best book of 2018 by Science Friday, UK’s The Mail on Sunday, and the Los Angeles Public Library, and was the PBS NewsHour/NYT book club pick for January 2019; it was also a finalist for the Wellcome Book Prize. A practicing cardiologist, Jauhar writes regularly for the opinion section of the NY Times. His TED Talk on the emotional heart was one of the ten most-watched TED Talks of 2019. To learn more about his work, visit his website atwww.sandeepjauhar.com