About – Estes Dementia Day Center

ABOUT ESTES PARK DEMENTIA CENTER

Welcome to a safe, respectful, and engaging place
for people in the early to middle stages of Dementia.

Our participants spend time with trained caregivers providing respite to family & caregivers.

Caregivers will appreciate respite to keep themselves healthy while caring for their loved one.

Current Board Members

Mary Mesropian, President

Mary Mesropian attended Fordham University in New York City and spent her career working in Human Services. In 2000, she became the Executive Director of Estes Valley Crisis Advocates and retired at the end of 2016. Because of her Human Services background, she was offered the volunteer position of Facilitator for Estes Park’s Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group. One of the group members, frustrated with not finding programs for people living with dementia, tagged her to help create the Estes Dementia Day Center.

Jane Stuart, Secretary

Jane received her Occupational Therapy Master of Science degree from New York’s Columbia University and has worked with children and adults for more than 40 years. She is and has been the coordinator of Estes Park’s Social-Memory Café for more than five years, where trained volunteers gather with local persons diagnosed with Dementia and their spouses or caregivers for a supportive, social and joyful time together. She has learned so much from participants about how Dementia affects the whole family. She feels strongly that the Estes Dementia Day Center will fill a local void for our Estes Valley community. She has non-profit Board experience, including different executive committee positions.

Madison Casey, Treasurer

Madison has been involved in many non-profits in Estes Park. He is the bookkeeper for several of them and chairs the investments of two local foundations. Madison has been a resident of Estes Park since 2000 and of Colorado since 1991. Coming from Lincoln, Nebraska, his parents introduced him to Estes Park in the 1950s and he summered in Estes and Evergreen through the mid 1970s.

His career was in investments in New York City for 12 years and as a financial analyst at a financial services company in Denver for 5 years. He was able to retire early in 1997 to be an active board president of the music camp, Rocky Ridge Music Center, that he had attended for many summers in Estes Park.

Madison has a BS in Business Administration (accounting concentration) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst certification and passed the CPA exam, but did not practice.

Carl Robicheaux, Board of Director

Carl received his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana- Lafayette and his law degree from Loyola University of the South in New Orleans, Louisiana. Carl is the owner of Elkhorn Law Office, in Estes Park. He has been practicing law since 1987. Elkhorn Law specializes in estate planning, probate, real estate, HOA governance and general business advice. While providing help to his mother in assisted living, Carl noted that several elderly residents did not have access to lawyers and were incapable of making decisions for their support and care. In 2017, Carl decided to shift the focus of his legal work from litigation to consulting with elderly persons in need. During his mother’s residency in assisted living, Carl saw first-hand the emotional and physical toll individuals and family members experienced while struggling with cognitive deficits and dementia. Carl believes the EDDC will provide educational activities and support for persons suffering from dementia and their caregivers. Carl is currently or has been on the Board of Directors for various non-profits in Estes Park, including participation on committees and fundraising activities.