Lori La Bey

Lori La Bey, Founder and CEO of Alzheimer's Speaks, a Minneapolis based advocacy group that provides education and support for those dealing with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. She was named #1 Influencer online for Alzheimer's by Sharecare with Dr. Oz in November of 2012. Her training programs are designed for people with memory loss, caregivers (families and professionals), as well as the public. She is a highly sought after speaker, trainer, and advocate for new delivery systems and attitudes towards those with memory loss. Her mission is to deliver programs, platforms and collaborations which shift caregiving from crisis to comfort.

In the fall of 2012, La Bey launched "Dementia Friendly Businesses and Communities," along with the first Dementia Friendly community I the US and the first International Collaborative Resource Directory for Dementia. She is a Keynote Speaker and trainer. A couple of her series are, "Shifting Your Dementia Care Culture™", "Family BY Choice™" and "Dementia Chats™," all are part of her battle plan against the dementia epidemic. She understands we must educate and motivate all parties involved to develop a team effort to shift our societal care culture. Lori vows to continue her efforts until staff, families, professionals and the public join forces around the world to improve our dementia care culture.

In the spring of 2015 Lori started working with film Director Scott Thompson, who produced the new Hollywood film, "His Neighbor Phil." Together they designed a marketing plan to get the film into communities, so people could get connected to resources in their own backyard. As a Platinum Sponsor, Lori can show this 90 minute film to her audiences.

In the summer of 2011, she brought the UK Memory Café, a social support concept to America as well as launched the First Radio Show In The World Dedicated to Dementia which she still hosts. Lori has been a contributing author in multiple books and is working on her personal thirty plus year journey with her mother's memory loss; as well as a story of how we care called "Betty the Bald Chicken, which has been a signature story of hers for years.

La Bey is a self-proclaimed "Advocate on Steroids for Alzheimer's disease and Caregiving." Lori has been featured multiple times for her cutting edge work on TV, radio and print.

Lori has worked for 34 years in healthcare, real estate and senior housing where her focus has been to remove the fears and frustrations of her clients, their families and the professionals they work with via educational programs to enhance the quality of life for all involved.

Identifying Needs, Providing Services, Making A Difference

Testimonials
As a Conference Planner, I appreciate that Lori was exceptionally easy to work with, professional, accommodating, and delivered exactly what was promised with no need for oversight. As an audience member, I appreciate Lori's excellent and polished presentation style and her ability to capture and hold my attention and provide me with tools to make a difference.
Amy Dukes, Outreach and Corporate Education Specialist -

Alzheimer's Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter

Lori is an incredibly dynamic and compassionate speaker. By sharing her own story, with all of its highs and lows, she made it okay to both laugh and cry – and our audience did both! Lori recognizes that life with dementia still has with meaning, and we admired her work to restore dignity and humanity to people with dementia and their families. It's an encouraging change in how we talk about caregiving!
Leslie Lindsay, Community Outreach Coordinator -

Alzheimer's Alliance of Smith County

I recently had the unique opportunity to appear as a guest on the Alzheimer's Speaks radio show and it was truly a game changing experience from start to finish! I am truly thankful for the voice that Lori is giving current and former players around the challenges of concussions and their latent effects. The greater the discourse, the more likely things will take a positive turn regarding awareness and making a difference for those impacted. The opportunity also allowed me to engage with a global audience while offering ideas that will serve to advance the conversation around the intricacies of concussions. If given the opportunity, every individual touched by the challenges of concussion's should leverage the Alzheimer's Speaks platform to understand what is available to them as they move forward in life.
Dr. Jason Carthen, The Leadership Linebacker™" and former Professional Football Player with the World Champion New England Patriots

Lori has the ability to turn the audience inward, to encourage them to explore what they know about the person suffering with the illness, in order to look for ways to help customize a way of living that is unique, and beneficial for both caring roles.
Kelli Stover, SCI-AHEC Director - Rend Lake College (6 hour training)
The presentation was simply amazing and thoroughly captivating with just the right amount of humor.
Grant County Dementia Care Network

Southwest, Wisconsin

The amount of knowledge that Lori has from her own caregiving experience and through the connections she has made around the world provided valuable information for our audience. Her personable style helped to set the tone for our conference and there was a great sense of hope and community by the end of the day. The information about social media supporting caregivers and those with the disease helped to empower attendees as did the overall positive attitude on the topic.
Trina Johnson-Brady, Community Relations Specialist

Marketing and Institutional Advancement, Phoebe Ministries