Angil Tarach is a Registered Nurse who started working with seniors at 17 years old.  She has 30 years experience working with the senior population, and has a passion for senior care and advocacy.

CAREER

I have worked as a nurses aid, and in community living homes for the developmentally disabled.  My career in Long Term Care has included a nurses aid, floor, infection control, and charge nurse on an Alzheimer’s unit.  I have been the Director of Nursing in a nursing home.  I worked for years in home health and hospice, have been a charge nurse in a psychiatric prison hospital, and an Infection Control Coordinator for the State.  Since 2002, I have owned and Directed a Visiting Angels franchise. A private duty senior homecare agency in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

I have recently started a blog to educate and inform senior’s and their families prior to a crisis or life changing event. 

PERSONALLY

I am a mother of 2 adult sons, and a grandmother of 2 beautiful babies.  I have been through a lot of struggles in my life, but became stronger through them all.  In 2002, at the age of 43, I became extremely ill, and fought for over 4 years for a diagnosis.  I am now living with two chronic illnesses, Sjogrens Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome.  I tell you this because I personally understand how  life can change in a moment, you can lose the independent life you had, and learn to adjust to a new one.

I enjoy helping people, spending time with family and friends, music, reading, travel, meeting new people and experiencing new cultures, cooking, and decorating, to name a few.  I really love the Caribbean, the ocean, and snorkeling.

My family experience with aging have been full of ups and downs. I lost my grandmother in 2005.   She was a wonderful and humorous woman that was stricken with dementia a year after having a stroke and heart attack.  Our family faced the tough decisions that many families face.  We dealt with a disease that changed my grandma’s personality, and left her unable to live as the independent woman she was.  We did not forget who my grandmother was, previous to dementia, and lovingly treated her with the same dignity, and respect she deserved.  

My experiences, both personal and professional bring me to write this book, and advocate for seniors on a larger scale.  It is my hope that Behind the Old Face will change the way  we all view seniors.