Denise M. Brown, Founder and CEO of Caregiving Years Training Academy, supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward.
Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Her current community, CaringOurWay.com, offers support during and after a personal caregiving experience. The community features chats, podcasts and events. Twice a year, she hosts a Caregiving Listener Project to create space for family caregivers and former family caregivers to speak from the heart about their experiences in a private Zoom room with a Volunteer Listening Artist.
Denise also develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 700 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs.
Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023.
Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.
Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including: the five-book series called Take Comfort; The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience; and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again.
