Booking Info

Kareen King, owner and creator of The Golden Experience™, is a Registered Drama Therapist and Keynote Speaker who educates through original song and storytelling. She champions person-centered care with an emphasis in empathy, creativity, and creating peak experiences in long-term care settings.

Home address: 23033 N. 4th, Osage City, KS 66523
Phone: 785-633-7293
My Relevance to Your Association:

My presentations address the heart of person-centered care, empowering caregivers to address the enrichment needs (those needs that go above and beyond the basic physiological and safety needs) of their clients. My original songs, stories, and creative methods stem from experiences and conversations I’ve had with the residents I’ve served, giving voice to their humanity and individuality. Staff members return to their workplaces with greater empathy, energy, creativity and vision.
Credentials:
Pertinent Qualifying Experience:
  • Life Enrichment/Activity Consultant for Brookside Retirement Community and Wellsville Retirement Community
  • Employed as Ulyssean Program Director/Activity Supervisor at Brookside Retirement Community from May, 2006 through January, 2009
  • Adjunct Instructor for Allen Community College since 2001
  • Taught Public Speaking as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Kansas State University for two years
  • Professional puppeteer since 1987, producing puppet musicals for NEKLS (Northeastern Kansas Library System)
  • Founder of my sibling band, Awake! Awake! presenting over 75 concerts and releasing four albums (1993-2000), one which received national radio airplay for two years 
  • Presented over one hundred concerts and workshops since the 2007 release of my CD, The Person in the Picture Ain’t Me, presenting for professional associations including American Health Care Association, Pioneer Network, National Association of Activity Professionals, Illinois Pioneer Coalition, Hawaii Pacific Gerontological Association, Minnesota Statewide Activity Professionals, Activity Directors Association of Missouri, the Kansas Governor’s Conference on Aging, Kansas Health Care Association, National Association for Drama Therapy, West Virginia Health Care Association, Florida Health Care Association, Florida Health Care Activity Coordinators Association, Kansas Activities Director Association, Kansas Alzheimer’ s Associations, Missouri Ombudsman Training Conference, Northern Nevada Activity Professionals Association, the Tutera Group, and more.
Target Audience:
  • Activities
  • Administrators
  • Social Service
  • Nurses (all levels)
  • Direct Care
  • Dietary
  • Transportation
  • Volunteers
  • Churches
  • General
Level of Sophistication: Though I touch on elements of applicable literature and professional practice, my audience outcome goals are primarily affective and behavioral. Thus, my presentations are suitable for all levels of audience expertise including introductory, intermediate, and advanced.

Type of Presentation:
My presentations incorporate original songs, storytelling, lecture, audience participation, and demonstrations.
Audio Visual and Other Needs:
Vocal mic, guitar mic, boom stands (preferably)
Fees: Speaker fee and expenses (mileage and/or airfare, meals, car rental, if applicable) are requested. Contact Kareen at kking@thegoldenexperience.com for current rates.
References:
Linda Mowbray, Education Director
Kansas Health Care Association
Topeka, KS 66611
785-267-6003 

Julie Ballard, Director of Culture Change (Health Systems, Inc.), Past Missouri Assistant State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Vice-President, MC5 (Missouri Coalition Celebrating Care Continuum Change)
573-746-7100
jballard@health-systems-inc.com

Sally Bailey, MFA, MSW, RDT/BCT
Associate Professor, Kansas State University
Director, Drama Therapy Program
127 Nichols Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-6875
sallybaileyrdt@sbcglobal.net

Susan Marsico, LNHA, COO
Leeson Brown Ltd
419-722-6536
LeesonBrown@aol.com

Laurie Kloepper, Resident Life Coordinator, ADCSSD,
Education Director of KADA
913-360-6247
kloepper63@hotmail.com

Elise Tareshawty
Executive Director
Eliza Jennings
10603 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44102
216-226-0282
216-226-8995
Herman, Bev
Education Director
North Dakota Long Term Care Association
701-222-0660
Carol Scott, Missouri State Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Missouri State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Training Conference
1-800-309-3282
Kathy Sikes, Program Director
Alzheimer's Association, Central and Western Kansas Office
347 S. Laura
Wichita, KS 67211
316-267-7333 1-800-272-3900
Donna Deason, RN (State Surveyor’s Fall 2009 Conference)
Education Coordinator
Kansas Department on Aging
phone: 785-296-1248
email: Donna.Deason@aging.ks.gov
PJ Prusia, Executive Director
Silvercrest at Deer Creek, Overland Park, KS
913-681-1101
913-314-2875 (cell)
pjp@silvercrestdeercreek.com
Scott Averill, CEO
Brookside Retirement Community and Wellsville Retirement Community
785-224-3453
sgaverill@hotmail.com



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