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Our founder - Mary E. Peters

Care For Life was founded in 1995 by Mary E. Peters, President, MS, CMC, RG, when she began to see decline in her own grandmothers. Care For Life, Experts in Eldercare, provides Geriatric Care Management and homecare monitored by nurses for seniors in the Tri-County Metro Area of Charleston, South Carolina.

Geriatric Care Management is an interactive process with families that assures long term care expectations are met for aging adults who are recovering from surgery, those with chronic illnesses and others who need companionship and help with activities of daily living.

Mary E. Peters has been a healthcare professional for thirty-plus years. She began her career as an Occupational Therapist and was soon recruited as a Federal Lobbyist in Washington, DC, for Medicare and Medicaid issues.

Mary E. Peters is a nationally Certified Care Manager and a Registered Guardian with the National Guardianship Foundation. She is a long time member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers.

Her dedication to the causes affecting the elderly led her to serve on the Coalition for Successful Aging of the South Carolina Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging. Mary is a strong advocate for new legislation regarding Licensure of Home Care Providers in South Carolina.

Mary E. Peters' speaking engagements have included the S. C. White House Conference on Aging and at the Health & Wellness Conference of the Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce. She is a regular lecturer on Geriatric Care Management to professional groups such as hospital case managers who are nurses and social workers.

Agency founder Mary E. Peters helps aged stay at home

Education:

• BA Psychology at University of South Carolina
• MS Occupational Therapy at Medical College of Virginia
• Post Masters Graduate Certificate at George Washington University
• Health Services Administration Residency, Washington, D.C. Veterans Administration Medical Center