Lucia McBee

Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, CYI, author of Mindfulness-Based Elder Care, is a licensed clinical geriatric social worker who has worked with elders and their caregivers for 30 years. For the past 15 years she has integrated mindfulness, gentle movement, aromatherapy, hand massage, guided imagery, and other complementary therapies into her practice with frail elders who are homebound or in nursing homes; elders with cognitive and physical challenges; patients at the end of life; and their formal and informal caregivers. McBee's work is published in peer-reviewed journals and she presents her work at national and international conferences.