12/19/2025
Ask Heather Episode #2: Aging Matters
When families are facing dementia or Parkinson’s, knowing where to turn can change everything. Heather Suri, Founder and CEO of Pathways in Aging, explains how care coordination, strong communication, and community support help individuals and families move beyond crisis and toward stability and quality of life.
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So in talking about complicated diagnoses like dementia or Parkinson’s, Pathways in Aging, we have a huge passion for the neurodegenerative diseases and we do a lot of continuing education and a lot of connection with community resources of support for folks living with these diagn—diagnosis. And I want to emphasize not people who are suffering from these diseases or struggling with these diseases but living with these diseases because they’re living, they’re here, their families are here. And I think that sometimes in the medical system we can get really caught up in what we can and can’t fix and not how to to really continue to thrive and and access the supports in the community that help us thrive with these diagnoses.
So, yes, we can help you find the best neurologist in the area. We are up to date on current treatments. We can help you navigate that treatment side very nimbly. That’s an area of expertise for us. But I’m also interested in, you know, opportunities for social support. In Northern Virginia, we have an Insight Memory Care Center. We have other county-based day centers. We have the Inova Parkinson’s and Movement Disorder Center that runs over a hundred free programs a month in person and virtually that help people thrive. We're talking about exercise, education, and support.
Working with a home care company or working with a companion company can help people access parts of their life that have maybe felt more limited with the impact of their diagnosis. But we’re very interested at Pathways in helping people live well and are well networked in the community with a variety of ways to do that.
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