195 Deep Gap Road
Burnsville, NC 28714

(828) 682-2459

ruth [at] rutheprice.com
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This is the new metamorphosis of Ruth Perschbacher's Bristlecone Consulting.

SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Upcoming Event: Creatively Caring for Older Adults & Their Caregivers
a one day workshop (follow the link for more information and to pre-register)
Highlights of Current Responsibilities:
    • Consultant to hospitals and long-term care facilities
    • Professional speaker for topics about wellness specializing in the wellness of frail older adults and their caregivers 
    • Author of and contributor to articles for state and national publications regarding family caregiver issues 
    • Coordinator for the Caregiver Wellness Program at Park Ridge Hospital in Fletcher, North Carolina, creating the program in 1996 
Highlights of Past Responsibilities & Accomplishments:
    1987-2007 Professional speaker to over 30 health care associations including
    • American Health Care Association
    • American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging 
    • U. S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
    • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
    2005-2006 Sub-contractor with the American Institutes for Research on a 
          regulatory review panel for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
    2004 - Coordinator for a caregiver wellness workshop for Takoma Adventist 
          Hospital, Greeneville, Tennessee
    2004 - Co-coordinator for a caregiver wellness workshop for Mayland 
          Community College and Spruce Pine Hospital, Spruce Pine, North Carolina 
    2002 - Author of a three-part series on family caregiving for Behavioral 
          Health Resources newsletter News Flash
    1998 to 2000 - Member, editorial advisory board for Parent Care Advisor
    1996 - 2000 - Behavior Specialist and Marketing Consultant to Park Ridge 
          Hospital’s HOPE Geriatric-Psychiatric Program 
    1997 - Research Consultant with Abt Associate for a CMS research project 
         for Congress
    1994 - 1997 - Vice President for Training of Networx Corporation; 
         Established a National Board of Health Care Experts 
    1996 – Contributor to Quality Care in the Nursing Home, Mosby Lifeline
    1989 to 1996 - Participant on the Federal Assessment Advisory Committee 
         for Nursing Home Resident Assessments
    1987 - Participant in the drafting of nursing home legislation by Congress
    1987 - Founder of Bristlecone Consulting Company
    1986- 1987 - Associate Director for Programming, Mountain Care, an adult 
         day program, Asheville, North Carolina
    1980 - 1986 - Director of Activity Therapy in long-term care facilities in 
         Kansas and North Carolina 
    1985 - Present - Board Certified Music Therapist
    1980 - Music Therapy Intern, Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas
    1979 - Bachelor of Music Education in Music Therapy, Phillips University, 
         Enid, Oklahoma
 
this site is also the home of 
    bristleconeconsulting.com 
    creativelivingcenter.org
    healthforhealthcare.com
    healthycreativeaddictions.net