About Me

Background

Dan Smerken has been working to serve the needs of older adults and persons with disabilities since 1975. His primary goal is to assist clients maintain the maximum level of independence and self-sufficiency. Dan provides personalized information and assistance to make life just a little bit easier for older adults and their families.

Dan has been a nurse, care manager, administrator and long-term care executive. He has developed and led housing and community based service initiatives focusing on the development and operation of in-home, community based and residential programs for older adults.

Dan is also an experienced developer of housing with supportive services for older adults and persons with disabilities.

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Social Science, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA –1997 – Organizational and Family Systems (Thesis - Home and Community Based Services for the Frail Elderly).

Bachelor of Arts, Health and Human Services, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA –1990 – Human Health and Behavior

Certificate of Practical Nursing (LPN), John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL – 1984

POST GRADUATE

Care Manager, Certified - National Academy of Certified Care Managers, October 2007

Certificate Program in Gerontology, University of Washington Seattle, WA. – 2006 – Gerontology

Graduate Certificate in Geriatric Care Management, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl. – 2005 - Geriatric Care Management

Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Executives, University of Washington Seattle, WA. – 2002 – Executive Financial Management and Accounting