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Emma Shulman, CSW is a social worker and gerontologist. Emma Shulman is a Senior Family Counselor at the NYU Silberstein Aging & Dementia Research Center, research coordinator of an NIA supported longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer’s disease, collaborator on several caregiver research studies and co-leader of two caregiver support groups that she and her colleague, Gertrude Steinberg, began at the ADRC. Emma Shulman plays a vital role in education and outreach projects of the ADRC by coordinating educational seminars on normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease, organizing memory screenings in community centers and speaking about memory impairment and Alzheimer’s disease in senior centers and retirement communities. Emma Shulman’s interests include improving the well-being of patients and their families through social support and counseling, behavior management of Alzheimer’s patients, and training home health aides to work with patients in all stages of Alzheimer’s disease. She is the co-author of several handbooks, manuals and numerous articles about Alzheimer’s disease caregiving. Emma Shulman’s contributions to the field of Alzheimer’s disease include being among those individuals instrumental in starting the New York City chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association where she has served as Chairperson of the Speaker’s Bureau, and Development and Training Specialist for leaders of caregiver support groups.
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