Transcription for Tenet Heroes: Carrie Ford
*Tenet Hero working*
Carrie Ford, a neuroscience technologist
at Princeton Baptist Medical Center has
dedicated her life to knowledge,
leadership, and improving other's lives.
*Tenet Hero with Kerri Kasem*
Carrie set a new standard of care when
she partnered with Kerri Kasem, daughter
*Kerri Kasem Facebook/Website Page*
of famed disc jockey Casey Kasem to help
prevent abuse and isolation of elderly
patients in Alabama. Casey's story of elder
abuse was heavily publicized in 2014 and
it captured Carrie's attention because
her father faced the same unnerving
circumstances.
*Tenet Hero talking*
I started reading about
Casey Kasem and I was like you know I
can't see my dad either this story
sounds familiar.
*Executive Director of Imaging Services Talking*
She went after that with
the same passion she does after
everything else, and so she sought out
ways to change things in the state
of Alabama when Carrie learned that Kerri
*Map of the States*
had founded the Kasem Cares
foundation to pass visitation
legislation in every state, she contacted
*Tenet Hero with Legislators*
Kerri and began working diligently
towards passing this legislation in
Alabama. She gained support through an
online petition and subsequently
authored, helped introduce, and lobbied
*Robert G Ford Casey Kasem Visitation Act*
for the passing of the Robert G Ford
Casey Kasem Visitation Act. Which was
enacted on January 1st, 2017.
*Legislator Signing Act*
This legislation gives people in Alabama an
avenue to visit family members who are
involuntarily isolated.
*CEO Talking*
She did the legislation certainly for her
Father but also because she knew
there were other people like her father
that were suffering from the same kind
of elder abuse, and she really just in
her heart couldn't tolerate that couldn't
stand for the fact that there were other
people out there she wanted to help them.
*Kerri Kasem Talking*
You are an incredible woman, your
persistence in fortitude got the
visitation bill in Alabama. Now I can say
I helped by handing you that bill but it
was all you you did this, you're an angel
and you for all the families that are going
through what we had to go through.
*Tenet Hero Talking*
So I'm very proud that people are going to be
helped by this. Something that's been bad
has turned into something good.
*Tenet Hero working*
A true advocate for the senior community,
Carrie's colleagues call her
compassionate, devoted, loyal and
extremely talented. These traits and many
others make her very worthy of the title
Tenet Hero.