About Anne
A former ballet and concert modern dancer and teacher, Anne Cox Bailey was ordained an Episcopal priest in 2001. While attending seminary, her mother showed signs of changes in her brain function that turned out to be Frontotemporal Dementia. Seeking help for her mother led her to Teepa Snow, world-renowned expert in Dementia.
Anne is a certified Coach and Consultant in Teepa’s “Positive Approach to Care.”
How it Started
My mother Arlene died of Frontotemporal dementia, following one of the worst case progressions I have ever encountered. At the hands of doctors, officials, police and trusted friends the ignorance, apathy, abuse and abandonment she (and my father and I) suffered was far worse than the disease itself.
Since 1999 I have studied and trained, using the knowledge to help others in St. Luke's Episcopal parish, where I was rector until answering a new call that developed over recent years.
In 2017 I pledged my life and ministry to alleviating the fear, the anguish and the ignorance that accompany most people into dementing diseases, so that others don't have to go through the nightmare my mother endured.
I place my training and experience at your service, to the glory of God.