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Dr. Arlene Binoya-Strugar — Clinical Psychologist (PsyD)
Senior Care · Cognitive & Emotional Wellness

Dr. Arlene Binoya-Strugar

Clinical Psychologist (PsyD) · Senior Care Specialist · Founder, Well Being Health Specialists. A trusted psychological guide for aging, care, and life transitions — bringing clarity, dignity, and emotional steadiness to families navigating change.

Cognitive Health Emotional Resilience Family Care Planning Dementia & Alzheimer’s

A guide to living — and aging — with clarity.

Dr. Arlene Binoya-Strugar, PsyD is a clinical psychologist whose work centers on cognitive health, emotional resilience, and the family experience of aging. As founder of Well Being Health Specialists, she supports older adults, adult children, and caregivers through some of life’s most demanding transitions — with calm authority and practical care.

Her practice draws together psychology, brain health, and dementia & Alzheimer’s awareness, with a background in performance psychology that quietly informs how she frames growth at every stage of life. The throughline: well-being is not just physical — it is emotional, cognitive, and relational.

Her free eBook, Compassionate Care: Personalized Support for Your Loved Ones, is the most direct way to step into her thinking. From there, families often move into consultation — care planning, dementia and Alzheimer’s support, and emotional and cognitive guidance tailored to the people they love.

Practice background includes:

  • Senior care consulting & family care planning
  • Dementia & Alzheimer’s awareness and family support
  • Emotional & cognitive health support for older adults
  • Clinical psychology with a performance-psychology foundation
“Aging well starts with awareness and intention.” — Compassionate Care: Personalized Support for Your Loved Ones
Free eBook
Compassionate Care: Personalized Support for Your Loved Ones

Compassionate Care: Personalized Support for Your Loved Ones

Dr. Arlene Binoya-Strugar, PsyD

A Comprehensive Guide to Personalized Support in Elderly Care.

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Inside the eBook

What this eBook actually teaches

  • 01 Understanding Compassionate Care
  • 02 Dementia & Alzheimer’s Support
  • 03 Daily Living, Nutrition & Medication
  • 04 Companionship & Social Engagement
  • 05 Safety, Mobility & End-of-Life Care
About this companion. Dr. Arlene’s practice — Well Being Health Specialists — focuses on senior care, cognitive health, and family guidance. This page is the calm, educational entry point: a free eBook to read, frameworks to keep, twenty quote cards to share, and a direct line to her clinical work when awareness needs to become action.
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Compassionate Care: Personalized Support for Your Loved Ones

A Comprehensive Guide to Personalized Support in Elderly Care. Read it in the flipbook, or download the PDF to take with you.

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Compassionate Care explores what personalized in-home support actually looks like — from dementia and daily living to companionship, safety, and end-of-life. A practical guide for families caring for the people they love.

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Compassionate Care: Personalized Support for Your Loved Ones
Dr. Arlene Binoya-Strugar, PsyD
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Companion Workbook

Now work through it.

The Compassionate Care Workbook is a fillable companion PDF that walks your family through eight short sections — reflection prompts, practical checklists, and a one-page intake summary you can hand directly to Dr. Arlene’s team. It uses the same instruments professional caregivers rely on (ADL/IADL, Mini-Cog observations, GDS-15, Zarit Burden Interview) translated into warm, family-friendly language.

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Companion Workbook
Compassionate Care Workbook
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Inside the eBook

Five threads woven through the book

01
Understanding Compassionate Care
02
Dementia & Alzheimer’s Support
03
Daily Living, Nutrition & Medication
04
Companionship & Social Engagement
05
Safety, Mobility & End-of-Life Care
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This eBook and companion content are for educational purposes only and do not constitute medical or psychological advice. Please consult qualified professionals for individualized care.
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Core Frameworks

Five frameworks for compassionate elderly care.

These are the throughlines of Dr. Arlene’s clinical work with families — and of the eBook. Each is simple enough to remember, and deep enough to come back to when the day gets hard.

01
Personalized Care Plans
Every individual’s needs are unique. The first job of compassionate care is to listen — to the person, to their history, to the family — and to build a plan around them, not the other way around. The plan is alive, reviewed and adjusted as conditions change.
02
Respite for Family Caregivers
Caring for a loved one is emotionally and physically draining. Respite isn’t an indulgence — it’s how sustainable caregiving works. Trained in-home aides give families the rest that lets them keep showing up tomorrow.
03
Dementia-Friendly Environment
Familiar objects, gentle lighting, predictable routines, removed hazards. Small changes in the home reduce confusion, prevent accidents, and protect the dignity of someone living with cognitive decline.
04
Companionship as Medicine
Isolation accelerates cognitive and emotional decline. Conversation, walks, shared meals, and meaningful activity are not extras — they are part of the care, and often the part that matters most.
05
End-of-Life with Dignity
In the final season, comfort and presence matter more than intervention. Compassionate care means honoring wishes, easing pain, and standing alongside families through grief.
Quote Cards

Twenty lines worth carrying.

Distilled from Dr. Arlene’s writing and clinical work with families navigating elderly care — organized by the threads that run through the book.

01

Compassionate Care

3 cards
Care is about dignity, not just assistance.
Personalised support meets people where they are — not where a checklist says they should be.
Compassionate care begins with listening to the person, not the diagnosis.
02

Dementia & Memory Care

3 cards
Familiarity is medicine.
The right environment can quiet confusion before any prescription does.
Patience with someone who has forgotten is the deepest kind of remembering.
03

Daily Living & Nutrition

3 cards
Good food, taken with company, does more than nourish.
Routine reduces anxiety. Consistency is care.
The smallest daily kindnesses are often the largest gifts.
04

Companionship

3 cards
Loneliness is one of the most underestimated risks in elderly care.
Connection is part of the prescription, not an extra.
A familiar voice in the room can change a whole day.
05

Safety at Home

3 cards
The goal isn’t a hospital. It’s a home that keeps someone safe.
Independence and safety are not opposites — they are partners.
Small modifications prevent big falls.
06

End-of-Life & Family Support

5 cards
In the final season, presence matters more than intervention.
Grief is part of caregiving — and caregivers need care too.
Honoring a person’s wishes is the highest form of respect.
Families don’t need answers as much as they need someone who will stay.
Compassion outlasts treatment.
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When awareness needs to become action.

Dr. Arlene’s clinical practice, Well Being Health Specialists, supports families through senior care planning, dementia and Alzheimer’s guidance, and emotional & cognitive wellness — with calm authority.

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Primary Services

Senior care, with a clinician you can call.

For families navigating aging, memory change, or care decisions — clarity and steady guidance from someone who has walked alongside many of these conversations before.

  • Senior care consulting
  • Dementia & Alzheimer’s support
  • Family guidance and care planning
  • Emotional & cognitive health support
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Supporting Areas

Brain health & lifestyle wellness.

Beyond crisis support, Dr. Arlene works with people maintaining cognitive sharpness, building emotional resilience, and shaping a life that ages well by design rather than by default.

  • Brain health coaching
  • Wellness and lifestyle guidance
  • Personal growth & resilience
  • Performance psychology (supporting)
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