Dr. Mahakian specializes in working with older adults and older adults with cognitive decline. For over 10 years, Dr. Mahakian served as Director of the Elder Care Referral Program for the University of California San Francisco. She has a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and received her clinical training at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Centers in San Francisco and Martinez, California. Dr. Mahakian is also licensed as a Marriage & Family Therapist (lic# MFT30045). Her professional experience and expertise assisting university employees with an aging parent or relative is now available to the community at large.

Quality of care and service are an integral part of Aging Matters, Inc. In light of this, Dr. Mahakian and her staff maintain a small caseload of older adults, assuring personalized care and attention to detail. All work is performed under the direct supervision of Dr. Jane L. Mahakian, this assuring continuity and quality of all services performed.

Our basic principal is to promote the emotional well-being of the older person by validating the person and involving him or her in decision-making as long as possible. It is vital to promote the person’s self-esteem and sense of independence throughout all stages of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementias.