{"id":2723,"date":"2026-10-24T06:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T06:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/awards\/gordon-streib-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:49:16","slug":"best-practices-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/awards\/best-practices-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2723\" class=\"elementor elementor-2723\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0d52a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e0d52a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3109498 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3109498\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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&#8211; Virginia Memory Project &amp; Creative Aging Network-NC<\/li><li>2024 &#8211; Angela Sardina &#8211; Mobile Health and Resource Fairs<\/li><li>2023 &#8211; Joyful Voices Chorus &amp; Wellspring Solutions, LLC<\/li><li>2022 &#8211; Creating Interprofessional Readiness for Complex and Aging Adults (CIRCAA) at Virginia Center on Aging at VCU<\/li><li>2021 &#8211; Peninsula Agency on Aging &#8211; \u201cSafety Check-In Calls Program\u201d<\/li><li>2020 &#8211; Riverside Health System &#8211; Clinical Pharmacy Services Team &#8211; \u201cMedication Review Program\u201d<\/li><li>2019 &#8211; Memory Matters &#8211; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina<\/li><li>2018 &#8211; Williamsburg Memory Caf\u00e9 &#8211; Denise Butler<\/li><li>2017 &#8211; Alzheimer&#8217;s Arkansas &#8211; Elise Siegler &amp; Priscilla Pittman<\/li><li>2016 &#8211; Lindsay Institute for Innovations in Caregiving<\/li><li>2015 &#8211; Arkansas Extension Homemakers Club &#8211; Betty Oliver<\/li><li>2012 &#8211; 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