Jered Yalung, PharmD, CDP, is a clinical pharmacist and Certified Dementia Practitioner who owns Options Home Care, a pharmacist-owned non-medical home care agency serving the Triad region of North Carolina. After years in long-term care pharmacy watching preventable medication problems go unaddressed, he now focuses on translating medication complexity for families navigating cognitive decline. He developed the MEDIC framework to systematically identify medication-induced cognitive impairment before families accept dementia diagnoses. His work has been published in McKnight's Home Care, and he was named a 2026 Triad Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree.