Sarah Taylor, FNP
Sarah Taylor is a Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in geriatric neuropsychiatry and long-term care, with a professional background spanning bedside nursing, behavioral health, urgent care, internal medicine, and dementia care. She currently works with GuideStar Eldercare, where she manages neuropsychiatric and cognitive conditions in residents across multiple extended care facilities throughout Indiana.
As an FNP-C, Sarah focuses on the assessment and management of dementia, anxiety, depression, Parkinson’s disease, pseudobulbar affect, and other neurological and psychiatric conditions affecting older adults. Her work involves conducting cognitive evaluations, monitoring behavioral and psychological symptoms, and optimizing treatment plans to support quality of life for elderly patients navigating progressive cognitive decline.
Sarah’s healthcare journey began in long-term dementia care as a CNA on a locked memory unit, an experience that deeply shaped her commitment to caring for vulnerable populations. She later served as a charge nurse at a state-operated psychiatric hospital, overseeing behavioral health care teams and managing complex psychiatric patient populations. She also spent six years as a registered nurse at Reid Health, including frontline work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
She earned her Master of Science in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner concentration from Purdue Global and previously completed her BSN through Western Governors University. She is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board.
In addition to her clinical experience, Sarah brings strengths in communication, mentorship, and patient-centered care. Her professional philosophy emphasizes compassion, resilience, and advocacy for both patients and healthcare teams. She is especially passionate about improving the lives of aging adults with cognitive impairment and supporting families through the challenges of dementia and mental health care.
Outside of clinical practice, Sarah has also been active in community service and faith-based outreach initiatives, including benevolence and volunteer programs supporting families and underserved populations.
• CNA certification through Indiana Ivy Tech Community College
• Associate Degree in Nursing (RN) through 2-year community college program
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (completed online)
• Master's degree in Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) through online hybrid program
• ANA
Areas of Specialization/Expertise
- geriatrics
- Neuro Psych
- Dementia
What do you enjoy most about practicing medicine?
I absolutely love going and talking to patients and finding out what their big concern is and how I can help them. Today was a really good example. There's a little lady that has dementia, not the most severe kind, but it's severe enough, and she just keeps saying, 'I'm scared, I'm scared,' but she doesn't tell us why. So I was adjusting her medicine to kind of make her more comfortable and less afraid. I want to be doing direct patient care because that's what I love. There are so many things you can do in nursing, and I've always tried to be versatile and not be pigeonholed. Even though I have a psych background, I still think I would like to do some internal medicine or work in a family practice clinic. But at the same time, what I'm doing right now gives me the option of doing 100% telehealth with a psych background if I ever can't get around physically. That's one big plus of being in the psych end of it.