Dear Lucy: Life After Caregiving
Caregiver Teleconnection sessions are one hour learning sessions that can be done via Zoom or over the phone for caregivers of older persons. Experts from around the country share information important to caregiving. Caregivers will have the opportunity to ask questions as well as hear from other caregivers.
Our sessions are geared for the family members taking care of a loved one over the age of 60. Professionals are also welcome to participate as well.
Please join Lucy Barylak, MSW and Dr Pam Orzeck for the first of a two part series. They will explore the emotional difficulties that caregivers face after a loved one has passed. There will be a presentation and question period.
Date January 12, 2023
Hosted By WellMed Charitable Foundation
Tags passing, family dynamics, mourning, Support, depression, caregiving, death, caregivers, Aging, elderly, Lucy Barylak, family, Lucy, seniors, Barylak, Health and Wellness, Pam, caregiver, Orzeck
Lucy Barylak, MSW and Dr. Pam Orzerck
Lucy Barylak, MSW, is a Social Gerontology Consultant with West-Central Montreal Health in Montreal, Canada. Lucy is a renowned expert in caregiving having won the Queen’s Jubilee Award twice, presented by the Canadian Homecare Association. She has also been a family caregiver for her mother for many years.
Pam Orzeck has extensive experience in clinical and community practice, having worked as a front line social worker and research-practitioner for 25 years prior to joining the faculty at McGill. Pam is currently the Director of Field Education @ the McGill School of Social Work and leads a team dedicated to ensuring a positive and meaningful field education experience for social work students.
Pam's doctoral research focused on women's bereavement experiences after caregiving, and she is currently the co Principal Investigator on a national grant related to caregiver bereavement training and support.