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  • Safe medication

    Please join Lucy Barylak, MSW for the second session about how to best manage your loved one’s medications, especially during the pandemic. Caregivers need to understand and be vigilant about […]

  • Important Legal Matters for Family Caregivers

    Review important legal issues and documents and the importance of keeping them current. What are the most frequently asked legal questions? Discuss ways to start difficult discussions with parents, spouse, and other older adults who do not have legal affairs in order or need updating. Identify ways to find attorneys who specialize in working with […]

  • COVID-19: Issues & Updates for Caregivers

    Join us as we discuss the latest news and issues related to our ongoing pandemic. We’ll provide an update on COVID-19 in long term care settings, practical tips for caregivers, and answer your questions.   CaregiverTeleconnection · COVID-19: Issues & Updates for Caregivers Feb 17  

  • Online-Vida Saludable para Su Cerebro y Cuerpo: Consejos de las Últimas Investigaciones

    Durante siglos, hemos sabido que la salud del cerebro y el cuerpo están conectadas. Pero ahora, la ciencia puede proporcionar información sobre cómo tomar decisiones de estilo de vida que pueden ayudarlo a mantener su cerebro y cuerpo saludables a medida que envejece. Únase a nosotros para aprender sobre la investigación en las áreas de […]

  • Online-Self-Love: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

    People-pleasing is a losing battle. When you focus on self-love and self-compassion rather than trying to get others to love you, you build your self-esteem, your own resiliency and break codependent patterns so you can form healthier, happier relationships—with yourself and others. For various reasons, many of us find it easier to love others than […]

  • Caregiving 101, What Does it Mean to be a Caregiver

    Caregiving is not often something we seek out. Many times you just find yourself doing different tasks for your loved one. Join Dear Lucy as she shares tips on how to recognize that you are a caregiver, along with the challenges and rewards of caregiving.   CaregiverTeleconnection · Caregiving 101, What Does it Mean to […]

  • Engaging Caregivers: A Program for Healthcare Workers

    Learn about: the role of caregivers, dealing with difficult situations, diversity and culture, and where to find resources. Healthcare workers can better serve patients through partnership with caregivers, but there is limited formal training and support on how to engage caregivers in care planning. This series will explore the role of caregivers and their experiences […]

  • Online – How to Stage your Loved One’s Dementia and What Does it Mean

    This session will explore staging tools used to identify the progression of dementia in your loved one. Understanding the stage of dementia helps us better communicate, plan for care, and prepare for the next stage of the disease. **Sponsored by VITAS Healthcare**  

  • Engaging Caregivers: A Program for Healthcare Workers Series

    Learn about: the role of caregivers, dealing with difficult situations, diversity and culture, and where to find resources. Healthcare workers can better serve patients through partnership with caregivers, but there is limited formal training and support on how to engage caregivers in care planning. This series will explore the role of caregivers and their experiences […]

  • Caregiver to Caregiver

    Interactive panel of family caregivers will discuss the challenges and rewards of caregiving, what they have learned, and what they would advise other caregivers. During a Q & A, they […]

  • Engaging Caregivers: A Program for Healthcare Workers Series

    Learn about: the role of caregivers, dealing with difficult situations, diversity and culture, and where to find resources. Healthcare workers can better serve patients through partnership with caregivers, but there […]

  • Anxiety: Good or Bad?

    Caregivers today face not only the stress of taking responsibility for two people (sometimes more), but the reality of a world different from any time in their life. This session […]

  • Online – Take Your Oxygen First

    Join Dr. Jamie Huysman as he discusses why caregivers should “Take Your Oxygen First”. As caregivers, you are often so busy giving to others, that your needs and health often […]

  • Online – What is hospice and what is palliative care?

    What are the differences and benefits between the two and what qualifies a patient for hospice/palliative care? Join Gilbert Cortez, RN with Guiding Light Hospice as he talks about what […]

  • Online – ABC’s of Vascular Dementia

    Join Dr Tam Cummings as she discusses what Vascular Dementia is. She will explore what the signs of Vascular dementia are as well as the causes and how it is […]

  • Ambiguous and Anticipatory Grief

    Learn about ambiguous and anticipatory grief and the emotional impact? How does it relate to individuals and families of people with a diagnosis of dementia? Learn how to cope with […]

  • Dementia Diagnosis and Treatment

    Dementia is a scary term and is often misunderstood. Dementia isn’t defined as a specific disease. It is generally described as a group of symptoms which affect cognitive and social […]

  • Online – ¿Que es el hospicio y que es el cuidado paliativo?

    ¿Cuáles son las diferencias y los beneficios entre los dos, que califica a un paciente para hospicio/cuidados paliativos? Únase a esta presentación con Gilbert Cortez, RN-enfermero registrado con la agencia […]

  • Online – Educate, Energize and Empower our Emotional Intelligence as Caregivers

    In life we though that IQ, Intelligence Quotient was the standard bearer on how well we did in life. This is a myth that has been handed down for years. There are brilliant people who never get to accomplish their goals in life no matter how intelligence they are. Overtime, we came to understand that […]