Caregiver Teleconnection

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  • Enduring the COVID-19 Outbreak while Caregiving

    Join us as we continue our discussion on how to cope with the ever changing events of the COVID-19 outbreak. Lucy Barylak, MSW and Dr. Elliot Sklar will talk about the most recent updates as well as continue to provide tips on how to manage your stress, stay healthy and take some time for yourself. […]

  • Diagnóstico y tratamiento de la demencia

    El Dr. Néstor H. Praderio repasará el proceso de diagnóstico de la demencia y explicará los tipos de demencia, incluso los síntomas y las etapas. El doctor también hablará sobre las opciones de terapia y tratamiento.  

  • I’m not the Same Person Anymore: Coping with Caregiver Role Changes

    Do your caregiving responsibilities make you feel like a different person? This session will help you understand the definitions of role changes, role reversal, role overload, and role engulfment. You’ll also find out why caregivers are susceptible to role related challenges and learn how to cope with role-related challenges.  

  • Coping with the COVID-19: Issues for Caregivers

    Join us as we continue our discussion on how to cope during the COVID-19 outbreak, and how to safely transition into a new normal. Lucy Barylak, MSW and Dr. Elliot Sklar will talk about the most recent updates and issues impacting caregivers, and answer questions on how to stay safe and healthy in these unprecedented […]

  • Dear Lucy

    This month she will discuss what caregivers can do for themselves during this difficult time. This is an interactive session where Dear Lucy will answer questions and have a conversation with caregivers regarding the issues they face in their caregiving journey.   CaregiverTeleconnection · Dear Lucy May 14, 2020  

  • What Does That Behavior Mean?

    The lobes of the brain are each responsible for certain behaviors or reflexive actions. Knowing the normal function of each lobe and the behaviors or changes that occur as the disease progresses, allows caregivers to determine behaviors which indicate the disease versus behaviors which indicate infection, stroke, anxiety or depression. **Sponsored by VITAS Healthcare**   […]

  • Coping with the COVID-19: Issues for Caregivers

    Join us as we continue our discussion on how to cope during the COVID-19 outbreak, and how to safely transition into a new normal. Lucy Barylak, MSW and Dr. Elliot Sklar will talk about the most recent updates and issues impacting caregivers, and answer questions on how to stay safe and healthy in these unprecedented […]

  • Legal Issues for Caregivers

    Carol Bertsch is a practicing elder law attorney, who is well known in her field as a fierce advocate for older adults and their family caregivers. Listen as Carol discusses those important legal issues and documents with which caregivers and seniors need to be familiar.

  • Frontotemporal Degeneration: What it is, What it isn’t and What are the Signs and Symptoms

    This dementia is highly misunderstood, even in the medical community, and takes families up to 4 years to get a proper diagnosis. She will explain what signs show up first, how to get an accurate diagnosis, and what to do after you receive the diagnosis.   CaregiverTeleconnection · Frontotemporal Degeneration: What it is, What it […]