Join “Dear Lucy” Lucy Barylak, MSW for this series where she will discuss how to deal with difficult behaviors of people with dementia. CaregiverTeleconnection · Dear Lucy: Dementia and Inappropriate Sexual Behavior Sept 17 20
Learn about many timely issues that affect family caregivers and older adults, including, COVID concerns about choosing facilities, medical care concerns, dealing with loved ones isolation and loneliness, Medicare open enrollment data, and finding resources.. ***Sponsored by North Central Texas Caregiver Teleconnection*** CaregiverTeleconnection · Timely Issues COVID and Facilities, Resources, Dealing with Isolation 9 […]
This session will cover a variety of stress relief techniques for family caregivers and include a written self-test for caregivers to use to measure their stress levels, their self compassion and their compassion fatigue. **Sponsored by VITAS Healthcare** CaregiverTeleconnection · Dementia Dialogs: Caregiver Stress Relief, Self-compassion, and compassion Fatigue 9 15 20
Is the end in sight? Things are reopening, but is it safe? Are you “over it?” This session will explore new developments in the COVID-19 pandemic, and our transition to a ‘new normal’. We’ll also discuss perspectives on “coronavirus fatigue”. CaregiverTeleconnection · End Of Covid-19? 9 23 20
Join “Dear Lucy” Lucy Barylak, MSW for this series where she will discuss how to deal with difficult behaviors of people with dementia. CaregiverTeleconnection · Dear Lucy: Dementia & Delirium 9 24 20
Si usted o algún conocido está experimentando pérdida de memoria o cambios de comportamiento, es hora de que conozca la verdad. Detectar la enfermedad de Alzheimer temprano le dará la oportunidad de empezar un tratamiento, participar en un estudio clínico y planear para el futuro. CaregiverTeleconnection · Aprende a identificar las 10 señales Sept […]
When illness or disability affect one spouse and the other becomes a spousal caregiver, their marriage often suffers. How can spousal caregivers keep love alive in what otherwise now feels like relationships of sadness and drudgery? Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D, a clinical psychologist and co-author of AARP Meditations for Caregivers, will present ideas for restoring […]
Join “Dear Lucy” Lucy Barylak, MSW for this series where she will discuss how to deal with difficult behaviors of people with dementia. CaregiverTeleconnection · Dear Lucy: Dementia and Delirium Oct 1 20
As we endure the COVID-19 pandemic, and once we have recovered, aging in America may never be the same. The death toll in nursing homes and long-term care facilities has revealed how unprepared our health care system is to protect our most vulnerable citizens. Many seniors and their families consider the option of long-term care […]
This session will discuss issues surrounding grief, finding purpose after caregiving and honoring the ones we care for by living our fullest lives. This session includes a special guest - Christopher MacLellan - founder and CEO at the Whole Care Network. Chris’ caregiving experience was chronicled in a 2015 Pulitzer Prize nominated story “In Sickness […]