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.
Identify different types of dementia. How do you know what stage dementia someone is in? How can the latest research help caregivers? **Sponsored by the North Central Texas Caregiver Teleconnection**
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 […]
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
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** […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Aging in America May Never be the Same: A Series What led to the increased mortality of seniors in long-term care facilities? What are the lessons learned? CaregiverTeleconnection · […]
The Pride of Caring: Issues for LGBTQ Caregivers & Professionals • Risk factors for COVID-19 among the LGBT community • Discrimination in health care • Coping with isolation • How COVID-19 has impacted LGBT seniors and caregivers CaregiverTeleconnection · How Covid - 19 Affects The LGBTQ Community June 4 2020