TWO FREE CAREGIVER
WORKSHOPS:
How to Talk
to Someone with Memory Loss 12 Do’s and Don’ts for Better Conversations
Wednesday, November
3, 2010 ~ 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Performing Arts
Center, Oxford Commons Givens Estates
2360 Sweeten Creek
Road, Asheville, NC 28803
Practical
pointers, simple techniques, and basic
validation principles
aimed at helping family
members, friends,
and clergy communicate better
and develop more
trusting relationships with elders
who have dementia.
Limited Parking - Shuttle
Provided - Please pre-register: 828-771-2630 or jkarriker@givensestates.org
Validation
-- The Power of Empathetic Listeningon Persons with Cognitive Impairment
Friday, November
5, 2010 ~ 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Dining Room Heritage
Hills Retirement Center
2500 Heritage Circle,
Hendersonville, NC 28791
A more complete
introduction to the 11 Principles
of Validation, the
Four Phases of Resolution, the
range of verbal
and non-verbal techniques, and
some video and role-played
common scenarios to
illustrate validation
at work.
Shuttle Provided - Limited
Seating - Please pre-register: 828-251-6622 or
christina@landofsky.org
Adult Care
Presented by Stephen
K. Klotz
Validation Director
and Certified Validation Teacher
with Country Meadows
Retirement Communities in Hershey, PA
Download
the PDF here.
It Takes a Village:
Caregiving 2010 - 11th Annual Caregiver
Conference
The Arboretum - 11:30 PM to 4:30 PM on
June 3rd
Pre-Registration Is Requested (no charge
for non-paid caregivers)
For directions, go to ncarboretum.org
There
is no parking fee if you tell the guard at the entrance that
you are attending the workshop.
Family members and
friends who are caring for frail, older adults need the support and resources
of a village. This workshop identifies the many ways our community
comes together to promote the wellness of both the caregiver and the loved
one who is the recipient of care.
Give yourself
and those you care for the gift of a healthier you.
11:30 am
- Registration - There is no charge for friends or family members
who are caring for older adults. There is a $15.00 fee for professional
caregivers.
Pre-register at 682-2459 or 681-2203 or email ruth@rutheprice.com.
11:30 to 12:30
- Clare Bridge shuttle is available from the parking lot to The Education
Center building.
11:30 to 1:00
- Visit Community Resources
11:30 to 1:00-
Lunch
Sponsored by Park Ridge Hospital
1:00 -
Village
Pressure Points: Expressing Anger Safely, Lisa Gwyther, MSW, LCSW,
Education Director, the Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Center (ADRC) at Duke Medical Center.
2:00-
The
Village Comes Together as a Team, Robert Ford, Executive Director,
Hospice of Madison, Gene and Mary Lou Tatsch, Caregivers, Andrea Gray,
RN, CHPN, and Tina Garren, RN, CHPN, Four Seasons Hospice
3:00-
The
Village Promotes Healthy Living, Julie Palmer, Community Wellness Educator,
Certified Nutritional Coach and ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, Park Ridge
Hospital
4:00
- Adjourn
4:00 to 4:15 -
Clare Bridge shuttle available
directions
I sponsors
Directions
— From I-26, take Exit 33 (Old Exit 2) and head South on Hwy 191. Travel
for approximately 2.1 miles (You will pass the Biltmore Square Mall). Look
for brown signs for NC Arboretum. Take a right turn at the stop light
and just ahead take another right. Take the parkway ramp off of Brevard
Rd to the main entrance.