Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging presents dementia and caregiving series in Berlin

BERLIN – Caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease is not an easy task. A free five-week series provides strategies and effective communication tips to better understand and relate to the individual with memory loss. The Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging, in partnership with Berlin Senior Center and Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, will sponsor “Dementia and Caregiving: Focusing on the Person while Understanding the Disease Progression,” at Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, 234 Kensington Road.

The sessions will be held Tuesdays, May 24 to June 21, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging dementia and Alzheimer’s specialists Patty O’Brian, CDP, and Michelle Wyman, LSW, CDP, will lead the series. To best benefit, participants are asked to attend all sessions.

Topics include:

May 24: Overview of Dementia

May 31: Basics of Good Communications and Understanding Behaviors

June 7: Safety in the Environment and How to Structure a Day with Activities

June 14: Taking Care of the Caregiver and Care Options

June 21: Legal and Financial Issues

Space is limited and registration is required. RSVP to Center for Healthy Aging: 1.877.4AGING1 (1.877.424.4641).

The Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging, a not for profit member of Hartford HealthCare Senior Services, is a resource and assessment center designed to enhance access to services and information related to attaining optimal quality of life for seniors and their caregivers. For more information about Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging, visit cthealthyaging.org.