Neighbor News
Dementia and Caregiving Series: Focusing on the Person
Center for Healthy Aging series provides strategies and effective communication tips to better understand and relate to the individual.
HARTFORD - Caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease is not an easy task. An upcoming series provides strategies and effective communication tips to better understand and relate to the individual. Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging is sponsoring a free five-week series, “Dementia and Caregiving: Focusing on the Person while Understanding the Disease Progression,” on Thursdays, April 12 to May 10, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The series will be held at Avery Heights, 705 New Britain Ave. To best benefit, participants are asked to attend all sessions.
Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging dementia and Alzheimer’s specialists Patty O’Brian, CDP, and Michelle Wyman, LSW, CDP, will lead the program. Avery Heights is sponsoring.
Topics include:
Find out what's happening in Southingtonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
April 12: Overview of Dementia
April 19: Basics of Good Communications and Understanding Behaviors
Find out what's happening in Southingtonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
April 26: Safety in the Environment and How to Structure a Day with Activities
May 3: Taking Care of the Caregiver and Care Options
May 10: Legal and Financial Issues
Spaces are limited and registration is required. RSVP to 860.953.1201, ext. 426.
Hartford HealthCare 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 Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging, visit http://hhccenterforhealthyaging.org or call 1.877.4AGING1.
