Dementia and Caregiving Series: Focusing on the Person While Understanding the Disease Progression

BERLIN - 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 the free five-part series, “Dementia and Caregiving: Focusing on the Person while Understanding the Disease Progression,” on Tuesdays, Aug. 22 to Oct. 3, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, 234 Kensington Road.

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 series.

Topics include:

Aug. 22: Overview of Dementia

Aug. 29: Basics of Good Communications and Understanding Behaviors

Sept. 12: Safety in the Environment and How to Structure a Day with Activities

Sept. 26: Taking Care of the Caregiver and Care Options

Oct. 3: Legal and Financial Issues

Seating is limited and registration is required. To RSVP, call Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging, toll-free 1.877.4AGING1/ 1.877.424.4641.

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 cthealthyaging.org or call 1.877.4AGING1/ 1.877.424.4641.