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Nationally Recognized Educator Will Provide the Latest Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Information for Healthcare Professionals, Families and Friends

JOIN SENIOR HELPERS TO HEAR UNITED STATES ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA EDUCATOR TEEPA SNOW AT HER JULY 23, 2015 PRESENTATIONS

If you have a patient, client, loved one or a friend with Alzheimer’s Disease-or another form of dementia-join Teepa Snow to discover how to help improve their care, their life...and yours. This program is being brought to you by Senior Helpers In-Home Caregivers and features nationally recognized dementia expert Teepa Snow, M.S, OTR/L, FAOTA. Teepa has appointments at Duke University’s School of Nursing and the University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine and a long-term education agreement with Senior Helpers. . Teepa is presenting two workshops on July 23, 2015 at The Woman’s Club of Evanston, 1702 Chicago Avenue, in Evanston. One is for healthcare professionals, while the second presentation is for family caregivers and friends of those with these diseases. The special CEU Workshop: Managing Difficult Dementia Situations in a Clinical/Professional Setting is being presented from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Whether you attended last year or not, Teepa will be presenting new information that will help you learn the latest strategies and techniques so you can improve communications and relationships with your clients, and help them live as successfully as possible with dementia. The fee for three CEUs is $25.00 for professionals, and the fee for attendees not requiring credits is $10.00. Breakfast and networking begin at 8 a.m. The Family Presentation: Life Changing Ideas for Families Struggling with Alzheimer’s/Dementia will be presented from 5:00-6:30 p.m. at the same location. Sign in and refreshments begin at 4:30 p.m.

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