Our Partners in Health looks at behavior as communication, Dec. 3

The challenge of communicating with a loved one with memory-impairment is well-known among caregivers and their families. On Thursday, December 3, at 7:00 pm, Caren Silverleib of Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly (JCHE), will help unlock the mystery of communicating with Alzheimer’s disease sufferers during the third presentation in the Our Partners in Health community education series.

Understanding Behavior as Communication for People with Alzheimer’s disease will be offered in the Cynthia B. Fox Community Room at the Sharon Public Library (SPL). The 90-minute interactive program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Silverleib, who is director of strategic planning and partnerships for JCHE’s award-winning non-sectarian senior housing programs, is a respected authority on aging whose national presentations include talks before the American Society on Aging/National Council on Aging Conferences and LeadingAge Conferences in Denver and Dallas. She holds a master’s degree from the Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare and has worked in the field of housing for older adults for more than 25 years. Currently responsible for creating, developing and presenting resident service programs that foster success living and support for residents as they age in place, Silverleib is an expert on issues that arise around caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease, memory loss and dementia.

Her upcoming program is part of the OPH initiative organized by the SPL and funded by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Designed to inform patients, caregivers and community members about all aspects of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and memory-loss related illnesses, upcoming OPH programs will feature talks on Brain Fitness for the Aging Adult, Wellness in the Person with Dementia, and How to create a Failure-Free Home.

Our Partners in Health is a collaborative comprising the Sharon Public Library in partnership with the Sharon Council on Aging, Epoch Senior Healthcare of Sharon, Hebrew Senior Life, Health & Social Services Consortium, Inc. (HESSCO), Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Orchard Cove, White Oak Cottages, and Your Elder Experts. For more information about Our Partners in Health and upcoming OPH programs, contact SPL Director Lee Ann Amend at 781.784.1578, ext. 1425, or visit www.sharonpubliclibrary.org.

The project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. #HHS-N-276-2011-0001C with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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