Creating Meaningful Activities for people with dementia at SPL, March 15

Patients, families, caregivers, and community members invited to attend

(SHARON, MA) – Occupational therapist Linda Einis, OT/ATP, a specialist in creating and directing activities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will discuss ways to adapt leisure activities to an individual’s abilities and interests during her third and final workshop in the ongoing Our Partners in Health (OPH) series. Einis’s free, 90-minute program, titled, Creating Meaningful Activities, will explore new ideas for activities that individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, memory loss and other forms of dementia can enjoy with their families. The program will be held on Tuesday, March 15, at 7:00 – 8:30 pm, in the Cynthia B. Fox Community Room at the Sharon Public Library. The public is invited.

A veteran occupational therapist with more than 27 years of experience, Einis is a certified Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) and has created and directed the Adapted Activities Library and Computer Resource at the Wrentham Developmental Center in Waltham. Experienced in using technology to help people achieve greater independence in their lives, Einis brings firsthand knowledge of problem solving and finding workable solutions for parents with dementia living at home.

Einis’s OPH program will be followed by a presentation by Orchard Cove internist Jennifer Brinckerhoff, MD, on Healthy Aging: A Geriatrician’s Perspective, at the Sharon Council on Aging on Wednesday, March 23, at 12:00 pm. On Thursday, April 7, Life Story Theatre Artistic Director and Lesley College Professor Alan O’Hare facilitates and hosts the movie, Alive Inside, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. All OPH programs are free and open to the public.

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 Library Director Lee Ann Amend at 781.784.1578, ext. 1425 or visit www.sharonpubliclibrary.org.

This 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.

ABOUT THE SHARON PUBLIC LIBRARY

A member of the Old Colony Library Network (OCLN) with a collection in a wide range of traditional and digital formats, the Sharon Public Library (SPL) is committed to serving the informational, educational, cultural and recreational needs of all members of the Sharon community by providing access to a professional staff, a state-of-the-art facility and quality materials, programs and service.

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