“Aging Well Series” Continues at Newtown Quaker Meetinghouse

Newtown Quaker Meeting “Aging Well Series” Continues with Family Caregiving

Newtown Quaker Meeting will continue the monthly Aging Well Series on January 19 at 12:30-2:00 p.m. with a program on Family Caregiving at the Newtown Quaker Meetinghouse, 219 Court Street, Newtown. Each attendee is invited to bring a brown bag lunch.

Participants are also invited to attend the Newtown Quaker Meeting for Worship based on expectant silence from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.

The facilitator for Family Caregiving will be Susan Hoskins LCSW, Newtown Quaker Meeting. Executive Director, Friends Foundation for the Aging, and formerly Executive Director of Princeton Senior Resource Center.

Hoskins says, “If you provide rides, bookkeeping, housekeeping, companionship, or personal care to a family member or friend without compensation, you are a family caregiver! Many types of support are needed, whether the care recipient lives with you, on their own, or in a residential community. How do you balance caregiving with a job and a family?”

The discussion will include care for the caregiver, long-distance care, resources, and the joys and challenges of being a family caregiver. The discussion is open to everyone.

Future programs planned are:

February 23, Legal and Financial Planning. Documents needed for an estate plan of any size, including advance directives, powers of attorney, wills etc. Facilitator: Lisa Collins, Attorney, Fallsington Quaker Meeting.

March 15, Housing Options. Where will you live? We’ll discuss issues to consider in making your decision and hear from a panel of people who have chosen different options—stay at home, lifecare community, retirement living. Facilitator: Susan Hoskins LCSW, Newtown Quaker Meeting.

April 19, Downsizing- how to deal with possessions including organizing, downsizing and recycling or discarding items as you plan for a simpler lifestyle. Carol Bernard, Hockessin Meeting.

May 31, Cognitive shift: Signs, stages, strategies for managing memory changes in yourself and others. Facilitators: Amy Keiper-Shaw, Pennswood Village and Meri Barboni, Pickering Manor.

June 21, Healthy Aging. Facilitator: Chiyo Moriuchi, Newtown Quaker Meeting.

Updates will be posted on newtownfriendsmeeting.org. Questions may be directed to Susan Hoskins – shoskins@friendsfoundationaging.org.

Newtown Friends Meeting is open to the public with Sunday School classes for children and adults at 9:45 a.m. and worship based on expectant silence “after the manner of Friends” at 11 a.m. Childcare is provided.