The 14th Annual Caregivers Conference sponsored by
The Northern Virginia Respite Care Consortium: |
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Alexandria Aging and Adult Services
Alzheimer's Association, Northern Virginia Chapter
ElderLink, Options for Caregiving
Fairfax Area Agency on Aging, Department of Family Services
Fairfax County Health Department
Family Respite Center
Goodwin House West
Madison Adult Day Health Center
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| Financial Support provided by: |
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Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Social Services
HCR ManorCare
Novartis
Sunrise Assisted Living
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Who Should Attend
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- Family members caring for persons with Alzheimer's and other dementias
- Persons concerned about family and friends with dementia
- Family members who manage care provided by others for loved ones with dementia
- Community health providers
- Nursing home, assisted living and adult day center staff
- Others helping diagnosed individuals and families dealing with dementia
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Why Attend
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- To reframe your thinking about people with dementia and about ways to care
- To look beyond the loss and decline of Alzheimer's disease to discover new contexts for growth and development
- To identify all the critical elements necessary to ensure humane and therapeutic care of persons with Alzheimer's
- To discover ways to make person-centered care a reality
- To gain an understanding of recent advances in Alzheimer's research and treatment
- To learn the issues surrounding driving and dementia and strategies for removing the keys
- To strive for physical, emotional and spiritual balance in your life
- To explore how humor and other "stress busters" can ease the tension and pain often experienced by caregivers of people with dementia
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Conference Schedule
| Time |
Details |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Rethinking Alzheimer's Care
Sam Fazio and Dorothy Seman |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Advances in Research
Paul Aisen |
| 11:30 a.m. |
When It's Time To Hang Up The Keys
(Panel of family members and professionals, Moderator: Delegate James Scott) |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Vitamin H: The Humor Treatment
Ellen Young |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Closing and Evaluation |
Keynote Speakers:
Sam Fazio, M.A.
Director of Education and Training at the national Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois
Dorothy Seman, RN, MS, NHA
Clinical Coordinator, Alzheimer's Family Care Center, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Fazio and Ms. Seman are coauthors of the widely acclaimed book Rethinking Alzheimer's Care.
Presenters:
Paul S. Aisen, M.D.
Professor of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., and coauthor of Alzheimer's Disease: Questions and Answers
Sarah Harris
Wife and caregiver, Fairfax, Virginia
Ron Keaton
Traffic Safety Representative, American Automobile Association, Chantilly, Virginia
The Honorable James Scott
Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates, Merrifield, Virginia
Jennifer Stanley, OTR
Inova Rehabilitation Center, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia
Debra White
Former caregiver, Arlington, Virginia
Ellen P. Young
retired in 1997 from hospital clinical social work, Lutherville, Maryland. Author of Between Two Worlds: Special Moments of Alzheimer's and Dementia (an exploration, through personal accounts and vignettes, of the golden moments of humor found during the caregiving of those with Alzheimer's and related dementias)
Fees: $20 for family caregivers or $30 for professionals and paid caregivers (includes continental breakfast, lunch and materials)
For more information and registration forms, please contact Betty Ransom at the Alzheimer's Association, Northern Virginia Chapter at (703) 359-4440 or 800/207-8679.
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