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March 2006
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Brave New Home: Changing the Culture of Nursing Home Care
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Seminar: Laughter and Tears in the Caregiving Years
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KUOW’s Weekday Focuses on Caring for Aging Parents
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Dementia Caregiving: It's All In Your Approach
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South Seattle Adult Day Health Selected for Dementia Partnership Model
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Edgar Martinez & Art Thiel to Speak at ElderHealth Breakfast
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ON KCTS THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2006
• 8:00-9:00pm—KCTS Connects: Enrique Cerna talks with Liz Taylor [Ed. Note: see also, next story] and others on issues related to “Brave New Home” and nursing home care.
• 9:00-10:00pm—Brave New Home: Changing the Culture of Nursing Home Care
This documentary is a special, regional report on what’s going right with the current thinking in skilled nursing care for the frailest among us, most often our elders.
It’s a tough subject we do our best to ignore, that is, until we need it. And often we need it in the middle of a crisis, with little time for research, reflection or planning. Fortunately for us, there’s a band of revolutionaries out there, working hard to get our attention. They’re asking us to change the way we view aging in our culture and how we approach the quality of life and care for our elders.
Hosted by KCTS’s Enrique Cerna, “Brave New Home” gives you a look inside both the community and care approach of three distinct skilled nursing facilities: Providence Mount St. Vincent, San Juan Rehab and Care Center, and ElderHealth Northwest’s Buchanan Place. In addition to the resident/staff directed profiles, the hour includes studio discussions with ElderHealth Northwest Executive Director Nora Gibson and other innovators in the region along with calls to action from national leaders in the culture change movement.
In the course of the program, you’ll be asked to examine practices and concepts that eventually touch all of our lives, including: the model of resident-directed care; the changing roles of nursing home staff; the hospital vs. home environment and where our society is heading in its approach to aging.
“Brave New Home” is funded in part by Qualis Health, which has created a resource guide to accompany the broadcast video.
PICTURED: Buchanan Place resident Mr. Brown (Photo: Greg Davis)
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"Laughter and Tears in the Caregiving Years"
Thursday, March 9, 2006, 12:30-2:30pm & 6:00-8:00pm
Seattle Unity Church
Free — Registration link below
Jacqueline Marcell, author of the best-selling book, “Elder Rage -or- Take My Father … Please! How to Survive Caring for Aging Parents,” will speak about caring for elderly parents, especially those with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Marcell, who recently appeared on the Today show, gave up a career as a television producer to care for her parents, both with dementia. She has written about her experience and now travels the country as an advocate for eldercare givers, sharing lessons from her personal experience.
In addition, 25 different senior service providers will be present to discuss issues related to adult day health care, assisted and continuing care living, homecare, Medicare Part D, financial and legal issues, diagnostics for dementia and Alzheimer’s, mobility and care equipment, long-term and Alzheimer’s specialty care, senior advocates, support groups, end of life issues, and more. Providers will be available to answer questions 11:30am–3:30pm and 5:00–9:00pm.
The seminars are sponsored by Help Unlimited and are offered free to the public. For more information and a registration form, follow the link below.
PICTURED: Jacqueline Marcell
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Dementia Caregiving Workshops
April 19th and 20th, 2006
Lynnwood Convention Center
These workshops are presented by Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA. Ms. Snow has received national recognition for her expertise in dementia and geriatrics. Her theoretical sensibilities, tested techniques, and her understanding of human dynamics make her an excellent clinician and teacher.
“Dementia Caregiving” is a four-hour workshop that is repeated several times over the course of two days. Each session is tailored to the specific needs of a distinct group of participants:
• Family and professional caregivers
• Home care managers, supervisors and caregivers
• Clergy, nurses, social workers, care managers and discharge planners
The workshops are sponsored by CareForce and Pfizer; profits will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association of Central and Western Washington.
Follow the link below for more information and a registration form. Reduced rates are available through March 31.
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"Inside ElderHealth" is an occasional e-newsletter of ElderHealth Northwest, a non-profit organization providing innovative eldercare options since 1976.
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