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October 2006
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ElderHealth Executive Director Receives Adult Day Services & Housing Awards
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Laughter and Tears in the Caregiving Years
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Brave New Home: Changing the Culture of Nursing Home Care
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Senior Citizens’ Conference Emphasizes Economic Issues
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Knowledge is Power at Family Health & Kidney Expo
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Future Planning Workshop for Families who have Relatives with Disabilities
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ON KCTS MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2006
10:00 – 11:00 pm
KCTS is rebroadcasting this critically acclaimed documentary which previously aired in March 2006. It features some of the Puget Sound region’s current thinking in skilled nursing care for some of society’s frailest, our elders.
It is 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 is a band of revolutionaries out there, working hard to get our attention. They are 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.
“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 a call to action from national leaders in the culture change movement.
In the course of the program, you will 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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Family Health & Kidney Expo
Saturday, October 14, 2006, 9:30am – 4:30pm
Qwest Field – Club Level (Seahawks Stadium)
800 Occidental Ave S, Seattle WA 98134
Admission: FREE
Northwest Kidney Centers invites you to attend this year’s Family Health and Kidney Expo.
The theme of the expo is “Knowledge is Power,” and attendees are invited to pick from more than 40 areas of interest, including:
• Protecting yourself and loved ones from kidney disease
• Diabetes and kidney connection
• Ask the nutritionist
Meet local and national celebrities, participate in free health screenings, and have a chance to win a free iPod Nano or iPod Shuffle (drawings held every hour). And there’s a free lunch for the first 200 people who attend the live stage’s lunchtime program.
Admission is free, and parking is available for only $2. So bring your family and friends. The more people who attend the expo, the more sponsorship dollars Northwest Kidney Centers receives for public education.
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Laughter and Tears in the Caregiving Years
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Refreshments at 5:00 pm, Lecture at 6:00 pm
Seattle Center, McCaw Hall (305 Harrison Street)
FREE — Registration required, see 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/Alzheimer’s. Marcell, who appeared on the Today show early this year, 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.
The seminar is presented by the Financial Planning Association of Puget Sound and its sponsors include ElderHealth Northwest and the Alzheimer’s Association - Western and Central Washington State Chapter. For more information and a registration form, follow the link below.
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Critical Issues for an Aging Society
Friday, October 27, 2006, 9:00am – 3:00pm
Doubletree Hotel, SeaTac
The Senior Citizens’ Foundation 18th annual conference will bring together experts and consumers with insights into our current systems and visions for the future. Speakers include Senator Karen Keiser and Robin Arnold-Williams, Secretary of DSHS.
The morning keynote talk, “Debt: Health and Long Term Care Impacts,” will be followed by a panel moderated by Denny Heck. Panel members include Charley Reed, AARP and Margaret Stanley, Puget Sound Health Alliance.
The afternoon session will provide an overview of Washington State’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care and the Long Term Care Task Force. These presentations will be followed by a reacting panel including David Rolf, SEIU; Aaron Katz of the University of Washington; and Liz Taylor, popular syndicated columnist of “Growing Older” at the Seattle Times.
PICTURED: Sen. Karen Keiser
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“Love is a Dance of Holding on & Letting Go”
Future Planning Workshop
Saturday, November 4, 2006, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Seattle: University of Washington, Kane Hall
Registration link below
The day’s workshop begins with a screening of the award-winning documentary, “The Ties That Bind,” which tells the story of Chris Jordan, who has multiple disabilities, and his family. His aging mother and father face serious illness. The film follows the whole family for three years as they struggle to plan for an uncertain future.
The workshop then brings the story local, with the screening of KCTS television’s “Beyond the Ties That Bind” – a discussion with Seattle and British Columbia families moderated by Enrique Cerna.
Both films are part of a day-long future planning workshop presented by representatives of LifeSPAN and PLAN. You may expect a day which is packed with sound financial advice, ways to build circles of friendship, and the latest thinking on building inclusive communities.
PICTURED: Chris Jordan of "The Ties that Bind."
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