This program will help adult -Children understand various types of vision and hearing losses and their functional impact on daily living, the roles of various professionals who might be involved in diagnosing and treating hearing and vision loss and examples of aids, devices, technology, and support strategies that may help older adults live independently.
This program will offer participants information about the variety of current and cutting-edge technology designed to ensure the safety and engagement of older loved ones and peace-of-mind for their families. […]
This ACAP program will assist participants in developing long-distance knowledge about and skills to:
1) Compile and manage parental records before an emergency occurs;
2) Recognize the signs of depression, neglect and/or abuse;
3) Put in place strategies for making home visits and long-distance contacts more productive;
4) Research and manage technology and other resources to enhance parents’ safety and engagement
in their home community; and
5) Evaluate the need for new or changes in in-home, residential-care and/or community support
services.
Gain a better understanding of and learn tips to help manage the daily challenges of living with a parent or other family member with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia.
Unfortunately, anxiety and depression in varying degrees are common in the older adult. This program will help family members recognize the symptoms and signs of distress in their loved one, understand some of the causes and identify ways to help.
This program will help adult children prepare for and hold conversations with their aging parents about legal and financial issues, driving, and independent living so that adult children and their aging parents feel more confident that estate planning, financial decisions, driving decisions, and independent living issues are being comprehensively and effectively addressed.
This ACAP program will help participants become aware of local resources and services and the important role that community programs, clubs and leisure service organizations serve in helping their loved […]
Learn about community programs, clubs, community services and other local resources and their important role in helping loved ones remain socially engaged and avoid loneliness.
This ACAP program will assist participants to demonstrate knowledge about:
1) The relationship between aging, missed medications, medication errors and non-compliance;
2) Strategies for assessing a parent’s physical, mental and environmental risk factors for missed
medications, medication errors, and non-compliance; and
3) Specific and practical tips for preventing missed medications, medication errors, and non-
compliance in the home and in the community.
Become more educated about trends relative to working while also providing care for an aging parent, supportive workplace policies, and strategies for balancing the many demands of working outside the home while also caring for one’s family and older loved ones.
Sustaining Partner
formerly United Church Homes and Services