This program is designed to help families understand concerning or challenging behaviors from a loved one with dementia.
This program will help adult-children understand the concept of aging in place, to assess their parents’ homes for safety and accessibility concerns, and to become familiar with potential home remodeling and modifications that can help make their parents’ dreams reality.
Come join us for a town hall style event to interact with speakers throughout the year and celebrate the season with other ACAPers!
Medicare Fraud impacts your loved ones pocketbook, compromising their health. This presentation shows How you can help in the fight against medicare fraud.
This program will help adult-children understand movement and mobility challenges as loved ones age and offer specific and practical tips for preventing falls in the home and in the community.
This program will provide adult-children with practical tips and tools to use for gathering information when visiting aging parents, along with strategies for holding conversations with siblings and other family members.
In the past decade there have been significant advances in technology to help older adults stay safe. This program will offer participants information about the variety of current and cutting-edge technology designed to ensure the safety and engagement of loved ones.
Every Community is unique and every family situation is unique. This introductory presentation will provide an overview of the array of residential options and resources available to people in your community as they age.
This program will provide an overview of hospice care, when it might be most appropriate, and the benefits of hospice. Holly and Jackie will also explain anticipatory grief and how to cope with it.
Participants will understand communication changes related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. They will develop strategies for connecting with the person with dementia by "entering" the persons perspective/view of current reality. They will also develop strategies for communication throughout the course of the disease including the use of gestures, behaviors and use of the senses.
Sustaining Partner
formerly United Church Homes and Services