The new director of Kalamazoo Co. Veterans Affairs will give a power point presentation about the many services available to qualified veterans. James Tucker is a dynamic speaker who is familiar with the complexities of determining which services are available for each category for the veteran particular status. Sounds complicated! This will be a great presentation for members, and right before Memorial Day, too!
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Educational Series for Caregivers
The Turner Geriatric Clinic Social Work department (a part of the University of Michigan Health System) will provide an informational/educational 4-week series for those caring for aging relatives; June 5th – June 26th, 2013, Wednesday Evenings from 6PM – 8PM.
Topics that will be covered include:
- Medication Management
- Dementia, Delirium, and Depression
- Legal Concerns
- Medicare/Medicaid
- Communication
- Community Resources
- Physical Changes of Aging
The series will be held at the Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor MI.
Refreshments will be provided.
Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register by May 24th, 2013.
$50/person – $75/couple/family – Scholarships are available.
Please call (734) 764-2556 for more information.
If you could please forward this information to others that may be served by this, I would be grateful.
Best,
Deanna Cho
Social Work Intern
Turner Geriatric Clinic Social Work
Stuffed
Hi All,
Available for use as an educational workshop in the Co-ops and Villages! You can arrange to check out the laptop and projector through Maxine. “Stuffed” is saved to the laptop through Unbox (Amazon). You can also purchase it for a nominal amount on Amazon.com.
“Stuffed” by Arwen Curry and Cerissa Tanner. This is a 21-minute documentary about compulsive hoarding that is appropriate for service providers and residents/members alike. More information on the film at http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/489_stuff.php.
STUFFED
discussion questions developed by Matt Hamburg
— Has anyone worked with hoarders or clutterers before? If yes, how were you able to recognize the problem and what did you do about it?
— Do you identify with anyone from the video? If so, who and why?
— Did you learn anything about hoarding that you did not already know? What did you learn?
— Were you surprised by anything you saw?
— Does anyone have anything else that comes to mind that you’d like to talk about?
Educational Workshop Ideas for “Not being Old”
Hi All,
At yesterday’s SC Team Meeting we discussed options for educational workshops that aren’t specifically geared towards older adult issues. I wanted to follow up with some ideas that the team has used over the past year (gleaned from your AASC Online reports). Please add more!
– Chef demonstrations of all sorts
– Creating and following New Year’s Resolutions
– Music Appreciation (WC3, Motown Revue, etc)
– Understanding your Ballot
– Farmer’s Market
– Public Speaking by Toastmasters
– Communicating in Challenging Circumstances
– Telling your Father’s Day or Mother’s Day Story
– Paper Organization
– Meditation
– Healthy Walking – starting a walking group
– Journaling
– Summertime/wintertime skin care
Great ideas all!
Educational Evaluation Sheet
Simplistist design in order to get an overall summary of what the audience prefers in the educational presentations.
The Check- off system makes it easy to tally and the open ended questions allows the audience members to express themselves as individuals. Most of the answersto the open ended questions, have been expressed in one to five words therefore should be somewhat easy to summarize.
Older Michiganians Day
Save the date. Seniors from your buildings may want to join seniors from across the State for this event in Lansing.
PATH Workshop begins at Flat Rock Towers
PATH (Personal Action Toward Health) is a 6-week workshop developed by Stanford Univeristy and offered by The Senior Alliance. Recently, Lindsay, Andrea, and myself all attended PATH training at TSA. Yesterday, Flat Rock Towers had it’s first PATH workshop, which was facilitated by Amanda Pier of The Senior Alliance and myself. Please see the attached flyer.
In addition to the flyer, members at FRT also recieved special invitations to attend the event. I created the invitations using PowerPoint. Please see the attached invitations.
Protect Yourself: Phone and Mail Scams
Hazel Park Manor hosted a speaker through the Senior Brigade who discussed common scams initiated over the phone and through mail. Tips were also provided on how to reduce junk mail, incoming phone calls, and how to report a problem or scam. Please see the attached flyer for this workshop, along with compiled feedback from members who attended the presentation.