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Your KIRC caregiving events for the week of March 20 – 26, 2022
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Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Preventing Diabetes
Hosted by Inland Caregiver Resource Center
Event description: Carla Tonki with The Riverside Community Health Foundation will be our guest speaker. Carla will help us to understand the definition of prediabetes, identify three risk factors for prediabetes and give us lifestyle changes to prevent and/or delay type 2 diabetes.
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Courtesy: USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Screenshot
Adult Children Caregiver Support Group
Hosted by USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Event description: A group discussion about caregiving as an adult child towards aging parents. From understanding changes in family roles to finding support through shared experiences.
This event is virtual/online. Please contact Kati Torres-Garcia, support group facilitator, at 323-387-8736 for more information.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Dementia Care Challenges: Bathing, Dressing & Bathroom Care
Hosted by Del Mar Caregiver Resource Center/Caregiver University
Event description: Understanding dementia behaviors is a challenge. This webinar series will provide an overview of possible causes of behavior changes with the goal of helping caregivers learn how to respond effectively. Session 1 will address issues concerning bathing, dressing and bathroom care.
Did you know?
The words we choose to use when discussing matters of aging and our elders can have an impact on how society perceives and understands aging?
The Reframing Aging Initiative (RAI) has released a series of videos to explain this concept and raise awareness.
The Gerontological Society of America recently issued a press release to share this news, which reads in part:
“This video shows how using more inclusive terms when talking about older people helps all of us to remember that we are all aging,” said RAI Program Manager Laurie G. Lindberg. “This understanding will lead to better policies and programs we all need to thrive at every age.”
Journalists shout outs
There is another development regarding the investigation into the operations of some Kentucky nursing home facilities. WHAS investigative reporter John Charlton in Louisville, Kentucky is raising awareness in a big way!
Keeping it REAL Caregiving has been tracking his work, which has state lawmakers taking notice. This is why it is important we all share our stories!
In Memphis, Tennessee, Fox 13 reporter Dominique Dillon recently put the spotlight on an elder who desperately needed help after a winter storm knocked out her power.
The work of this journalist inspired community members to step up and dive in. After this report aired, numerous individuals came forward offering to make the necessary repairs – bravo!
And finally
SAVE THE DATE for the next Keeping it REAL Caregiving Sunday Coffee Chat & Support Hour!
I’m super excited about this one and I think you will be too! Join KIRC as we welcome our very special guest, Dr. Toni Miles, MD, PhD, FGSA, Epidemiologist.
Dr. Toni Miles/MD, PhD, FGSA, Epidemiologist
Sadly as we know, caregiving often means saying goodbye to our loved ones. We’re going to dive deep into…
How do we cope with and move through grief?
And what about those who work in the caregiving field who see death far too often?
Dr. Miles is an advisor to elder care initiatives including the CDC Healthy Brain, Georgia’s Alzheimer’s Task Force, and the John A. Hartford Foundation.
Currently she works with organizations to identify Best Practices in Bereavement Care and refine a new Tool Kit. These organizations include the John A. Hartford Foundation, the SCAN Foundation, the Rosalynn Carter Institute, and the Athens Area Grief Coalition.
We’re honored to have Dr. Miles join us! Grab your favorite cup of java – come ready to ask questions and learn!
Keeping it REAL Caregiving Sunday Coffee Chat & Support Hour
When: Sunday, April 3, 2022
Time: 8:00 AM Pacific/ 10:00 AM Central/ 11:00 AM Eastern
We’ll be streaming LIVE so you can join us on Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn! Login details coming soon…
Until next time~
Julia
*Header image courtesy: Getty Images/ Ariel Skelley
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