Crash Course in Dementia Caregiving - Birmingham, Alabama

Crash Course in Dementia CaregivingFor readers in the Birmingham, Alabama area.Our expert Rita Jablonski-Jaudon will be giving this 3-hour talk designed for family caregivers of persons living with dementia. The focus will be on concrete ways to approach dementia-related behaviors (repetition, refusals, wandering, aggression, anxiety).Monday, May 15, 2017 9 am-12 noonCanterbury United Methodist Church350 Overbrook Road, Mountain Brook ALFor more information, please contact Valerie Boyd at 205-874-1523.If you are in the area I highly recommend this.You can also bring a friend or your entire support group.If you are in the area I highly recommend this free conference.10 Commandments of Alzheimer's CaregivingSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:Topics Include1. Understanding the “Why” Behind the “What”: How Neurodegeneration Impacts Behavior2. “Short, Sweet, and Concrete”: Positive Ways to Communicate with Deeply Forgetful People3. Maximizing Strengths: Strategies for Maintaining Optimum Functioning (For Everyone!!)The course is being hosted by theUniversity of Alabama Memory Disorders Clinic.Rita A. Jablonski-Jaudon, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FGSA blends clinical research with clinical practice, offering persons with dementia and their caregivers the best of both worlds. She is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, a Scientist in UAB ’s Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, and holds a courtesy appointm...
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