The Neponset Valley Alzheimer’s Partnership Presents: “Heart of the Caregiver”

Penny Brigham, M. ED

StilMee “The Leaders in Alzheimer’s Coaching”

* Dealing with the diagnosis

* How a person with dementia thinks differently/physical changes in the brain

* What a person with the dementia diagnosis needs & what the caregiver needs

* New treatments that are non-pharmacological: AlzArts, Serper Method etc.

* The seasons/stages of caregiving

* Changes in the relationship over the course of the disease (dealing with grief and loss)

* Building new connections: How we can help by relating in different ways

* Caring for the caregiver

* Hope for the future: approaches, treatments, medications, diagnostic framework

Thursday February 23rd 10-11am Hellenic Nursing Center 601 Sherman Street Canton, MA For information call Michelle Jussaume Bristol Elder Services at 774-627-1325 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, No RSVP necessary