Through September, the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts and the Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern North Carolina will offer three free educational workshops about the disease that will help local families.
The first workshop, The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, will be held July 20 and is focused on a broad audience, anyone interested in learning about Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
The second, Effective Communications Strategies on Aug. 17, will give family members tips on how to have honest and caring talks about deciding when to stop driving, going to the doctor and making legal and financial decisions.
Understanding & Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors on Sept. 21 will focus on behavior as one of the primary ways people with dementia communicate their needs and feelings as the ability to use language is lost. However, some behaviors can present challenges for caregivers to manage. Family members and care givers can learn how to decode behaviors, identify common behavior triggers, and learn strategies to help intervene with some of the most common behavioral challenges of Alzheimer’s disease.
There will be a different speaker for each seminar and there will also be professional vendors who specialize in providing assistance to family members of people with dementia. The series offers families the opportunity to learn about dozens of related programs, services, products and resources at one time in one location.
The sessions are free, but online pre-registration is required at www.wakeforestnc.gov/dementia-awareness-education-series.aspx. A limited number of seats are available for each seminar, so early pre-registration is encouraged.
Registration and vendor exhibits for each session are scheduled from 9 to 9:30 a.m., followed by the program from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
For more information, contact Renaissance Centre Specialist Debra Horton at 919-435-9566 or dhorton@wakeforestnc.gov.
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H Carol;
Did your figbush ever get any figs? The fig bush at the north end of my house is full of figs
LD BrandonJr
Hi LD, And yes, once the weather got warm again after a frost destroyed all the figlets, the bush went into overdrive and now there are figlets on almost every branch. We have had a couple that obviously survived the frost, but this year’s crop will be later than usual, we think.
Carol