Submitted by Home Instead Senior Care
Home Instead Senior Care, serving the greater South Puget Sound region, is now offering a monthly family caregiver education series. This family caregiver education series is designed to support you, the family caregiver, and will feature relevant issues such as sibling communication, seniors and nutrition, navigating the senior care maze, and seniors and cognitive issues. This family caregiver education series features a variety of topics that will help caregivers navigate the many issues that arise while caring for an older adult. The challenges faced by you, the family caregiver, can bring a sense of loss and depression, but, the agency is hopeful that through these classes, and maybe even with a little help from a Home Instead CAREGiver, family caregivers supporting loved ones will be able take comfort in the sense of support from their education, experience and service.
Each quarter, beginning in January 2015, Home Instead Senior Care will provide a once a month in-house program with timely relevant takeaways for you. Each quarter Home Instead Senior Care will be posting NEW educational programs to our ThurstonTalk.com Calendar of Events and will provide a more detailed outline of the classes to come as well as what to expect for the next quarter following.
Why is Home Instead doing this? Because it’s about time. For a few years now, many of Home Instead’s clients and family members of clients, have requested additional information and resources on how to best support their parents.
Home Instead Senior Care now has the resources and the tools to provide it to the public as well as to their clients. Home Instead Senior Care strives to help you care for your senior loved one through helpful caregivers and administrative staff. They want you to be able to help educate and support you to identify signs of stress on your emotional and stressful caregiving journey. As well, you’ll get help with family relationships and difficult conversations. You’ll find training programs on managing conditions such as dementia & Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, as well as helpful tips and advice on caregiver burnout, safety, nutrition, financial issues, and what seniors really need during the holidays.
Classes will be held the last Wednesday of the month at the Home Instead Senior Care offices. The first three classes and topics are listed below.
Mealtime, Food & Senior Nutrition – January 28, 2015 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
- Learn how seniors feel about meals and eating, discover what prevents a senior from eating right, and the warning signs of poor nutrition. Also, find out how to help your senior loved one shop for groceries and prepare nutritious meals as well as make mealtime more enjoyable for your loved one.
Patient & Doctor Communication – February 25, 2015 from 5:30- 6:30 p.m.
- In this workshop you will understand why it is important for your parents to have good communication with their healthcare providers, learn about the legal forms and documents your parents need to assure their medical wishes will be met and gain helpful tips for your parents to follow.
Supporting loved ones with Diabetes – March 25, 2015 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
- This workshop will help you describe the symptoms of diabetes, list possible complications, learn how caregivers can support a loved one and recognize the emotional needs of the family. Diabetes can pose challenges both to those who have the disease and their family caregivers.
Most caregivers have other important and pressing responsibilities, so the added responsibility of caring for a senior loved one is likely to cause both emotional and physical stress on the caregiver. In fact, according to a survey by Home Instead Senior Care, 31% of family caregivers admit they’d like more help.
Your local Home Instead Senior Care agency, serving the greater South Puget Sound area, is excited to offer you this great education series, designed to give family caregivers some great tools and take-away items on how to best support their senior loved one while not compromising themselves. Each class is one hour and after standard work hours. Class seating is limited to register early.
Home Instead Senior Care is located at 1217 Cooper Point Rd. SW, Suite 8, Olympia, WA 98502. For more information and to RSVP please contact Berta Cavenah at BCavenah@homeinstead.com or call Bertha at 360.570.0049.
