Being a Good Dementia Care Partner: Creating the Right Environment
Webinar Registration
Tuesday, September 10
2:00-3:00pm EST
What does it take to be a good care partner for people living with dementia?
Join us for this motivating webinar series to find out what it takes to be a good care partner for people living with dementia. The four webinars will cover the vital importance of Knowing the Person, Engaging the Person, Focusing on Strengths, and Creating the Right Environment. In addition to discussing how to really get to know the person, we will also explore how to connect with them and meet them where they are, how to “be in the moment” with them, and how we can view all encounters as opportunities for meaningful engagement. You will leave each webinar with concrete knowledge about WHY each topic is important, as well as specific examples and resources for HOW to integrate these best/promising practices into your skill set as you strive to deliver person-centered dementia care and relationship-centered living at your organization or for your loved one.
In order to be a good care partner for someone who is living with dementia, you have to create the right environment for them. Join Kim McRae and Dr. Jennifer Craft Morgan to explore what environmental elements are important to focus on for people with dementia, as well as some easy adaptations that you can make to help them maintain their independence, their dignity, and utilize their remaining strengths to engage in a meaningful and purpose-filled daily life.
Speakers:
Jennifer Craft Morgan, Ph.D.
Dr. Jennifer Craft Morgan is the Director of the Gerontology Institute at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on jobs and careers, attempting to understand how policy, population, workplace, and individual-level factors shape how work is experienced and how work is organized across care settings. Dr. Morgan is a national expert on recruitment, training, and retention of direct care workers.
Kim McRae, FCTA
Kim McRae is a consultant, speaker, educator and a “FCTA” (Family Caregiver Turned Advocate). She is the Co-Founder of Culture Change Network of Georgia. Kim is also an Educator and Mentor for The Eden Alternative®. She comes to person-centered care and culture change through a twelve-year history as a family caregiver and a consumer of aging services and long-term care. Kim is nationally known as a vigilant advocate for people who are living with dementia and family caregivers (“consumers”). She is a recipient of The Eden Alternative Empowered Innovator Award and the Southern Gerontological Society Applied Gerontologist Award. She holds a BA in Journalism with a concentration in French from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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