Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m. -3 p.m., Orcas Senior Center
— from Didier Gincig —
Understanding Dementia will provide a basic understanding of dementing illnesses and teach you how to interact and communicate with people with whom you live, work, and play. You will discover how the most common type of dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, can impact many aspects of the day to day lives of people you love. Learn about caregiver techniques to manage behaviors and to assure good communication. Find out what you can do to make your neighbor’s life a little better. Finally, understand how to think about long-term options for care and services.
Shelly Zylstra is the Planning Director at the Northwest Regional Council. She has worked with older adults for nearly 30 years and now has become one! She is a popular speaker throughout the United States because she doesn’t charge any fees or honorariums!
A sack lunch is suggested. Call Hearts and Hands (Didier Gincig) for more information at 376.7723.
Shelly is SO knowledgable on dementias! Am happy that she’s coming to Orcas; wish I could be there to hear her talk!