Listen To Workshop: Dealing With The Changing Behaviors Of Elderly Parents
It’s hard to determine when parents need us to step in. And then once the need is recognized, the question becomes what to do, how to do it and who to work with? The burden of answering these questions and putting systems in place can seem overwhelming.
Listen to this workshop and discover:
- What to expect: signs and symptoms of dementia.
- Three KEY SIGNS that additional help is needed and how to get it.
- Understanding changing roles, relationships and responsibilities.
- ENCOURAGING a healthy, active lifestyle for an aged loved one.
Recorded 10/19/2010, Presented By:
Cynthia D. Voorhees, RN MS
Eldercare Administrator, Somerset County Office on Aging and Disability Services
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Listen To Workshop: Organizing The Clutter In Your Parent’s Life
Patricia Diesel, Keep It Simple Now
We would like to thank…
Patricia Diesel, President
Keep it Simple, Now, LLC
Alice Brophy, CEO
Community Visiting Nurse Association
If you have any questions about services provided by the Center for Life Transitions, please contact Dona Lee Calabrese.
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Listen To Workshop: Tough Conversations With Your Parents
We had a terrific turnout at our Elder Care workshop “Five Secrets To Starting and Finishing Tough Conversations.” This was the first of our Fall 2010 “Taking Care Of Your Parents” series in Bridgewater, NJ. Thirty people attended to hear valuable advice from our guest speakers, Laurie Rowe and Susanne Mueller.
We would like to thank…
Laurie Rowe, MS, Eldercare Educator
Somerset County Office on Aging and Disability Services
Susanne Mueller, Owner
BrightStar Care
Alice Brophy, CEO
Community Visiting Nurse Association
If you have any questions about services provided by the Center for Life Transitions, please contact Dona Lee Calabrese.
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Taking Care Of The People We Love Workshops In Milwaukee Wisconsin
The Center for Life Transitions is conducting 7 free workshops for people in the in Milwaukee area.
Oct 12 – Getting Your Parent’s/Spouse’s Legal Matters In Order
Oct 13 – Organizing the Clutter in Your Parent’s/Spouse’s Life, Part 1
Oct 19 – Identity Theft and Seniors
Oct 20 – Organizing the Clutter in Your Parent’s/Spouse’s Life, Part 2
Oct 23 – Planning Ahead By Talking With Your Parents
Oct 26 – Understanding and Dealing with the Behaviors of Elderly Parents/Spouses
Nov 9 – Being a Loving Presence: Providing Personal and Spiritual Support
Please join us and get essential advice for the experts.
The workshops are free but registration is required. Click for more details and to register
Free Workshop Series in Bridgewater NJ for Seniors and Their Family
Taking Care of Your Parents: Heartfelt Advice from the Experts
The Center for Life Transitions, in partnership with the Community Visiting Nurse Association and the Somerset County Office on Aging and Disability Services, invites community members to attend a free workshop series where leading elder-care experts will share their experience, wisdom, strength and hope with seniors and their families. Dona Lee Calabrese, marketing executive for the Center, explains the motivation for such a series, “The Center is committed to helping families at the crossroads. When we asked community leaders how we can best serve their clients, congregations, and colleagues, we kept hearing about the need for expert direction regarding senior care. We discovered that there are over 20 million people in the sandwich generation; meaning, adult children who are raising their own kids and caring for their aging parents. We saw an important opportunity to service the needs of this ever changing demographic,” says Calabrese.
These one and a half hour workshops will feature leading area experts who will provide a road map to navigate the emotional, physical, spiritual and legal avenues of caring for one’s aging parents. However, the advice and expertise is not just for the caretakers, but for those who are being taken care of. “We invite everyone – children, grandchildren, spouses, friends and extended family – to these workshops, knowing that the more people who have access to updated, expert advice, the more advantageous it is for everyone,” says Calabrese. Experts include elder care lawyers, authors, nurses and educators who are all experienced workshop leaders and appreciate the fact that participants want to leave with an “action plan”. They will be emphasizing step by step action plans, checklists and the like so people won’t be wondering “what should I do now”, and will leave knowing how to take the next steps. This is a valuable and efficient structure for distributing such important information.
“The Somerset County Office on Aging and Disability Services recognizes the need to support caregivers as they are the anchor to assisting their loved ones in remaining in the community with the best quality of life possible,” says Joanne C. Fetzko, Executive Director. “We welcome our new relationship with the Center for Life Transitions and value our continued relationship with the Community Visiting Nurse Association as we all support caregivers.”
While all of the workshops are free of charge, The Center for Life Transitions does request that participants reserve their spot as seating is limited. For a complete description of each of the seven workshops and to reserve your seat, please visit HeartfeltStrategies.com.
The Center for Life Transitions, Inc. is dedicated to serving people at “crossroads” in their personal, professional and spiritual lives. Located at 191 Church Road in Bridgewater, New Jersey, the center resides in a pre-civil war house located on the banks of the North Branch of the Raritan River. The building has been carefully maintained to reflect the enduring character of its age while providing comfortable, inspired space for the Center’s programs, counseling and services. For more information the Center’s upcoming events and projects, please visit www.CenterForLifeTransitions.net.
Watch For Our Fall Workshop Series: Taking Care Of Your Parents
We’re excited to announce our Fall 2010 FREE Workshop Series…
“Taking Care Of Your Parents: Heartfelt Advice From The Experts”
We know you love your parents and are trying to care for them the best you can, but it can be overwhelming. And you certainly don’t have to do this alone. Recognizing that there are about 20 million people in the “sandwich generation” who all have specific needs, we’ve assembled nearly a dozen respected experts to provide actionable tactics to help you with elder care issues.
Starting in October, in partnership with the Community Visiting Nurse Association and the Somerset County Office On Aging And Disability Services, we’ll hold 7 Free Workshops in Bridgewater, NJ. The topics include:
- Oct 12 – Organizing The Clutter In Your Parent’s Life
- Oct 19 – They Just Seem Different: Dealing With The Changing Behaviors Of Elderly Parents
- Oct 26 – Getting Your Parent’s Legal Matters In Order
- Nov 2 – Planning Ahead For Your Own Senior Years
- Nov 9 – Being A Loving Presence: Providing Personal And Spiritual Support
- Nov 16 – Safeguarding The Elderly
We’ll begin accepting registrations online in a few days. We hope you’ll join us and attend this unprecedented series.
Center for Life Transitions Gives 25K Gift to St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – July 13, 2010 – “I want to say how grateful we are for your faithful support of the care we provide,” Sr. Edna Lonergan, OSF, President of St. Ann Center, expressed after receiving a donation from the Center for Life Transitions at the St. Ann’s Center in Bay View. She added, “This gift is a wonderful symbol of our continuing, exciting partnership with The Center for Life Transitions.”
Joe Ralston, massage therapist (left to right), Sandy Anderson, massage therapist, Sr. Edna Lonergan, president of St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, Dr. Tom Bachhuber, president of Center for Life Transitions, and Kathryn O’Dell, vice president of fund development, join Sr. Edna Lonergan as Dr. Tom Bachhuber presents St. Ann Center with a monetary gift of blessings in St. Ann Center’s indoor park in Milwaukee on July 13, 2010.
The two programs being supported through the gift include: The Buddy Program which trains at risk youths from Milwaukee to be health care assistants at the St. Ann Center, develops job, communication and personal nurturing skills. The youths provide care and personal interaction with the seniors through games, activities and conversation. Youths in the summer program learn career, social, educational and money management skills through classroom and on-the-job experience.
The Benevolent Touch Program provides Benevolent Touch National Instructor Certification training to participants on how to give safe and comforting care to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The program also helps seniors with special needs like sensory loss and other physical or emotional disabilities. This program provides comfort and support to people who need belonging and security while reducing anxiety and loneliness.
The St. Ann Center applied for funding from the Center for Life Transitions in January, 2010 and receive notification of the award in June. The gift will allow St. Ann’s to enhance the quality of the programs as well extend them to more individuals. The missions of the organizations are similar in that they each provide support, care and education to individuals who are in transition – be it educational, personal, health or work related.
Sr. Edna Lonergan, OSF stated “The mission of the Center for Life Transitions works seamlessly with our own mission “to provide community-based health and educational services in meeting the spiritual, psychological, social and physical needs of all who participate regardless of faith, culture or ability to pay.”
About the Center for Life Transitions
The Center for Life Transitions is a counseling and resource facility started in Bridgewater, NJ by Tom Bachhuber and friend/colleague Scott Pontier, a family therapist. The Center expanded to Milwaukee when Tom accepted the Director of Career Development Center position at UWM in 2004. The Center helps people at career and personal crossroads, encouraging faith/spiritual exploration as part of the transition process.
Two series of Center workshops will be offered at St. Ann’s in Fall, 2010:
- Elder Series: Caring for the People We Love
- Job/Career Transition Series: Maintaining Spirit While Building Success
Please contact Tom Bachhuber for more information:
Dr. Thomas Bachhuber
President, Board of Directors
Center for Life Transitions
tom@centerforlifetransitions.net
2719 South Shore Drive,
Milwaukee, WI 53207
www.centerforlifetransitions.net
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Join Us At Life-Shift: Sept 24-26
Life is about facing and managing change–career, personal, family, spiritual. This is an opportunity to reflect on your life and your faith, exploring avenues for new opportunities.
Start Your Life Changing Journey
With Us September 24-26, 2010
We begin Friday at 4 PM and depart Sunday at 4 PM.
Limited seating. Reserve your seat today!
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This workshop will be lead by Dr. Thomas Bachhuber, President of the Board of Directors for The Center for Life Transitions, Inc. and also Director of the Career Development Center at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee where he also started the UWM Career Transitions Center for adults facing career change and job loss.
Job Search Courage Bridgewater Workshop Recap
Dr. Thomas Bachhuber held the “Job Search Courage: Looking Inside & Out for Hope & Help” Workshop on May 25th. The goal of this workshop is to bring together creative ideas for resume writing, networking, personal branding and job seeking; and create opportunities to find new momentum in your transition.
Here’s some of the wonderful feedback we received from participants:
As a discouraged job seeker, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop conducted by Tom Bachhuber; Job Search Courage – Looking Inside & Out for Hope & Help in Bridgewater, NJ. In the last 3 years, I have been unemployed 3 times making the job search all the more difficult. I was at a stage of desperation when I received an email about Tom’s workshop. I found Tom to be a down to earth professional with the ability to address job seeking in unique, innovative ways. His approach allowed me to pull myself out of the “pit” and into the “light” of who I really am as a human being. He spoke of the courage and strength needed to pursue new opportunities. In the chaos of networking, sending emails and worrying about the future, Tom brought me back into focus.
One of the most important lessons of the workshop was that we don’t have to go it alone—there are resources everywhere including my spirit–which I need to better utilize. As someone who has always been self-sufficient, this guidance spoke volumes to me.
K.L., New Jersey
“I recently benefited from attending Tom’s workshop on “Job Search Courage – Looking Inside and Outside for Help”. Tom acknowledged the challenges in career transition, and he offered hope and thoughtful advice on a tactical as well as spiritual level.
The workshop encouraged participants to use a mix of transition strategies and inspired them to keep moving forward through challenges with faith and courage. Tom is very well read, speaks from experience, and understands the challenges of job search and career transition. I highly recommend the workshop.”
Paul M.
Enneagram Recap
Dr. Connie Popp lead our recent workshop held in Milwaukee, “Enneagram: Journey to Spiritual Center.” The Enneagram is an ancient description of nine personality types, offers insights into the virtues and vices that affect our interactions with others. The object of personality exploration is not to assess blame but to enrich our lives through self-knowledge, making us better at coping with differences and truly appreciating them.
A few comments from participants:
Connie gave a clear and concise outline of the Enneagram, it’s philosphy, history, and practical applications. She provided a comfortable yet stimulating learning environment. The experience made me curious to learn more.
M.G., Milwaukee WI
I really got a lot out of the workshop! It helped me to know myself better and know why I respond the way I do to life along with understanding better the people I live and work with. Connie was a great presenter!
D.D., Milwaukee WI
Connie has lots of energy and loves sharing her knowledge! Loved her!
Connie did a marvelous presentation in the three hours given today!
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