Listen To Workshop: Safeguarding The Elderly
Safeguarding the elderly goes far beyond making sure they have a lock on the door. In today’s society, safety means a proactive campaign where family members become familiar with the latest scams so they can protect their parents from financial or physical peril. Family members must also help protect once self-sufficient seniors lose their independence.
Listen to this free workshop and discover:
- The 4 BIGGEST SCAMS that can Endanger your Parents.
- How to put PROACTIVE Emergency Systems in Place.
- Key Factors for Extending your Senior’s Independence.
- How to Protect Your Parents physically, emotionally and financially from a distance.
Recorded 11/16/2010, Presented By:
Joan Smith
Rehabilitation Manager
Community Visiting Nurse Association
Joan P. Smith P.T. is a licensed physical therapist with over 25 years of clinical experience as well as extensive experience in a variety of clinical settings including acute care, sub-acute, geriatric and home care. Presently Joan is the rehabilitation manager at Community Visiting Nurse Association in Somerville, NJ where her home care experience has made evident the vital importance of home safety and fall prevention.
Laurie Rowe
MS, Eldercare Educator
Somerset County Office on Aging and Disability Services
As the Eldercare Educator for the Somerset County Office on Aging, Laurie addresses the common and complex challenges seniors experience through education, intervention and knowledge of available resources. Laurie is committed to finding solutions for problems using a fresh perspective, creative problem solving and humor.
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Listen To Workshop: Getting Your Parent’s Legal Matters In Order
One of the toughest conversations adult children must have with their aging parents centers on legal matters – a topic most of us are unfamiliar and uncomfortable with already. But the time to get our loved ones affairs in order is now, while they can still offer constructive input.
How do I guide my parents through all the red tape of getting their affairs in order? Anthony will provide a simple, step by step plan for key issues to settle to ensure their wishes are met and you and they are making good financial decisions for their welfare.
Listen to this workshop and discover:
- A Living Trust: A Popular PLAN for Avoiding Probate and Planning for “What If”
- The Medicaid Mystery: Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together
- Is it too late? Estate planning for Alzheimer’s patients
- Asset protection: STEP BY STEP estate planning documents everyone should have
Recorded 10/26/2010, Presented By:
Attorney Anthony Digirolamo from DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman, Davis & Lehrer, P.C.
As an attorney for over 30 years, Anthony brings his extensive experience in estate planning, probate litigation, taxation, real property and commercial transactions to his clients, making him a highly sought after expert.
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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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Job Search Courage – Looking Inside and Out for Hope and Help
Listen to Thomas Bachhuber, Ed.D: “Job Search Courage – Looking Inside and Out for Hope and Help”
Recorded September, 2009
What Are You Doing With Your Pearl?
Listen to Thomas Bachhuber: “What are you doing with your pearl?”
Recorded June 7, 2009 at North Branch Reformed Church in Bridgewater, NJ.
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Mission of The Center for Life Transitions, Inc.
Listen to co-founder Scott Pontier describe the mission of The Center for Life Transitions, Inc. Recorded October 12, 2008 at North Branch Reformed Church in Bridgewater, NJ.
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