Loraine Halis Lecture on the Art and Science of Caregiving
Dealing with Dementia: Adjusting to Grief & Loss
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024 • 6:00 - 7:30 pm
5:15 pm: Open House, 360 Lexington Avenue, 3rd Floor
6:00 pm: In-person and Livestream Lecture
Speaker: KENNETH DOKA, PhD
Senior Consultant, The Hospice Foundation of America
Professor Emeritus, The College of New Rochelle
Experiencing a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or another dementia creates unique experiences of grief and loss for individuals and their families. While these experiences are common, they are often not talked about. Finding a path through loss is an individual and ongoing journey. Join us for this special lecture with Dr. Ken Doka - leading expert and author of over 40 books and 100 articles on this relevant topic.
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This event is free of charge and open to the public.
We wish to extend deepest gratitude to The Halis/Scolnic Family for their extraordinary support of our caregiver programs and services.
Grief & Loss in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEBINAR
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2024 • 12:00 - 2:00 pm ET
Experiencing a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or another dementia creates unique experiences of grief and loss for individuals and their families. While these experiences are common, care professionals can feel unprepared to provide support and guidance to those navigating this journey. If you are a professional serving family/friend caregivers, you are invited to join us for this free professional development seminar with Dr. Ken Doka - leading expert and author of over 40 books and 100 articles on this relevant topic. Please share this invitation with your interested colleagues! 2 CEUs for Social Workers provided.
Previous Lectures
- 2023 The Eight Central Needs of Dementia Care Partners
- 2022 Finding Comfort: Living with Advanced Dementia in Residential Care
- 2020 Transforming How We View Dementia Care A Conversation with Anne Basting, PhD
- 2019 Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End
- 2018 Connect to Culture: An Artist’s Perspective on Caregiving
- 2017 Here But Not Here - Learning to Live with Ambiguous Loss
- 2016 A Conversation with David Hyde Pierce & David Shenk:
“The Forgetting” 15 Years Later - 2015 A Place Beyond Words: The Literature of Alzheimer’s
- 2014 Who Am I Now? The Existential Dilemma of Caregiving