Navigating Transitions is a 3-part webinar series to help individuals and families understand the changes that happen from the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Dr. Anne Kenny, a nationally recognized geriatrician and palliative care physicican will discuss:
• Palliative care, hospice, and the arc from living well with dementia to
dying from dementia.
• Common grief responses and adapting to the relationship transitions
• Hallmarks of disease transitions and how to adapt care choices and actions accordingly
September 16, 2024
Navigating Transitions I: A Person-centered Approach to the Dementia Journey.
Key Topics: Understanding a 'person-centered' approach, palliative care, hospice and the transition from living well with dementia to dying from dementia.
September 23, 2024
Navigating Transitions II: Adapting to the Changes in Relationships and Common Grief Responses.
Key Topics: Understanding relationship changes as cognitive loss progresses; understanding ambiguous loss and grief.
September 30, 2024
Navigating Transitions III: Adapting Care Choices
Key Topics: Understanding Care Goals; choosing care approaches; communicating with the healthcare system
The right to vote is one of the most cherished rights of citizens of the United States, including for those who are cognitively impaired. Join us for this timely overview of the election laws and voting rights that affect people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias by Patricia Bowen, JD, MSW, LNHA.
- Does a diagnosis of dementia affect voting rights?
- What if someone has a guardian or conservator?
- How do states accommodate people with cognitive impairments or other disabilities in their voting processes?
- What about absentee voting, early voting, write-in ballots and going with someone to the polls?
- Does living in a long-term care facility change someone’s voting rights?
Listen in for suggestions, techniques and resources on how to assist a voter living with dementia to comply with election laws and their right to vote.
Speaker: PATRICIA BOWEN
Patricia “Trish” Bowen, JD, MSW, LNHA, is a senior program specialist at CaringKind. Trish received her Master of Social Work (CT) in 2016 and nursing home administrators license (CT) in 2018 after working 25 years as a lawyer and regulatory affairs specialist in the health care insurance industry. Trish has a passion for the law and for advocating for the rights, autonomy and dignity of people diagnosed with dementia. Trish generously spends part of her time as a vital member of the CaringKind team where she facilitates programs and groups for people living with dementia and their families.
For more information or to register over the phone, contact CaringKind Helpline (646) 744-2900.