CARES Dementia Advanced Care – Module 4: Minimizing Falls

Two sessions will focus on “Minimizing Falls,” which is one of six modules under CARES, a nationally recognized set of programs to improve dementia-care skills. These will be held:

• 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 5
• 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9

Advance care planning

Kelly Neil, a family nurse practitioner, will present “Advance Care Planning.” The session will be held:

• 10 a.m. – noon, Saturday, Nov. 12

This presentation will highlight medical documents associated with end-of-life care, including the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST). The presentation will also address legal documents associated with end-of-life care such as living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care. Neil is a family nurse practitioner residing in San Diego, California. Previously, she was one of the site program coordinators of the Medicare program at American Medical Center in Guam.

CARES Dementia Advanced Care – Module 4: Rethinking Wandering

Two sessions on “Rethinking Wandering,” also part of the CARES program, will be held:

• 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 16
• 10 a.m. – noon, Saturday, Nov. 19

Memory: The Power of Reminiscing

Veronica Alave, a registered nurse, and Fredlynrose Lumogda, also a nurse with the UOG School of Health’s Guam/Micronesia Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program will offer two sessions on “Memory: The Power of Reminiscing.”

This presentation will highlight a variety of ways to maintain memory health, including several fun memory-boosting games. Participants will also receive a free copy of the UOG School of Health’s recent book “Guåhan Memories: Images and Conversation Starters for Adults with Memory Loss.” Sessions will be held:

• 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30
• 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Dec. 3

Participants can attend the Wednesday or Saturday sessions using the following Zoom links: 

• Wednesday sessions: https://zoom.us/j/92072878067
• Saturday sessions: https://zoom.us/j/91243370958  

Ongoing dementia support groups 

The training program and presentations are part of the ongoing online support groups for family caregivers of persons with dementia being conducted Guam/Micronesia Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program of the UOG School of Health. The support group sessions are held on Zoom every Wednesday evening and Saturday morning year-round. The sessions are free of charge to partners, family members, and other caregivers of persons with dementia who have ties to Guam and the Micronesian region. 

For more information, contact:
Iain Twaddle or Nikolas Gutierrez 735-2883/gwep.tgss@triton.uog.edu
Rhoda Orallo 735-3277 / r.orallo@hspguam.com  

This project is supported by the Health Resources & Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services as part of an award totaling $749,313 with zero percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program Award #: 5 U1QHP33078-04-00

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