Every day at the Penn Memory Center, we hear caregivers describe the emotional, physical, and logistical challenges they face tending to their loved ones. We’re here to help. Through the Empowering Caregivers series, caregivers will have access to area experts who will present on a variety of intensive topics from symptom management to end-of-life care. TimeSlips Engagement Parties: How to joyfully invite friends and family into creative engagement with older adults A TimeSlips Engagement Party is an informal, grassroots gathering for anyone who wants to learn TimeSlips' evidence-based techniques for memory loss. Created with and designed for family caregivers (but fun for anyone),
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This program is exclusively for people with memory problems, including Alzheimer’s disease, and their partners/families. Our calendar of events for the upcoming semester: 9/21/21: Elevate your Salad with Matt Budenstein of Liberty Kitchen 10/8/21: Penn Museum, Destination North America 11/12/21: Vincent Van Gogh: Expression Through Landscape 12/10/21: Mütter Museum, Bone Detectives Click here to register for this class.  If you would like to create your own landscape below are suggested materials: Drawing  ·       Several sheets of paper ·       Pencil, pen, color pencils, marker, or charcoal Painting ·       Canvas or Primed Board (size around 12”’x16” or smaller is fine)    ·       Acrylic
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In 2020, Penn Memory Center began holding virtual caregiver forums in response to the uncertainty and tension caregivers faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. These forums are a place for caregivers with a loved one in facility care and caregivers with a loved one at home to connect and gather. Our goal is to provide you with a virtual place to meet, share stories, gain new perspectives, and share coping strategies with others going through a similar experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. We may not have all the answers, but we hope you will take this as an opportunity to feel
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