This program is not currently running.
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.
Watch Talks from Past Series
- Everything you wanted to know about funeral planning but were afraid to ask (Patricia Quigley of Laurel Hill Funeral Home)
- Clearing the air on medications used to manage dementia symptoms (Dr. Lisa Walke)
- Bringing care into the home: tips and considerations when choosing home care help (Liz Dunleavy of Kith Elder Care)
- Making the Move to a Residential Care Community (Lorri Bernstein and Mindy Mozenter, Senior Living Specialists Philly)
- Dementia and driving (Susie Touchinsky)
- Resisting bathing: Common triggers and practice strategies (Rachel Wiley)
- A conversation with a genetic counselor: Is the dementia in my family genetic? (Laynie Dratch)
- Dementia and Sexual Expression (Regina Koepp)
- The Legal Perspective: Practical Insights for Patients and Families About Decision-Making and Advance Planning (Valerie L. Snow, Esq.)
- Coping with Caregiver Stress during COVID (Barry Jacobs, PsyD)
- Elder Care Issues and the Law (Bryan J. Adler Esq. — Rothkoff Law Group)
- TimeSlips Engagement Parties: How to joyfully invite friends and family into creative engagement with older adults (Andrew Morton — TimeSlips)
- Managing Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia (Rachel Wiley, OT — Day by Day Home Therapy)
- Meaningful Activities to Engage Your Loved One (Rachel Wiley, OT — Day by Day Home Therapy)
- When, Why, and How to Move to a Memory Care Facility (Sharon Buckmaster, PhD — Future Works Consulting, LLC)
- Bathing, Grooming, Dressing, and Other Activities of Daily Living (Rachel Wiley, OT — Day by Day Home Therapy)
- Elder Care Issues and the Law (Jerry Rothkoff, Esq. — Rothkoff Elder Care)