Keeping Your Loved One Connected and Engaged in Life During Times of Isolation
Join BrightStar Care of Morris and Essex County for the United Way Caregiver Coalition's Virtual Munch & Learn
Opportunities for recreation, joy, and success are essential for a happy and fulfilling life. As loved ones age, especially if they experience a cognitive decline, success can be elusive. Families may have trouble connecting with their loved ones whose memories are fading.In this workshop, Trish Colucci Barbosa, owner of Peace Aging Care Experts, LLC, a geriatric care management firm, and Marisa Pazar, CTRS and Director of Peace Aging Care Experts’ SPICE Activity Program, will provide you with the tips you can use to assess your loved one’s retained skills and develop an activity program that will provide opportunities for fun and mentally stimulating activities you can enjoy together
This presentation will be done via Zoom which is a very simple app that can be downloaded onto your laptop, phone, iPad or other smart device quickly and for free. For those of you who are new to this technology, here is a link for a Zoom tutorial that you can click on to learn how it works, https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206618765-Zoom-Video-Tutorials
In order to attend this Zoom virtual meeting, you need to register.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
You will then receive an email with instructions on how to open the Zoom meeting link. You will need the information contained in the email to sign in on Thursday, October 29. We suggest that you sign into the meeting 5 minutes early. You will be placed in the waiting room and the host will let you in at 10:30am. If you have any questions, contact:
Stephanie Howland, MSW, LSW (She, Her, Hers)
Manager, United Way Caregivers Coalition
United Way of Northern New Jersey
PO Box 6835, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Ph: 973.993.1160, x534
www.UnitedWayNNJ.org
We hope to see many of you on the 29th!
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