ElderCare Connections

Join us for this year's ElderCare Connections!

Second Thursday of every month from 12-1pm via Zoom

September 9: Resilience: Post Traumatic Growth with Chris Eilers, MA, LPC, Older Adult Behavioral Health Specialist Oregon Behavioral Health Initiative **THIS SESSION IS 12-1:30pm** zoom link here

October 14: Understanding Hoarding Disorder and Helping Strategies for Caregivers with Joanne O’Connell, Community Services Liaison Multnomah County Aging, Disability and Veteran Services- zoom link here

November 18: Geriatric Physician Care with Maureen Bruns, M.D., Director of Geriatric Medicine Samaritan Health Services- zoom link here

December 9: Effective Communication Strategies for Caring for People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia with Alise I. Liepnicks, MPH, Program Specialist, Alzheimer’s Association Oregon & SW Washington Chapter- zoom link here

January 13: Walk with Ease – Managing Chronic Pain with Exercise with Allison Harris, MPH, Nutrition Program Coordinator OSU Coos & Curry Extension Service- zoom link here

February 10: It's the Minor Daily Stressors: Daily Stressful Experiences in Relationships and Cognition in Adulthood and Aging with Dakota Witzel, Ph.D. Student, OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Center for Healthy Aging Research- zoom link here

March 10: Legal Issues and Older Adults: What Caregivers Need to Know Presenter: TBA- zoom link here

April 14: Pursuing Personal Goals While Caring for a Parent: Lessons from The ACHIEVE Study with shelbie Turner, MPH, OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Center for Healthy Aging Research- zoom link here

May 12: In Celebration of Older Americans Month: Accessing Senior and Disability Services Programs for Community-Based Living Presenter TBA- zoom link here