Join us for the 2019 Central Wisconsin Fall Caregivers Conference, hosted in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association of Wisconsin. Whether you’re a professional or family caregiver, this conference will help enhance your caregiving skills and provide an opportunity to strengthen your support network. This event features presentations from experts in the field of Alzheimer’s disease and health and wellness.
Agenda
8:00a.m. - 8:20a.m. Registration
8:20a.m. - 8:30a.m. Welcome
8:30a.m. - 9:30a.m. Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis and Next Steps, Peter Keenan, PsyD, LP, Marshfield Clinic
Discuss the core features of early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer's disease and how to go about getting a diagnosis using cognitive testing, imaging and labs. What are next steps after a diagnosis? We will discuss medication, education, resources, and advanced planning.
9:30a.m. - 10:30a.m. The Loss of the Living: A Caregiver's Grief, Brian D. Weilang, PsyD, Behavioral Health Clinic
It is often talked about that individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease experience tremendous loss as symptoms worsen. Grieving these losses can be an important process to limit the emotional effects of the disease. However, often overlooked are the losses experienced by the caregivers. Losses such as the person they always knew, the loss of their own independence and control, the loss of the life they imagined having… Caregivers may push these feelings aside, feeling tremendous guilt and believing they do not have permission to grieve their own losses as they care for their loved one. In this presentation, Dr. Weiland will turn the focus to the ones quietly suffering their own losses, the caregivers. How do you grieve the loss of the living?
10:30a.m. - 10:45a.m. Break / Vendors
10:45a.m. - 11:20a.m. Understanding and Responding to Dementia Related Behaviors, Kate Kahles, Alzheimer's Association of WI
11:30a.m. - 12:15p.m. Lunch Session: Alzheimer's Advocacy and Public Policy, Michael Bruhn, Alzheimer's Association of WI
12:15p.m. - 1:15p.m. Everyday Meditation Techniques to Support Physical and Mental Health for Caregivers, Heather Ven Dalfsen, 5 Kosha's Wellness and Yoga
Unravel your physical tension and foster your stability and mobility with meditation and yoga. Sharpen your mental concentration, discernment and problem solving, cultivate stamina and steady energy for balancing your role as caregiver and creating time for self-care. Offers you time to pause and reflect upon your gifts, your purpose and your personal intentions.
1:15p.m. - 2:15p.m. Caregiver Roadmap: How to Navigate the Pit Stops, Caring Community Partners of Central WI
2:15p.m. - 3:00p.m. Coffee and Cookies with Caregivers, Caregiver Mentors
View speaker biographies HERE and the event flyer HERE
To print a paper registration form, click HERE
Cost
$25 - Family Caregivers / Alzheimer's Assocation Support Group Facilitators / Students - Certificate of Attendance
$55 - Professionals - 6.5 CEUs Certificate
Cancellation Policy
The Central Wisconsin Caregivers Conference cancellation policy states that no refunds will be issued for cancelled registrations.