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Your KIRC Caregiver Calendar of Events for the week April 24 - 30, 2022

Medicare, mindfulness and more! KIRC says

Julia Yarbough Media Group

Apr 24
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Hello KIRC family!

Whether you are a family caregiver, suspecting you will soon be in that role, or simply want to learn more about navigating care for another (and yourself), Keeping It Real Caregiving strives to share a selection of upcoming events, news, and information from the field of aging and caregiving.

11:30 am - 12:00 pm (Central)

Mindful Mondays

Online - Virtual

Hosted by: Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City

Event description: Join us in a weekly mindfulness experience, anchored in science, to enhance your overall well-being and meet the challenges of everyday life.

Sondra Wallace, MSED, JFS YouBeYou, and Mental Health Coalition Coordinator, and Julia Grimm, LMLP, JFS Therapist will lead our Mindful Mondays sessions. Mindfulness is an evidence-based practice and focused on being aware of what an individual is sensing and feeling in the moment without interpretation of judgment.

*Registration is required*

Register here

10:00 am (Pacific)

Is it Normal Aging or Dementia?

Online - virtual

Hosted by: Inland Caregiver Resource Center

Event description: We hear these two terms often (Alzheimer's/Dementia) but what is the difference. We will discuss different types of dementia and symptoms of each in this workshop. We will also talk about the stages of Alzheimer's disease and how to react to behaviors associated with this disease.

Register here

2:00 pm (Pacific)

More than a caregiver: Getting back to yourself book series: Being Resilient

Online - virtual

Hosted by: Passages Caregiver Resource Center

Event description: Learn how to reconnect with yourself. Each session will focus on a specific subject and provide tips on how to recognize yourself, be resilient and the importance of boundaries. During each session a caregiver book will be highlighted.

For more information and to register click here

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm (Pacific)

Elder and Disability Justice Coordinating Council

Online - virtual (zoom)

Event description: The California Elder and Disability Justice Coordinating Council will convene its second quarterly meeting on Thursday, April 28th. The purpose of this Council is to increase coordination and develop recommendations to prevent and address the abuse, neglect, exploitation, and fraud perpetrated against older adults and adults with disabilities.

*This webinar is open to the public*

11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Eastern)

Improving Home Health Services for Medicare Beneficiaries

Online - virtual

Hosted by: Bipartisan Policy Center

Event description: COVID-19 added urgency to ongoing discussions about “home-based care,” but little attention has been paid to Medicare services delivered by home health agencies. The Medicare home health benefit covers certain services for short periods of time, but fraud and abuse guardrails have reduced access to home health aide services for beneficiaries with complex conditions and exacerbated racial and ethnic disparities.

Register here

As you know, Keeping It REAL Caregiving recently had the honor of joining colleagues in the field of aging for the American Society on Aging ‘On Aging’ conference in New Orleans.

Julia Yarbough/Keeping It REAL Caregiving/ASA 'On Aging' conference/New Orleans

KIRC is honored to have been selected to take part in the ASA Rise Program, which is focused on educating emerging leaders in the field of aging in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion.

In an earlier post, we talked with an ASA Rise Fellow, about a program designed to help you navigate getting the most out of your Medicare coverage.

  • What do bed bugs and medicare have in common? More than you might think!

The State Health Insurance Assistance Program, known as SHIP, is a free, unbiased service to help you sort through all your options and help you find the resources you need. The service is available in all 50 states.

*If you know someone who does not usually find information online, please share this phone number with them*

You can watch a short video from SHIP by clicking here to learn more

Downsizing, decluttering, creating a safe space and staying put as we age. Keeping It REAL Caregiving has discussed this topic in previous posts but we can’t say it enough.

Plan and prepare! A new poll from the University of Michigan backs that up. Check it out:

Want to “age in place” someday? Take action now

If you missed our KIRC discussion on the topic, catch up now:

REAL caregivers talk sorting & sifting

Downsizing and decluttering

All for now - until next time~

Julia

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