Senior News September, 2002 Vol. 21. No.  9

 

Published by the Humboldt Senior Resource Center in Eureka, California. HSRC is a non-profit community-based organization offering services for senior citizens, multi-generational families and caregivers.

Pan Dulce Steel Orchestra

Newsbriefs

Redwood Reading Service

Spotlight on the California Commission on Aging

Eureka and Del Norte learn about communication and behavior

Brookings: Journey of life takes us to just the right place

McKinleyville: Heroes

Crossing the Border

Sand Hills, Nebraska

Southern Humboldt County

Events at HSRC

Community Calendar

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Eureka and Del Norte Learn about communication and behavior

Did you know that as a person's dementia worsens, their ability to understand and interpret verbal communication decreases, but their ability to interpret nonverbal communication may actually increase?

If we want to avoid creating challenging behaviors, one big step is changing how we communicate, both verbally and nonverbally. Jamie Kerr, Alzheimer's Education Specialist with the Alzheimer's Day Care Resource Center will discuss Communication and Behavior on Tuesday Sept. 10, from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Eureka Adult Day Health Services, 1901 California Street in Eureka, and again on Sept. 24, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Addie Meedom House, 1445 Parkway Drive in Crescent City.

These workshops are free and open to the public as part of an ongoing educational series designed to provide information and support to anyone coping with Alzheimer's disease. For more information please call Maggie Kraft at 444-8254 ext. 202.

The Alzheimer's Day Care Resource Center is a program of the Humboldt Senior Resource Center and serves both Del Norte and Humboldt counties. Partial funding for this program is provided through a grant from the Area Agency on Aging.