Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease
“Connecting to Care”
1 HOUR FREE WORKSHOP
Your Neighborhood Connection and Woodcrest Villa are pleased to invite caregivers to its community education program, “Connecting to Care”. Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease not only affects the individual with the disorder, it impacts the entire family and caregivers working with the individual. Come and learn how you can help those individuals on this Journey and prepare yourself with tools to assist those for whom you are caring.
Community Education: June 21, 2018
Guest Speaker: Beth Tesfay from “Unforgettable Gems”
Place: Woodcrest Villa, VIVA Centre, Gamber Auditorium
2001 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA
Light Refreshments provided
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM
RSVP: Call: 717- 627-0072 or
Email: leanne@yourneighborhoodconnection.org
About the Presenter:
Beth Tesfay has a unique passion for people. She has worked in health and personal care serving patients from childbirth to the aged, in various levels of need from basic to complex for more than 25 years. Twenty of these years have been dedicated to serving those living with dementia and their families. She uses her foundational knowledge and basic care partnering skills including Positive Physical Approach™ (PPA) and Hand-under-Hand™ (HuH), to train and coach experiential and interactive courses to those caring for people living with dementia.
In addition to being a Positive Approach trainer and mentor, she works at a local CCRC Personal Care Memory Care Household, is a facilitator for the Virtual Dementia Tour through Second Wind Dreams, and is in a work group for Dementia Action Alliance. Beth’s awareness and knowledge of dementia, her heart for people, professional experiences and training make her uniquely qualified to empower you, the care partner. Add tools to your toolbox!
To learn more about the GEMS® Brain Change Model, visit http://teepasnow.com/events/teepas-gems/.
