Time Well Spent: Creating Meaningful Visit Times with Older Adults
12:00 pm-1:30 pm
$15.00
No CEUs available for workshops
Time Well Spent is a program that provides ideas for ways to expand visitation by creating a wide variety of options for meaningful and memorable exchanges.
Learn some ways to modify activities when there are hearing, vision, speech, and/or cognitive challenges. Meeting them at their level of functioning for visits in person or when you cannot physically be present can enhance the experience for all involved.
"Every person's life is worth a novel."
~~Erving Polster
About the Speaker: Kathryn Kilpatrick, MA
Kathryn's career as a speech-language pathologist (1969-2019) includes experience primarily in Ohio, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and for 35 years in the area of home health care.
Currently she is focusing on her geriatric life enhancement consulting practice and educational programs to enhance the quality of life of older adults. Kathryn continues to offer her educational programs/consulting options in Brain Health/Memory Fitness and Successful Aging.
She is a national motivational speaker and author of more than 35 products. Her websites, Communication Connection and Memory Fitness Matters, have an abundance of resources including her articles and tip series on several important topics about Aging Concerns and Memory Fitness. In addition, there are sample pages of all her Brain Health and Stroke Rehabilitation products.
REGISTRATION & CANCELLATION INFORMATION:
Class sizes are limited, so register early. Classes with low registrations may be canceled. If the class is canceled or moved, participants will be contacted via email at least 24 hours in advance.
Classes start and end on time. To ensure a quality experience for all, please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the class start time and find a seat.
It is difficult to control room temperature to everyone's comfort level. We suggest you dress in layers that can be adaptable to warm and cool temperatures.
For auditing purposes, arrival and departure times and signature are required on attendance sheets.