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General Caregiving Skills – Marion, Iowa
Event Date: 02/20/2006

Being a family caregiver can throw you into a world of medical jargon, diagnostic procedures, and medical administration. Enhance caregiving abilities by learning how to measure your loved one’s temperature, pulse, and respirations, and how to give medications properly.
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Powerful Tools for Caregivers — Forest City, Iowa
Event Date: 02/22/2006

Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a class designed to provide you – the family caregiver – with the skills you need to take care of yourself.
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Advance Directive Seminar – Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Event Date: 02/23/2006

Included in this seminar will be information about a Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney, presented by Great River Home Health Care & Hospice.

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Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia – Marion, Iowa
Event Date: 02/27/2006

Caring for a parent, spouse, or friend with dementia can be overwhelming! Learn how to deal with the common behaviors associated with dementia. Understand how to provide the activities of daily living such as bathing and eating.
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Caring for the Family Caregivers – Marion, Iowa
Event Date: 03/06/2006

Learn how to take care of your own health while caring for a loved one. Recognize the signs of caregiver stress. Identify ways to make time for yourself. Understand how to access help from community organizations such as respite care.
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“In our family, we take care of our own”…but are we taking care of ourselves too? — PapaJohn Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Event Date: 03/07/2006

This class will focus on aging from the perspective of the family caregivers — those spouses, children, siblings, or other family members, friends or neighbors –who provide unpaid care for an older person who has become frail.
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Ready, Set, Retire! – Fort Dodge, Iowa
Event Date: 03/25/2006

Free workshops about pre-retirement planning for people age 50+

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Keys to Keeping the Keys – Spencer, Iowa
Event Date: 04/06/2006

Learn tips for keeping older drivers safely behind the wheel and when to intervene.
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The Older Driver: Balancing Independence with Safety – Fort Dodge, Iowa
Event Date: 04/06/2006

The older adult, their family members and caregivers are often concerned about safety and when it is appropriate to stop driving, especially if there is a diagnosis of some type of dementia. We all must weigh the potential safety considerations while allowing for dignity and independence. Knowing when to give up driving is a deeply personal and emotional issue.
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The Changing Face of Aging: The Challenge of Cultural Competency — Des Moines, Iowa
Event Date: 04/07/2006

An all day event sponsored by the Gerontology Society of Iowa. CEU’s offered.
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Governor’s Conference on Aging: “Aging in Iowa. The Year’s Ahead.” — Des Moines, Iowa
Event Date: 05/22 – 05/23/2006

Learn about successful aging in Iowa, in addition to meeting some of Iowa’s centenarians and hearing from them about their secret to a long life.
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Powerful Tools for Caregivers – Algona, IA
Event Date: 06/14/2006

Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a class designed to provide you – the family caregiver – with the skills you need to take care of yourself.
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