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We offer educational programs for families and individuals facing Alzheimer’s as well as community members. Most of these programs are free of charge, but a donation of $10 per person (or family) per session is suggested.
Program Descriptions:
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Know the 10 Signs - If you or someone you know is experiencing memory loss or behavioral changes, it’s time to learn the facts. Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease gives you a chance to begin drug therapy, enroll in clinical studies and plan for the future. This interactive workshop features video clips of people with Alzheimer’s disease. If you are not available to attend a local program, participate in an online e-Learning course training.
- Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimer's Disease: The Basics - This program is designed to provide you with the basic information that everyone needs to know about memory loss issues and what they mean for all of us. If you are not available to attend a local program, participate in an online e-Learning course training.
- NEW Living with Alzheimer’s: For Caregivers (3–Part Series) - When someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, friends and family have many questions. What does the diagnosis mean? What kinds of plans need to be made? What resources are available to help? As the disease progresses, new questions reflects growing needs for skills, programs and services. Join us for this series of programs that provide answers to the questions that arise in the early, middle and late stages of the disease. Hear from those directly affected and learn what you need to know, what you need to plan, and what you can do at each point along the way.
- NEW Living with Alzheimer’s: For People with Alzheimer’s (3–Part Series) - The diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is life-changing and leads to many questions. What does this mean for me and my family? How do I plan for the future? Where can I get the help I need? This program is an interactive three-part program where you will have a chance to hear from others who have been where you are. We will discuss what you need to know, what you need to plan, and what you can do to navigate this chapter of your life. This program will cover information for people with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia who are in the early stage of the disease.
- HBO The Alzheimer's Project - This series takes a look at the faces behind the disease - and the forces leading us to find a cure. This multi-platform series reveals groundbreaking Alzheimer discoveries and the effects this debilitating and fatal disease has on those with Alzheimer's and their families.
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Creating Confident Caregivers - These sessions utilize the Savvy Caregiver Program, a university test program for family members caring for a loved one with demential at home. Sessions are held weekly for multiple weeks and lead by staff trained in the program. Caregivers receive new information, skills, and attitudes to manage stress and increase effective caregiving skills.
- Research Night (held annually in November) - This program brings you the latest news from the research front and highlights the progress scientists are making toward finding better treatments, and eventually a cure, for Alzheimer’s.
- NEW Online Videos - Kids and teens can learn about the disease and how they can cope with it: Kids Looking at Alzheimer's and Teens Looking at Alzheimer's.
- Schreiber Conference 2012 - "Alzheimer's Disease: The Heart of the Matter" is being held at Fetzer Center in Kalamazoo on Friday, April 13 (Professional Conference) and Saturday, April 14 (Caregiver Conference). The keynote speaker will be Mary Ellen Geist, author of "Measure of the Heart". Her book chronicles her exit from a broadcast journalism career to assist with her father's care.
Upcoming Program Dates by Region:
Advance registration is required. Please call 800.272.3900 to register or email your name, address, phone number, date of program, and name of program to mglcregistration@alz.org.
- Capital Area | Lansing Office (Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson Counties)
- February Calendar
- Creating Confident Caregivers - classes starting in March and April (Battle Creek)
- South Central | Chelsea Office (Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Washtenaw Counties)
- South West | Kalamazoo Office (Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Saint Joseph, Van Buren Counties)
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- Creating Confident Caregivers - classes starting in February
- West Shore | Muskegon Office (Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana Counties)
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2012 Walk Registration is now open
