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• Importance of caring for self and living a balanced life.
• Dr. Nussbaum’s Brain Health Lifestyle®.
• Specific research-based activities to build "brain resilience."
• Neural Plasticity, Neurogenesis, and brain resilience.
• To share this information with each client and family.
• Learn about the Miracle of the Human Brain

Doctor Nussbaum is board-certified in Clinical Psychology and Geropsychology with a specialization in Neuropsychology. He is a member of the National Health Register for Psychologists and a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and American Academy of Clinical Psychology. Having earned Phi-Beta Kappa and his Doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in 1991, Dr. Nussbaum completed his internship and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is an Adjunct Professor in Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

He is the Founder and President of Brain Health Center, Inc. that provides independent medical examinations, neuropsychological assessments, and case management for those suffering neurological and neurobehavioral disorders. The Center also serves as the epicenter for Dr. Nussbaum’s Brain Health Lifestyle®, consultation business, and his Keynote presentations internationally.

Doctor Nussbaum has 30 years experience in the care of adults and older persons suffering dementia, head injury, and many neuropsychiatric disorders. An expert in neuroanatomy and human behavior, he has published many peer reviewed articles, books, and chapters within the scientific community. He also serves on the editorial boards for several scientific and clinical journals.

Doctor Nussbaum educates the general public on the basics of the human brain and how to keep the brain healthy over the entire lifespan. He has presented his views on brain health at the United Nations, National Press Club, Mensa, Sirius Radio, and CSPAN. His keynote presentations are both informative and fun and he is often interviewed by the local and national press/media. mental health neuroscience

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Life Care Planning is like Car Insurance. People don’t want to think about having an accident. Yet, we want and need to drive, it is part of our lives.

Here’s What You’ll Learn

• What is involved in a Life Care Plan?
• Anticipating common aging-related or disability-related life challenges and planning for how to successfully conquer them.
• Planning in order to minimize the stress, financial problems and family strife lack of planning causes.
• Completing necessary legal documents, and documenting one’s likes and dislikes, wants and needs and financial plans.

Maureen Rulison is President of Caregiver Support & Resources, LLC. She is also Co-Founder WeAre#DementiaStrong. Throughout her 25+ year career working with elders and persons living with disabilities, Maureen has developed the philosophy that “Failure to plan, is a plan to fail.” This never became more of a truth to Maureen then when she became Brian LeBlanc’s Care Partner. Brian is living with Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia. Now, Maureen has experienced the value of pre-planning both personally and professionally.

• My perspective achieved through a decade long study and experience of institutional care of the elderly in the U.S. and India
• Desired versus actual quality of life of the elderly
• Unique, practical, insightful and simple way forward
• Dialogue with the webinar participants on their perspective on the institutional care and way forward

Dr. Mayanka Gupta is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Resource Management and Design Application, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi. Her Doctoral degree focused on Quality of Life of elderly at Old Age Homes (alternate living arrangement) and Recreation Centres (day care centres) in India. She has presented several papers in international & national conferences & seminars on gerontology. Management of shared resources, Inclusive public spaces, mental health are areas of her interest. Conducted several trainings on intergenerational bonding, resume writing, theatre for change, women’s reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, sexual abuse for varied target groups. 

Here’s What You’ll Learn

Goals of Digital Asset Planning
Know the Difference between Digital Assets and Digital Accounts
Steps in Digital Estate Planning
– Appoint a Digital Power of Attorney
– Designate a Digital Executor
– Authorize Your Digital Steward
Do You Want a Digital Crypt?
Resources for Digital Legacy Planning

Sig’s professional experience includes a career in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Information Agency, fundraising for locally based organizations, and community organizing. He has mediated cases for the DC Superior Court for more than 15 years. As an elder mediator in private practice he helped families resolve disputes around property distribution, guardianship, and caring for loved ones. His clients’ experiences and his own as a family caregiver form the heart of Love’s Way: Living Peacefully with Your Family as Your Parents Age*, a book he co-authored with Judge (ret.) Carolyn Miller Parr.

*Hendrickson Publishers, 2019.

Elder Mediator and Co-Author
Love’s Way: Living Peacefully with Your Family as Your Parents Age

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This webinar is for older persons and adult children who are seeking ways to identify signs of mental health difficulties and to know how to address these signs so they do not become clinical problems.

Here’s What You’ll Learn

• What is Mental Health
• Risk factors in mental health difficulties
• How to identify signs of mental health disturbance
• How to cope with these symptoms
• Resources that can also help

We Care Management’s Owner, Amanda LaRose, has a Master’s Degree in Social Work, is a Licensed Clinical Social Work Therapist and Certified Advanced Social Work Case Manager. She has experience counseling adults of all ages, families, and caregivers. Amanda believes that everyone experiences changes across the lifespan, which naturally leads them to developing coping skills to overcome those challenges. However, there are times in everyone’s life, when for some reason, they are struggling to cope, and therefore they can benefit greatly from additional support. This is why Amanda is passionate about supporting people who are committed to improving their lives. She created We Care Management to support older persons and their family members.

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Here's What You'll Learn

• Wellness Model
• Loneliness and Older Adults
• Socialization
• IKIGAI: Purposefulness
• Mental Health
• Celebration of Life

 Sai Raj Kappari is a Clinical Gerontologist and works in emphasizing the biopsychosocial aspects of aging and its impact on the wellbeing of individuals he serves. He has a PharmD and Master of Science in Gerontology from University of Southern California. 

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The daily use of our body warrants optimizing knowledge regarding strategies to complete work and daily routines in an injury-free manner. The webinar will discuss techniques to prevent joint and back injuries and provide advice regarding tool selection for limiting stress on our joints and back.

Sign up for this informative webinar that will help you prevent injury and better choose household equipment.

Here’s What You’ll Learn

• To identify basic ergonomic concepts for injury prevention.
• To identify ergonomic risk factors.
• Three mechanisms to minimize risk of injury.
• The two principles of body mechanics concepts to prevent injuries.

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If you are turning 65 this year or are working or planning to work over age 65, we encourage you to join us for an educational webinar on Medicare basics, presented in conjunction with Medicare Portal.

You’ll learn about the following aspects of Medicare:

• Medicare Eligibility
• Medicare Parts A, B, C and D
• Original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage
• Medicare Costs
• What to Do When Turning 65
• What to Do When Working Past 65

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Here’s What You’ll Learn

• Are you prepared to climb up and down the retirement mountain?
• The benefits of uncommon planning you need to know
• Do you know how to grow and protect your retirement in these volatile markets?

Jenevieve is a dually licensed integrated financial wealth advisor. She is currently one of the leading integrated financial planners with the largest independent financial firm in the Mid-Atlantic, First Financial Group. As an advocate for her business clients and member of NAIFA (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors) she has been educating the public since her role as VP-Financial Consultant at Charles Schwab in 2008.

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It can be believed that there are 1.2 million older gay and lesbian people in the U.K (Semlyen 2016). If you apply this number of older LGBTQ people to the fact that one in fourteen people over the age of 65 may develop a form of dementia (Alzheimer’s Society 2017), it can be estimated that there could be around 85,714 gay and lesbian people with dementia in the UK alone.

Webinar Aims:

To identify micro-aggressions in dementia care.

To explore the impact micro-aggressions may have on a LGBT person living with dementia.

To be able to explore ways we can overcome micro-aggressions in dementia care.

Phil Harper, PGDip, is currently a sessional lecturer in dementia care at the University of Worcester, and, Public Health Tutor at Coventry University Group. Phil is also a doctoral candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University exploring care staff’s understanding of the needs of an LGBTQ+ person living with dementia. He has worked in dementia care for 7 years; previously, he worked in hospitals, charitable organizations and care homes. Phil has been involved in the development of dementia training for hospitals and care homes and is most recently a LGBTQ consultant for Ashwell Care Services, a home care company based in Worcestershire specialising in LGBTQ care.

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