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Dementia Education Series: A Positive Approach to Care

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Event Series: Dementia Education Series

Dementia Education Series: A Positive Approach to Care

October 22 at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

The Foley Room at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center

1 Sisters of Providence
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876

Elizabeth Collins, BSN, MA

Sisters of Providence

Free
Register online today

This series is designed to help you build skills and gain confidence to care for your loved one with expertise. Intended for care partners, Sisters of Providence nurse, Beth Collins, and Thrive’s Dementia Outreach Specialist, Amy Schorr will introduce participants to Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care Dementia Awareness Training.

Classes are free and will be every other Wednesday, beginning September 10 in the Foley Room at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Thanks to the generosity of the Carol M. Starkey Kochell Charitable Fund of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation, respite care is available for five families on a first-come, first-served basis.

Pre-registration is encouraged and appreciated, as space is limited for the classes. You may register here or by contacting Amy Schorr at (812) 238-1561, extension 260.

For more information

Contact Elizabeth Collins at 812-535-2870 or ecollins@spsmw.org.

Facilitated by

Elizabeth Collins, BSN, MA

Elizabeth is a registered nurse and serves as the Clinical Care Coordinator for the Sisters of Providence. She has worked in multiple care settings including hospitals, nursing homes, home health and hospice, with certifications in end-of-life care,  advance care planning, and demetia care. She and her husband, Dr. Richard Collins, live in Terre Haute and have five children.

Sisters of Providence

A community of vowed Catholic women religious, we joyfully live out the radical Gospel message of love, mercy and justice in today’s world. Inspired by our foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, we are passionate about our lives of prayer, education, service and advocacy. We dedicate ourselves to helping those who might otherwise be forgotten.