The Art of Caregiving Workshop

Friday, November 06, 2009
South Campus, C-127
9:00am to 4:00pm
586.498.4000
 

Macomb Community College’s Center for Continuing Education and the Macomb County Department of Senior Citizen’s Services have partnered
to provide practical help and emotional support for family caregivers with
hands-on training workshops to:

*identify caregiving tasks and challenges
*discover available programs and services
*cope with difficult behavior
*partner with your medical team
*find ways to avoid stress and burnout

Caregivers participating in this FREE workshop will learn:

 *how to assess a physical environment for safety threats
 *how to apply universal infection control precautions
 *about assistive medical equipment for home use
 *safe bed to chair, chair to walker transferring techniques
 *how to assist with activities of daily living
 *how physical/mental activity and nutrition relate to health

Call 586.498.4000 for more information or to register.