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AUGUST 2017 Webinar

Dementia and Growing Older
Presented by Sr. M. Peter Lillian Di Maria, O.Carm., BA, LNHA and Alfred W. Norwood, BS, MBA

 

Program Summary
Tapping into one’s Faith belief and understanding a person’s spirituality is a key component to helping those who suffer from different types of dementia. It has been seen that many people with advanced levels of dementia are still comforted by spiritual practices. In this session, Alfred Norwood will discuss dementia and its impact on understanding. Sr. Peter will provide insight on how to identify and provide spirituality for those with a dementia diagnosis.

Program Objectives
  1. Discuss the impact of dementia’s progressive, irreversible mental losses on patient behavior.
  2. Describe mental process that remain and can be used to facilitate a “behaviorless” decline for those with dementia.
  3. Discuss spirituality of aging as it applies to dementia and discuss spiritual approaches for elders especially those living with dementia.

About the Presenter
Sr. M. Peter Lillian has over thirty-five years' experience in the continuum care ministry as a Carmelite Sister for the Aged and Infirm. Sr. Peter Lillian has served her community in many administrative positions and has lectured many times on Alzheimer's disease, palliative care, geriatric spiritual care, family care issues, stress reduction, leadership development, and team building. Sr. Peter has developed successful dementia-care programs, dementia care curriculums and assisted in developing a palliative care resource manual that is specific for geriatric care. Over the past fifteen years, Sr. Peter and the Avila Institute of Gerontology have worked with many Congregations concerning aging issues, as well as, providing congregational management and education services. She has a BA in Secondary Education and currently holds three state licenses as a Nursing Home Administrator.

Alfred Norwood holds a BS degree and graduate study in Physiological Psychology from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. For 25 years he was the founder and managing partner of Organization Development Associates Inc. (Minneapolis, Palo Alto & Brussels), a management consulting company assisting multinational organizations in team based strategic planning and corporate development. Upon moving to Rochester he founded Companion Radio a satellite service to LTC and Assisted Living facilities. Observing the impending aging care crisis he formed Behavior Science, Inc. which developed tools and training programs for nursing homes, assisted living and home care agencies. For 15 years he has worked with Sr. Peter at the Avila Institute of Gerontology to help Avila clients better meet the needs of seniors they serve.

Materials

Dementia and Spirituality
Dementia and Spirituality Handouts and Resources
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CEH certificate

CEH certificate (all 2017 webinars) (PDF)


Webinar recordings

August 3 recording