Presented by: Susan Lies, RN, MSN, QMCP, CDCP.  Environment is critical to our well-being, quality of life, safety and mood.  Please join us to discuss how to create a safe and therapeutic environment for our loved ones with dementia.

Presented by: Emergency Medicine Specialist.  When a traumatic even occurs, tracking down required documents and gathering pertinent personal history information is the last thing you want to be doing. Please join us to discuss how to be prepared for a visit to the emergency room, should it ever occur, and what a critical difference it…

Medicare 101, Hosted by: Tom Stricker, Medicare Specialist at Collier Financial Thursday, September 27, 5:30-7:00 PM Navigating Medicare options can be very confusing.  Join us as Tom Stricker helps with decoding the complexities of all of the different plans available.  Get all of your questions answered before open enrollment begins in October.   Dinner will be…

  Join us as Elder Law Attorney Kelly Quardokus breaks down this complicated issue and helps you understand what you need to know now, and how to prepare for the future. “The Grey Zone” is the point in cognitive decline when it is unclear whether a person is competent to make life decisions. What do…

Presented by:  Bobbi Plew-Morron, Great Lakes Caring.  Hospice is no longer just an end-of-life service.  Join us to discuss the important support hospice can provide, along with understanding eligibility. Information shared will include signs and symptoms of decline for specific diseases and more.  Refreshments will be provided.

Lewy Body Dementia Presented By: Dr. Christina Stemmler, Fort Wayne Neuropsychology Thursday, October 11, 2018  5:30-7 PM Did you know that October is Lewy Body Awareness month?  Join us as we host Dr. Christina Stemmler from Fort Wayne Neuropsychology to explore the symptoms, treatments and more about this complex diagnosis.  Dinner will be served. Space…

  Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst-timeline of events leading up to memory care admission Presented By: Ben Collier, Collier Financial and Cory Swagger, Swagger Law Wednesday, October 24, 2018  5:30-7 When it comes to financial planning for future care, it is difficult to know where to begin.  Join us as we explore…

Presented by: Ken Milani, PhD., Professor of Accountancy at the University of Notre Dame. Long-term care spending has a variety of income tax implications. This interactive presentation will include coverage of (1) long-term care insurance policies (2) hybrid insurance policies (3) medical expense reporting (4) so-called “tax benefit” provisions. Refreshments will be provided.

Moving a loved one into memory care assisted living can be a stressful transition for families. Sometimes your loved one can be very resistant to any kind of lifestyle change.  Sometimes, they even refuse to consider moving. North Woods Village can help. We have put together our panel of experts who will address move-in transition…

Directed by Certified Virtual Dementia Tour Facilitators, this is a unique, individual, immersive experience of simulated dementia. If you wish to understand the physical and mental challenges of those with dementia, please join us. Space is limited to 12 tours.