Presented by: Patti Fortier - Great Lakes Caring Coordinator and special guest Penny Gripe - Great Lakes Caring and pet therapy dog, Carson. Please join us to learn how pet therapy can help improve the symptoms of dementia, bring joy and happiness, and improve one's overall quality of life. Refreshments will be served. Seating is limited…

Garden Therapy & Dementia Presented By:  Angi-Stoner Gast, Life Enrichment Director Thursday, July 26, 2018 1-3 PM Garden Therapy can increase creativity and self-esteem, while providing an outlet for stress and sharpening fine motor skills.  Best of all it provides you and your loved one an opportunity to engage.  Join us for this hands-on event…

Presented By:  Renee Provost, C.D.T., Director of Life Enrichment. Garden Therapy can increase one's self-esteem and sharpen fine motor skills in those with dementia. Best of all, it provides you and your loved one an opportunity to engage on many levels. Join us for this hands-on event and take home a plant for your garden.…

Presented by: Colleen Mull, RN, P.C.C., Great Lakes Caring. For the person with dementia and their caregivers, routine care tasks like bathing, toileting, and dressing, can become unpleasant, even frightening experiences. This is especially true if the caregiver does not have any guidance on how to accomplish such tasks. Join us to learn some tips…

Presented by: Susan Lies, RN, MSN, QMCP, CDCP, Sponsor - Great Lakes Caring. In making the decision when to move a loved one, there are no right or wrong answers. Join us as we discuss what signs and symptoms to look for that may help guide your decision making process.

  Cookout & Silent Auction to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association Thursday, September 6, 4:30-6:00 PM Join North Woods Village as we host a Cookout and Silent Auction to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association.  A variety of items donated by the Greater Fort Wayne community will be available to bid on during the…

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…