Calendar
The Calendar lists currently scheduled classes.
The Catalog provides full program descriptions.
Questions? E-mail contact@borrowmyglasses.com or call 203-318-8100.
See you in class!
IMPORTANT: See registration instructions below each class.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018
5:00 - 5:30 pm - registration & refreshments 5:30 - 7:30 pm - program The Emotional Journey Through Dementia Caregiving Sponsored by & Held at: Residence at South Windsor, 200 Deming Street, South Windsor, CT For BOTH Professionals & Family Caregivers To register: Call Michelle Cannistraro at (860) 432-2911 or email mcannistraro@residencesouthwindsor.com Friday, October 5, 2018
8:30 am - registration 9:00 am - 4:00 pm - program ECHO: A Dementia Summit Held at: Masonicare at Ashlar Village, 74 Cheshire Road, Wallingford, CT For Professionals STILL TIME TO REGISTER! To register: Registration fee of $50 payable to The Alzheimer's Association of CT To register, go to www.alz.org/CT or call (860) 828-2828 For more informaiton, call (888) 679-9997 or visit www.masonicare.org Wednesday, October 10, 2018
5:00 - 5:30 pm - registration & complimentary dinner 5:30 - 7:00 pm - program The Emotional Journey Through Dementia Caregiving Sponsored by & Held at: Artis Senior Living of Reading, 1100 Main Street, Reading, MA For BOTH Professionals & Family Caregivers To register: Email Reading@artismgmt.com or call (781) 872-1907 by Oct. 8 Thursday, October 11, 2018
8:00 - 8:30 am - registration & breakfast 8:30 - 10:30 am - program Working Compassionately with Difficult Elders Sponsored by & Held at: Artis Senior Living of Reading, 1100 Main Street, Reading, MA For Professionals 2.0 CEC's will be available for Nurses, Social Workers & Administrators Artis Senior Living can provide additional information about CEC's To register: Email Reading@artismgmt.com or call (781) 872-1907 by Oct. 8 Engaging Aging: A 3-part series
Co-sponsored by the CT Community Foundation & Borrow My Glasses All sessions held at: The Jewish Federation of Western CT 444 Main Street North, Southbury, CT 3-Part Engaging Aging Series:
Advance registration is required This program is open to professionals from anywhere in Connecticut To Register: Email Deborah Stein at dstein@conncf.org Call (203) 753-1315 Or to register online and for more information click: conncf.org/event/widening-our-lens-on-aging/ For Professionals Saturday, October 27, 2018
10:00 am - noon If I See Something, Do I Have to Say or Do Something? Sponsored by the Newtown Senior Center & Commission on Aging Held at: Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook, CT For more information & to register: Call Marilyn Place, Director of Senior Services at (203) 270-4315 or Email: marilyn.place@newtown-ct.gov For BOTH Professionals & Family Caregivers Saturday, November 3, 2018
10:00 am - noon Successful Communication Given Alzheimer's Logic Sponsored by the Newtown Senior Center & Commission on Aging Held at: Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook, CT For more information & to register: Call Marilyn Place, Director of Senior Services at (203) 270-4315 or Email: marilyn.place@newtown-ct.gov For BOTH Professionals & Family Caregivers Thursday, November 8, 2018
5:00 - 5:30 pm - registration & refreshments 5:30 - 7:00 pm - program Caregiver Pointers to Get You Through the Holidays Sponsored by & Held at: Artis Senior Living of Branford, 814 East Main Street, Branford, CT For BOTH Professionals & Family Caregivers To register: Call Cynthia Montano or Sharelle Thornton at (203) 533-7287 or email Branford@artismgmt.com |
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Highlights of Selected Past Presentations
NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Turning the Tide on Ageism: A Model Disrupt Aging Program, co-presented by Borrow My Glasses, AARP Connecticut & AARP Research, American Society on Aging Conference, San Francisco, March 2018
A Bilingual Model to Improve Medication Adherence Among Low-Income Elders, American Society on Aging Conference, Washington, DC, March 2016
Medication Management Through Transitions of Care, American Society on Aging Conference, Washington, DC, April 2012
GrOW Your RAPP Through Research moderated panel at the Brookdale Foundation, Relatives As Parents Programs National Conference, Denver, May 2011
Decisions From the Driver’s Seat - Who is “Driving” and How To Navigate the Road Ahead, American Society on Aging / National Council on Aging Conference, Las Vegas, April 2011
Promoting Healthy Caregiver Families, Brookdale Foundation, Relatives As Parents Programs National Conference, Denver, May 2009
The Emotional Lives of Grandfamilies, American Society on Aging / National Council on Aging Conference, Las Vegas, March 2009
STATE-WIDE PRESENTATIONS
Working with Veterans with PTSD & Dementia, Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Education Conference, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Connecticut, April 2018
ECHO: Building the Capacity of Dementia Practitioners, Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Education Conference, Cromwell, Connecticut, March 2017
Faculty & Design Team Member, Echo Dementia Summit, Masonicare, October 2016
Panelist & Design Team Member, Revolutionize Aging: A Call to Action, co-sponsored by AARP Connecticut, Borrow My Glasses & Quinnipiac University, September 2016
Elder Bullying: An Emerging Issue, keynote address at TEARS Elder Abuse Conference sponsored by the Agency on Aging of South Central CT, October 2015
Panelist, Arts & Aging Symposium, Middlesex Community College, November 2014 (Dr. Bernie Siegel, keynote)
Take It Seriously, Building a Community-Based Medication Safety Program, presented at the state-wide Schwarting Senior Symposium, a combined conference of the UCONN School of Pharmacy and the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), Plantsville, CT (Aqua Turf - audience of 140 pharmacists), May 2014
Ethical Dimensions of Elderly Suicide, National Association of Social Workers - CT Conference, Cromwell, Connecticut, November 2013
Beyond Empathy: An Introduction to Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma & Burnout, Connecticut Association of Area Agencies on Aging (C4A), Hartford, Connecticut, October 2013
An Introduction to Evidence-Based Interventions in Geriatric Social Work, National Association of Social Workers - CT Conference, Cromwell, Connecticut, November 2012
A Road Map for Drivers Facing Dementia, Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Education Conference, Cromwell, Connecticut, March 2010
SELECTED LOCAL PRESENTATION SPONSORS
AARP CT
Academy Point at Mystic (CT)
Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut (New Haven, CT)
Aging at Home (Hamden, CT)
Artis Senior Living (CT)
Connecticut Community Foundation (Waterbury & Southbury, CT)
Crescent Point (Niantic, CT)
First Congregational Church (Branford, CT)
The Hearth (Madison, CT)
Maplewood Senior Living (CT, MA)
Orchard House (Branford, CT)
Shoreline Area Senior Network (CT)
VNA Community Healthcare (Guilford & Hamden, CT)
Temple Beth Tikvah (Madison, CT)
Unitarian Universalist Church of Danbury (CT)
Yale-New Haven Hospital (CT)
Yale University - Work / Life Program (New Haven CT)
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Middlesex Community College
Sociology of Aging - Spring 2015 (on ground); Spring 2016, 2017, 2018 (online)
Quinnipiac University
Social Issues in Family Caregiving - Spring 2017
Sociology of the Aged - Fall 2017
GUEST LECTURER
Middlesex Community College
Southern Connecticut State University
Central Connecticut State University
Quinnipiac University
FOUNDING DESIGN TEAM & FACULTY MEMBER
ECHO Dementia Summit
ECHO Year
Revolutionize Aging
Disrupt Aging
INITIATED
Coalition for Senior Medication Safety
Connecticut Gerontology Consortium
Grandfamily Outcomes Workgroup (GrOW)
Turning the Tide on Ageism: A Model Disrupt Aging Program, co-presented by Borrow My Glasses, AARP Connecticut & AARP Research, American Society on Aging Conference, San Francisco, March 2018
A Bilingual Model to Improve Medication Adherence Among Low-Income Elders, American Society on Aging Conference, Washington, DC, March 2016
Medication Management Through Transitions of Care, American Society on Aging Conference, Washington, DC, April 2012
GrOW Your RAPP Through Research moderated panel at the Brookdale Foundation, Relatives As Parents Programs National Conference, Denver, May 2011
Decisions From the Driver’s Seat - Who is “Driving” and How To Navigate the Road Ahead, American Society on Aging / National Council on Aging Conference, Las Vegas, April 2011
Promoting Healthy Caregiver Families, Brookdale Foundation, Relatives As Parents Programs National Conference, Denver, May 2009
The Emotional Lives of Grandfamilies, American Society on Aging / National Council on Aging Conference, Las Vegas, March 2009
STATE-WIDE PRESENTATIONS
Working with Veterans with PTSD & Dementia, Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Education Conference, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Connecticut, April 2018
ECHO: Building the Capacity of Dementia Practitioners, Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Education Conference, Cromwell, Connecticut, March 2017
Faculty & Design Team Member, Echo Dementia Summit, Masonicare, October 2016
Panelist & Design Team Member, Revolutionize Aging: A Call to Action, co-sponsored by AARP Connecticut, Borrow My Glasses & Quinnipiac University, September 2016
Elder Bullying: An Emerging Issue, keynote address at TEARS Elder Abuse Conference sponsored by the Agency on Aging of South Central CT, October 2015
Panelist, Arts & Aging Symposium, Middlesex Community College, November 2014 (Dr. Bernie Siegel, keynote)
Take It Seriously, Building a Community-Based Medication Safety Program, presented at the state-wide Schwarting Senior Symposium, a combined conference of the UCONN School of Pharmacy and the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), Plantsville, CT (Aqua Turf - audience of 140 pharmacists), May 2014
Ethical Dimensions of Elderly Suicide, National Association of Social Workers - CT Conference, Cromwell, Connecticut, November 2013
Beyond Empathy: An Introduction to Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma & Burnout, Connecticut Association of Area Agencies on Aging (C4A), Hartford, Connecticut, October 2013
An Introduction to Evidence-Based Interventions in Geriatric Social Work, National Association of Social Workers - CT Conference, Cromwell, Connecticut, November 2012
A Road Map for Drivers Facing Dementia, Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Education Conference, Cromwell, Connecticut, March 2010
SELECTED LOCAL PRESENTATION SPONSORS
AARP CT
Academy Point at Mystic (CT)
Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut (New Haven, CT)
Aging at Home (Hamden, CT)
Artis Senior Living (CT)
Connecticut Community Foundation (Waterbury & Southbury, CT)
Crescent Point (Niantic, CT)
First Congregational Church (Branford, CT)
The Hearth (Madison, CT)
Maplewood Senior Living (CT, MA)
Orchard House (Branford, CT)
Shoreline Area Senior Network (CT)
VNA Community Healthcare (Guilford & Hamden, CT)
Temple Beth Tikvah (Madison, CT)
Unitarian Universalist Church of Danbury (CT)
Yale-New Haven Hospital (CT)
Yale University - Work / Life Program (New Haven CT)
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Middlesex Community College
Sociology of Aging - Spring 2015 (on ground); Spring 2016, 2017, 2018 (online)
Quinnipiac University
Social Issues in Family Caregiving - Spring 2017
Sociology of the Aged - Fall 2017
GUEST LECTURER
Middlesex Community College
Southern Connecticut State University
Central Connecticut State University
Quinnipiac University
FOUNDING DESIGN TEAM & FACULTY MEMBER
ECHO Dementia Summit
ECHO Year
Revolutionize Aging
Disrupt Aging
INITIATED
Coalition for Senior Medication Safety
Connecticut Gerontology Consortium
Grandfamily Outcomes Workgroup (GrOW)
