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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.



Tuesday, March 12, 2019
5:00 - 5:30 pm - registration
5:30 - 7:00 pm
- program
Give Up the Guilt

Sponsored by & held at:
Artis Senior Living of Branford, 814 East Main Street, Branford, CT


To register:
Call Sharelle Thornton at (203) 533-7287
or email Branford@artismgmt.com


For Family Caregivers

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
6:00 - 6:30 pm - registration & light dinner
6:30 - 8:00 pm - program

Living With Palliative Care: Joan's Story

Sponsored by & held at:
Sacred Heart University


To register:
Registration details coming soon!
Email Donna Fedus with questions: donna@borrowmyglasses.com

For BOTH Professionals & Family Caregivers


Monday, April 15, 2019

10:00 - 11:30 am

Disrupt Aging Classroom: Changing College Students' Perceptions About Aging and Careers

Held at:
Hyatt Regency New Orleans - Bolden 1 (Level 2) as part of the Aging in America conference sponsored by the American Society of Aging


Co-presenters:
Donna Fedus, Borrow My Glasses
Katherine Bridges, AARP Research
Lauren Lewis, Borrow My Glasses
Erica Michalowski, AARP CT

To register for the conference:
Visit American Society on Aging website: www.asaging.org/aging-in-america


For Professionals



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Catalog

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)
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