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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Tuesday, April 10, 2018
4:00 pm registration & refreshments 4:30 - 6:30 pm program Working With Veterans with PTSD & Dementia Artis Senior Living 814 East Main Street, Branford, CT 2 Continuing Education Credit Hours approved by the National Association of Social Workers To Register: Call Sharelle Thornton at (203) 544-7287 or email SThornton@artismgmt.com For Professionals Sunday, April 15, 2018
4:00 - 6:00 pm Being Mortal - documentary film screening & discussion St. Ann's Episcopal Church 82 Shore Road, Old Lyme, CT For BOTH Professionals and Family Caregivers This event is brought to you by St. Ann's Episcopal Church in collaboration with AARP CT & Borrow My Glasses Thursday, April 19, 2018
Working With Veterans with PTSD & Dementia Alzheimer's Association CT Chapter Dementia Education Conference Mohegan Sun Convention Center, Uncasville, CT To Register for the conference and for more information: Contact the Alzheimer's Association: www.501auctions.com/dementiaeducationconference Continuing Education Credit Hours offered by several accrediting boards. For BOTH Professionals and Family Caregivers Saturday, April 21, 2018
Conference 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Presentation time to be determined Palliative Care Presentation Generation Bridge Conference Mausk High School 1014 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe, CT Co-presented by: -Donna Fedus, Gerontologist & Founder, Borrow My Glasses & -Sheryl Hollyday, NP, Palliative Care, St. Vincent Medical Center AND Building Cognitive Reserve Through Brain Fitness Presented by: -Donna Fedus, Gerontologist & Founder, Borrow My Glasses For BOTH Professionals and Family Caregivers For more information about the conference: Contact Generation Bridge: https://www.generation-bridge.com/ Thursday, June 7, 2018
6:30 - 8:30 pm Being Mortal - documentary film screening & discussion West Hartford Library 20 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT To Register: www.libraryinsight.com/calendar.asp?dp=&sm=&jx=wnp&nMonth=6&nYear=2018&x=3 For BOTH Professionals and Family Caregivers This program is facilitated by AARP CT & Borrow My Glasses Tuesday, June 12, 2018
4:00 pm registration & refreshments 4:30 - 6:30 pm program Living With Palliative Care Artis Senior Living 814 East Main Street, Branford, CT To Register: Call Sharelle Thornton at (203) 544-7287 or email SThornton@artismgmt.com 2 Continuing Education Credit Hours approved by the National Association of Social Workers For Professionals |
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Highlights of Selected Past Presentations
NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
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
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)
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
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)
