Calendar
The Calendar lists currently scheduled classes.
The Catalog provides full program descriptions.
Questions? E-mail contact@borrowmyglasses.com or call 203-318-8100.
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IMPORTANT: See registration instructions below each class.
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Thursday, January 21, 2021 1:00 - 2:30 pm - webinar National Grandfamilies & COVID 19 Study: From Research to Practice Sponsored by: Grandfamilies Outcome Workgroup (GrOW) Speakers: Kerry Littlewood, Ph.D., MSW (FL) Michelle Rosenthal, Ph.D. (CA) Deborah Langosch, PhD, LSCW (NY) Donna Fedus, MA (CT) Larry Cooper, MSW, LCSW (FL) Abhishek Pandey, MD (NY & PA) Amy Devine, JD, MSW (WI) To Learn More & Register: grow1-21-21webinar.eventbrite.com/ For Professionals & Kinship Caregivers Wednesday, March 10, 2021
11:45 am - virtual room opens 12:00 - 1:00 pm - program What We Know About Alzheimer's Prevention Held via Zoom Sponsored by: Artis Senior Living of Chestnut Ridge To Register: 845-201-9559 www.TheArtisWay.com/ChestnutRidgeEvents Registration will open as program date approaches For Family Caregivers Thursday, March 11, 2021
11:30 am - 12:00 pm - registration & lunch 12:00 - 1:30 pm - program Prevention of Compassion Fatigue & Burnout Held at: Pearl River Hilton, 500 Veterans Memorial Drive, Pearl River, NY Sponsored by: Artis Senior Living of Chestnut Ridge, NY To Register: 845-201-9559 www.TheArtisWay.com/ChestnutRidgeEvents Registration will open as program date approaches For Professionals Tuesday, March 16, 2021
5:45 pm - virtual room opens 6:00 - 7:00 pm - program Delirium, Dementia & Depression: What's the Difference & How Can Families Help? Held via Zoom Sponsored by: Artis Senior Living of Davie, FL To Register and to receive the link: (754) 200-2469 TheArtisWay.com/DavieEvents Registration will open as program date approaches For Family Caregivers Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Gerontology 101 9:00 am - noon - program Sponsored by: Connecticut Women's Consortium To Register: womensconsortium.configio.com/pd/352/gerontology-101?returncom=productlist&source=search For Professionals Thursday, April 22, 2021
More Meaningful Visits Throughout Dementia 6:15 - 6:30 pm - virtual room opens 6:30 - 7:30 pm - program Held via Zoom Sponsored by: Artis Senior Living of Branford, CT To Register: (203) 533-2759 TheArtisWay.com/BranfordEvents Registration will open as program date approaches For Family Caregivers |
For now, in-person workshops have been postponed due to coronavirus
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Highlights of Selected Past Presentations
NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Disrupt Aging Classroom: Changing College Students' Perceptions About Aging & Careers, co-presented by Borrow My Glasses, AARP Connecticut & AARP Research, American Society on Aging Conference, New Orleans, March 2019
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)
Disrupt Aging Classroom: Changing College Students' Perceptions About Aging & Careers, co-presented by Borrow My Glasses, AARP Connecticut & AARP Research, American Society on Aging Conference, New Orleans, March 2019
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)
