Caring for
Your Parents: The National Program
Wednesday, April 2 at 9 p.m.
Repeats Friday, April 4 at 3 a.m.; and Sunday, April
6 at 5 p.m.
As the population ages, many adults
are grappling with an unprecedented revolution as they become
the primary caregivers for their aging parents. This documentary
draws much-needed attention to this widespread reality.
Through an intimate look at five American families,
the program underscores today’s struggle to keep
parents at home, the tensions between siblings and the
complexity
of shifting caregiver roles.
In the end, successful caregiving
requires one primary ingredient — love. |
Caring for Your Parents:
A Local Follow-Up
Wednesday, April 2 at 10:30
p.m.
Repeats Thursday, April 3 at 2 p.m.; Friday, April 4 at 4:30
a.m.; and Sunday, April 6 at 6:30 p.m.
PBS 45 & 49 follows
up with a 30-minute companion program that offers concrete
advice and guidance to northeast Ohioans.
Co-produced
by Summa Health System and the Area Agency on Aging,
the special features local geriatric experts
who offer
important information about local resources and issues.
Topics include signs of decline
in the elderly, geriatric assessment and options for caregiving. |
Caring for Your Parents:
The Conference
Saturday,
April 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Summa Health System, Professional Center South, 55 Arch St.,
Akron
PBS 45 & 49 presents
a free conference that features sessions on adult caregiving
plus information booths from
area organizations.
Participants may register
for a single or multiple sessions. They may choose from
one of two
topics during each of these
four sessions:
| 10 a.m. |
Monitoring Your Parents’ Medications by Dr. Maryjo
Cleveland, Summa’s Center for Senior Health |
|
Noon |
Stress Relievers for Caregivers by Kim Mozzochi,
Area Agency on Aging |
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To Drive or Not to Drive by Dr. Catherine Maxwell, Summa
Health System |
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Safety at Home by Paul Holm, Rebuilding Together Summit
County |
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| 11 a.m. |
Maintaining the Brain by Liz Mulroy, Alzheimer’s
Association |
|
1 p.m. |
Consumer Protection by Cynthia Sich, Office of Consumer
Affairs |
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Nursing Home Costs by The Alpern Law Firm |
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Starting Difficult Discussions by Heidi Johnson, PBS
45 & 49 |
Registration is encouraged. Call 1-800-554-4549
or register online at pbs4549.org/caringforyourparents. |
