Caring For Your Parents
 
The Program
 
The Local Follow-Up
 
The Conference
 
The Resources
 
PBS 45 & 49's Aging Smart
 
 
 
Caring for Your Parents: A Local Follow-Up is a co-production of
Summa Health System Area Agency on Aging
 
 

There were 36.3 million Americans over age 65 in 2000, and it is projected that there will be 86.7 million by 2050.

2000 CENSUS, U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

 
 

There were 33.9 million family caregivers of elders in 2004, and it is projected that there will be 81 million by 2050.

CAREGIVING IN THE U.S., NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING AND AARP, 2004.

 
 
Caring for Your Parents: The Conference

PBS 45 & 49 presented a free conference that featured sessions on adult caregiving plus information booths from area organizations.

Watch the 45-minute presentations in their entirety:

  Monitoring Your Parents’ Medications
by Maryjo Cleveland, M.D., The Summa Center for Senior Health

  To Drive or Not to Drive
by Catherine Maxwell, M.D., FACP, The Summa Center for Senior Health

   

  Maintaining the Brain
by Elizabeth Mulroy, Alzheimer’s Association

  Nursing Home Costs: How to Plan for Nursing Home Care
by Jack N. Alpern, The Alpern Law Firm

   

  Stress Relievers for Caregivers
by Kim Mozzochi, Area Agency on Aging

  Safety at Home: Home Modifications
by Paul Holm, Rebuilding Together Summit County

   

  Consumer Protection/Helping Parents Prevent Identity Theft
by Cynthia Sich, Summit County Office of Consumer Affairs

  Starting Difficult Discussions
by Lori Flesher, Hospice of Summa

   

The Speakers