Bridging Generations: Dementia Education Connects Students and Residents
LeadingAge Pennsylvania is happy to welcome LeadingAge MA provider members to register for this complimentary webinar.
Description:
Join us for an inspiring webinar that explores how Garden Spot Village partnered with local homeschoolers to create a transformative dementia education program. Led by Melody Karick of Garden Spot Village and Eliza Brown, activity director at Meadow View Memory Care, this initiative goes beyond traditional volunteer training—equipping young students with the knowledge, empathy, and skills to form meaningful relationships with residents.
Discover how this innovative program fosters confidence and creativity in youth while bringing renewed purpose and joy to those living with dementia. Learn how you can implement similar intergenerational engagement strategies in your own community.
Target Audience:
CEO, Administration, Administrators, Department Heads, Life Enrichment/Activities, Marketing, Social Workers, Wellness
Event Objectives:
- Design opportunities that enable youth to develop empathy for individuals living with dementia.
- Implement a multi-generational approach to provide purpose for those living with dementia.
- Promote the value of human life at all stages through education and connection-building strategies while reducing stigma and promoting awareness.
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Melody Karick, Dementia Educator and Consultant
With roots in personal experience, Melody Karick, Dementia Educator and Consultant at Garden Spot Village, began a journey in dementia care when she became a care partner to her father, who was living with dementia. Karick has since achieved knowledge, practice, and understanding as well as a growing passion to see people living with dementia maintain normalcy, live each day with purpose and move the focus from disability to ability. Melody brings real-life experience, education and hands-on training to support individuals, families, businesses, organizations and healthcare facilities.
Eliza Brown, Activity Director
With stellar communication skills and a keen attention to detail, Eliza Brown, Activity Director at Meadow View Memory Care, excels in observation and has extensive knowledge of meeting the needs of the residents she serves. Brown’s problem-solving abilities ensure that no issue is too great to overcome. Keeping the resident at the center of every matter forms the basis of her person-centered approach to caring for memory care residents in a personal care environment.
- This program has been submitted but not yet approved for Continuing Education for 1.0 total participation hours by NAB/NCERS.
- To receive continuing education credit for LeadingAge PA-sponsored webinars, attendees must register under their name, participate through the link supplied after registering and complete the evaluation after the webinar.
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