August 27, 2015 Community Happenings
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Caregiving
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The Savvy Caregiver, an eight-hour educational workshop for family caregivers who are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, will be held 4:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 8 and 9 at Brave Heart Volunteers, in the Pioneers Home Manager’s House. A light dinner will be served.
Amber Smith, M.D., educational specialist for Alzheimer’s Resources of Alaska, will facilitate the workshop.
Savvy Caregiver was developed by the University of Minnesota to provide family caregivers the best possible dementia-specific care education. It provides thorough knowledge and information about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, skills for person centered caregiving, and discusses possible decision points and emotions families may face.
The workshop is appropriate for family members guiding care from a distance and families providing direct care in Sitka.
Reservations are required for the free workshop. Contact Krisanne Rice at Brave Heart Volunteers, 747-4600, or Amber Smith, 907-586-6044, for additional details.
Sitka Fellows
Program Listed
Sitka Fellows Ellie Schmidt and Nate Barnett will present their summer projects – Schmidt’s experimental film based on footage above and below the waters of Sitka and Barnett’s chamber choral cantata ‘‘The Good Day’’ – at 1 p.m. on Saturday at St. Peter’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church.
The performance is free and open to the public.
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20 YEARS AGO
December 2004
Photo caption: David Voluck reads a blessing while lighting a menorah during a community gathering observing the eight-day Chanukah festival. Honored speakers included Woody Widmark, STA president, and Assembly member Al Duncan.
50 YEARS AGO
December 1974
From On the Go: More college students home for the holidays – Bill and Isabella Brady have a houseful. Ralph is here from the Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute, along with his fiancee Grace Gillian; Louise is here from the University of New Mexico, and Jennifer, who’s working with IEA in Anchorage is home with her fiance Lance Ware.
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