Please join us in welcoming back some of our knowledgeable speakers from the past year, who will be participating in a group Q&A session and an engaging discussion about caring for our aging loved ones. The Leadership Team of the Winston-Salem chapter of ACAP looks forward to sharing food, fellowship, and festivities with you all!
This ACAP program will help participants understand the relationship between aging, mobility, balance, physical activity, and falls. Learn strategies for assessing a loved one's personal and environmental risk factors for falls, and get specific and practical tips for preventing falls in the home and in the community, including addressing clutter. Our goal is to strengthen […]
We are all living longer, and, as we age, we are more likely to experience one or more significant health and medical conditions. Additionally, caregiving can take a toll on the health and wellbeing of the caregiver. Some conditions are more prevalent as we age – for example, some types of cancer, diabetes, cardiac and pulmonary issues, strokes, as well as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurological conditions.
As we age, most of us will identify service and support needs that will require us to engage with a new system of services, to learn new terminology, and to communicate with a new set of professionals. We may recognize these needs gradually for our parents, or for ourselves, and we may have time to […]
In this ACAP program, participants will learn about nutrition for healthy aging with an emphasis on kidney health and chronic kidney disease. Program Presenter: Kathy Crotts, RD Kathy is a registered dietitian who made it her mission to help people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), stages 2 – 4. She makes complicated nutrition information easy […]
Sometimes, people with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia behave in ways that adult children and other family members find particularly confusing, inappropriate, and sometimes frightening.
Many older adults depend on federally- and state-funded Medicaid services for their primary medical and hospitalization insurance coverage. Medicare is a separate program from other federally- and/or state-funded programs with different eligibility requirements and service coverage. Medicaid may provide some differences in benefits dependent on state funding. This program will help adult children to understand […]
Libby Dunahoo, Manager of the Advance Care Planning department for Northeast Georgia Health System, will present an advance care planning program to educate attendees about their choices in health care advocacy (for loved ones and themselves) and how to document choices in an Advance Directive. She also will discuss an initiative developed in our community […]
As we age, most of us will identify service and support needs that will require us to engage with a new system of services, learn new terminology, and communicate with a new set of professionals. We may gradually recognize these needs for our parents or ourselves and have time to prepare. However, we also may […]
In the past 50 years, there has been a dramatic shift in the role of women, the traditional homemaker and caregiver for the family. Although almost 60% of adult women now work outside the home, typically providing a significant portion of the household income, they still provide needed caregiving for children, spouse, and aging and […]
Join us on Thursday, February 22 at the University Wine Company from 4 – 6 pm. You’ll have the opportunity to mix, mingle, and grow your community with other caregivers, ACAP attendees, and eldercare professionals. One glass of wine or “mocktail” as well as light snacks will be provided. Don’t forget to register for the door prize! RSVP greatly appreciated but not required.
This program is designed to help adult children understand Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related types of dementia so they can help their parents manage these diseases and choose the resources and supports that best help their aging parents and themselves. Program topics will include memory assessment, non-medical caregiving options, supports, and emerging research, and strategies […]
Information, resources, support and community for adult-children as they care for their aging parents and for themselves.
ACAPcommunity
PO Box 8278
Morganton, NC 28680
Tel: (877) 599-ACAP (2227)
Email: info@ACAPcommunity.org
formerly United Church Homes and Services
