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Thursday, January 21,2010 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm (2 hour/6 week class)
Area Agency on Aging of Central Texas 2180 N. Main, Belton, Texas 76513
This program is free and spacing is limited. You must register prior to attending the class by calling 800.447.7129 ext 2339 or 254.770.2339. The SAVVY Caregiver Class is sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging of Central Texas, a partner of the Aging and Disability Resource Center, and Standards Home Health.


This program is based on the notion that family members who become caregivers assume a role – caregiver – for which they are unprepared and untrained. The role is usually built on their relationship with the person for whom they care, but the role is different from the relationship. The role is a way of describing the work that they will undertake to care for the person, and that role can be understood in terms of the knowledge, skills and attitude that it takes to be able to do the work, to be successful at it, and to go through the experience with as much reward and as little distress as possible.
This program will explore: dementia, stages of dementia, impact of Alzheimer’s on thinking, self-care for caregivers, confusion – the central problem in dementia disease, contented involvement, reasonable goals for caregivers, matching tasks and activities to abilities, linking disease stages to structure and support, strengthening families as Resources Of Care and many more topics relating to interaction and being supportive with your loved one.