Age My Way Conference
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Age My Way: Educating and Empowering Caregivers and the Community around Dementia
About this event
Join the Durham Center for Senior Life for our first annual conference:
Age My Way: Educating and Empowering Caregivers and the Community around Dementia
The conference will include workshops and presentations focused on topics related to brain health, dementia, and caregiving.
We are offering FREE respite care during the conference! To register your loved one for respite care, please include a free respite ticket in your purchase. There is limited space for respite care, and we are offering it on a first-come first-served basis.
Tickets will also be available at the door!
Mayor Pro Tempore Mark-Anthony Middleton will be our opening speaker, welcoming guests and introducing the Age My Way Conference.
Our speakers:
- Willetha Barnette, BA: Co-Founder and CEO, Institute for Family Caregiving
- Henry Edmonds, MEd.: Program Coordinator, Duke-UNC, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
- Barbara G. Matchar, MSW, MHA: Director, Duke Dementia Family Support Program
- Eleanor McConnell, PhD, RN: Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing
- Milta Oyola Little, DO, CMD: Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Duke University
- Guy G. Potter, PhD: Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University
- Tiffany Summers, MSW, LCSW: Social Worker, Duke Dementia Family Support Program
Key Discussions
We are offering two tracks: Caregiver Track and Community Track:
Caregiver Track:
- Empowered caregiving
- Caregiver skills
- Financial planning
- Navigating resources
- Legal authority
- Plus more!
Community Track:
- Brain Health & Dementia
- Medications & Dementia
- Brain Health Registry
- Plus more!
This project is supported, in part by grant #90ADPI0041-01-01, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.
