Event Details

Dementia Liveยฎ is a powerful yet easy to deliver real life simulation Experience that immerses participants into life with dementia, resulting in a remarkable inside-out understanding of cognitive impairment and sensory change.


Coach Leaders will:


Gain a thorough understanding of successfully implementing the Dementia Liveยฎ Experience for sustainable use as staff training, family engagement, and community outreach.


Learn cutting edge, creative dementia training tools to help educate family and professional caregivers during the Dementia Liveยฎ Experience.


Obtain comprehensive instruction on staff training, outcomes, tracking, marketing, and implementation of the program in a variety of settings.


Cost:

$695 per organization/location for 1 coach

$225 per additional coach (additional coaches from same organization/location)

$335 Gear Pack - required purchase (minimum one Gear Pack required for each organization/location)


6.0 CE Credits included in cost


Evidence of COVID vaccine required to enter the building.


To Register: CLICK HERE


Additional information can be found on the flyer.




Agenda

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
In-Person Training

Speakers

  • Julie Boggess (Director, Grants and Consulting Projects, Certified Master Trainer of AGE-u-cate Training Institute)

    Julie Boggess

    Director, Grants and Consulting Projects, Certified Master Trainer of AGE-u-cate Training Institute

    https://ageucate.com/

    Julie joins Age-u-cate with 31 years of experience in the Senior Housing and Healthcare Industry. Her exposure to persons with dementia came early in her career where she had the good fortune to work with and learn from the early pioneers of dementia care. She has worked in management level positions since 1990, most recently being 15 years as CEO at Bethesda Rehab and Senior Care in Chicago. During this time, she immersed herself in further education on dementia care through the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago learning from leaders who were paving the way to person-centered dementia care.

    She has created two Adult Day Programs for persons with Dementia and has extensive experience counseling and educating families caring for loved ones with dementia. She has served on the Board of Directors for LeadingAge Illinois and chaired its Nursing Facilities cabinet and is an instructor in Gerontology and Leadership in Aging Services at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL.

    Julie has a B.S in Child and Family Studies from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL, and Master’s degree in Public Administration from Roosevelt University in Chicago. She lives in the Northwest Chicago suburb of Mount Prospect, Ill.

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Documents

091621 FLYER Dementia Live.pdfdownload
091621 EVAL Dementia Live.docxdownload

Venue

Elderwerks Educational Services

251 East Northwest Highway
Palatine, Illinois

If you have any questions please contact Lecia Szuberla

Contact Organizer

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