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Dementia Caregiving Basic Training Maplewood 2020

‘Dementia Caregiving: Basic Training’ — Six-Session Lunch Series at Maplewood Senior Living

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Looking for answers? Join us for a series of events that are specifically designed to give caregivers a broad overview of important information, planning tools, and practical strategies to provide care for an aging loved one with dementia. — an announcement from Maplewood at Darien

The program takes place from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on six Thursdays, Feb. 6 to March 12, 2020 at Maplewood at Darien, 599 Post Road. This series is open to the public, with limited seating available.

Allison McElhone
Mather Center

Dementia and Early Treatments for It: Presentation at Darien Senior Center

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Dr. Allison McElhone, a geriatric specialist with Stamford Health Systems, will be presenting a program on dementia and its early treatments. A geriatric specialist is a physician who treats the elderly population and the conditions that most commonly affect them. These doctors have special training in the effects of aging on the body and mind of a patient. Geriatric specialists treat common ailments faced by senior citizens, such as frailty, incontinence, memory problems, arthritis, senility, decreased functioning and more. In addition, geriatric specialists keep abreast of the different medications that an elderly person is prescribed to treat their more complex health issues in order to decrease adverse side effects and avoid dangerous drug interactions.