Enhancing Skills for Eldercare

A day long training was held for persons working with elderly persons. Forty-two persons from Pike, Monroe, and Northampton counties attended the workshop Enhancing Skills for Eldercare. Workshop speakers addressed: Understanding Memory Disorders - Kelly O’Shea Carney, Ph.D., Eldercare Assessment and Resources; Intergenerational Programs: Planning Principles and Program Possibilities - Dr. Matt Kaplan, Associate Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging, Penn State University; and Music Therapy: Harmonizing the Emotions - Sister Mariam Pfeifer, Director of Music Therapy, Marywood University.

Forty-four people attended the day long training. A thumbnail sketch of the evaluations showed that (n=31): As a result of attending this workshop, 97% of the participants learned useful information about how memory works; 81% thought their awareness of how intergenerational strategies strengthen communities was raised, while the same percentage indicated the presentation increased their understanding of the range of intergenerational program possibilities; 87% felt they gained new knowledge about music therapy; 64% felt they were very likely to pass on the information to family, friends and staff, while 32% thought they were likely to.

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