Jan
11
Las Cruces Caregiver Day
Date:
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Time:
9:30am - 3:00pm
Location:
Doña Ana Community College - East Mesa Campus 2800 Sonoma Ranch Blvd., Las Cruces, NM
Details:
Join us for a day of education, resources, and community awareness for caregivers. Free on-site and in-home respite care is available for this event, and lunch will be provided by Lorenzo’s Italian Restaurant.
- Gary Glassner | Keynote Speaker, Founder of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project
- Dr. Janice Knoefel | University of New Mexico Memory and Aging Center, “How to Get a Diagnosis”
- Janet Shagam | Author of “A Caregiver’s Guide to Dementia, An Unintended Journey”
- Valerie Tsosie | Founder of the So’ T’soh Foundation, “Self-Care – The Native American Way” Rev.
- Hollis Walker | Dementia Friends Coordinator for the Memory Care Alliance, will present on “Spirituality of Caregiving”
PLUS
“Hands-on Caregiving” an “after the program” workshop, taught by Janet Smith, R.N., Director of Community Palliative Care of New Mexico. This class will teach caregivers techniques in safe transferring, bed mobility, showers, etc., to assist their loved one.
Sponsored by New Mexico Aging Services This event is presented by: The Memory Care Alliance, Recipient of the Santa Fe Community Foundation’s 2024 Courageous Innovation Award | www.thememorycarealliance.org (505) 310-9752
