COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS
Alzheimer's Disease Resource Kits:
Each library in the Granite State will receive Alzheimer's
resource kits provided by The
Alzheimer's Association of Vermont and New Hampshire, in
partnership with NHPTV, the New
Hampshire ServiceLink Network, Seniors
Count/Easter Seals, and New
Hampshire Library Association. The kits include informative
pamphlets and brochures provided by several organizations.
Memory Screening: 9
- 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
- 1:00 p.m.
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2004
Location: Easter
Seals, 555 Auburn Street, Manchester
You must pre-register in order to attend any portion of
the day's program. Call ASK-A-NURSE at (603) 626-2626.
Memory naturally slows down with aging, but
distinguishing between natural memory lapses or something
more serious is sometimes difficult to determine. A simple
screening process, conducted by professionals from the
Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester, may help assess
the nature of memory loss. The memory loss screening is
provided by Easter Seals, the Mental Health Center of
Greater Manchester and Catholic Medical Center.
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Group Viewing of The Forgetting: A
Portrait of Alzheimer's: 1 -2:30 p.m. **
Join a 90-minute group viewing session, offered in
partnership with NHPTV. The session will include a:
- 30-minute highlight/compilation from the documentary The
Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's. It explores
Alzheimer's disease, the toll it takes on patients and
caregivers, and the latest research in the race to find
a cure.
- 30-minute special program Alzheimer's: The Help
You Need, hosted by award-winning actor David Hyde
Pierce. It provides information from experts on
resources for answers and support.
- 30-minute NH Outlook segment focusing on the
Alzheimer's disease-related issues in New Hampshire.
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Panel Discussion: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
**
A panel of experts will facilitate discussion and provide
information immediately following the film viewing. The
panel will include Dr. Lynn Villemaire, geropsychiatrist;
Mary Rose Olenik, author of Staying Connected While
Letting Go: The Paradox of Alzheimer's Caregiving; and
a representative from the NH Department of Health and Human
Services' Division of Elderly and Adult Services.
** On-site caregiving will be provided free during
the film viewing and panel discussion from 1 - 3:30 p.m.
Participants may choose any or all events to attend that
day.
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Alzheimer's Education And Awareness
Training Sessions:
Conducted prior to and immediately following the
January 21st broadcast of The Forgetting: A Portrait of
Alzheimer's.
ServiceLink
NH is sponsoring general education and awareness
training sessions on Alzheimer's resources available to
caregivers, including local resources. These sessions are
free and will provide information about what Alzheimer's is,
diagnosis, living with the disease, and caregiver tips and
support. Pre-registration is required to attend a session.
To locate and register for a training session near you,
please contact ServiceLink at 1-866-634-9412.
Below is a partial listing of sessions currently
scheduled:
| Date |
Location |
Time |
| January 20 |
Laconia Senior Center |
10 a.m. - Noon |
| January 21 |
Dartmouth Hitchock Med. Ctr, Lebanon |
7 -10:30 p.m. |
| January 22 |
Easter
Seals in Manchester |
9 a.m. |
| January 22 |
Area Agency, Nashua |
6:30 - 8 p.m. |
| January 23 |
Dover Library |
10 a.m. - Noon |
| February 2 |
Silverthorne in Salem, NH |
7 - 8:30 p.m. |
| February 2 |
Community Health & Hospice, Laconia |
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
| February 4 |
Rochester Library |
10 - 11 a.m. |
| February 4 |
Horseshoe Pond in Concord |
1 p.m. - TBA |
| February 5 |
Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin |
1 - 3 p.m. |
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