AFA’s Free, One-Day Alzheimer’s Conference

In a piece focused on a free Alzheimer’s event called the “Concepts in Care Educational Conference” presented by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, the one-day line-up featured a local care facility’s new approach to care. Preparing this article included interviewing the CEO of the AFA as well as the founder of Thelma’s Place. The photographs (not provided by Gulch Media) are priceless.

Photograph is from published OregonLive piece; credited to Beth Nakamura, and the complete series can be seen here.

“One of the places Oregon caregivers turn to is Thelma’s Place, an intergenerational day center with locations in Canby and Redmond. The center provides daytime respite for those caring for a loved one at home, incorporating a creative, therapeutic approach to care. At the conference, the owner of Thelma’s Place, Ellen Coburn, will share findings on arts therapies in Alzheimer’s care, and family members of participants will share their experience with this approach.”

Read more at oregonlive.com
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