Seniors Helping Seniors: Greater Boston & Metrowest

Essential Skills for Dementia Care (Training for SHS Employees)
2021-08-11 07:30 - 16:30 UTC
SHS Caregivers!! Don’t miss the opportunity to attend this valuable training that will help you to deliver the most successful and meaningful care possible for your clients with dementia. Essential Skills for Dementia Care™ (ESDC) results in proven competence, self-empowerment, and accountability of best practices for the delivery of memory care services. Educating and credentialing caregivers reinforces Seniors Helping Seniors’ mission to provide dignified, respectful, and high-quality care. Attendees will achieve the highest level of dementia education and hands-on training for which they must prove competency. Eligible caregivers will become Certified Dementia Care Partners.

Caregiver Support Group for SHS Employees
2021-07-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom Meeting
As caregivers, we are often faced with challenging and emotional situations where some support from our peers can make a big difference. In the spirit of self-care, we have a Caregiver Support Group to provide an opportunity for caregivers to share (or just listen) to each other in a positive and supportive environment.
Led by Client Care Specialist, Sue Ann Wasserman, we are pleased to host July’s meeting on Zoom.
Please register for this event by July 26th.

Family Caregiver Support Group
2021-07-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom Meeting
Don’t miss our next Support Group Meeting Tuesday, July 20th from 7:00-8:30pm! This informal support group will allow you to share openly about your current caregiving challenges in a confidential and safe environment. This support group meets monthly via Zoom. All those that RSVP will be sent the Zoom link prior to the support group meeting time.
Please register by end of day Monday, July 19th to receive the Zoom link.

***Canceled*** Dementia Habilitation Training (SHS Employees)
2021-07-19 16:00 - 20:00
***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED***

Caregiver Appreciation Barbecue for SHS Employees
2021-07-10 12:00 - 15:00
Saturday, July 10, 2021
12 – 3 p.m.
Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
Lincoln, MA

Compassion Fatigue and Care Partner Burn Out
2021-07-01 18:30 - 20:00
Thursday, July 1 from 6:30-8:00pm via Zoom

Virtual Event for SHS Caregivers: Led by Tammy Pozerycki, we invite you to join us for group presentation on understanding compassion fatigue and learning the signs and symptoms of care partner burnout syndrome. This session will also include successful strategies to prevents, recognize and treat compassion fatigue and burnout syndrome.

Understanding Feelings and Communication of a Person with Dementia
2021-06-28 19:00 - 20:30
Monday, June 28th from 7:00pm to 8:30pm via Zoom
Virtual Event for Family Caregivers: During this interactive workshop caregivers will learn strategies and interventions to establish good communication with those they care for, which results in meeting unmet needs and wants, encourages positive interactions, and overall creates a better day for both the person living with dementia and the caregiver.

The Longest Day – Embodied Labs Virtual Reality
2021-06-18 10:00 - 15:00
In-Person Event for Everyone: The Longest Day – Embodied Labs Virtual Reality
Friday, June 18 from 10am-3pm
As the Summer Solstice approaches, we’ll commemorate the fight against the darkness of Alzheimer’s Disease by inviting caregivers to the SHS office to experience the Embodied Labs Virtual Reality Simulator. Through this technology, caregivers can experience what it’s like to experience certain disease states through their progression, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Lewy Body Dementia/ Parkinsons’s Disease, and others — all to help gain understanding, awareness, and empathy for the clients we are supporting.
Learn more about Embodied Labs on our blog here.
Please RSVP to Lisa Graffeo at lisa@shsboston.com

June 18, 2021 10:00am – 3:00pm EDT

Seniors Helping Seniors, Greater Boston & Metrowest
330 Bear Hill Road, Suite 305
Waltham, MA 02451
United States

Coming out of COVID
2021-06-15 18:00 - 19:15
Tuesday, June 15 from 6:00-7:15pm via Zoom
Virtual Event for SHS Caregivers: Coming out of COVID will offer community support, encourage hope and courage as we shift toward vaccines and stepping out into the community safely, personally and professionally. We will share how our vulnerability and grief affects us, what we learned and want to carry on, what we want to leave behind. We’re not going backward, but forward with trust and truth.

Family Caregiver Support Group
2021-06-08 07:00 - 20:30
Tuesday, June 8 from 7:00-8:30PM via Zoom

Virtual Event for Family Caregivers: This informal support group will allow you to share openly about your current caregiving challenges in a confidential and safe environment. This support group meets monthly via Zoom. All those that RSVP will be sent the Zoom link prior to the support group meeting time.

Medical Marijuana and Non-Traditional Uses
2021-06-07 16:00 - 17:00
In-Person Event for SHS Caregivers: Medical Marijuana and Other Non-Traditional Uses
Monday, June 7 from 4-5pm
Come and learn about the uses of medical marijuana in older adults from speaker Mikayla Bell, Community Outreach + New England Treatment Access (NETA) Cares Manager. Different case scenarios of when medical marijuana was used effectively will be discussed, and questions that you may have about this non-traditional treatment modality will be answered.
Please RSVP to Lisa Graffeo at lisa@shsboston.com

June 7, 2021 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT

Seniors Helping Seniors, Greater Boston & Metrowest
330 Bear Hill Road, Suite 305
Waltham, MA 02451
United States

Compassion Fatigue and Care Partner Burnout
2021-05-27 15:00 - 16:30
In-Person Event for SHS Caregivers: Compassion Fatigue and Care Partner Burnout
Thursday, May 27 from 3-4:30pm
Led by Tammy Pozerycki, we invite you to join us for group presentation on understanding compassion fatigue and learning the signs and symptoms of care partner burnout syndrome. This session will also include successful strategies to prevents, recognize and treat compassion fatigue and burnout syndrome.
Please RSVP to Lisa Graffeo at lisa@shsboston.com.

May 27, 2021 3:00pm – 4:30pm EDT

Seniors Helping Seniors, Greater Boston & Metrowest
330 Bear Hill Road, Suite 305
Waltham, MA 02451
United States

Virtual SHS Monthly Caregiver Support Group
2021-05-25 18:00 - 19:30
Virtual Event for SHS Caregivers: Monthly Caregiver Support Group
Tuesday, May 25 from 6-7:30pm
Led by Client Care Specialist Sue Ann Wasserman, we invite all SHS caregivers to join us in a positive and supportive environment to share feelings, emotions and shared experiences in our work with clients.
Please RSVP to Lisa Graffeo at lisa@shsboston.com

May 25, 2021 6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT

Seniors Helping Seniors, Greater Boston & Metrowest
330 Bear Hill Road, Suite 305
Waltham, MA 02451
United States

Virtual Family Caregiver Support Group
2021-05-18 19:00 - 20:30
Virtual Event for Client Families: Family Caregiver Support Group
Tuesday, May 18 from 7-8:30pm via Zoom
We invite you to join us for our new, online monthly support group, designed to offer support and education related to the stressors and challenges one has caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
Led by Tammy Pozerycki, we are pleased to be hosting these on Zoom on the 3rd Tuesday of every month.
Please RSVP to Lisa Graffeo at lisa@shsboston.com

May 18, 2021 7:00pm – 8:30pm EDT

Seniors Helping Seniors, Greater Boston & Metrowest
330 Bear Hill Road, Suite 305
Waltham, MA 02451
United States

Innovative Solutions for Caregivers - Webinar
2021-05-18 11:30 - 12:30
Virtual Event for all Caregivers: Innovative Solutions for Caregivers
Tuesday, May 18 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Led by Justin Oakley of Oakley Home Access and our own Director of Community Partnerships, Doug Peck, this is a free informational webinar covering strategies and experiences geared to provide caregivers with the best tools available for use when providing care. Register here

May 18, 2021 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT

Seniors Helping Seniors, Greater Boston & Metrowest
330 Bear Hill Road, Suite 305
Waltham, MA 02451
United States

Virtual Walk to End Elder Isolation
2021-05-16 10:00 - 17:00
Virtual Event for Everyone: Walk to End Elder Isolation
Sunday, May 16 at 10am
We invite you to join our Seniors Helping Seniors team as we walk together virtually via Zoom. Hosted by FriendshipWorks, this event is dedicated to to bringing companionship, joy, and hope to the seniors who are most isolated.
To join our team or donate, click here

Seniors Helping Seniors, Greater Boston & Metrowest
330 Bear Hill Road, Suite 305
Waltham, MA 02451
United States

Alzheimer's Association Virtual Family Conference
2021-05-14 - 2021-05-15
Virtual Event for Everyone: Alzheimer’s Association Family Conference
Friday-Saturday, May 14-15
Join the Alzheimer’s Association for a free, virtual conference for those living with Alzheimer’s and dementia and their families. Featuring several notable guest speakers and sessions such as Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Effective Communications Strategies, and Coping with Dementia-Related Behaviors. Presented at no cost, but registration is required.
We hope you will join! Learn more here

Seniors Helping Seniors, Greater Boston & Metrowest
330 Bear Hill Road, Suite 305
Waltham, MA 02451
United States

SHS Caregiver Movie Night
2021-05-13 18:00 - 20:00
In-Person Event for SHS Caregivers: Movie Night
Thursday, May 13 from 6-8pm
We invite you to join us for a caregiver movie night, featuring “Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation,” a raw and candid look at the millions of teens and millennials caring for injured veterans and service members in homes across America.
Please RSVP to Lisa Graffeo at lisa@shsboston.com

May 13, 2021 6:00pm – 8:00pm EDT

Seniors Helping Seniors, Greater Boston & Metrowest
330 Bear Hill Road, Suite 305
Waltham, MA 02451
United States

Virtual SHS Caregiver Support Group
2021-04-30 18:00 - 19:30
We invite you to join us for a Caregiver Support Group to share (or just listen) to each other in a positive and supportive environment. This is a safe place for caregivers to share their feelings and to support one another around emotional issues that may arise in our work with clients. It is also possible to come and just sit and listen – no sharing required. We hope that you will join us and take this time to practice an important kind of self-care.
Led by Client Care Specialist Sue Ann Wasserman, we are pleased to be hosting these on Zoom every month.
Please RSVP by April 26 to Lisa Graffeo at lisa@shsboston.com.
