For immediate release: Feb. 10, 2009
Contact: Anne McMillin, APR
Health Science Communications
Office 775-682-9254
Mobile 702-292-4247
amcmillin@medicine.nevada.edu
Free training offered for those caring for the elderly
March workshops planned in Boulder City, Moapa
LAS VEGAS, Nev.— The Sanford Center for Aging, Nevada Cooperative Extension and the Nevada Geriatric Education Center (a joint program between the Sanford Center for Aging and the University of Nevada School of Medicine) are holding free workshops in southern Nevada for those caring for older adults on the following dates:
• Thursday, March 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. at The Homestead at Boulder City, 1401 Medical Park Drive in Boulder City.
• Friday, March 6 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Moapa Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Center, 12 Lincoln Street in Moapa.
The workshops, presented by the University of Nevada School of Medicine and the Sanford Center for Aging, and offer a wide range of services including sessions on how to find available aging and disability resources on the Internet, how to work effectively with older adults experiencing grief over the loss of a loved one or of their own abilities and techniques to better care for oneself while caring for another.
The program is intended for those wishing to learn more about caring for an elderly friend or family member as well as those caring for elders professionally.
Registration is free, and includes program materials, for those signing up by Feb. 26. Please contact Diann Jones at (775)682-8470 or via email at: dsjones@medicine.nevada.edu to register.
Continuing-education credit and a certificate of attendance are available for a $15 fee. The program has been approved by the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for long-term care administrators, the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for marriage and family therapists, and the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for social workers for 2.5 hours of continuing-education credit. The University of Nevada School of Medicine also approves this program for 2.5 hours of continuing-credit for nurses.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.