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Care Connection at Shepherd's Center Central promotes and supports the advancement of skills, good health, and resilience of caregivers for older adults.
We help caregivers cope with difficult matters that can complicate daily life-we also find solutions and relief for challenges of aging that involve respite, chronic illness, disability, and poverty.
Care Connection is a free, coordinated response to the special needs of caregivers for older adults through employee assistance, community partnerships, faith-community collaborations, and individualized caregiver education, planning, and support.
The We Care e-Newsletter is another way we empower caregivers throughout their caregiving journey. Enjoy!
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Aging Parents With Lots of Stuff, and Children Who Don't Want It
Mothers and daughters talk about all kinds of things. But there is one conversation Susan Beauregard, 49, of Hampton, Conn., is reluctant to have with her 89-year-old mother, Anita Shear: What to do - eventually - with Mrs. Shear's beloved set of Lenox china?
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Caring for Someone with Dementia? This could help you!
This unique program works with caregivers of individuals who have moderate to severe dementia and/or intellectual/developmental disabled individuals who are at risk for dementia.
The program provides caregivers coaching sessions and exercise education. The Shepherd's Center Central's professionals will train the caregiver and the participant to increase pleasant activities, and improve their communication as well as problem-solving skills.
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Medicare Minute
by Joyce White, Director
Medicare Assistance Program, Shepherd's Center Central
Are the costs for prescription drugs and plan premiums causing stress and anxiety? There are a variety of ways that the Shepherd's Center's Medicare Assistance Program may be able to help.
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Caregiving Club Me Time Monday "Getting Rid of Guilt"
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Anosognosia: When Dementia Patients Can't Recognize Their Impairment
One of the most common questions in the AgingCare.com Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Group pertains to how aware dementia patients are of their cognitive status. This can pose a bit of a dilemma, because with reduced mental function, there also comes a limited capacity for insight into and acknowledgement of their true condition.
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Community Classes and Workshops
There are many classes and workshops available in the Kansas City Area that will assist you as a caregiver.
CLICK HERE to see what is available over the next few months.
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We Have More Information to Share
Remember...The Care Connection at Shepherd's Center Central is here to help anyone who is concerned about an aging parent, loved one, neighbor, or friend who needs referrals to resources, care planning, practical advice, guidance in balancing work and family, or stress relief.
The Kansas City Caregiver Support Line provides resources and referrals for caregivers of older adults. Call 816-444-1122
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Consider a Planned Gift. Please donate.
Please consider making a charitable bequest to Shepherd's Center of Kansas City Central in your will. Legacy gifts provide future support for charity. Any individual, at any time, can create a legacy gift. It can be as easy as naming a charity on the beneficiary form of a savings, checking or pension account, or through a more complex instrument such as a trust.
To make a bequest to SCC, simply include these words in your will:
"I give to Shepherd Center of Kansas City Central, a
non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, located in Kansas City,
MO, __% of my estate for general purposes."
To create a residual charitable bequest, use these words:
"All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both
real and personal, I give to Shepherd Center of Kansas
City Central, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, located
in Kansas City, MO, for its general purposes."
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