Education
Intimacy & Ambiguous Loss in Old Age Families
Thursday, May 13 2010 | 8:30am - 12:00 pm
Seattle Red Cross Building (Get
Map)
1900 25th Ave, South
Seattle, WA 98114
Workshop Summary:
The transitions in navigating oldest old age require that families
work together effectively. It often requires re-negotiating long
standing roles. Complex family relationships can make this
problematic as families struggle to help their elders find
safety without taking away autonomy & independence.
This workshop will explore issues such as
life review and acceptance, the ways families achieve intimacy
and how they learn to live with ambiguous loss. We will discuss
how life events of old age may reveal an undiagnosed mental
illness. Social service practitioners will participate in
discussions about the skills they need to help families maintain
function and constancy in a period of multiple transitions and
loss.
The format for this half-day continuing education seminar will
be a small group, interactive dialogue among colleagues. Prior
to attendance, participants are asked to read two articles which
will provide the framework for the group discussion.
Participants will be encouraged to bring case examples from
their practice settings. The goals of this seminar are to offer
continuing education that builds on immediate concerns of
practice and enables professionals to interact with others who
work with similar clinical geriatric issues.
This program also meets accreditation standards for Professional
Guardian Board for “person credits”
Learning Objectives for this program include:
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Understand concept of ambiguous loss and how
it impacts family relationships.
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Describe effects of family dynamics,
including intimacy and role-reversal, on health and function
of older adults.
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Learn developmental tasks of aging and models
for supporting elders in achieving tasks.
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Understand role of the clinician in
supporting the family system and define best practice
interventions in older adult family work.
Presenters:
Karin Miller, LICSW has worked for 35 years in the field of aging
and specializes in working with families of the elderly. She has
worked in senior centers, hospitals, community agencies and
nursing home settings. Karin is an experienced mentor and
support group facilitator. She is currently the social worker at
Overlake Hospital’s Mercer Island Senior Health Center.
Barbara Green, MSW is Director of Education for WADSA & has an
active practice in continuing education opportunities for
professionals in aging. She has expertise in caregiving for
families managing the changes brought on by dementia and is now
interested in working with healthy elders as they pass through
the transitions of late life.
CEUs:
This program has been approved for 3 CEUs by the NASW Washington
State Chapter. Licensed Social Workers, Marriage and Family
Therapists and Mental Health Counselors are eligible.
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