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BrainTrust Canada presents “Compassion Fatigue” from 9 AM to 4 PM on Saturday, November 5, 2016, at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre in Kelowna (2170 Harvey Ave) with speaker Michael Douglas.
You can register for this workshop on the BrainTrust website here: https://www.braintrustcanada.com/event/compassion-fatigue-workshop/
For more event information, see attached PDF:
Please see the following/attached info regarding upcoming free workshops offered in Kelowna regarding compassion, bereavement and grief.
COMPASSION IN THE HARD PLACES:
WHEN COMPANIONING THE BEREAVED, SILENCE IS GOLDEN
A Workshop Designed for:
Professionals who work with the dying and the bereaved.
Funeral service personnel
Volunteers serving in palliative care
Anyone “walking the road”
3 FREE Kelowna Workshops Presented by:
Springfield Funeral Home
and
Clair H. Jantzen:
Grief and Loss Therapist
9:00 am – 4:00 pm (Registration 8:30)
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church, 3714 Gordon Dr.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Springfield Funeral Home, 2020 Springfield Rd.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Willow Park Church, 389 Hwy 33
The purpose of this training is to build awareness and educate Home Share Providers, Family and Community Care Partners on Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia. After completing the training, participants should have a better understanding of the disease, its stages, how communication is affected and how to respond to behaviour. Both men and women can live with this disease in their 70’s, 60’s, 50’s and even 40’s. “People with dementia who can remain engaged and active are able to enjoy a good quality of life,” says CEO of the Alzheimer’s Society of BC.
The workshop will be held on Friday, September 23rd from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Landmark 4 Building in Kelowna.
There is limited seating, so please RSVP as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Margaret Milsom
Central Okanagan Professional Caregivers Society
778-753-2625
The 5 week Eat Right Live Right Program presented by Interior Health, CLBC, and Parkinson Recreation Centre will be running from September 20 to October 18 this year, 1:30-2:30 pm on Tuesday afternoons. Have fun, meet f
riends, and be healthy!
To register, call 250-469-8800; if you have any questions please call Mary Hicks at 250-980-1523.
Unfortunately the Trauma Care in Home Share workshop scheduled for Monday, September 12, 2016, has been cancelled.
The workshop scheduled on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, in Cranbrook will be taking place as scheduled.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this change may cause! We hope to offer this workshop in Castlegar at a future date.
This year’s Family Focus Conference is open for registration!
Taking place from October 21st to October 23rd in Vancouver, conference workshop themes this year include:
See information sheet and schedule attached.
CCSS has partnered with the Creston Fire Department to offer our contracted home share providers and the individuals they support a free one hour workshop on Fire Safety (see attached event de
tails).
Please RSVP to your Home Share Coordinator by Friday, September 9th.
Community Connections Support Services, in partnership with Marilyn Pearson, is offering half-day workshops in Castlegar (Sep. 12) and in Cranbrook (Sep. 14) on Trauma Care in Home Share, designed to educate home share providers and community support professionals on ways to support individuals with disabilities who have experienced traumatic events. See attached workshop information.
Registration is through Community Connections by Wednesday, September 7th, 2016.
Feel free to pass this information along to interested individuals! We look forward to seeing many of you in September.
Hey all:
The 2016 COPCS 7th annual Home Share Provider and Community Conference is coming up. Check out all the details here:
Hello,
On behalf of the Central Okanagan Professional Caregivers Society, it is my pleasure to invite you to the 7th Annual Home Share Provider & Community Conference which will be held on Friday, June 3, 2016 at the Holiday Inn Express Kelowna.
This year’s conference topic is “Improving Quality of Life” which is especially relevant to our profession and for people with diversabilities. The presenter will be Bob Bowen who is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester and faculty member of Mandt System Incorporated.
Please register early and plan on being part of our 7th Annual Home Share Provider & Community Conference this year. I am confident of the great value that this Conference will bring to all.
Sincerely,
Margaret Milsom
Central Okanagan Professional Caregivers Society
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From COPCS:
Dear Fellow COPCS Members:We hope you can attend the upcoming Central Okanagan Professional Caregivers Society Annual General Meeting on June 18th, 2015 . 2015 AGM AgendaIf you plan on attending the AGM please RSVP to Margaret Milsom at 778-753-2625 or email adultcare@shaw.ca before June 12th, 2015.If you wish to nominate a COPCS member to serve on the board, please do so on the nomination form Nominations must be received by June 8th, 2015. Vacant positions open for nominations are Secretary and the board also welcomes any additional directors. COPCS 2015 Nominations FormThank you for your continuing support,COPCS Executive Committee
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