Interior Health presents their Addictions Awareness Week Presentations on November 17th from 8:45 am – 4:00 pm at the Kelowna Health Centre (1340 Ellis St) – stop in and check out these great presenters!
See attached poster.
GOOGLE – ONLINE SAFETY ROADSHOW
Google has released a series of five short videos with tips for online safety – we have added these videos to our Materials and Education resources page. Click here to check out these and other resources on our page, or you can find them here on YouTube.
The Google Safety Centre is also a great resource for learning how to be safe online – click here to check it out.
KELOWNA: Compassion Fatigue Workshop – Nov. 5th
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:
KELOWNA: 3 FREE Seminars on grief and compassion
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
KELOWNA – COPCS Workshop Announcement – Sep. 23rd
The Central Okanagan Professional Caregivers Society is hosting a half-day workshop titled Understanding Dementia (see below, and attached bulletin) free for home share providers. Contact Margaret for registration – seating is limited!
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
Understanding-Dementia.pdfKELOWNA: Eat Right Live Right Program – Sep 20-Oct 18
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.
CANCELLED – Castlegar: Trauma Care in Home Share
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.
2016 Family Focus Conference – Oct. 21st to 23rd
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:
- Advocacy
- Early Intervention
- Family Leadership
- Financial Planning / Literacy
- Housing
- Governance Models
- Transitions
- Inclusive Education
See information sheet and schedule attached.
CRESTON: Fire Safety Workshop – Sep. 27th
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.
WORKSHOP: Trauma Care in Home Share – Sep. 12, 14
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.
