Getting to the Front
Line of Mental Health:
Strengthening the Care of Older Adults
Through Education
*Workshops running from March through
September 2009*
Understanding complex
issues in aging is a challenge.
Caring for an older person with Alzheimer’s, mental illness, or
substance abuse issues requires knowledge and skills.
- Gain
insight into the aging process and accompanying mental health conditions
- Choose
from sixteen 2-hour workshops
- CE
hours may be available for Social Workers
- Benefit from
caregiver respite for loved ones provided by The Oaks Adult Day Center
(pre-registration is
required*)
*If
you are interested
in receiving care for your loved one while you attend the workshops,
please call 734.662.4001 at least one week in advance and speak to
Greg or Lisa.
Click here for online registration
Click here to view the flyer
Click here to view the brochure
Workshop
Location:
The Oaks Adult Day Center (Inside the
Neighborhood Church)
2500 S. Main Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
For more
information or to register
by phone, please contact:
Amy Ruddock Bleed at 734.712.4169
Funded by Department of
Community Health & Washtenaw County Health Organization
Roxanne Chang, JD, MS LLP, is a limited
licensed psychologist specializing in gerontology and
clinical-behavioral
psychology. She has provided mental health services to older
adults in a
number of community and institutional settings, as well as numerous
training
and education programs for caregivers and health care
providers. Ms.
Chang
is a consultant for Optimal Life Designs in Dementia Care assisting
with the
coordination of training and education programs on innovative dementia
care. She
is also an attorney specializing in elder and special needs law, with
her
practice and three cats in Plymouth,
Michigan.
Jo Campbell, M.A. is
coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Dementia at Eastern Michigan University. She has been designing and facilitating
groups with persons with moderate to advanced dementia since 1997 in a
variety
of care settings. Mrs. Campbell also
teaches classes on programming for persons with dementia at Eastern Michigan University
Steve
Wiland, LMCW, CAC-R, is the Clinical Practices Administrator
for Washtenaw County
Community Support and Treatment Services (CSTS), Lead Reviewer for the
Michigan
Fidelity Assessment Survey Team (MIFAST), and Part-time Instructor at
the
University of Michigan School of Social Work. Steve is a licensed Social Worker and
Certified Addictions Counselor who has
been working in the behavioral healthcare field for 20 years, in a
variety of
settings, with clients ranging from juvenile offenders to adults with
severe
and persistent mental illnesses and co-occurring addictive disorders.
Recent
work has focused on the development and implementation of integrated
dual
disorders treatment services in the publicly funded Community Mental
Health
sector. Steve has presented at local, State and National conferences,
and has
taught additional seminar courses through Washtenaw
Community College,
Eastern Michigan University,
and Wayne
State University.
Kathyrn Ann W.
Kozlinski, LPN, MEd, is an Elder Care
Specialist. Supervising two active Adult
Day Service programs over the last 15 years, she has focused on the
concept of
person centered care, working with personal and professional caregivers
as a
support group leader and community based educator.
Her direct care experiences encompass
emergency room and hospital based nursing, a multi physician family
medical
practice, home care, in addition to ADS client care.
Specializing in cognitive impairment and
dementia-related illness, she has designed, developed and implemented
curriculums for the Michigan Coalition on Law Enforcement Standards
(MCOLES),
Center for Continuing and Professional Education, Gerontology, Macomb Community
College
and the Macomb
Police Academy.
Helen C.
Kales, MD is an Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Section of
Geriatric Psychiatry and of the newly established Program for Positive
Aging at
the University
of Michigan.
Following a
fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at University of Michigan,
Dr. Kales joined the faculty in 1998. Since
then, Dr. Kales has established a
vigorous research program
investigating depression in later-life as well as outcomes associated
with
neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. As a
geriatric
psychiatrist, her research program is directly informed by her clinical
work
and experiences with patients, families, providers and systems to
diminish the
barriers to effective and quality care for older patients with mental
health
issues.
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