The Alzheimer’s Association, Michigan Great Lakes Chapter in partnership with Presenting Sponsor Absolute Homecare and Medical Staffing are pleased to present the 10th Dr. Richard Seyfarth Schreiber Memorial Conference on April 13-14. This two-day conference will be held at Western Michigan University’s Fetzer Center in Kalamazoo. Friday will feature a Professional Conference (CEUs available), and Saturday’s Caregiver Conference will educate family caregivers and other community members who are touched by Alzheimer’s disease (complimentary respite services available).
(L-R): Becky Bigelow and Bobbie Ray, co-owners – Absolute Homecare and Medical Staffing; Presenting Sponsor of the 10th Schreiber Conference in Kalamazoo.
Mary Ellen Geist, author of Measure of the Heart: A Father’s Alzheimer’s, A Daughter’s Return, will deliver the keynote address titled “The Heart of the Matter”. Mary Ellen is a graduate of Kalamazoo College and a former broadcast journalist of 20 years. When her father’s Alzheimer’s disease became too much for her mother to shoulder alone, she gave up her career as a CBS Radio anchor in New York to return to her childhood home in Northern Michigan. Her insightful book has served as a source of inspiration for millions of caregivers.
Conference sessions will be led by professionals in the dementia care field and will feature presentations on topics including: Dementia and Crisis Inpatient Care; Dementia and the Arts; Sexuality and Intimacy; Advances in Alzheimer’s Research; End of Life/Palliative Care; Communication Challenges; and Legal Issues. A complete list of presentation topics will be available online soon at www.alz.org/mglc.
The Schreiber Conference is made possible in part by a gift from the Schreiber family, formerly of Kalamazoo, in memory of Dr. Richard Seyfarth Schreiber.
Registration opens in mid-February. For more information, please visit www.alz.org/mglc or call the Alzheimer’s Association at (269) 342-1482.
The Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s Association is the world’s leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research, to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. Our vision is a world without Alzheimer’s. Visit alz.org or call 800-272-3900.
Michigan Great Lakes Chapter
The Alzheimer’s Association, Michigan Great Lakes Chapter serves a 23-county region of Michigan with an estimated 44,000 people with Alzheimer’s disease. The Chapter has offices in Chelsea, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Muskegon.
Source: News release and photo from Alzheimer’s Association, Michigan Great Lakes Chapter
