From The Highway Of Life Series: Travels with My Aunt & Take the Scenic Route

Travels with My Aunt & Take the Scenic Route is a novel approach to helping people communicate and cope with dementia. Susan Wranik, MS, MA, CCC-SLP, LSVT Certified Speech-Language Pathologist presents dementia in the metaphor of travel to a foreign country: different language, strange customs, and a new time zone. Coupling her clinical experience with twenty years as a caregiver, Susan utilizes real life stories to illustrate the changes accompanying dementia and share methods for improving communication each step along the way.

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2 CEUs for social work and nursing in the DMV (pending).

June 19 / 4:00-6:30 p.m. / INGLESIDE AT ROCK CREEK

5121 Broad Branch Road, NW Washington DC 20015 / 202-470-4632 / www.ircdc.org

June 27 / 4:00-6:30 p.m. / INGLESIDE AT KING FARM

701 King Farm Boulevard Rockville, MD 20850 / 240-205-8094 / www.ikfmd.org

Participants will have a better understanding of:

• Staging dementia
• Behavior as communication
• Therapeutic intervention strategies
• Changes in eating patterns
• Language to help family members embrace the change

This is an interactive program where participants are invited to share and stage their own stories and problem solve. Designed to help people minimize stress and enjoy time together… because dementia is a journey, not a destination.

INGLESIDE AT ROCK CREEK: RSVP by June 14 to Alex at 202-534-1507 or abeltran@inglesideonline.org

INGLESIDE AT KING FARM: RSVP by June 24 to Mandi at 240-499-9019 or mwyndham@inglesideonline.org

A light meal will be offered, and valet parking will be available.

Ingleside at Rock Creek and Ingleside at King Farm are not-for-profit, CARF accredited, continuing care retirement communities.

About Christen Milstead

Christen Milstead is the director of marketing for Ingleside, a not-for-profit parent organization to Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm, Westminster Ingleside Foundation, and Ingleside at Home. She graduated from University of Maryland, Baltimore County from Erickson School of Aging with a master's degree in management of aging services and from Towson University with a bachelors in Business Administration, with a concentration in marketing. She is also CASP (Certified Aging Services Professional) Certified.

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