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3:00 PM - 4:30 PM -- Zoom Workshop Connecting Through Communication with Persons with Dementia

When:

Thursday, April 15, 2021, 3:00 PM until 4:30 PM

Where:

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Chicago, IL

Event Contact(s):

Susan Alitto

Category:

Chicago Hyde Park Village

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Chicagoland Villages Form Collaborative to Launch New
Aging Brain & Body Series

Several Chicagoland Villages are collaborating to provide quarterly seminars that educate, bring awareness, and highlight the exceptional work being done on brain and body health at leading dementia research centers. Participating Villages include Chicago Hyde Park Village, South Loop Village, Skyline Village, and The Village Chicago. The first event in the series focused on communication. The second event in the series focuses on changes in memory.

Connecting Through Communication for Families and Friends of Persons with Dementia

Thursday, April 15

3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Angela Roberts, PhD, Assistant Professor
Pepper Department of Communication Sciences
and Disorders
Northwestern University, School of Communication

Registered attendees will receive an email confirmation with details to join via Zoom.

Connecting Through Communication for Families and Friends of a Person with Dementia

A diagnosis of dementia shouldn’t mean the diminishment of your relationship with those you love. Learning new ways to communicate can help to deepen your connection and create positive engagement. In this talk with Angela Roberts, PhD, participants will learn:

• How cognitive changes affect conversation and social communication.
• The importance of communication as a form of connecting with persons who have cognitive impairment/dementia.
• Strategies for creating and maintaining connections through engaging activities and effective/meaningful conversations with persons who have dementia.

The focus of the talk is to support family members and community volunteers in supporting persons with dementia through ‘friendly visit’ programs, social engagement and acceptance.

Angela Roberts, PhD, research interests include the neurological and behavioral characterization of language and communication profiles in these populations in addition to the design and evaluation of therapy interventions and caregiver education programs. Roberts’ research has been widely published. Her research program uses a variety of methodologies (e.g., discourse analyses, eye tracking, neuroimaging) to answer research questions informed by a clinical career as a speech-language pathologist, spanning over 20 years in the U.S. and Canada.

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