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JFS Preparation Age – Session 4: Navigating Caregiving: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone

Preparation Age: Four Essential Conversations Before You Need Them  

A virtual workshop series to help Older Adults & Family Members Plan Ahead with Confidence. Join others in learning practical, engaging, and supportive information on preparing for aging. Topics will move from starting important family conversations, to getting organized, to planning for safety at home, and finally to building a stronger caregiving support system. 

Format 

• 4 consecutive weekly sessions: 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9
• 60 minutes each: 7 – 8 p.m.
  
• 40–45 minute presentation 
  
• 10–15 minute Q&A/discussion
  
• Resource handouts/toolkit after each session (FYI, the JFS toolkit won’t be quite ready for the 10/19 session, but likely by the 4th one.)
  
• Participants encouraged to work on their own “Preparation Age Toolkit” throughout the series; maybe we add “thought starter worksheets provided” MT: Can we require these from each presenter? 

Series: 

• Session 1: Conversations That Matter: Talking About Wishes Before a Crisis (10/19)
  
• Session 2: Preparing the Roadmap: Essential Documents & Getting Organized (10/26)
  
• Session 3: Aging in Place Safely: Staying Safe, Comfortable, and Connected (11/2)
  
• Session 4: Navigating Caregiving: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone (11/9)

The intended audience includes adult children and caregivers of aging parents, as well as older adults who are thinking about the future and planning for themselves. Across all four sessions, the emphasis is on preparation, confidence-building, and concrete next steps families and individuals can begin using right away. 

Session 4 – Navigating Caregiving: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone

In this session, participants will: 

• Understand caregiver burnout 
• Learn signs of caregiver stress 
• Explore formal and informal support systems 
• Understand options when family cannot do everything 
• Learn how geriatric care management can help 
• Create a personal caregiving support plan 

Register for one, two or all of the sessions for Preparation Age HERE.

JFS Preparation Age – Session 3: Aging in Place Safely: Staying Safe, Comfortable, and Connected

Preparation Age: Four Essential Conversations Before You Need Them  

A virtual workshop series to help Older Adults & Family Members Plan Ahead with Confidence. Join others in learning practical, engaging, and supportive information on preparing for aging. Topics will move from starting important family conversations, to getting organized, to planning for safety at home, and finally to building a stronger caregiving support system. 

Format 

• 4 consecutive weekly sessions: 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9
• 60 minutes each: 7 – 8 p.m.
  
• 40–45 minute presentation 
  
• 10–15 minute Q&A/discussion
  
• Resource handouts/toolkit after each session (FYI, the JFS toolkit won’t be quite ready for the 10/19 session, but likely by the 4th one.)
  
• Participants encouraged to work on their own “Preparation Age Toolkit” throughout the series; maybe we add “thought starter worksheets provided” MT: Can we require these from each presenter? 

Series: 

• Session 1: Conversations That Matter: Talking About Wishes Before a Crisis (10/19)
  
• Session 2: Preparing the Roadmap: Essential Documents & Getting Organized (10/26)
  
• Session 3: Aging in Place Safely: Staying Safe, Comfortable, and Connected (11/2)
  
• Session 4: Navigating Caregiving: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone (11/9)

The intended audience includes adult children and caregivers of aging parents, as well as older adults who are thinking about the future and planning for themselves. Across all four sessions, the emphasis is on preparation, confidence-building, and concrete next steps families and individuals can begin using right away. 

Session 3 – Aging in Place Safely: Staying Safe, Comfortable, and Connected

In this session, participants will: 

• Assess home safety risks
  
• Understand fall prevention best practices 
• Learn simple home modifications 
• Understand transportation planning; giving up car keys does not mean foregoing independence
• Learn when additional support may be needed 
• Identify community resources

Register for one, two or all of the sessions for Preparation Age HERE.

JFS Preparation Age – Session 2: Preparing the Roadmap: Essential Documents & Getting Organized

Preparation Age: Four Essential Conversations Before You Need Them  

A virtual workshop series to help Older Adults & Family Members Plan Ahead with Confidence. Join others in learning practical, engaging, and supportive information on preparing for aging. Topics will move from starting important family conversations, to getting organized, to planning for safety at home, and finally to building a stronger caregiving support system. 

Format 

• 4 consecutive weekly sessions: 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9
• 60 minutes each: 7 – 8 p.m.
  
• 40–45 minute presentation 
  
• 10–15 minute Q&A/discussion
  
• Resource handouts/toolkit after each session (FYI, the JFS toolkit won’t be quite ready for the 10/19 session, but likely by the 4th one.)
  
• Participants encouraged to work on their own “Preparation Age Toolkit” throughout the series; maybe we add “thought starter worksheets provided” MT: Can we require these from each presenter? 

Series: 

• Session 1: Conversations That Matter: Talking About Wishes Before a Crisis (10/19)
  
• Session 2: Preparing the Roadmap: Essential Documents & Getting Organized (10/26)
  
• Session 3: Aging in Place Safely: Staying Safe, Comfortable, and Connected (11/2)
  
• Session 4: Navigating Caregiving: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone (11/9)

The intended audience includes adult children and caregivers of aging parents, as well as older adults who are thinking about the future and planning for themselves. Across all four sessions, the emphasis is on preparation, confidence-building, and concrete next steps families and individuals can begin using right away. 

Session 2 – Preparing the Roadmap: Essential Documents & Getting Organized

In this session, participants will: 

• Understand key planning documents 
  
• Learn what information families need access in case of a medical emergency
• Create their own emergency information inventory 
• Understand healthcare proxy, power of attorney, MOLST (Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment, wills, and beneficiary information 
• Learn what belongs in a “Master Binder”
  

Register for one, two or all of the sessions for Preparation Age HERE.

JFS Preparation Age – Session 1: Conversations That Matter: Talking About Wishes Before a Crisis

Preparation Age: Four Essential Conversations Before You Need Them  

A virtual workshop series to help Older Adults & Family Members Plan Ahead with Confidence. Join others in learning practical, engaging, and supportive information on preparing for aging. Topics will move from starting important family conversations, to getting organized, to planning for safety at home, and finally to building a stronger caregiving support system. 

Format 

• 4 consecutive weekly sessions: 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9
• 60 minutes each: 7 – 8 p.m.
  
• 40–45 minute presentation 
  
• 10–15 minute Q&A/discussion
  
• Resource handouts/toolkit after each session (FYI, the JFS toolkit won’t be quite ready for the 10/19 session, but likely by the 4th one.)
  
• Participants encouraged to work on their own “Preparation Age Toolkit” throughout the series; maybe we add “thought starter worksheets provided” MT: Can we require these from each presenter? 

Series: 

• Session 1: Conversations That Matter: Talking About Wishes Before a Crisis (10/19)
  
• Session 2: Preparing the Roadmap: Essential Documents & Getting Organized (10/26)
  
• Session 3: Aging in Place Safely: Staying Safe, Comfortable, and Connected (11/2)
  
• Session 4: Navigating Caregiving: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone (11/9)

The intended audience includes adult children and caregivers of aging parents, as well as older adults who are thinking about the future and planning for themselves. Across all four sessions, the emphasis is on preparation, confidence-building, and concrete next steps families and individuals can begin using right away. 

Session 1 – Conversations That Matter: Talking About Wishes Before a Crisis

In this session, participants will: 

• Understand why families avoid difficult conversations 
  
• Help make tough conversations more comfortable with some conversation starters. Is this too much: Getting past, “I don’t want to talk about it” with conversation starters.
  
• Discuss healthcare wishes and the importance of proxies? 
  
• Discuss financial concerns and decision-making 
  
• Adult children learn how to navigate resistance from aging parents 
• Identify next steps for family planning discussions 

Register for one, two or all of the sessions for Preparation Age HERE.