Educating and inspiring seniors
A series of free seminars to help educate and inspire seniors will be hosted by private Queensland care provider, Tall Trees Rochedale, as part of its Open Day at the weekend. Tall Trees director of care, Gae Munsie, will discuss the importance of understanding dementia.
A series of free seminars to help educate and inspire seniors will be hosted by private Queensland care provider, Tall Trees Rochedale, as part of its Open Day at the weekend.
Tall Trees director of care, Gae Munsie, will discuss the importance of understanding dementia and its impact, highlighting that more harm than good comes from ‘ignoring’ or ‘playing down’ the severity of the neurological disease.
“While it’s not something people necessarily feel comfortable discussing, it’s vital information that can improve the quality of life for seniors, and it can make the care process much easier than it would otherwise be,” Ms Munsie says.
Describing dementia as a “tough subject”, she will encourage people to approach the issue in an “intelligent” and “informed” way.
“Even if your senior parents are in good health, the information I’ll be discussing may help you to make some important decisions in the next few years that could make a difference to their quality of life,” she adds.
Keynote speaker and Australian retired politician and writer, Lady Florence Bjelke-Petersen, will also speak about her life story at the open day.
A fraud session, helping seniors to better identify the risks that may compromise their personal details and lead to financial loss, will also be held.
The event will run on Saturday (15 December 2012) from 10am to 3pm. Lunch will cost a gold coin donation and morning tea at 10am is optional.
All information sessions throughout the day are free for seniors and their families. A full schedule of session times can be found at the Tall Trees website.
