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Community Education
A recent survey found that 40% of Bay Area residents eligible for adult day services do not know that they exist. The Network is committed to changing this, and as such all community education sessions and materials are provided free of charge.
Popular Talks For Consumers:
• Day-time Care for Seniors
• Getting Help When You Need It
• Websites for Seniors
Popular Talks for Health Professionals & Other Community Leaders:
• Crash Course
• Adult Day Services 101
• The Reluctant Client
Day-time Care for Seniors
An informal, audience-driven discussion of the full range of choices in adult day programs in Alameda County, and caregivers' most frequently asked questions.
45 minutes
- What goes on at a day program? What do they do?
- What sorts of people go to these programs?
- What does it cost to attend a program? Will Medi-Cal pay for this? Medicare? Long-term care insurance?
- What are the benefits for participants? For caregivers?
- How does transportation work? Meals? Medications?
- What about dementia? What about incontinence?
- Can someone attend an adult day program just a few days of the week? If they do, can they still have an IHSS worker come to the house on the other days?
Getting Help When You Need It
An interactive workshop to assist family members and self-identified caregivers in the process of evaluating care needs (including their own!), navigating the patchwork system of public senior services, and plugging-in to available community and personal resources. Loaded with information and encouragement, this is an informational AND skill-building session, a very efficient way to gain both working knowledge of available services and begin to overcome limiting beliefs that make it difficult to accept help.
90 minutes
- Evaluating your stress level / Caregiver Stress Test
- Meet your fellow passengers, all in the same boat / Introductions
- Kinds of help available, by price tag / Handouts
- The three steps to getting the help you need, when you need it
- Step One: Outline your specific needs / Worksheet
- Step Two: Ask for help / Exercise
- Step Three: R & R -- That is: "Relinquish" control and "Refine" your request / Exercise
Adult Day Services 101
A basic primer that includes photos of local programs, profiles of current participants, discussion of physical & mental benefits. Detailed handouts.
15 minutes
- What are adult day services?
- Profiles of clients, eligibility criteria
- Cost & payment options by level of care
- How do adult day programs fit with IHSS, HMO services, other kinds of long-term care?
- Levels of care & range of services
- Dementia specific care
The Reluctant Client
If you are familiar with local adult day programs, well aware of the benefits to participants, and yet hesitant to broach the idea with your client, then this is the workshop for you. Designed for social workers, eldercare professionals and staff of social service agencies who have yet to experience any success with adult day referrals because their clients "never follow up on it".
1 hour, including 15 minutes discussion
- Why is the suggestion of an adult day program usually met with resistance?
- Decision-making at the end of life and the Kübler-Ross grief model
- The "I want to go home" syndrome - and they ARE home!
- Typical expressions of reluctance from potential participants, and how to respond
- Introducing the idea of adult day services
- Common concerns of family caregivers about accepting outside help, and how to respond
- Building communication with family members
- Referrals that look good on you
To schedule a speaker or discuss possible topics and availability, please call (510) 577-3543.
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