Conversations on Aging is designed to help family members recognize how caregiving affects relationships among family members. It also builds talking and listening skills for addressing changing needs in later life.
Program Benefits
To help family members recognize how caregiving affects relationships among family members
To facilitate initiating difficult conversations with regard to aging parents’ or spouse’s care needs and roles
To understand the perspectives of other family members and to learn types of support to meet the needs of aging parent or spouse
To prepare for and adjust to changes in living arrangement and care needs of aging parents or spouse
To facilitate mutual problem solving related to caregiving issues
To better support the needs of aging parent or spouse who needs care and support
Target Audience
Older adults and their family members (including adult children)
Program Length
Two sessions (1-hour program offered a week apart)
Program Cost
Free
Equipment Needed
Laptop/Projector for presenting slides; paper questionnaire; paper evaluations
Want to Know More?
You can find the program facilitation guide and transcript at this site.
Contact
If you are interested in learning more about the program, please contact Jeong Eun Lee, Iowa State University, at jel@iastate.edu or 515-294-1884.
