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OLLI at Duke: The Empowered Caregiver Lecture Series

OLLI at Duke
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Willetha Ling Barnette and Harold M. Barnette

This two-session lecture series considers both the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on caregiving and the growing awareness of the importance of family caregiving as part of our public health infrastructure, and provides guidance to prepare caregivers and care recipients for managing a little discussed but vital responsibility. This series is structured around the unique 10 point training curriculum of the Institute for Family Caregiving (IFC) that suggests a practical approach to caregiving role and details the responsibilities of the caregiver and care recipient. The first lecture gives a sketch of family caregiving with a focus on the accelerating demand driven by aging baby boomers. The second lecture looks in depth at the day-to-day work of family caregivers, particularly the complexities of interfacing with the healthcare system and providers, the challenges of care coordination, costs, self-care practices in a wide range of resources available to families. Lecture with Q&A.

OLLI at Duke offers noncredit courses for older adults across a broad range of subject areas. For more information, please go to https://learnmore.duke.edu/olli