Stress, Coping and Life Transitions   

Having a conversation with your family about your end-of-life wishes is the best gift you could give them. If you should ever become unable to speak for yourself in a medical emergency, it alleviates the burden of them having to make medical decisions for you without knowing what you want. Learn more about preparing your advance directives in this session.

New information on the neurobiology of grief and attachment is paving the way for more than just processing five stages of grief. Society still expects us to "move on" quickly with our lives after a loss, but is that really realistic? We all accumulate losses and experience grief and mourning throughout our lives even as society has pushed us to limit how we cope with it and how we help others. Come learn new information on how we can support ourselves and others who are hurting, and how loss, grief, and mourning can be survived.

In this class, learn about Hospice of Marion County, its programs, criteria for care, what it means to be on hospice care, and the difference between hospice and palliative care.

Join us for this specially designed educational program for caregivers of people living with dementia. This interactive class using the Virtual Dementia Tour®  helps caregivers understand the challenges people living with dementia face on a daily basis.  Using Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach® teaches HOW to live in a relationship with someone that has dementia.

Are you or your loved one experiencing a "senior moment" or is some form of irreversible dementia occurring? How can you make a determination and what can you do about it? Dementia is a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's is the most common type, but there are others such as Vascular, Frontaltemporal, Lewy Body, Parkinson's. Learn what it means to have dementia and how to make the best choices for you and your loved one. Receive experience-based answers to your questions and practical tools, tips, and techniques to be more effective.  The useful information about hospitals, physicians, medications, treatments, home care agencies, long term care facilities, legal protections, financial planning,  and community resources let you take steps now to prevent future problems.  Helping you help your loved one in a safe supportive manner through all types of dementia related issues is what this class seeks to do. 
Each session may be taken as a stand-alone class. However, there is much merit in taking them all. Individual registration is required for each session. The class and materials are free.

This class will explore Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans, Medigap Plans (Supplements), Prescription Drug Plans and Low Income benefits. This course will reduce confusion about this very complex issue, and will explain all the options available to make an informed decision about healthcare. Those who are new to Medicare, or are existing Medicare beneficiaries, can have their questions answered.

It can be hard to know where to turn when a serious illness affects you or your loved one. In this class you’ll learn about resources available to assist those challenged by an advancing illness with a prognosis of one year or less, services available at no charge for Marion County residents, along with caregiver stress coping skills.

Join Dr. Mery Lossada, Psychiatrist, Neurologist and Chief Medical Officer at Hospice of Marion County as she discusses ways that stress affects your health, ways to help you deal with stress and maintain a less stressful life in living life to its fullest.

Learn how you can support your friends and loved ones during their end-of-life journey. You'll hearing anecdotal stories and tips on how best to support them.

Would you like to know more about your grandchild on the autism spectrum? This class is for grandparents looking for an understanding on how to support their child who has a child on the spectrum. Come learn what an autism spectrum disorder really means and the unique individually amazing way your grandchild processes life.

In this presentation you'll learn what exactly is palliative care, how it benefits advancing illness patients by extending quality of life, and how you can obtain this type of comfort care. The mission of the Center for Comprehensive Palliative Care is to provide expert symptom relief, compassionate support and reliable information to those with advancing medical conditions.

Stress is a part of everyone's life. You cannot control the amount of things, people or situations that cause stress, however, you can learn to manage it. Having easy and accessible stress-management tools and skills allows you to live in the present moment with the ability to cope with stressful situations in effective ways.

Enroll in this class and you will learn practical skills for living mindfully and intentionally, reducing stress, and cultivating peace and well-being. In other words, stress less.

If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease you would appreciate this monthly class. The class is made up of a Patient and Caregiver Support session followed by an educational program.

Due to facility requirements, registration for Patients and Caregivers are required for each date.  Please note that there is a maximum enrollment for this support group.  If you have registered and you realize you will be unable to attend please contact MTP to have your name removed from the roster so that your seat is available to another attendee.  If the maximum enrollment is reached and you are not registered, you will not be allowed to attend. 

 

Are you or your loved one experiencing a "senior moment" or is some form of irreversible dementia occurring? How can you make a determination and what can you do about it? Dementia is a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's is the most common type, but there are others such as Vascular, Frontaltemporal, Lewy Body, Parkinson's. Learn what it means to have dementia and how to make the best choices for you and your loved one. Receive experience-based answers to your questions and practical tools, tips, and techniques to be more effective.  The useful information about hospitals, physicians, medications, treatments, home care agencies, long term care facilities, legal protections, financial planning,  and community resources let you take steps now to prevent future problems.  Helping you help your loved one in a safe supportive manner through all types of dementia related issues is what this class seeks to do. 
Each session may be taken as a stand-alone class. However, there is much merit in taking them all. Individual registration is required for each session. The class and materials are free.

This class will explore Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans, Medigap Plans (Supplements), Prescription Drug Plans and Low Income benefits. This course will reduce confusion about this very complex issue, and will explain all the options available to make an informed decision about healthcare. Those who are new to Medicare, or are existing Medicare beneficiaries, can have their questions answered.

Welcome to the holiday season. That whirlwind of gift-giving, marketing blitzes, holiday parties and activities galore that begins right after Halloween, builds to Thanksgiving, and continues gaining momentum through the end of the year.

If you could use a little help minimizing and managing the additional stress of the holiday season, then you'll want to attend this class, where you will learn some simple and effective stress management techniques.

If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease you would appreciate this monthly class. The class is made up of a Patient and Caregiver Support session followed by an educational program.

Due to facility requirements, registration for Patients and Caregivers are required for each date.  Please note that there is a maximum enrollment for this support group.  If you have registered and you realize you will be unable to attend please contact MTP to have your name removed from the roster so that your seat is available to another attendee.  If the maximum enrollment is reached and you are not registered, you will not be allowed to attend. 

 

Are you or your loved one experiencing a "senior moment" or is some form of irreversible dementia occurring? How can you make a determination and what can you do about it? Dementia is a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's is the most common type, but there are others such as Vascular, Frontaltemporal, Lewy Body, Parkinson's. Learn what it means to have dementia and how to make the best choices for you and your loved one. Receive experience-based answers to your questions and practical tools, tips, and techniques to be more effective.  The useful information about hospitals, physicians, medications, treatments, home care agencies, long term care facilities, legal protections, financial planning,  and community resources let you take steps now to prevent future problems.  Helping you help your loved one in a safe supportive manner through all types of dementia related issues is what this class seeks to do. 
Each session may be taken as a stand-alone class. However, there is much merit in taking them all. Individual registration is required for each session. The class and materials are free.

This class will explore Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans, Medigap Plans (Supplements), Prescription Drug Plans and Low Income benefits. This course will reduce confusion about this very complex issue, and will explain all the options available to make an informed decision about healthcare. Those who are new to Medicare, or are existing Medicare beneficiaries, can have their questions answered.