Denise Scruggs, director of the Beard Center on Aging, conducts workshops related to aging issues for various organizations. These include workshops on the following topics:
- Aging Communities and Career Opportunities
- Aging in Place: Housing Adaptations and Changes to Age-Proof Our Home
- Aging Through a Different Mirror: Intellectual Disabilities, Aging, and Dementia
- Aging: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for the Future
- Aging with Spirit and Zest
- Alzheimer’s and Dementia: National Certification Council Alzheimer’s and Dementia Class
- Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Preventing and Responding to Challenging Behaviors
- A Positive Attitude is Everything
- Beyond Crossword Puzzles: Maintaining a Healthy Brain
- Boomers and the Pending Workforce Shortage
- Building Blocks for Successful Activities for Older Adults
- Caregiving From A Dementia Caregiver Perspective
- Caregiver Burden and Stress
- Caregiver Stress
- Caregiving: Tips and Techniques From Someone Who Has Been There Before
- Communicating Effectively with Individuals Diagnosed with Dementia
- Communicating Effectively with Your Doctor
- Connecting with Memory Impaired Adults Thru Validation
- Developing Partnerships and Coalitions for Success
- Domestic Violence in Later Life
- Down, but Not Out: Tips for Surviving Cancer and Health Challenges From Someone Who Has Been There
- End-of-life Planning: Things We Should All Do
- Facing Life’s Challenges and Coming Out on Top
- Finding Purpose in Life
- Finding Resources When You Need Them
- Generational Differences and Their Impact on Our Work, Relationships, and Life
- Getting What You Want Out of Life: 12 Keys to Becoming and Staying Motivated
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
- Laughter is the Best Medicine
- Living Life with Purpose
- Living to 100 and Beyond: What Centenarians Have Taught Us
- More Than Fun: The Importance of Recreation and Socialization to Longevity and Quality of Life
- Overcoming Adversity
- Person-Centered Care: The Little Things That Matter
- Positive Aging: Aging Well in Mind, Body, and Spirit
- Preventing and Detecting Elder Abuse
- Promoting Positive Self Esteem in Older Adults
- Relationship Building in Retirement Communities
- Spirituality and Aging
- Stressed is Desserts Spelled Backwords: Tips for Handling and Preventing Stress
- Stress Management
- Successful Day-to-Day Caregiving Strategies for Working with Older Adults with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
- Taking Charge of Your Health
- Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia
- Walking in Their Shoes: Aging Sensitivity training
- Wisdom at Work: The Move to an Aging Workforce
Cost
A limited number of workshops are offered annually at no cost in the greater Lynchburg area for government, non-profit businesses, churches, and community organizations. However, to enable us to continue offering this community service, there is a nominal fee for other workshops and training, including travel expenses for programs outside of the Lynchburg area.
If your organization would like a workshop on topics that were mentioned above, or any related topic, please contact the Beard Center on Aging for more information.
