Caregiver College Set for Saturday, Feb. 20 at Randolph Community College

Randolph Community College is partnering with Randolph Hospital, Hospice of Randolph County, and Cross Road Retirement Community to offer a one-day intensive training event for home caregivers in February. The event is being partially funded by a grant from the Randolph Hospital Community Health Foundation.

The Caregiver College, set for 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20, at RCC's Asheboro Campus, will offer breakout sessions on a variety of topics. The keynote session will be given by Teepa Snow, an occupational therapist specializing in dementia care and dementia education. The keynote topics are "Learning the Difference Between Letting Go and Giving Up," and "Humor and Caregiving – Learning How to Laugh."

Snow has 30 years of experience in geriatrics and provides educational and training sessions to organizations and providers throughout the United States. She has a strong and varied clinical background and has worked collaboratively to conduct clinical research in a variety of settings and on a variety of geriatric topics. Snow, who has an M.S. in Occupational Therapy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association and has received local, statewide, and national recognition for her expertise in geriatrics, dementia care and programming, and staff training.

Topics for the breakout sessions include ins and outs of long-term care, emergency preparedness, graying anatomy, taking care of the caregiver, Medicare Part D, and sleep disorders in dementia.

The registration fee for the Caregiver College will be $20 (includes lunch).

Free home care by a certified nursing assistant is available to allow caregivers to get away from home to attend. Participants must reserve the free home care, which is being provided by Family Caregiver funds, at 633-7706 by Jan. 31. Availability is limited.

Register for the Caregiver College by Monday, Feb. 15, at 12 noon, by calling RCC at (336) 633-0268. Inclement weather date is Saturday, Feb. 27.