4th annual Dementia and Parkinson's Wellness Expo 12.7.23

Tickets Now Available

General Public: $75 Professionals with CEUs: $125 (includes lunch)

Admission FREE for Family Caregivers - lunch $15

For more information call Dementia Family Pathways at 850.215.7077 (leave a message) or email info@DementiaFamilyPathways.org.

Dementia Family Pathways and Teepa Snow Agenda

• 8:00 am – 8:30 am: Check-in and browse vendor tables.
• 8:30 am – 10 :00 am “Brain Changes in Dementia with Teepa Snow”: Improve your understanding of the brain changes that occur during the process of dementia.
• 10:15 am – 11:45 am “Understanding the Different Dementias with Teepa Snow”: Learn about the significant progress made in recent years in differential diagnoses and tailoring treatments to different types of dementia.
• 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Enjoy lunch* while you browse vendor tables. 
• 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm “Coping with Challenging Situations in Dementia Care with Teepa Snow”: Split into two 1.5 hour sessions with a 15-minute break. This presentation is designed to help care partners better understand why the person they’re trying to help may at times exhibit ‘challenging behaviors.’
• 4:15 pm – 4:30 pm John Chapman - Fighting Back against his Greatest Opponent” This presentation is designed to raise awareness and advocacy for a type of dementia - Parkinson's disease.
• 4:30 pm – 4:45 pm: Check out and complete your CEU  process, as needed.

We are excited for the return of Teepa Snow to Panama City, FL.   She is internationally renowned for her innovative clinical work and informative and entertaining dementia care trainings. Last time Teepa was live in Panama City Beach 2.22.22, her training filled hearts and minds with the good news of her Positive Approach to Care (PAC)!

This day-long seminar will teach attendees effective strategies for helping people with dementia during interactions, care delivery and daily engagement. The goal is to help reduce resistance to care and foster participation. Attendees will learn important observational skills to recognize and intervene effectively when behavioral challenges occur. Emphasizing the value of matching helping behaviors to the person’s needs and retained abilities to promote a sense of control and self-direction. Modifying the task demands, the environment, and the caregiver’s approach are three key elements to improving the situation. These three elements combined with knowledge of the individual’s background and life story medical, psychological, sensory conditions and level of cognitive function will form the base for problem solving and personalized care planning.

Various sessions through the workshop will address typical issues that occur from early stages of the condition, through mid-disease, and into the final care concerns that are part of the progression. Each session will help learners focus on carefully monitoring people with cognitive impairment for signs and signals of “unmet needs and growing distress” in order to intervene early and often with meaningful programming and empathetic communication. This effort to create a positive and caring environment rather than “dealing with the behavior” after it is established and full –blown will be promoted as a more effective model of caregiving.

Visit YouTube for samplings of Teepa Snow’s past presentations and outstanding work.  Also visit her website: TeepaSnow.com