Family Caregiver Training Workshop for those with a family member or friend with a brain tumor
May
8
Saturday
2010
Family Caregiver Training Workshop for those with a family member or friend with a brain tumor
| Event Date: | Saturday, May 8, 2010 |
| Event Time: | 8:30 AM |
| Event Location: | Colgate Rochester Divinity School |
| Contact Telephone: | (585) 276-3971 |
Please note this is an archived calendar event.
Social workers, nurses and clinicians will lead additional discussions on relationship changes, fear of tumor recurrence, and providing care for a love one while raising a family.
"This is an opportunity for caregivers to come together, to learn how others cope in similar circumstances, and to address some tough issues that can be difficult to face," said physician assistant Jennifer Serventi, RPA-C, an organizer. "A diagnosis of a brain tumor presents special challenges for patients and family alike. People may suddenly be depressed or have an extreme personality change that seems confusing. They might lose the ability to understand words or simple language. They might have extreme weakness on just one side of the body. The person who has always been great with numbers might suddenly not be able to balance a checkbook."
The workshop, which is free, will take place at the Colgate Rochester Divinity School beginning at 8:30 a.m. Advance registration is required by contacting Serventi at (585) 276-3971 or e-mail her at Jennifer_Serventi@urmc.rochester.edu.
The Medical Center and the National Brain Tumor Society are sponsoring this event, with funding from Departments of Radiation Oncology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery; as well as Wegmans Food Markets and Bruegger's Bagels.
Submitted by: RH Administrator, Rochester Health
Calendar Id: 0000000819
