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Webinars for Practitioners, Professors,

Students and Researchers in the Field of Aging

Co-sponsored by MGS and the Center on Aging/MAGEC

An opportunity to assess relevant research for practice, and identify practice issues for research, the webinars normally conducted at noon for one hour. The webinars are offered free of charge. CEUs are available for attendees. Each presentation is then available on-line for downloading after the presentation is finished. The webinars are conducted over the internet and by telephone conference call. All you need on your computer is a connection to the internet and a web browser (no need for microphones or speakers).

Next Webinars

Let’s Talk About Sex:
Sex and Aging
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - Noon to 1 PM

This webinar outlines the importance of being informed about sex and aging, and the need to inform others about sex and aging. This includes understanding the need for intimate contact, and about safe sex, physiological changes, medications and why it is important to talk.

Presenters: Phyllis A. Greenberg, PhD (Associate Professor Gerontology, St. Cloud
State University), Hannah Nordell (Masters Student, Gerontology, St. Cloud State
University) and Paula Woischke (Masters Student, Gerontology, St. Cloud State
University).

Download the flyer here.

Webinar is free, but registration required. Click here to register.

Changing Compassion Fatigue to Compassion Satisfaction
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Noon to 1:00 PM

There is a cost to caring. What is compassion fatigue? This webinar will provide you with specific tools to assist in identifying signs and symptoms of your own compassion fatigue while understanding the practices of self-care that embrace and lead to compassion satisfaction.
Objectives include:

Compare and contrast stress and burnout to that of compassion fatigue
Outline stressors that enhance susceptibility to compassion fatigue
Identify measures to prevent compassion fatigue
Identify signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue
Embrace identifiers of compassion fatigue

Presenter: Lores Vlaminck, RN, BSN, MA, CHPN, Lores Consulting, Rochester. Lores is a consultant for palliative care, hospice, home care and assisted living. She has 35 years of professional nursing experience in clinical practice (cardiac and intensive care), outpatient clinic services and most recently as a home care and hospice administrator/director for 19 years.

Download the flyer here.

Webinar is free, but registration required. Click here to register.
Certificate of Attendance provided for CEU (social work and nursing-self submit).

Download previous presentation slides:

Carla Sutter's Presentation on Geriatric Care Management (September 2011)

Tom Gillaspy's Presentation on Understanding the New Normal (February 2011)

Michael Herndon's Presentation on Financial Literacy of Older Adults (November 2010)

Dr. Hee Lee's Presentation on Health Literacy of Older Adults (October 2010)

Jan Hively’s presentation on Changing Expectations for Work and Retirement (November 2009)

LaRhae Knatterud’s presentation on Health Disparities of Minnesota’s Older People (October 2009)

Jessica Meyerson’s Presentation on Using Logic Models to Strengthen Your Programs and Assess Your Results (May 2009)

Harbir Kaur's presentation on Understanding Elder Care Abuse (March 2009)

Sharon Durken's presentation on Kinship Care (January 2009)