Many of you know that Team Reba will be hosting classes at Renton Technical College starting next week with topics ranging the entire real estate spectrum. One area of clientele that we do specialize in is working with is active seniors, as noted by the Senior Real Estate Specialist designation that I carry. In the past, we have held estate planning classes and included real estate and lending elements into it but I was given a notice by RTC’s director of community education that they’ve got a great program coming up that I thought would be even more wonderful to support because it gets into areas that are outside of our expertise. I’m going to post the content of his notice below:
“Dear Community Education Lifestyle Instructor,
As an adult you may already know about the topic of “caregiving” . . . it can be very challenging taking care of others. In this regard, I’m sending you this letter so you can help “spread the word” to those people you know who you think might profit from attending the college’s April 25th Eldercare School. Thanks for your help.
We all have someone””a neighbor, a parent, a friend, a teacher, an employee, or church member ”” who is struggling with the issues aging. Maybe the water was turned off because Dad forgot to pay the bill. Or Mom got burned by a grease fire because she left the range burner on.
On Saturday, April 25th, Renton Technical College will host its second Eldercare School at Valley Medical Center for anyone who is concerned about a loved one, or just wants to prepare before a crisis situation hits. Keynote speaker Liz Taylor, former Seattle Times columnist on aging and founder of Aging Deliberately, will introduce basic eldercare issues such as the basic building blocks of caregiving, finding ways to pay for care and learning the rules of caregiving. Liz’s morning session is followed by an array of breakout sessions.
The morning and afternoon breakout sessions are 60-minutes in length. During each time bloc there is a choice of sessions on family dynamics, caregiving resources, aging healthfully, and learning about legal and financial issues. Please reference the attached pdf for a more complete listing of breakout sessions. Cost for the entire day””lunch included””is just $25 a person and $40 for couples.
We would very much appreciate it if you would help us spread the news about this important event designed to provide caregivers, family members and others the support they need to help their loved ones as they age. This subject impacts so many people.
Thanks very much,
George Lanegraff
Director of Community Education
Renton Technical College”
Many of our readers know that my parents survived a horrible car accident 2 years ago. My father has since been limited to a nursing home for the majority of his care, so this is a topic that is near and dear to me. It’s imperative to know what to look for PRIOR to beginning the search for a suitable caregiving environment so that you can make better decisions about what you see while touring facilities. Plus, learning the skills of how to take care of yourself while providing caregiving is enormously useful too. For years I had read Liz’s articles in the Seattle Times so I am thrilled to get an opportunity to promote her ongoing work outside of that arena.
For anyone interested in attending this fantastic program, please go to this link to get details and to be signed up: RTC Community Education Calendar and click the following link to access the registration form.
