CAREGIVERS SEMINAR SET.Byline: BETTIE RECORET Senior columnist LANCASTER - Caregivers of Antelope Valley will be able to tap into several resources for help in coping with critically ill loved ones or friends. Representatives from the Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center will present a half-day program Saturday at the Antelope Valley Senior Center, 777 West Jackman St. Registration will take place at 8:30 a.m. and resource tables will be opened at that time. Information will be offered on support groups, family consultations, short-term counseling, short-term respite care Respite Care Short-term or temporary care of a few hours or weeks of the sick or disabled to provide relief, or respite, to the regular caregiver, usually a family member. Notes: , legal and financial consultations, long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. planning, education and training events and 48-hour caregiver retreats. Toi Bell, a registered nurse from the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, will deliver a talk on ``Older Adults and Depression'' at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m., Anita Chun will speak on ``Basics of Medicare and Medi- Cal.'' The headliner will be Judith Harris, a Santa Clarita resident well known for her humorous presentations on serious subjects. She will speak on ``He Who Laughs, Lasts'' from 11 to 11:50 a.m. Just before the closing ceremonies, a prize will be given to one of the participants. The LACRC is an organization that provides assistance for adults who care for other adults who have suffered brain impairment at or after the age of 18. Included illnesses are Alzheimer's, stroke and other vascular dementias, Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, degenerative brain disorder first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson in 1817. When there is no known cause, the disease usually appears after age 40 and is referred to as Parkinson's disease. , frontal temporal dementias, traumatic brain injury Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury and is one of two subsets of acquired brain , Huntington's disease Huntington's disease, hereditary, acute disturbance of the central nervous system usually beginning in middle age and characterized by involuntary muscular movements and progressive intellectual deterioration; formerly called Huntington's chorea. , multiple sclerosis, Lewy body dementias, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (ā'mīətrōf`ik, sklĭrō`sĭs) or motor neuron disease, , Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. dementia and those caused by brain tumors, and other disorders. The LACRC's services are free and confidential, according to Michelle Paez, information and referral specialist. For more information, Paez can be contacted at (661) 945-4852 in the group's Antelope Valley office, 44421 10th St. West, Suite I. This program is partially funded by the Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging. |
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