Thursday 11 17 16 at 11:30
Sentara Educational Suite Kitty Hawk.
Chad Holloman Vice President / City Executive of the State Employees Credit Union is GEM’s next Lunch and Learn Speaker.
He will address what we can do to assist family caregivers in their support people living with dementia when it comes to personal finances.
For Ann Napoletan, who writes for Caregivers.com, it’s all too recognizable. Her mother had begun suffering from Alzheimer’s-related cognitive impairment, and there came a time when Ann began to suspect her mother was having trouble managing her finances.
“It was when she asked me to help with her taxes that I noticed the checking account was a mess. There had been overdrafts, late payments, duplicate payments and checks written to every charity that knocked on her door, called, or mailed her anything (including one we later discovered was fraudulent).” According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, the ability to manage finances is one of the first activities of daily life to decline in those with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s.
http://www.aplaceformom.com/blog/2013-02-18memory-loss-retirement-savings/
Join us for a light lunch on Thursday and learn what we can do to avoid some of the pitfalls. Please RSVP so that we will be sure to have ample amount of lunches.
Gail E. Sonnesso, MS, QDCS
AFA Excellence in Care Specialist
GEM DAY SERVICES, INC.
252-480-3354
www.gemdayservices.org
