Events

Outstanding Calgary Seniors Awards

Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 1:00 p.m
Calgary Dream Centre,
4510 Macleod Trail SW

The Calgary Chapter, Alberta Association on Gerontology invites you to nominate an Outstanding Calgary Senior in one of the following categories:

►Active Living	►Arts
►Caregiving	►Leadership
►Volunteerism	►General

Click here for the nomination form

Nominations are to be submitted by Friday, April 23, 2010.

See more information on the Seniors' Awards page

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CCAAG AGM & Winds of Grey Symposium

Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Garrison Green Seniors Community
3028 Don Ethell Boulevard SW Calgary, Alberta (see map below)
3:15 – 3:30 pm Doors open
3:30 – 3:45 pm AGM
3:45 – 4:30 pm Speaker Jane Reid
4:30 – 5:30 pm Networking with Wine and Appetizers
Door Prizes throughout the event!

Jane Reid, MSW, RSW and Counsellor at Calgary Family Services
which runs the newly developed program “Making Room”
presents
“Developing Understanding of Hoarding and its Effects”

The new program in Calgary is aimed at helping seniors who suffer from hoarding, a mental disorder that causes them to obsessively keep what other people consider junk.

While once considered an eccentricity or a nuisance, hoarding is now more correctly considered a mental disorder, says Jane Reid, a social worker who is heading up the new program through Calgary Family Services.

Hoarders, who are often seniors, tend to define themselves by what they have. Jane Reid's job is to try to get sufferers to find another way to give themselves an identity.

The program, called "Making Room," is not simply a clean-up. She never tells anyone to throw things out. Instead, she tries to understand why the person wants to keep a particular item.

"It may involve me saying — 'Well, tell me about that paper. What does that mean to you?' — then talking and trying to help them kind of rethink what's important to them and what's not."

Program featured on CBC News – January 20, 2010 >>Read More

Note: There will be limited seating for this event – Register early!

***You must pre-register & pre-pay for this event by June 11, 2010** Registrations may be cancelled up to and including June 4, 2010 at 4PM. After that, you are welcome to substitute another attendee if you are unable to attend, but you will be billed if you have not pre-paid or sent a substitute.

Click here for registration form

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