Not only must the state of Utah grapple with an increasing aging population, it must also address the need of an unusually large number of children. As these two population segments grow, the burden on the sandwich generation will intensify.

Join KUED and community partners, AARP of Utah, The Utah Commission on Aging, Utah Coalition for Caregiver Support and Salt Lake County Aging Services as we extend the reach of the national program “Caring For Your Parents” with local resources and information including a half-day conference "Hand in Hand: Utah Caregiving". Register for the conference here.

Caring for Your Parents Seminar
June 14th, 2008
Salt Lake City Library
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.

Registration and continental breakfast
Check in or sign up for “listening stations – 20 minute sessions
Browse the informational booths in the upper urban area

9:00 a.m. Welcome (auditorium) by Beth Elder, Director, City Library
9:05 a.m. Overview of the days agenda by KUED
9:10 a.m. Introduction of Elinor Ginzler by AARP, Utah

9:15 – 10:00 a.m

Elinor Ginzler, Keynote Speaker
Co-author, Caring for Your Parents, The Complete Family Guide by Hugh Delehanty & Elinor Ginzler

10:10 – 11:10 a.m. - Breakout Session #1

Choice of:

The Paper Trail, what paperwork and legal documents should you have in place to assure you or a family members wishes are met. Learn more about financial planning, social security, Medicare and Elder Law issues. .

• Elder Law & Advanced Directives, - Mary Jane Ciccarello, Attorney
• Social Security – Maryann Candland, Information Specialist
• Medicare – Sallie Richardson, Utah Senior Medicare Patrol Program
• Financial Planning – Vicki Tu’ua, StateFarm

The Roadmap of Care, what community support is out there, how do you find out what programs you or your family are eligible for?

• Statewide Resource and Referral – Lorna Koci, Utah Food Bank Services & 211
• Caregiver Support, Salt Lake County Aging - Nancy Stallings
• What about me, who supports the caregiver – Caregiver Support – Sonnie Yudell

Physician Forum, Twenty minutes with the doctor, what questions do you ask? All those prescriptions what should I know about them. Home Health, Nursing Home, Palliative Care, Hospice what are they?

• Physician – Sumati Gupta, MD, Geriatrician and Internal Medicine Physician
• Pharmacist – Karen Gunning, Pharm D
• Hospice Care & Palliative Care – Kathie Supiano, MS. LCSW
• RN Home Help and Social Work Support – Sylvia Brunisholz, LCSW

11: 20 a.m. – 12:20 a.m. - Breakout Session #2

Choice of:

The Paper Trail, what paperwork and legal documents should you have in place to assure you or a family members wishes are met. Learn more about financial planning, social security, Medicare and Elder Law issues.

• Elder Law & Advanced Directives, - Mary Jane Ciccarello, Attorney
• Social Security – Maryann Candland, Information Specialist
• Medicare – Sallie Richardson, Utah Senior Medicare Patrol Program
• Financial Planning – Vicki Tu’ua, Financial Planning Specialist, State Farm

The Roadmap of Care, what community support is out there, how do you find out what programs you or your family are eligible for?

• Statewide Resource and Referral – Lorna Koci, Utah Food Bank Services & 211
• Caregiver Support, Salt Lake County Aging - Nancy Stallings
• What about me, who supports the caregiver – Caregiver Support – Sonnie Yudell

Physician Forum, Twenty minutes with the doctor, what questions do you ask? All those prescriptions what should I know about them. Home Health, Nursing Home, Palliative Care, Hospice what are they?

• Physician – Cheri Brunker, MD, Gerontologist
• Pharmacist – Karen Gunning, Pharm D
• Hospice Care & Palliative Care – Kathie Supiano, MS. LCSW
• RN Home Help and Social Work Support – Sylvia Brunisholz, LCSW

12:20 a.m – 1:20 p.m. - Lunch on your own

• Spend some with other conference attendees with similar concerns.
• Spend some time talking to the exhibitors
• Drop a question in the question box for the final Q & A session
• Attend a scheduled appointment at the listening station.

1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Final session

Your Turn, Panel and Audience Q & A - **A free copy of the new book, Caring For Your Parents, will be provided to all attendees of this session.

Do you have a question that you still don’t have an answer for? Join us as our team of panelists answer the questions you have generated throughout the day and address come of the perceived cultural and economic barriers of caregiving

Moderator: Elinor Ginzler, co author – Caring For Your Parents, A Complete Guide

Panelists:

• Linda Hilton, Director, CORC (Coalition of Religious Communities)
• Alan Ormsby, Director, Utah Department of Aging and Adult Services
• Manuel Romero, Community Relations Program Manager for the Utah
  Department of Human Services.
• Maureen Henry, Director, Commission on Aging

Within this site you will find resources for caregiving whether you are in crisis or anticipating becoming a future caregiver. From assessing whether you are a caregiver to suggestions about balancing life, work and caregiving KUED and our partner agencies hope you will find information to begin the difficult conversations and learn more of the joy of caring for your parents or other aging members of your family.

We encourage you to learn more about this impending national crisis before you or a family member become caregivers for not only their children but perhaps their parents as well and become a member of the “Sandwich Generation”.