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Join Jennie Clark with Stanford’s Aging Adult Services at Stanford Health Care for a discussion for family caregivers for those living with dementia.

*Learn more about the role of family caregiving including the challenges and opportunities for caregivers.
*Discuss common unmet needs of family caregivers.
*Discover common unmet needs of people living with dementia and how they manifest in difficult behaviors.
*Learn how to better communicate with a person living with dementia.
*How to use person-centered dementia care as an intervention to reduce difficult behaviors and increase well-being.
*Learn about care planning and available resources.

Jennie Clark is a Credentialed Professional Gerontologist, Certified Geriatric Care Manager, Certified Dementia Practitioner, Certified Montessori Dementia Care Professional, and Board Certified in Alzheimer Education. Jennie received her Master of Arts degree in Gerontology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has worked with older adults in public, private, government, and non-profit sectors. Currently, Jennie manages the Memory Support Program at Stanford Health Care and sits on the Clinical Core for the NIH Stanford Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. She lectures and presents on the topics of person-centered dementia care and caregiving in dementia. She is published in academic journals and has co-authored clinical and research manuals.

Our beautiful assisted living and memory care residence is officially open and proudly offering care beyond what many other senior living communities can provide. 

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Our leadership team will be on-hand to guide you through our warm and open spaces and show you where you or your loved one could call home. We look forward to delivering uncompromising senior care and lifestyle experience to our Reston area residents.

The nearby proximity of Kensington ownership gives its communities unique advantages. The partners are routinely visible and actively involved in the daily goings-on of their communities. They give continual, easy-access support to their executive directors and teams. And, they get to know residents and their families up close and in person, which strengthens the sense of family to which all of the partners are committed. In fact, The Kensington is a big family of families, and we take family seriously.

We promise to love and care for your family as we do our own.

If you would like to schedule a tour, rest assured, your safety is our top priority. COVID precautions are in place so that you can safely experience a full community tour, in-person, at The Kensington Reston. If you prefer, we can also happily make a virtual tour available.

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In the spirit of health and safety, the club will be held virtually at this time.

The Parkinson’s Communication Club meets every Tuesday. Led by Susan I. Wranik, the Club establishes a wellness and prevention program for individuals with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners, with a focus on maintenance of communication skills. It stresses the importance of speaking louder to be heard in social settings. This program is a collaboration between The Kensington and The Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area (PFNCA.)

The Parkinson’s Communication Club is led by a licensed speech-language therapist, Susan Wranik, a certified clinician in LSVT LOUD therapy (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment, which improves vocal loudness by stimulating muscles of the voice box and speech mechanism through systematic exercises). The Club, however, is not therapy. Rather, it is an exercise group designed to improve volume. The approach helps people speak loudly and clearly in order to make themselves heard. Most importantly, this club is designed in a group setting – one for all and all for one – a team effort to be loud.

Upon RSVPing for this event, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with a link to sign up and join The Parkinson’s Foundation Northern Capital Area (PFNCA). Please use the special offer code provided for a complimentary subscription to PFNCA’s wellness program including this event and many others.

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We are proud to offer The Kensington Short Story Book Club in partnership with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. Curated by Author Susan Minot and moderated by Jessica Strand, the Book Club features short story titles delivered to you digitally in an interactive platform of passionate readers encouraging inspiring discussions.

This week hear from Elizabeth Strout, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Olive, Again, an Oprah’s Book Club pick; Anything Is Possible, winner of the Story Prize; My Name is Lucy Barton, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize; The Burgess Boys, named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and NPR; Abide with Me, a national bestseller; and Amy and Isabelle, winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Orange Prize. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including The New Yorker and O: The Oprah Magazine. Elizabeth Strout lives in New York City. 

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More than a million people in the U.S. have Parkinson’s.  This presentation will highlight common symptoms of the disease and outline a course of action if you or a loved one are experiencing any of the symptoms.   The program will also include a Q & A session with our speaker.

About our speaker: Dr. Stephen Grill is currently an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area. He received a PhD in Neuroscience, M.D. from Northwestern University, neurology residency at Washington University and a fellowship in movement disorders at the NIH.

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More Americans are living longer than ever before, and healthily so. However, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s latest report, the number of Americans with Alzheimer’s dementia is also growing—to a projected 7.2 million by 2025. This means that more of us will eventually be caregivers, seeking resources and making plans for loved ones who require specialized dementia settings and services.

Join Institute on Aging (IOA) for an interactive presentation, moderated by Alison Moritz, Program Director, Enrichment Center at the Presidio, IOA. Our experts will share with us an assortment of Bay Area dementia and caregiver resources, examine a few family case scenarios, and discuss development of a basic care plan for family caregivers. 

Mary Griffin, RN, MPH, Vice President of Home Care and Support Services, IOA.

Mary has 30+ years of experience in nursing, senior care, and home health.  She has held positions with national home care companies where she has had numerous leadership roles. Prior to joining IOA, Mary was president and co-founder of A Better Living Home Care, a California- based, private-duty home care provider with offices in the greater San Francisco and Sacramento areas. She has lectured extensively to medical foundations, health care associations, and insurance companies on cost and care-effective patient post-discharge follow-up solutions. She has also published articles on a variety of health care topics and has written a chapter in the Medical Entrepreneur’s Handbook. In addition to her professional credentials, Mary was the primary family caregiver for her 91-year-old mother who was afflicted with memory impairment and debilitating arthritis. Mary’s combined personal and professional experiences provide great insight into understanding client and families in need, and how best to serve them. She earned her Master’s in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from San Jose State University.

Alison Moritz, Program Director, Enrichment Center at the Presidio, IOA

Alison Moritz is a Gerontologist who has worked with IOA for seven years.  She is the Program Director for the Enrichment Center which specializes in caring for seniors with varying dementias and levels of severity.  She is on the team developing IOA’s new program, Companioa, designed to support families through the journey of a dementia diagnosis. Her work with caregivers, facilitating supports groups, and developing robust intern experiences with USF students, has made her an advocate for families across the bay area.  She is a member of the Creative Aging San Francisco collective and enjoys incorporating the arts into our aging experience.

Anja Jakubovic, Director of Community Relations at Kensington Place Redwood City    

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We are proud to offer The Kensington Short Story Book Club in partnership with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. Curated by Author Susan Minot and moderated by Jessica Strand, the Book Club features short story titles delivered to you digitally in an interactive platform of passionate readers encouraging inspiring discussions.

This week, hear from Karen Russell, novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 2009 the National Book Foundation named Russell a 5 under 35 honoree.

She was also the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” in 2013. Her most recent collection: Orange World and other stories (Knopf). Registered participants will receive a digital copy of the featured short story prior to the discussion. The first 25 registered participants will be mailed a hard copy of the book.   

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