BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.insightmcc.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:125a1f81-f056-4c21-bee6-0ed3f7a51dc8 X-WR-CALDESC:Make Confident Medical Decisions for your Loved One wi th Memory Impairment\nEveryday Dr. Lamb cares for a person living with dementia in the ER. She sees their caregivers struggling to make dec isions for them feeling unsure\, overwhelmed and unprepared.\n\nShe has de veloped a course to teach caregivers what they need to know\, in plain Eng lish\, about the medical issues their person is most likely to face and th en how these conditions are treated. They then turn this knowledge into a written treatment plan made for their person to fall back on when making d ecisions.\n\n

8 Week Program Goals

Be able to confidently communicate your person’s goals with nurses\, doctors\, or anyone else ca ring for them.
Know your person will receive the care they would want through understanding treatment options for the most common medical issues that happen in dementia and aging.
Have created a written decision-making plan (100% adaptable overtime) using Dr. Lamb’s process f or each medical issue you are likely to face.\nKnow if you come to the hos pital or ER and are forced to make a quick decision\, you have a plan and knowledge to do so confidently.

\n\nYou’ll go from feeling worrie d about the unknown\, to feeling informed and ready to act\, allowing you to focus your time and attention on your person’s day-to-day needs and qua lity time together.\n\n

Modules

Module 1 - Understanding your role as medical decision maker
Module 2 - Things to act on and consider before creating a medical care plan
Module 3 - Dete rmining goals of care now and into the future
Module 4 - Organiz ing the plan - A process for checking in & a framework for decision making
Module 5 - Common medical issues in dementia
Module 6 - Medical emergencies as we age
Module 7 - Treatment options w hen someone is seriously ill
Module 8 - Tools you can use to adv ocate for your person

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Details

\nCourse runs from May 1st through June 19th. Each weekly module will open on Sunday for partici pants to access. Zoom Q&A sessions will be held half way through and durin g the last week of the course. At the end of the 8 weeks participants will have lifetime access to the course and all materials.\n\nAttendees will b e emailed directions to log-in after registering for the series.\n\nCost for the full series is $250 per person. Dr. Lamb has partn ered with Insight to provide scholarship for 10 people to attend for a red uced fee! \n\n

Presenter

\nDr. Br ittany Lamb\, ER physician\, sees the overwhelm and frustrations people ex perience in having to make medical decisions unexpectedly. When not in the ER\, Dr. Lamb supports and educates dementia caregivers\, on the importan ce of\, and how to\, plan for future medical decisions.\n\n \;\n \ ;\nSign Me U p!\n\n\n X-WR-RELCALID:088db7b39c89cd2391eb6e7fc0f184cf X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20231105T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20240310T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:47f5cba3-8862-4dc4-ab07-8fd7c24433ff DTSTAMP:20260403T192736Z DESCRIPTION:Make Confident Medical Decisions for your Loved One wit h Memory Impairment\nEveryday Dr. Lamb cares for a person living with dementia in the ER. She sees their caregivers struggling to make deci sions for them feeling unsure\, overwhelmed and unprepared.\n\nShe has dev eloped a course to teach caregivers what they need to know\, in plain Engl ish\, about the medical issues their person is most likely to face and the n how these conditions are treated. They then turn this knowledge into a w ritten treatment plan made for their person to fall back on when making de cisions.\n\n

8 Week Program Goals

Be able to confidently communicate your person’s goals with nurses\, doctors\, or anyone else car ing for them.
Know your person will receive the care they would want through understanding treatment options for the most common medical i ssues that happen in dementia and aging.
Have created a written decision-making plan (100% adaptable overtime) using Dr. Lamb’s process fo r each medical issue you are likely to face.\nKnow if you come to the hosp ital or ER and are forced to make a quick decision\, you have a plan and k nowledge to do so confidently.

\n\nYou’ll go from feeling worried about the unknown\, to feeling informed and ready to act\, allowing you t o focus your time and attention on your person’s day-to-day needs and qual ity time together.\n\n

Modules

Module 1 - Understanding y our role as medical decision maker
Module 2 - Things to act on a nd consider before creating a medical care plan
Module 3 - Deter mining goals of care now and into the future
Module 4 - Organizi ng the plan - A process for checking in & a framework for decision making< /li>\n
Module 5 - Common medical issues in dementia
Module 6 - Medical emergencies as we age
Module 7 - Treatment options wh en someone is seriously ill
Module 8 - Tools you can use to advo cate for your person

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Details

\nCourse runs from May 1st through June 19th. Each weekly module will open on Sunday for particip ants to access. Zoom Q&A sessions will be held half way through and during the last week of the course. At the end of the 8 weeks participants will have lifetime access to the course and all materials.\n\nAttendees will be emailed directions to log-in after registering for the series.\n\nCost for the full series is $250 per person. Dr. Lamb has partne red with Insight to provide scholarship for 10 people to attend for a redu ced fee! \n\n