“It’s Not a Burden”: An Inside Look at Caregiving, Resistance and Ethics and Aging for the Helping Professional

CEU Creations Signature Series presents:
“It’s Not a Burden”: An Inside Look at Caregiving, Resistance and Ethics and Aging for the Helping ProfessionalFriday, February 11, 2022
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. ET: Log In /Virtual Networking
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET: Presentation–See event flyer for detailed agenda

COST:
Early Bird Registration: $64.99
After January 28th registration is $74.99
Plus U Member Discount – free

Continuing Education Credits
Social Workers (ASWB ACE – 3 Clinical and 2 Ethics ; New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work– 5 Contact Hours)
Case Managers (CCMC – 5 Contact Hours)
Nurses (CA Board of Registered Nursing – 5 Contact Hours)
Counselors (NBCC ACEP; NY State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 5 Contact Hours)
Attendance or applied credit certificate available for other credentials.
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure transferability of CE credit.

Overview
It’s Not a Burden: The Humor and Heartache of Raising Elderly Parents” is a documentary film that takes the audience on the emotional rollercoaster ride of being a caregiver to a loved one. It provides the helping professional insight to the challenges that caregivers face daily. It also highlights the universal issues around aging through the stories of a variety of families from diverse backgrounds, races, and genders. Following the movie, Lauren Snedeker, LSW, LMSW, Assistant Professor and Coordinator for the MSW Certificate in Aging and Health Program, Rutgers University, School of Social Work, will lead a discussion with the audience – focusing on psychosocial and other critical aspects of aging and caregiving that the film highlights. From here, pivoting slightly, we will focus on ethics and aging dilemmas that helping professionals working with older adults can experience. For example, identifying the ‘right’ path of intervention when working with a client that is neglectful of their own needs, while considering that same client’s right to selfdetermination. Finally, we will end our day of learning with a discussion around managing resistance when working with seniors and their care partners presented by Rebecca Abenante, MA, MSW, LSW ASW-G, Healthy Aging Coordinator and Geriatrics Fellowship Program Coordinator at Atlantic Health System. From the insightful and moving film to our expert line-up of speakers – you will leave with new insights, tools, and resources for your work with older adults and their loved ones.

By Attending Our Workshop, You Will Be Able To:

• Recognize the emotional toll that caregivers endure daily
• Identify some of the challenges faced by caregivers and solutions that could be used
• Relate and reflect on complex, practice scenarios when working with older adults and their communities
• Analyze (and assess for) instances of ageism, abuse, neglect, and more, that impact our practice with older adults and their communities
• Identify and discuss ways to work with resistance with senior clients and their loved ones