"Mindfulness-Based Elder Care"
with Lucia McBee as Gerontology Institute's Distinguished Speaker

 

Lucia McBee is a licensed clinical geriatric social worker who has worked with elders and their caregivers for 30 years. For the past 15 years she has integrated mindfulness, gentle movement, aromatherapy, hand massage, and other complementary therapies into her practice with frail elders in nursing homes, with homebound elders, and with their caregivers. Her book describing these practices, Mindfulness-Based Elder Care, was published in 2008 and will be available for sale. Click here for more on this free event. 

in Elder Care: Practical Tools for Stress Reduction" on Tuesday, February 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Kendal at Ithaca auditorium. Long-term care leaders, staff, and other caregivers are invited to participate.

Registration is required for this free event, and space is limited. This training is funded by the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute's Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center, and is offered in collaboration with Kendal at Ithaca.

 

The Gerontology Institute, in partnership with the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, is recruiting participants to take part in an innovative program that trains retirees about environmental issues and connects them with volunteer environmental stewardship experiences at Ithaca College and in local communities. Training to participate in RISE (Retirees in Service to the Environment) will begin on Friday, March 28, at Longview retirement community in Ithaca, with an orientation session
(9 a.m.-2 p.m.) that includes training in leadership, communication, and environmental stewardship skills. Workshops will continue over seven additional Friday mornings, from 9 a.m. to noon, from April 4 to May 23 (no meeting on April 18). Topics will include health and the environment, climate change, water quality, permaculture, invasive species, citizen science, and planning the volunteer experience.

Registration for the program is required, but the program is free to participants, thanks to generous support from Ithaca College and Longview. Questions? Please contact IC intern Mary McKean '15, at mmckean1@ithaca.edu or 978-333-1892.

Sustainable Tompkins, an organization devoted to catalyzing sustainable development in our region, has awarded a "Sign of Sustainability" to the IC Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences and the Gerontology Institute for their joint development of the 2013 Retirees in Service to the Environment (RISE) program.

The Ithaca College Gerontology Institute provides high quality education to students and professionals, empowering them to positively impact the lives of older people.