LOCK HAVEN - The Alzheimer's and Caregiver's Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Conference Room B of Susque-View.
Fran Decker, MSW and group facilitator will review the book Love, Laughter and Mayhem by Cindy Keith, RN, BS.
Keith is a certified dementia practitioner and owns a dementia consulting business, Mind in Memory Care, in State College. The book teaches caregivers how to interact with those with dementia and how to enter their world to minimize behaviors and improve quality of life for both the care receiver and the caregiver.
Her book is full of stories from her professional experience. The stories are used as a teaching tool. The book will be available for participants to review.
The support group is free and open to anyone who is caring for a patient with memory loss. Transportation to the meeting and sitter service for the dementia patient can be provided upon request.
For more information, call Decker at 866-907-5433 or 748-4302.
Also, the Cancer Support Group will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday in Conference Room B of Susque-View. The group is holding a series of topics on "What Helped Get Me Through a Cancer Diagnosis."
The May meeting will focus on "How I Changed My Exercise Routine." Participants are encouraged to share their experiences with exercise while going through cancer treatment.
The meeting will offer a time of mutual support where participants can share concerns and offer encouragement to one another. Those who are newly diagnosed as well as cancer survivors, friends and family are welcome to attend.
The group meets the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in Conference Room B of Susque-View.
For more information about the Cancer Support Group, call Decker at 748-4302 or the American Cancer Society at 888-227-5445.
