For the sixth consecutive year, the Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) will have its annual caregiver education conference to provide information to persons impacted by dementia and to their family care partners.
The conference is designed to benefit family caregivers, concerned friends, health care professionals, counselors, social workers, facility administrators, psychologists, and the faith community. Experts from the health and research fields will inform and provide caregivers with “Help, Hope and Healing” to better manage their caregiving responsibilities.
Continuing education hours (4.5) will be available for social workers, adult care home and nursing home administrators. No partial credit will be given.
The conference will be Saturday, Nov. 1, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University in the Alumni Foundation Event Center, 200 North Benbow Road.
Admission is free for guests who register in advance and $10 for those registering the day of the event. Click here to register online or call 336-285-2200. Registration includes free parking and lunch.
The conference is organized by COAACH in partnership with the African American Alzheimer’s Disease Research Study and the Western Carolina Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Funding for the event has been provided by Merck and AARP.
For information or auxiliary assistance, contact Felicia Russell at 336-285-2200.
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ TO BRING BROADWAY TO AGGIELAND
Are you in need of some different form of entertainment for this weekend? The Department of Visual and Performing Arts has just the thing—Smokey Joe’s Cafe.
“It’s exciting. It’s fast-paced, strong singing, strong dancing, great costumes, and The Jazz Ensemble is backing us up,” director Donna Baldwin-Bradby said.
Smokey Joe’s Café is not a traditional musical in that there is no storyline to follow.
“It’s a review, so it’s back-to-back songs,” she said.
The show includes the music of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and will include the songs “Hound Dog,” “Stand by Me,” “Yakety Yak,” “Love Potion No. 9” and more.
“It’s very nostalgic 50s and 60s music, and it’s going to be awesome,” Baldwin-Bradby said.
This is the kind of production that showcases the talents of the students in the department through music, dance, theatre and visual arts.
There are three performances remaining Friday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 25, both at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 26, at 3 p.m., in the Paul Robeson Theater.
Tickets are available at the box office: $15 for general admission; $10, senior citizens and non-A&T students; $5, children 12 and younger; and free to A&T students with their Aggie OneCard.
Experts from the health and research fields will inform and provide caregivers … to better manage their caregiving responsibilities.
This is the kind of production that showcases the talents of the students in the department through music, dance, theatre and visual arts.