Spark! Creative Engagement
October 13, 2022
Presenters: Dawn Koceja, Milwaukee Public Museum and Heather Casper, Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Event recording:
Webinar presentation – pdf
Event flyer – pdf
Navigating Challenges in the Dementia Journey with Memory Link
September 22, 2022
Presenters:
Mike Rohrkaste, Kristay Miller, Sarah Swant, Fox Valley Memory Project
Event Recording: Watch Now
Event Materials
- Event flyer
- Event Presentation (pdfs): Part one, Part two, Part three
Brain and Body Group Fitness Program
June 23, 2022
Presenters: Lisa Wells, MA; Laurie Pettis, NBC-HWC, CIC; Pete Fasching; Norah Airth-Kindree, DNP, RN; Lindsey Creapeau, EdD, LALD, FACHCA; Jeffrey Goodman, Ph.D; Roger and Char Weidinger
Event Recording – Watch Now
Event Materials:
- Event flyer – pdf
- Brain Body Group Fitness Program flyer – pdf
- Webinar PowerPoint slides – pdf
May 19, 2022: Riding in the Moment
Presenters: Beth Fields, PhD, OTR/L, BCG, assistant professor, Kinesiology, UW–Madison and Katie Samuelson, Center Director BEAMING, Inc.
Event Recording – Watch Now
Event Materials:
- Event Presentation Slides – pdf
- Event flyer – pdf
- Advancing the Science and Practice of Equine-assisted Services through Community-Academic Partnerships
- Influence of an Equine-Assisted Activities Program on Dementia-Specific Quality of Life
- A Logic Model of a Dementia-specific Program of Equine-assisted Activities
- Enrollment Packet (click to open in Microsoft Word)
February 24, 2022: Embracing Digital Communications in the New Normal: Effective In-person, Virtual and Hybrid Services
Presenter: Trisha Witham, Dementia Care Specialist, Aging & Disability Resource Center of Barron, Rusk and Washburn Counties
Event Materials: Presentation (pdf)
Watch event recording on YouTube
Thursday, December 2, 2021: Oconomowoc Men’s Shed
Presenter: Jack Benjamin
Event Materials:
- Event Presentation
- Men Shed Resources
- Men Sheds How To – U.S.
- Men Shed Toolkit UK and Ireland
- Men Sheds Toolkit Canada
- Men Sheds and Dementia Maual – Ireland
March 8, 2018: Dementia Friendly and Dementia Capable Hospitals and Clinics
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Presenters:
- Heather Kleinbrook, BSN, RN-BC, CDP, Geriatric Psychiatry Manager, Stoughton Hospital, Stoughton
- Mary Wyman, PhD, Clinical Geropsychologist, W.S. Middleton Memorial VA Hospital, Madison
- Suzanne Purvis, DNP, RN, GCNS-BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Geriatrics, UW Health-University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison
December 14, 2017: SPARK! Program Across Wisconsin
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Presenters:
- Dawn Koceja, Multigenerational Programs and Accessibility Coordinator, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee
- Ryan Swadley, Education Specialist, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay
- Tricia Blasko, Curator of Education, Wustum Museum, Racine
July 13, 2017: Dementia Friendly Outdoor Activities
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Presenters:
- Make a Memory: The Healing Power of Nature
John Daly, The Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton - Reelin in New Memories: A Fishing Outing
Trisha Witham, Dementia Care Specialist, Rusk, Barron and Washburn Counties - Cycling without Age
William Bartlett, Schmitt Woodland Hills, Richland Center