Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Self-neglect a big abuse issue for county's aging
This June article may be of interest particularly when looking at what role libraries can and do play in providing resources and referrals to reduce self-neglect and senior abuse. What are your thoughts?
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/11166/1153747-455.stm
Writing the Last Chapter
From our partners at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation:
Join WQED Multimedia for a special series of community conversations featuring our locally produced documentary, The Last Chapter, and expert discussion panels. We’ll discuss how individuals can take control of the conversation around end-of-life planning and care.
In The Last Chapter, WQED takes viewers inside the hospital, hospice, homes, and lives of palliative and hospice care recipients and providers. Medical, ethical, practical, and spiritual issues are explored from several perspectives as we discover how patients seeking palliative and hospice care can take an active role in their own end-of-life planning, make decisions about their treatment, and communicate their needs to caregivers.
Each community conversation will consist of a screening of The Last Chapter, an expert panel discussion that explores issues surrounding end-of-life planning and care, and a Q&A period. Each session will have a different focus:
Registration: These sessions are free and open to the public, but seating is limited. RSVP online using the links above. You may also contact outreach@wqed.org for more information.
Parking: Limited free parking is available in the WQED staff and visitor parking lots after 5:00 pm, with additional free overflow parking available in the Carnegie Mellon parking lot located at Forbes and Morewood Avenues (after 5:00 pm).
Join the Conversation: Can’t make it to the in-person sessions? You can still join us live online during the panel discussions to ask your questions. You may also submit your questions for our panelists beforehand by emailing outreach@wqed.org.
The Last Chapter is sponsored by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. For more information about The Last Chapter or to watch the documentary online visit WQED Multimedia.
Join WQED Multimedia for a special series of community conversations featuring our locally produced documentary, The Last Chapter, and expert discussion panels. We’ll discuss how individuals can take control of the conversation around end-of-life planning and care.
In The Last Chapter, WQED takes viewers inside the hospital, hospice, homes, and lives of palliative and hospice care recipients and providers. Medical, ethical, practical, and spiritual issues are explored from several perspectives as we discover how patients seeking palliative and hospice care can take an active role in their own end-of-life planning, make decisions about their treatment, and communicate their needs to caregivers.
Each community conversation will consist of a screening of The Last Chapter, an expert panel discussion that explores issues surrounding end-of-life planning and care, and a Q&A period. Each session will have a different focus:
- Writing the Last Chapter: Controlling Your Narrative
Thursday, July 28, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Understand how individuals can take control of the conversation around end-of-life care and planning.
RSVP online. - Writing the Last Chapter: Talking about Dying…and Living
Thursday, August, 25, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Learn how individuals can share their goals and desires related to end-of-life planning with others.
RSVP online. - Writing the Last Chapter: Decisions with Your Team of Professionals
Thursday, September 15, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Explore how individuals can manage their conversations about end-of-life planning and care with professionals, and who you should put on your "team” of confidants and advisors.
RSVP online.
Registration: These sessions are free and open to the public, but seating is limited. RSVP online using the links above. You may also contact outreach@wqed.org for more information.
Parking: Limited free parking is available in the WQED staff and visitor parking lots after 5:00 pm, with additional free overflow parking available in the Carnegie Mellon parking lot located at Forbes and Morewood Avenues (after 5:00 pm).
Join the Conversation: Can’t make it to the in-person sessions? You can still join us live online during the panel discussions to ask your questions. You may also submit your questions for our panelists beforehand by emailing outreach@wqed.org.
The Last Chapter is sponsored by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. For more information about The Last Chapter or to watch the documentary online visit WQED Multimedia.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Allegheny County Department of Human Services | Resource Guides
There are a number of helpful resource guides on the DHS website including the updated Community Referral Packet from the Allegheny County Department of Human Services may be of interest to your library as a reference tool.
The guide is made to be used by social/human services professionals to assist in identifying resources, both within the DHS system and throughout the community, for the individuals they serve.
Topics in this guide include the following:
- Child Care
- Crisis Hotlines
- Early Intervention
- Employment
- Entitlements
- Family Support Centers
- Fathers/Men’s Resources
- Financial Help
- Food
- Furniture / Household Items
- Grandparents Raising Children
- HIV/AIDS & Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Housing
- Identification
- Legal
- Legal Services – Children’s Court
- Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability
- Mentoring
- Parenting Education
- Pregnancy – Support / Counseling/Residential
- Service Coordination Units
- Sexual Minorities
- Telephone and Message Help - Communications
- Utility Assistance
- Veteran Services
- Violence Prevention and Help for people who are Incarcerated, Ex-offenders and their Families
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