Supporting Older Adults Part 1: Honoring their Strengths
Channel: Rita Cronise
Date: 2020-04-28

Faces and Places of Peer Support Webinar Series, Supporting Older Adults Part 1: Honoring Their Strengths presented by Michelle Zechner, Clinton Green, Liz Breier Gayle Bluebird, Deb Trueheart, and , Shanti Vani.

Broadcast on March 30, 2020. 
Academy of Peer Services Virtual Community of Practice
https://aps-community.org/

Description: 
At a time when older adults are seen as a “vulnerable population”, this webinar instead looks at how peer supporters see older adults from an alternative point of view. 

Our presenters look at the developmental model of wellness and positive aging, what older adults (and any adults) want that may be very different from what providers and others want for them, and how to use shared decision-making and intentional peer support approaches to create equal opportunities for older adults to fully participate in a peer relationship. 

The webinar also offers an impromptu glimpse at what a authentic peer support relationship might look like between two older adults during a time of crisis, as well as using the arts as a way of allowing older adults to express themselves and engage in legacy work to share the strengths of their life story. 

After viewing this webinar you will be able to consider and discuss: 
• What do we mean by ‘older adult’?
• What is developmental wellness?
• How do we ‘elicit’ and honor their strengths?
• How might we use the arts to transform their lives?
• What is legacy work?

Original Broadcast on Monday, March 30 at 3:00 - 4:30 pm (Eastern)

Rated at 1.5 Credit Hours for continuing education by the Academy of Peer Services. To take the quiz and access references, visit: Academy of Peer Services, https://www.academyofpeerservices.org

To learn more about the Virtual Learning Community, visit: https://aps-community.org

For other webinars in the Faces and Places of Peer Support Series, visit: https://aps-community.org/faces-places-webinar-series