Hawaii ECHO Caregiving and Dementia: Engaging in Early Conversations to Prevent and Resolve Conflic

In this session, the presenters will focus on why early conversations are so important in helping families and individuals face the challenge of dementia – how “the failure to talk and discuss concerns, needs, frustrations and values, is a recipe for conflict.” (Wiltgen slides) Mediation Center of the Pacific offers the Kupuna Pono Program, using qualified mediators to help with family conferencing on difficult issues and planning to support the elder. The process of mediation and family conferencing will be described and how it can help with making important choices. A case will be shared by a gerontological nurse practitoner to illustrate why it’s so important to have conversations early and resolve conflicts for the benefit of the elder.

Please share and forward this notice to your colleagues who may be interested. They are opening up these sessions to more attendees.

INSTRUCTIONS for ECHO Hawaii

Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android:  https://echo.zoom.us/j/2336580635

Joining by phone ONLY: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll)
Meeting ID:  233 658 0635
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To join via video from Video Conferencing System:
Dial: 4.34.125.153 (US East) or 4.35.64.153 (US West)
Meeting ID:  233 658 0635

If you need assistance connecting, please call 808-956-6668 and we will assist you.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS for new users of Zoom:
If you are a new user, we recommend you download and install Zoom early and run a test connection.  If you are unsure how to join a session or how to use Zoom, see www.echohawaii.org under the Resources tab for an instructional video. If you have remaining questions or would like to run a test session before the meeting, call UH TASI ECHO Support at 808-956-6668. Please note: Some secure servers will not allow Zoom downloads to work computers. If this is the case at your organization, we recommend you log in using a personal laptop/computer or SmartPhone.

ALSO: When you log on to the link above, you will be prompted to type your name in order to enter the meeting. Please type out your whole name so we can track who is attending. If you are calling in please let me know who you by email, because we’re keeping track of attendance and only the phone number will show up on the screen.

As an option, we will have the site open for any technical questions or practice for 15 minutes before we actually start the presentation, so if you’d like to become more familiar with Zoom, you are welcome to join us from 9:45-10am

For those of you who did not attend the previous Hawaii ECHO meetings, this is the new web platform they are using with Zoom technology. You will be able to see each other through our computer cameras.

REMINDER: Please note that if you are only able to phone in and not use a computer, that the call-in numbers above are not toll free. All phones do not incur charges, but this might present a problem for those of you in offices that don’t allow your desk phones to call non-tollfree numbers. This problem can be alleviated by using your cell phone or logging on and using the audio from the computer for these sessions, or using a phone in your office that does allow this. If you are using your computer speaker you won’t need to call in.