“Communicating Needs to Family Members and Service Providers: A Workshop for Caregivers of Adults (age 60 and older)” is being offered from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Aug. 10 in Hilo and Aug. 11 in Kona. ADVERTISING “Communicating Needs to Family Members
“Communicating Needs to Family Members and Service Providers: A Workshop for Caregivers of Adults (age 60 and older)” is being offered from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Aug. 10 in Hilo and Aug. 11 in Kona.
Preregistration is required.
“Caring for an older adult is all about effective communication,” said workshop facilitator Elizabeth Kent, J.D. “We want to talk with them about the changes in their lives — health, finances, living situation and more. And we want to talk with family members and service providers about changing roles, making decisions and shifting responsibilities. People can be sensitive about these issues.”
In this interactive workshop, learn powerful communication tools to promote understanding. Workshop topics include careful listening to discover why something matters to another person; the importance of “how” a message is said as well as “what” is said; verbal and nonverbal components of messages; and how to ask effective questions and focus on what is importance.
Kent has helped people and institutions find solutions to sticky problems for more than 25 years.
A trained facilitator and mediator, she teaches graduate classes in conflict system design and negotiation at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a variety of conflict resolution skills classes statewide.
The suggested contribution for this caregiver workshop is $20 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To register for the Hilo workshop, contact Al-Qawi Majidah at Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center at 935-7844, ext. 3, or majidah@hawaiimediation.org.
To register for the Kona workshop, contact Gina Tumasone at West Hawaii Mediation Center at 885-5525, ext. 3, or gtumasone@whmediation.org.
