Category results for: Season 9

Road to Happiness – Understanding Depression

Category: Season 9

Tags: brain, health

Claire Kuzmicki, BSPH

Claire works for the Montgomery County Pennsylvania Office of Senior Services as a Program Specialist. One of her main job responsibilities is to develop and deliver Health and Wellness Programming to the Senior Community. Claire is trained in several programs designed to manage depression and respond appropriately to mental health crises.

Depression is a medical condition that affects many older adults, but depression is not a normal part of growing older. This presentation examines factors that put seniors at an increased risk of depression, explains how to detect depressive symptoms and reveals methods that help those affected begin to feel like themselves again.

Additional Resources:

• Relatives as Parents Program Resources
• Tips for Talking With Your Health Care Provider
  

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Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP)

Category: Season 9

Tags: family, society

Darlene Sansone, Extension Educator

Darlene is an PennState Extension Educator based in Lawrence County, PA. She works in the Food, Families, and Health unit and provides community-based educational programs related to Family Strengths, Early Childhood, Parenting Education for custody, divorce and truancy, Strengthening Families, Better Kid Care, and the Relatives as Parents (RAPP) program.

Rozalia Horvath, Extension Educator

Rozalia is an Extension Educator in the PennState Extension Food, Families, and Health unit, based in Centre County, PA. She delivers community-based educational programs related to Type 2 diabetes, cooking, healthy lifestyle, cancer prevention, financial literacy for older adults, Alzheimer’s disease, and the Relatives as Parents (RAPP) program.

If you’re raising a grandchild or another relative’s child, you’re not alone. In Pennsylvania, over 250,000 children are living in homes where a relative is the head of the household. The Relatives as Parents program aims to expand supportive services available for PA relative caregivers and the children they are raising by helping them find needed information and resources, find and enroll in support groups that serve kinship care families, and engage in family-based recreational and relationship-enhancing activities.

Additional Resources:

• Relatives as Parents Program Resources

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Mending the Stress Fence

Category: Season 9

Tags: family, health

Jacqueline Amor-Zitzelberger, MA, Extension Educator

Jacque’ is an PennState Extension Educator based in Clearfield, PA. She works in the Food, Families, and Health unit and provides community-based educational programs related to Early Childhood Education, Family Strengths, Behavioral Health & Substance Misuse, and the Relatives as Parents (RAPP) program.

Agriculture ranks among one of the most stressful and hazardous industries. Farmers face numerous risks, including personal injuries, extreme and unpredictable weather conditions, machine breakdowns and rollovers, disease outbreaks in their herds or flocks, and fluctuating crop prices. Managing these challenges can create undue stress on the farmer and farm family. Mending the Stress Fence is a 45-minute webinar, developed by Michigan State University Extension in response to the increasing levels of stress in the farming community.

Additional Resources:

• MY COPING STRATEGIES PLAN
• MY FARM STRESS ACTION PLAN
• OPIOIDS IN RURAL FARMING COMMUNITIES
• RESPONDING TO DISTRESSED PEOPLE

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Kinship Family Bonding

Category: Season 9

Tags: cooking, family, history, society

Matthew Kaplan, Extension Educator

Professor Kaplan is a prominent leader in the intergenerational studies field, conducting research, developing curricular resources, and providing leadership and guidance in the development and evaluation of intergenerational programs in the U.S. and internationally.

Darlene Sansone, Extension Educator

Darlene is an PennState Extension Educator based in Lawrence County, PA. She works in the Food, Families, and Health unit and provides community-based educational programs related to Family Strengths, Early Childhood, Parenting Education for custody, divorce and truancy, Strengthening Families, Better Kid Care, and the Relatives as Parents (RAPP) program.

Learn the benefits of engaging in family bonding activities. We will also discuss cooking, having meals together, playing games, watching movies, and other activities that promote family closeness. Family Bonding can reduce stress, create positive relationships, and generate lasting memories for the entire family. Learn creative ways grandfamilies can make new family traditions and ways of being, learning, and growing together.

Additional Resources:

• From Me to We … Let’s Have Fun Together
• Intergenerational Activities Sourcebook
• Intergenerational Activities from a Native American Perspective
• Generations United for Environmental Awareness and Action
• Developing an Intergenerational Program in Your Early Childhood Care and Educational Center
• FRIDGE (Food-Related Intergenerational Discussion Groups Experiences) Curriculum

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Art Lessons on Demand

Category: Season 9

Tags: brain, exercise, health, hobbies

Jamie Dunlap

Chief of Creative Catalysts and Lifelong Learning, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Catherine Richmond-Cullen, Ed.D

President of neuroLEARN, LLC

The Academy for Creative Aging’s Lessons on Demand track provides individuals and groups with the opportunity to explore and enjoy the web site’s complete video catalog. Lessons on Demand aims to provide users with an entertaining and stimulating creative resource, including videos on Indian classical dance, how to create a still-life self-portrait, storytelling through theatre, and jazz singing fundamentals.

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