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Immaculate Heart Retreat Center will be hosting an Alzheimer and Dementia Caregivers’ Day of Reflection on March 4 from 10 a.m. –3 p.m.. The speakers will be P.J. Christo of the Alzheimer’s Association and Oscar Haupt, manager at Providence Adult Day Health.
The Day of Reflection is titled “Understanding and Normalizing Dementia Care Giving.” The presenters will describe the basics of memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a press release.
The day will include two conferences, discussions and lunch. Cost for the Day of Reflection is $15 per person. Register at (509) 448-1224 or online. Certificates of Attendance are available.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
