Since the summer of 2011, the Veneration Project has been working with local community-based organizations in Brooklyn to design specialized workshops on various aspects of aging – from Elder Law and Health Care Decision-Making to Alzheimer’s and Caregiving. The workshops listed below are illustrative. Each individual workshop or a series of workshops can be tailored to the needs of a particular community.
Interested in hosting a workshop in your community? Please contact us below!
| 1. Approaching Transitions at Any Age | This workshop explores spiritual, social, and emotional approaches to life transitions. The intention is to begin a dialogue – and kick start a series of workshops – on the spiritual, emotional, and practical aspects of aging in our community. |
| 2. Starting the Conversation | This session introduces approaches to opening communication channels with parents or loved ones about the legal, financial, housing, and health care aspects of aging. |
| 3. Senior Housing Options, Decisions, and Transitions | This session introduces the various options in Senior housing in New York City and around the country – from traditional Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) to Naturally Recuring Retirement Communities (NORCs), Senior Villages, and Co-housing. |
| 4. Health Care Decision-Making & Advance Directives | This session provides an overview of Advance Directives and Health Care Proxies, the legal documents that allow individuals to make advance decisions about health care treatment or assign another individual to make those choices. |
| 5. Buried Treasures/Grandma’s Candlesticks: Grappling with the Practical and Emotional dimensions of Your Family’s ‘Stuff’: | This session tackles the practical and emotional aspects of decisions about passing along or saying goodbye to ‘stuff.’ We’ll help you to see physical belongings as a source of intergenerational dialogue and learning, and related issues of downscaling as older adults make difficult housing decisions and transitions. |
| 6. Financial Planning 101 and Beyond (may be offered as an overview or broken into separate session on specific topics): | This session provides a survey of some of the key factors to consider and steps to take, such as:
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| 7. Health & Caregiving 101 & Beyond (may be offered as an overview or broken into separate session on specific topics): | This series will provide an overview of the health care concerns and caregiving implications facing older Americans, including:
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| 8.End of Life Planning | This session will guide participants through the process, dealing with communication, emotional, and practical aspects of the process. |
