Town Hall Seattle and Northwest Center for Creative Aging presents Dori Gillam on Monday, May 12 at 7:30pm. She will speak on “Get Ready for Caregiving — Yours, Mine and Theirs.”
Overnight, Dori became her parents’ caregiver — a labor of love that lasted for seven years. Her mom was suddenly a partially paralyzed wheelchair-bound amputee and her dad was declining due to increasing dementia. She wasn’t ready.
The event is to help prepare anyone — those who have been, are now, or will be a caregiver — in other words, all of us! Whether it is navigating the health care system, working with dementia, speaking about dying, or considering how to accept care if and when you need it, you will learn from Dori’s experiences.
Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 8th Avenue in Seattle (Entrance off Seneca Street). Tickets are $10-$35 on a sliding scale. Get more information and tickets here..
Dori Gillam is a speaker and writer, inspiring people to age creatively and intentionally. She was born and raised in Seattle and has a BS in Psychology from the University of Washington. She has worked for the Bayview Retirement Community, AARP, and Sound Generations. She writes for 3rd Act Magazine and the UW Website. Currently, she is the Board Chair of the Northwest Center for Creative Aging and helped found the King County Coalition on Aging.
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