Objectives
To enable the participants :
- to know about the common mood disorders of the elderly;
- to acquire effective communication skills so as to attend properly to the elderly;
- to promote self-care and compassion among the elderly and carers.
Who Should Join
The elderly, carers of the elderly and interested parties
Forms of Activity
- Talk & sharing
- Mutual-support group
- Training programme for peer supporters / workers
Topics*
- Common mood disorders and warning signs of suicidal thoughts among the elderly
- Understanding and managing emotions of the elderly
- Communicating with the elderly
- Communicating with each other among the elderly
- The elderly taking care of themselves
- The carers taking care of themselves
- Workshop for carers on stress reduction
- Spending the aging years in happiness
- Bereavement
- Workshop on Responding to challenging situations : Risk of suicide among the
elderly - What do we learn through fighting the virus?
- Workshop on Mindfulness exercises for stress reduction
- Combating loneliness
- Helping the elderly to combat loneliness
- Talking about ‘life and death’ with the elderly
*Please call us to discuss if you are interested in other topics
Contact us
Tel: 2515-1112/ 2515 1423
E-mail: [email protected]
