November 14, 2019 3:30 a.m.
A local dementia care trainer will be speaking at an upcoming international conference.
Pam Speta will address the inaugural Positive Approach to Care Conference in Cary, North Carolina next Tuesday November 19th.
Speta cared for her husband Richard, for the last ten years of his life as he fought early onset dementia at the age of 60. Her experience has fired the motivation behind her vision for a series of adult care homes where the spouses of dementia patients provide the care, allowing them to live with other families to provide emotional, psychological and physical support.
The Forget Me Not Family Care Home would have the capacity for five couples, and would include certified dementia training and other services, designed to provide a safe, secure location for dementia patients and their loved ones.
Speta said the PAC Conference is designed to help people from all walks of life gain a positive approach to caring for dementia. It is being organized and promoted by dementia care education specialist Teepa Snow, whose has a background in occupational therapy and 40 years in clinical practice.
Speta’s session will be entitled “New Approach to Family Caring”. She will provide the history of a facility where a spouse would have support from others experiencing the same disease. Speta will discuss ways for families to avoid some of the pitfalls that she lived through, including preventing financial devastation and getting the support from others and the family.
For more information on the Forget Me Not Family Care Home go to www.forgetmenotfamilycarehome.net.