CAREgivers

11/13/2025

Active Generations Caregiver Support Services
Caregiver Support Offerings for the Week of Nov 16-22

PLAN AHEAD and let us take care of your holiday cooking! 🍗
Thanksgiving take and heat meals are available for order from Active Generations
Call (605)336-6722. Order deadline is November 17th

November 17
Active Generations Main
Monday 10:30-11:30am
Grief Support Group: Support for anyone who has lost someone they love or were caregiving for.
Join us in person or via zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/9364759518

November 19
Active Generations Main
Wednesday 1:00-2:30pm
Parkinson's Support Group: Open to Caregivers and Individuals living with Parkinson's
Presentation: LSVT BIG and LOUD: Speech and Occupational Therapists from Avera join us to provide info on these Parkinsons Specific programs and answer your questions related to Parkinson's Disease
Join us in person or via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82618553787

November 20
Active Generations Main
Thursday 10:00am-11:00am
Memory Care Support Group time- Presentation is open to ALL
Hospice Mythbusters
Shelly from AseraCare will be clearing up any misconceptions about hospice care.
Ask all your burning questions! Learn how hospice helps individuals stay in their homes longer, support caregivers and provide access to additional services.
Join us in person or via zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88295945296

11/13/2025

This is only 1 day away!!! Please join us at our Night of Remembrance, November 13th at 6:30pm in the Dow Rummel Gathering Hall.

11/13/2025

Today at AG East and via Zoom! See you then!

Topic: Responding to Dementia Related Behaviors
Time: Nov 13, 2025 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88068185847

Meeting ID: 880 6818 5847

Join instructions
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11/12/2025

November is Family Caregiver Appreciation Month. On Saturday, we hosted our annual Caregiver Appreciation Event and to say it was a success would be an understatement! Thank you to the Larsons for a very generous Adult Day Services Contribution, to our very own mayor for our Caregiver Appreciation Day Proclamation, and to Avera as a generous sponsor! Thank you to everyone who shows up every day even when it is difficult. We see you and you are greatly admired. We still have some educational opportunities happening this month we would love to have you be a part of - see photos for more details. Don't hesitate to reach out for support and information. Thank you for trusting us and letting us be a part of your lives!

11/12/2025

Today and tomorrow!
Tomorrow Zoom is available! Reach out for the link!

11/12/2025

For more information reach out to:

Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD
Division of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health | University of Minnesota
gaug0015@umn.edu | 612-626-2485 | 651-605-5611 cell

Join Dementia Friendly America (DFA) for their Nov 18 potluck Dementia Friendsgiving celebration.

Do you have a connection to the dementia-friendly movement? It could be a family member you love, a neighbor you helped at the grocery store, or a more formal involvement with the movement through work, study, or volunteering. Or maybe you just want to know about this lively and growing movement and the role it can play in your community.

Join Dementia Friendly America (DFA) for their Nov 18 potluck Dementia Friendsgiving celebration. Registration is free and open to anyone: people living with dementia, care partners, aging services professionals, volunteers in the movement, business owners interested in dementia-friendly practices, state and local leaders who want to bring dementia-friendly practices to their jurisdictions, and any individual who wants to learn about and be inspired by the dementia-friendly movement.

You’ll hear directly from people living with dementia, discover best practices for local dementia friendly efforts, and get tips from dementia care specialists Teepa Snow and Angela Lunde on how communities can support people living with dementia in a positive and respectful way.

Find out why this movement matters and where it’s headed on Nov 18! Register here:

A Dementia Friendsgiving Donate to the event today! $500+ donors will be recognized below and during the event! A Dementia Friendsgiving: Celebrate with DFA Tuesday, November 18, 2025, Main Event 11:00 AM ET – 3:00 PM ET, After Party 3:10 PM ET - 4:00PM ET Join Dementia Friendly America (DFA) for ...

11/10/2025

Behavior is a powerful form of communication and is one of the primary ways people living with dementia communicate their needs and feelings as the ability to use language is lost.
However, some behaviors can present real challenges for caregivers to manage.
Join us to learn to decode behavioral messages, identify common triggers, and learn strategies to help manage some of the most common behavioral challenges of Alzheimer’s disease.

Wednesday, November 12
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Active Generations Main Campus Room 202

Thursday, November 13
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Active Generations-East Side
Room 116

11/08/2025

We are grateful for our family caregivers and ready to celebrate you! See you soon!

11/05/2025

Virtual Speaker today!!

11/03/2025

November is National Caregiver Appreciation Month!

Families are often the primary source of support for older adults and people with disabilities. In fact, today in America, more than 53 million family caregivers provide unpaid care1. That's an economic value totaling more than $470 billion.
That's why every November we celebrate National Family Caregivers Month. While family caregivers should be celebrated every day, this is a time to recognize and honor caregivers nationally, raise awareness around caregiving issues, educate communities, and work to increase support for our nation's caregivers.

Reach out today to learn more about how Active Generations supports unpaid family caregivers year round!!

10/30/2025

Please reach out to us for questions or to RSVP for events!

Caregiver Services Coordinator
Meghan Clark - Main Campus mclark@activegen.org
(605) 333-3312
Caregiver Services Manager
Carmen Spurling - East Campus cspurling@activegen.org
(605) 333-3319
Caregiver Services Specialist
Becca Pound - East Campus
bpound@activegen.org
(605) 275-7682

10/29/2025

Join us next Wednesday for our Virtual Speaker:

Trualta is an online platform that provides caregivers with relevant educational content, practical tutorials, and a dependable online community where caregivers can join discussion forums, gain insight from support groups, and ask real questions of industry professionals.

RSVP’s appreciated but not required, anyone is welcome to join, member or otherwise.

Topic: Trualta for Caregivers
Time: Nov 5, 2025 01:30 PM Central Time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88386589072

Meeting ID: 883 8658 9072
Join instructions
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