Caregivers when first learning of diagnosis- don’t even know to define themselves as caregivers yet! Each stage of dementia is different. How do you prepare yourself as a caregiver - start to finish to transition within each stage gracefully? Join us to find out.
Regina Koepp, PsyD, ABPP
Clinical Geropsychologist
Founder & Director, Center for Mental Health & Aging
Dr. Regina Koepp is a clinical geropsychologist, and founder and director of the Center for Mental Health & Aging: the “go to” place online for mental health and aging. Dr. Koepp is creator and host of the Psychology of Aging Podcast where she discusses the aging process and its complexities. Dr. Koepp has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, and is a contributing writer at Psychology Today, where she discusses mental health and aging. She is a former assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a former staff psychologist at the Atlanta VA Health Care System, where she provided direct patient care and consultation on the Geropsychiatry Outpatient Mental Health team for more than a decade. Dr. Koepp earned her doctorate at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Emory University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Richard W. Morrell Community Commitment Award Learn more at mentalhealthandaging.com
What are 3 questions which you want me to be sure to ask you during our session together? :
- I'd like to talk about the transitions when becoming a caregiver.
- What are some of the role transitions that arise when people become a caregiver?
the go-to PGP - What can new caregivers do to help make this transition smoother?
