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Comfort Keepers Home Care Santa Clarita Promotes ‘Aging With Dignity’ Symposium

Comfort Keepers Home Care Santa Clarita is promoting next month’s “Knowledge is Power: Aging With Dignity” Symposium, formerly called Caregiver Resource Day, at the new Bella Vida Senior Center.


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Set to take place Saturday, Sept. 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the event aims to provide adult children who are caring for their senior loved ones with knowledge and resources from professionals, according to the event website

“The family caregiver is imperative in our society,” said Myles McNamara, president of Comfort Keepers Home Care Santa Clarita. “They’ve tried to put a dollar value on the unpaid family caregiver and it’s in the billions with a ‘b’ that are family members and loved ones who are providing some level of caregiving to their family member or a loved one, so there’s resources out there.”

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The event is expected to feature several keynote speakers, including Laura Trejo, general manager of the Los Angeles Department on Aging & Caregiving; Freddi Segal-Gidan, director of the USC/Rancho California Alzheimer’s Disease Center; and Roy Steinberg, cognitive and behavioral geriatric psychologist. 

In addition to the featured speakers and a panel of experts, the event is also set to include a number of vendor booths by experts who specialize in caregiving issues, support and advice. 

A $10 registration fee covers the cost of all sessions, resource materials, access to vendors, continental breakfast and lunch, according to event organizers. 

“A lot of people are ridden with guilt; they think they’re on an island, no one else is doing this but them. Not true,” McNamara said. “Come to see what resources are out there, get a little knowledge — knowledge is power — and realize that you’re not on an island. There are other people dealing exactly with what you’re dealing with.” 

As a platinum sponsor of the event, Comfort Keepers Home Care Santa Clarita is expected to be present to share information about their services, which can help an overwhelmed family caregiver alleviate some of their stress by offering seniors non-medical assistance.

“A lot of times we see our adult children who are kind of sandwiched in between taking care of their own family and kids and then running over and making sure that Mom and Dad are okay, that they’ve eaten, that they’ve taken their meds,” McNamara said. 

He continued, “Our Comfort Keepers can come in and make sure that they’re eating well, take their medications on time, help them in and out of the shower so there’s no slip and fall and broken hips, etc., help them out with a little light housekeeping, shopping, whatever they need… So we not only help our seniors stay at home, but we’re a great stress relief for the adult kids too who are juggling everything.”

For more information about the “Knowledge is Power: Aging with Dignity” Symposium, click here

Ed. Note: This article is a KHTS Community Spotlight story based on a recent radio interview with Comfort Keepers Home Care Santa Clarita.

Comfort Keepers Home Care first opened in Santa Clarita in 2001 with the vision of helping seniors age with dignity and independence in their own homes. If you are in search of a trusted and experienced in home caregiver, Santa Clarita seniors and their families need look no further than Comfort Keepers Home Care, Santa Clarita.  With a full range of senior care options that can be tailored to meet each individual’s elder care needs, Comfort Keepers Home Care offers quality home care services Santa Clarita seniors can trust to help them achieve the highest level of quality of life.

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