• Making that decision and what it means
• Those first weeks
• Visiting your loved one - nightmare or celebration
• Activities, treats, outings
• Including other residents
• Know your staff
• Sexual Issues
• When you can't be there
• Things you're bound to hear
• That final goodbye

• Let's take care of the caregiver: reducing stress; releasing difficult feelings of anger, guilt frustration; the importance of humor and spirituality; taking time for yourself; an invitation to try my M & M's; respite care
• Your journey of empowerment: knowing the difference between caregiving and caretaking; self affirmation tips; Harvey Cohen's assignment
• Presentation also includes a 10 minute video and listening to the song "Emily Remembers"

• Caregiving/Caretaking: What's the difference
• The saving graces of care giving: humor; what the experts tell us about spirituality; inspirational reading; tips on self-care; becoming proactive; problem-solving tools you can use.

This presentation is a shorter version of Celebrating You and is appropriate when there is a panel of speakers.

• Strategies for long-distance care giving: situations that arise; getting organized; identifying your informal network; paperwork you can expect to handle; dealing with other family members; resources; the Caregiver Bill of Rights
• Dealing with guilt and frustration: how to constructively handle frustration; how to deal with unresolved guilt

• Current statistics - profile and implications
• Entering the role of caregiver - where do you begin?
• Creating your action plan
• Resources at your disposal
• How to talk to your elderly parent
• Sharing the load - can it be done?
• Your options in the transitional phase
• Taking care of the caregiver - meeting your needs
• In the final analysis - what you'll be able to say

• Trimming the tree - trimming your expectations
• What's it going to be? Bah-humbug or Blest Be the Season
• Tradition : revise, adjust, prioritize
• Survival tips
• Addressing problems with dementia and Alzheimers during holiday festivities
• Coping with loss during the holiday's
• Santa Claus and your "Sanity Clause"
• NOEL for the caregiver - summing it up

Booking Information for the above presentations:
Cost: $500.00 plus hotel and travel expenses as needed.


WORKSHOPS FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVERS

MEET THE "INVISIBLE CLIENT"

• Sensitivities required for effective caregiving
• Identifying the six family caregiver stages
• What the "invisible client" needs
• Threats to professional omniscience
• Examining one's "professional pantry"
• Completing a self-reflection survey

This is an interactive workshop which includes small group brain-storming, concentric circles dialogue, and exercises such as triggers and perceptions based on partial-knowledge.  This workshop runs 4 to 6 hours.

Cost: $700.00 plus hotel and travel expenses as needed.

This experiential workshop focuses on community building, communication skills, fostering cooperation, and creative problem solving.  This is a 3 hour workshop.

Cost: $500.00 plus hotel and travel expenses as needed.

This workshop is designed to help bring closure for persons who have not had time to grieve the loss of someone who has been in their care or didn't have the opportunity to properly say good-bye.

The workshop, uniquely designed to meet the needs of your group, runs for approximately four hours. Workshop exercises engage participants in activities designed to help bring closure to the grief they are experiencing. Sample exercises include Concentric Circles, Getting in Touch, Symbols of Grief, and In Memoriam. Light & Livelies are designed to help ease tension and provide a brief respite with humor.

This is a 3 hour workshop.

Cost: $500.00 plus hotel and travel expenses as needed.

This workshop is designed for in-house staff at assisted living and long-term care facilities.  Participants engage in activities to develop a keener sense of what the care recipient experiences.  Participants develop an appreciation for cultural and ethnic differences.

Cost: $500.00 plus hotel and travel expenses as needed.

Testimonials

"Wow! What an eye-opening experience! I never realized so many other people go through similar phases of the grief experience."
- Michelle Lipinski, Admissions/Human Resources Director

"This seminar taught me how everyone has both high and low periods in their life and by sharing we gain insight into this common thread. Chloe has a unique and fascinating way to present this concept."
- Valerie Randolf, R.N.

"When the GROWS (Grass Roots Organization for the Well-Being of Seniors in Montgomery County) program committee I serve on needed a speaker to address the topic of care giving, I placed a call to the National Family Caregivers Association. I was told by this organization that they would have a speaker contact me. When Chloe Giampaolo called me and arrangements were made for her to address GROWS, I had no idea what a treat we were in for! When it comes to discussing care giving issues, one simply couldn't do better than Chloe Giampaolo."
- Jan McCoy @ HolyCross.org  

"Knowledgeable about her subject". "Great presentation!"
"Your experiences parallel some of mine but you handled them better!"  "Very clear.  Easy to listen to."
- Comments from conference participants at the 2004 Enid, OK Caregiver Workshop

"Truly the highlight of our workshop."
- Debbie Pratt-Wilkinson, Director C.A.R.E. Rural Caregiving

"On behalf of the Seminar Planning Committee of the Office of Research on  Women's Health, NIH, I want to thank you for your outstanding presentation at  the seminar entitled 'Caregiving'.

We have received the seminar evaluations, and you will be pleased to know  that your presentation received an overall rating of excellent.  In fact, this  seminar was one of the most successful in our past years. It was indeed a  pleasure to be able to visit with you."
- Judith A. Finkelstein, Ph.D.
  Alexis Bakos, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N.

"Chloe's training sessions have become an invaluable tool in training our  employees.  After every session employees come up to me and say how much they  learned at the session and how it really makes them think about themselves and  how they perform their jobs.  We look forward to continuing our professional  relationship for a long time."
- Phil Gordon, Administrator
Crofton Convalescent & Rehabilitation Center

Chloe JonPaul is a free lance writer, retired after a 35 year teaching career.

Chloe worked as a Hospice volunteer for  several years and served on the Ethics Committee at Crofton Convalescent Center  in Maryland during her mother's stay there.  She currently serves as the  state representative for the National Family Caregivers Association's Caregiver  Community Action Network. She also serves on the advisory boards for the Maryland Health  Care Commission and the Inter-Agency Commission for Aging Services in Maryland.