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LIFE IN TRANSITION AND MOVING ON
This course, given recently at the Academy for Lifelong Learning
at the University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee centered on managing
the change that takes place in the lives of people as they advance
into their senior years. There are choices that can or must be made
to deal with life-changing events such as divorce, illness, or the
disability or death of a life-long partner. Classes consisted of lectures
and open discussion, and the topics discussed included the following:
Class 1 – Life events and how change affects
roles, relationships, routines, and assumptions
Class 2 – Myths about Hospice; the role of Hospice
in providing care and comfort
Class 3 – Breaking the cycle: Experiencing loss and
moving through it.
Class 4 – Relationships –Image Therapy: Hearing
Me, Hearing You
Class 5 – DNR – signing your life away
Class 6 – Elder law-Elder issues: fraud, guardianship,
caregivers’ legal rights
Class 7 – Love and romance – Happy alone,
happy together
Class 8 – Securing your future - protecting
your assets
Class 9 – Reinventing yourself. Facing the fear and
anxiety of being alone. Restarting life and moving on
Class 10 – Enhancing your life – Impacting other
lives through volunteerism
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