A discussion of a number of strategies for staying safe and connected, especially during these challenging times in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics will include:

S (Spirituality)
T (Time to unwind)
A (Activity)
Y (Your networks)
C (Change)
O (Ordinary things)
N (New things)
N (Need for sleep)
E (Eating well)
C (Connecting)
T (Technology)
E (Enjoy family/friends)
D (Decompressing)

About the Instructor: Dr. Kathleen Fisher

Kathleen is a nurse educator and researcher from Drexel University. As a nurse and a nurse practitioner she has enjoyed working with many different groups of people. She has worked with Native Americans in Alaska and on the Hopi reservation, with migrant farmworkers from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, with people with intellectual and developmental disability, and with people experiencing homelessness. Dr. Fisher has collaborated with Drexel and Living Branches in dementia care strategy programming. She cherishes working with the residents and staff at Living Branches and has appreciated using a “transformative, participatory action research approach.” She empowers or works with residents and staff on concerns that they want to work on, or change, and many have requested giving particular attention to memory issues.