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SUMMARY:Advocating for Our Loved Ones and Ourselves
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DESCRIPTION:Join Calvert Libraries and Loretta Woodward Veney\, healthcare
  advocate expert\, as she speaks about: what it means to be an advocate\, 
 best practices for advocating for others and ourselves\, seeking and findi
 ng the help you need\, preparing for medical appointments\, planning for e
 mergencies\, what to do when things go wrong\, and defining the role of an
  Ombudsman. Discussion to follow..\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/48815
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Loretta Woodward Veney is a motivational s
 peaker and trainer who has delivered more than 300 speeches and presentati
 ons on dementia and caregiving since 2014 and she offers a wealth of infor
 mation\, encouragement and humor to her audiences. Throughout her life Lor
 etta\, author of&nbsp\;Being My Mom&rsquo\;s Mom (2nd edition 2019) \, Col
 ors Flowing from My Mind (2019) and Refreshment for the Caregiver&rsquo\;s
  Spirit (2nd edition 2020)\, has chronicled family events through journals
 \, photos\, and videos\, seeking to capture every moment. Her documentatio
 n came in very handy in 2006 after her beloved mother Doris became the fir
 st female in the family to suffer from dementia. Loretta began learning ev
 erything about the disease becoming a fierce advocate for her Mom in the p
 rocess. Loretta and her Mom have been featured in articles in the Wall Str
 eet Journal\, Psychology Today\, The Washington Post\, The NY Times\, AARP
  Caregiver Stories\, as well as a PBS special entitled Alzheimer&rsquo\;s 
 the Caregiver&rsquo\;s Perspective. In 2019\, Loretta was selected as Trai
 lblazer of the Year by Johns Hopkins Medicine.</p>\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.
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