Transforming Memory Care
Through education, collaboration, and supportAfter my husband’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, the DCC support group helped me cope with my new responsibilities and accept the uncertainty of what’s to come."
About the Dementia Care Collaborative
The Dementia Care Collaborative was created to educate and support patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, and the community. Dedicated team members offer opportunities for learning and connecting across the hospital and into the community at large. We are here to teach new ways of understanding dementia, how to best communicate and partner with those with dementia and offer support and guidance for caregivers to feel empowered to foster their own wellbeing and resilience.
The Dementia Care Collaborative is part of the MGH Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine and is an umbrella for the Dementia Caregiver Support Program and the Memory Care Program.
The Dementia Care Collaborative has been funded by the generosity of supporting individuals and foundations including the Jack Satter Foundation and The Bresky Foundation since its inception in 2017. Please give today to support our mission to transform memory care.
Conversations With Caregivers
Evaluation and Treatment of Anxiety and Depression of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment or Dementia
August 2024 Conversations With Caregivers
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Olivia I. Okereke, MD, MS is Director of Geriatric Psychiatry and Director of the MGH Psychiatry Center for Racial Equity and Justice in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Professor in Epidemiology at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Okereke is committed to research in late-life mental health and well-being. Her program has been funded by numerous awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Harvard Medical School and research foundations.
Join us Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 5:30 – 7:00pm EST via Zoom.
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Olivia Okereke, MD, MS
Supported by the Center for Women, Wellness & Wealth, Inspired by Berkshire Bank; the Bresky Foundation and the Satter Foundation.
Health and Resiliency
Relax & Rejuvenate with Breathwork & Guided Meditation
August 2024 Health and Resiliency
This program will combine simple breathwork and a guided meditation experience for an experience that is relaxing and recalibrating. We will also learn a variety of mindfulness practices to turn to when daily stress and anxiety kick in. This experience is perfect for all levels— you don’t need any prior meditation experience to attend.
Emily Kessler is a meditation teacher, live event producer, & artist manager. She found meditation over 5 years ago as a way of dealing with the stress & anxiety of her work in the music industry. Over the past year, she has taught meditation to hundreds of individuals, small groups, & corporations across the globe. She is a partner at The Big Quiet, a modern meditation company that hosts mass meditation & music experiences (i.e., Fenway Park, Guggenheim, Madison Square Garden). The Big Quiet has toured with Oprah and led meditations alongside Deepak Chopra.
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Emily Kessler, Meditation Teacher
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