NRC Hosts Community Conversation About Senior Independence With Barbara Speedling

Event Marks Second of Three Events in Alzheimer’s Education and Awareness Series

Northfield Retirement Community is hosting Barbara Speedling, author of “Why Is Grandma Screaming?: A Practical Guide to Improving Quality of Life in Long Term Care”Innovations for Quality Living, as she discusses supporting senior independence and enhanced quality of life at home. The conversation will be held at Bethel Lutheran Church (1321 North Avenue) on Saturday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. and will explore what the Northfield community can do to support aging well. The event is free with no RSVP required to attend.

With a growing number of seniors turning away from traditional long-term care in favor of staying home with care services from community providers, the event will be relevant in its discussion of how to collaboratively and creatively accommodate aging communities and encourage enhanced quality of life.

NRC President and CEO Kyle Nordine said, “Barbara is a gifted speaker and very knowledgeable. We are excited to share ways that Northfield can offer support to the aging-in-community movement to promote a better quality of life. It’s so important that aging adults have all of the information they need to make informed decisions about their future and care.”

This event marks the second in a series of three Alzheimer’s education and awareness events from NRC. The event series wraps up the following day – Sunday, September 25 – with the ninth annual Walk to Remember, a community event designed to raise fund sand awareness for Alzheimer's care, support and research. Teams or individuals can register at Eventbrite to participate in this very fun outing. Pre-walk entertainment, featuring The WhiteSidewalls, will begin at 1:00 p.m., and the walk will begin at 2:00 p.m.

On August 30, NRC hosted the University of Minnesota’s Dr. Joseph E. Gaugler for the first event in the series, which explored Alzheimer’s and the technology that supports aging adults suffering from the disease. The community also learned of a new study being conducted by Dr. Gaugler through the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and Center on Aging on the effectiveness of a remote health monitoring system.