Alexandria Area Events Calendar

Events for the Alexandria area

Adults

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: Care and Support

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This event is held at Alexandria Technical College, Room 743.

Objectives:
1. To review the stages Alzheimer’s Disease
2. To share the first steps of what to do when the care recipient receives a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia, including what information is important to gather and share and recommendations for working with the health care team, such as what to ask and bring to health care appointments.
3. To provide an overview of resources and support that offer help to caregivers and persons living with memory loss across the stages of dementia
4. To emphasize the importance of and share recommendations and strategies for stress management and self-care for caregivers

Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease Seminar

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This event will be held at Alexandria Technical & Community College in room 209-211.

Objectives:
1. To discover what is dementia and the most common forms of dementia (including Lewy Body Dementia, Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia, and Vascular Dementia)

2. To outline Alzheimer’s Disease, including how Alzheimer’s Disease affects the brain, common behaviors at each stage of Alzheimer’s Disease, risk factors for, and warning signs of Alzheimer’s Disease.

3. To gain understanding of the diagnosis process and the effectiveness of current medication options.

4. To examine prevention efforts

CANCELED – Where are My Keys? Senior Moments vs. Dementia

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This event is being held at Douglas County Public Works.

Have you ever left a room to get something and then get to the next room and not remember what you went there to get? We have all done it. So……….When do you know if it’s just a senior moment or if it’s really the onset of Dementia. Come listen to Professor Karasik give you all the details of why we might do this. Are we too busy, are we having a senior moment or do we really have the onset of Dementia?

Presented by Professor Rona Karasik.

CANCELED – Curator talk with Dan Broten

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Dan Broten will give a curator talk during the opening reception of the exhibit on Wednesday, March 11, at 6:00 PM. He will discuss Karen Nyberg’s two missions into space, the making of the exhibit, as well as his enthusiasm for the history of space exploration. Broten has the professional distinction of photographing both of Nyberg’s launches: the space shuttle Discovery from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2008 and the 2013 Soyuz from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2013. The exhibit and talk are funded in part or in whole with monies from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.

The exhibit can be viewed when the meeting room is open during library hours. The exhibit and artist talk are free and open to the public, sponsored by Douglas County Library and Viking Library System. Contact the library at 320-762-3014 for more information.

CANCELLED – Earth Views from Orbit

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The dazzling show features photographs captured by the astronaut and Vining native during her second mission on the International Space Station in 2013. Nyberg took dozens of photos of earth from her unusual vantage point, posting the images on her Facebook page. Upon Nyberg’s return to earth, Henning-based photographer Dan Broten worked with the astronaut to select two dozen pictures to mount on canvas. The original display was created for a show at the Landmark Center in spring 2014, when Nyberg visited Henning to speak to students. Since then, the exhibit has traveled on a limited basis until its tour of Viking Library System, which began in June 2019 to commemorate a string of significant anniversaries of NASA accomplishments.

The exhibit can be viewed when the meeting room is open during library hours. The exhibit and artist talk are free and open to the public, sponsored by Douglas County Library and Viking Library System. Contact the library at 320-762-3014 for more information.