Noyes Health Caregiver Resource Center

12/03/2025

The holiday season can bring extra responsibilities—and sometimes extra stress—for family caregivers. Between managing your loved one’s needs and holiday traditions, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. What are some things you are doing this holiday season to take care of yourself? Please share here to get the conversation going and help one another!

12/03/2025

Join Us for The Next Episode of AFA Fireside Chat
Navigating Challenging Care Conversations
December 5 @ 1:00 pm EST
Register For Free: https://alzfdn.org/event/navigating-difficult-care-conversations/

Episode Guest is Dr. Nathaniel Chin

12/02/2025

Enjoying hot cocoa and clay crafts with SUNY Geneseo students at our Home Away from Home program in Geneseo today.

The Home Away from Home Respite Center is dedicated to providing a welcoming space for senior citizens with memory-related illnesses and critical free time for their families and caregivers.

For more information: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/noyes/community-outreach/caregiver-resources/home-away-from-home-respite-center

11/24/2025

The holidays can be joyful—but they can also feel overwhelming, especially for families impacted by dementia.

Join this expert panel as they share practical tips and resources to help make the season manageable and meaningful for everyone involved: December 2, 10:00-11:00 via zoom.

Save the Date!

Episcopal SeniorLife Communities Expert Panel Series
Topic: Caregiving During the Holiday Season
Tuesday, December 2 | 10:00 AM | Virtual

Join our expert panel for valuable tips and resources to make the holidays manageable and meaningful for everyone involved.

Sponsored by Ameriprise
Register: GUIDEservices@EpiscopalSeniorLife.org

11/22/2025

Trualta helps families managing care at home with a library of lessons on various topics, solving day-to-day needs. Their lessons give simple, practical advice. Even better, lessons are short (about 5 minutes), making it easy for you to fit them into your busy schedule.

There are over 4 million family caregivers in NY, many of whom feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and isolated. Newyork-caregivers.com, a free resource for all New Yorkers through NYSOFA, offers a “Supporting Spouses” virtual support group for those struggling to care for their partner. www.newyork-ca...

11/22/2025

I’m looking forward to moderating this important discussion with an incredible panel. Please spread the word to caregivers and join us on zoom or register and catch the recording! https://lnkd.in/erHS-pBV

11/20/2025

Today's respite activity - UNO! Our participants enjoyed playing it 👏😊

11/16/2025

November 15, 2025: Today was a profound day for me. It was a day of bringing people together to contribute to something bigger than ourselves. A day that reminded me of how each one of us is vital to the well-being of our neighbors. I started the day with our 11th Livingston County Caregivers conference. It was a day to say thank you and honor our family caregivers who devote their lives and energy caring for a loved one with severe health challenges, disabilities, memory loss, or Alzheimer’s disease. Our goal was to equip family caregivers by providing them with the tools and resources they need to take better care of themselves, so they can care for others. This day was truly a collaborative and community effort with many sponsors involved. My colleague, Doris Green, from NYS Caregiving and Respite Coalition, gave an inspirational and encouraging message to our caregivers, reminding us all that life and relationships are often messy, but there are nuggets of gold to be found in thankfulness for the many moments of joy along life’s journey. Doris understands the needs of family caregivers, as she has been a caregiver most of her adult life.

It was also a day for bringing the community together and solidifying friendships as we all worked together with one purpose – to encourage, uplift and support family caregivers. Over the years, I have come to deeply respect my friends and colleagues from the Alzheimer's Association, Rochester & Finger Lakes Region, Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc., the Livingston County OFA, NYS New York State Office for the Aging, Geneseo Kiwanis Club and the many professionals in the field of elder care, as I have seen firsthand how they love people through their work. I have worked in the world of non-profit organizations for 25 years and know how incredibly fortunate I am to have amazing colleagues who genuinely care about the people they serve and the work that they do. I have been tremendously blessed to work on projects like this that bring our community together to support our neighbors.

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11/10/2025

Miles P. Zatkowsky, Esq., Elder Law Attorney will discuss Legal Considerations of Caregiving at the Livingston County Caregiver conference on November 15. Miles specializes in Elder Law, including Medicaid and Nursing Home Planning, Asset Protection, Sophisticated Estate Planning, Special Needs Planning, Veterans Planning, Probate and Estate Administration and Guardianships. He is accredited by the VA to counsel veterans on benefits through the VA.

This conference is free for family caregivers taking care of loved ones with chronic health conditions or memory loss.

Come and recharge your batteries!

Raffles, gifts and complimentary lunch will be provided!

Meet one on one with our vendors who specialize in elder care.

To register, call the Livingston County Office for Aging at 585-243-7520 or email noyes-caregiver@urmc.rochester.edu

11/10/2025

Doris Green from NYS Caregiving and Respite Coalition will be our keynote speaker at Saturday's Livingston County Caregiver Conference. Doris has worked in the Aging and Disability field for 23 years in Rochester, NY. Her professional experience includes developing programs in the areas of planning, advocacy and financial services for older adults and caregivers of persons with disabilities. She currently serves as Director of the New York State Caregiving and Respite Coalition as an employee of Lifespan of Greater Rochester. In this role, Doris oversees a coalition of informal caregivers and agencies that support caregivers throughout New York State. Doris holds an MPA from SUNY Brockport.

Join us on November 15 to hear from Doris on "Finding the Hallelujah's In Your Caregiving Journey."

To register call the Livingston County Office for Aging: 585-243-7520.

11/10/2025

It's not too late to register for the 11th Livingston County Caregiver Conference this Saturday, November 15 at Celebrate! Family Church. This event is for family caregivers who are caring for a loved one with chronic health conditions, memory loss, or Alzheimer’s.

In addition to our speaker, Doris Green, from the NYS Caregiving and Respite Coalition and Miles P. Zatkowsky, Esq., Elder Law Attorney, who will discuss Legal Considerations of Caregiving, the following vendors will be available for you to talk one on one with:

Alzheimer’s Association
AD-CARE
CCOR
Compeer
Elderwood
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities
Flaum Eye Institute │UR Medicine
Geneseo Parish Outreach Center
iCircle
Independent @ Home Program
Lifespan of Greater Rochester
Livingston County Office for Aging
Livingston County CNR Garden of Life social day program
Livingston County Sheriff's Department
Noyes Caregiver Resource Center
Livingston County Office for Aging
Wilmot Cancer Institute

Doors open at 9:30. Programs run from 10:00 - 2:00. Complimentary lunch provided!

Call the Livingston County Office for Aging at 585-243-7520 or email noyes-caregiver@urmc.rochester.edu by November 14 to register.

11/07/2025

Family caregivers work hard day in and day out to support their loved ones. This join our friends at Caregiver Action Network to make sure they’re supported too. at NFCmonth.org!