Closing Session and Remarks

3:30 to 4:30 PM ET: The Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: How Wisconsin is mitigating the effects through Social Connection. 
Changes in health, losses, sensory changes, memory loss, and disability can increase the risk of loneliness and isolation. Learn how the Wisconsin Institute for Health Aging (WIHA) and the WI Coalition for Social Connection are reducing isolation and loneliness. Leave with tangible strategies to improve social connection among older adults.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Explain the purpose of the Coalition and its impact.
2. Examine risk factors that can increase social isolation and loneliness.
3. Identify strategies to increase social connections among older adults.

4:30 to 4:50 PM ET: Mindfulness: Practical Strategies to Support Self-Care
Dr. Lenee Cook-Braxton, PsyD, M.S., RYT will guide participants through encouraging conversations and journaling exercises to promote individual and group self-care practices. The experience will end with a brief meditation to foster community, growth, and self-awareness.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Describe how self-care strategies can have a positive impact on both physical and mental health.
2. Apply strategies to promote individual and group self-care practice.
3. Identify positive outcomes of meditation practice.

4:30 to 5:00 PM ET: Closing Remarks 

Eligible for 1.5 CEU with live participation