Listed below are upcoming Community Education programs offered at The Westerly Hospital. 

All programs are free and open to anyone.  Programs are held from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the Hospital's Henry J. Nardone Conference Center unless noted otherwise below.

To register for a program community education programs, click on the program topic below or call 401-348-2300.

March 3, 10, 17, 24: Alzheimer’s Project: A Four-Part Series
Robert Elmer, Administrator of The Elms, The Carriage House, and The Chestnut Cottage
Carolyn Collin, RN, Nurse Manager of The Carriage House and The Chestnut Cottage
Camilla Farrell, Development Director for the Rhode Island Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association
Karen Hawthorne and Kelly Lee of The Westerly Adult Day Services
Lisa Ryan, Geriatric Care Manager; Rose Levine, Dementia Care Manager, both of Eldereval Geriatric Assessment and Management Center

March 3: The Memory Loss Tapes
Captures the devastating experience of memory loss from the point of view of the person with the disease.

March 10: Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am? With Maria Shriver
Geared towards children and young teens coping with a grandparent’s illness, this film is designed to help a child understand and deal with a relative’s gradual decline into Alzheimer’s.

March 17: Momentum in Science, Parts 1 and 2
Details the current explosion of knowledge about Alzheimer’s disease within the scientific and medical communities.

March 24: Caregivers
Illustrates the sacrifices, struggles, and successes made by those caring for loved ones in different stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

April 1: The Latest on Skin Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Michael Harwood, MD, Dermatology