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Caregiving in CO: A Caregiver's Experience is the second of three webinars in this series called Caring for the Caregiver: From Policy to Practice. This session shares the lived experience of caregiving through a personal story of navigating changing roles, challenges, support, and community resources. The conversation will include reflections on seeking support, lessons learned along the way, and resources that may be helpful to other caregivers. UCCS Aging Center and DU - Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging in partnership with Allies for Aging (an initiative of RMPBS) are bringing this series to you thanks to support from Next50 Foundation. Join us for this session grounded in real experiences, practical resources, and our shared commitment to lifelong learning.  Guest Speakers:<img style="padding:0px 1px;max-width:100%" />Mittie Pedraza Caregiver Advocate After 25 years of impactful nonprofit and volunteer work in the Pikes Peak area, Mittie is enjoying a well-deserved retirement. In recent years, she also served as a caregiver for her late husband. Mittie now enjoys her three adult grandsons—and her many passions. Accompanied by her faithful dog, Miley, you can find Mittie hiking, gardening, writing, volunteering, taking classes at the senior center or catching up with friends at book clubs.  <img style="padding:0px 1px;max-width:100%" />Jon SundbyUCCS Clinical Psychology Doctoral Candidate Jon Sundby is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology PhD program at UCCS, specializing in Geropsychology. He has been a student clinician for several years at the UCCS Aging Center, as well as completing clinical practicums at PACE and the Pikes Peak Elder Justice Center. He is currently providing clinical services to older adults in long-term care through the GRACE initiative, a donor-funded project to provide psychotherapy and behavioral management to residents in local assisted living facilities. Outside of clinical work, he also teaches at UCCS and conducts research on existential issues, health, and aging.

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Caregiving in CO: A Caregiver's Experience

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