My Dignity offers a selection of workshops and courses for both the public and the insurance industry in relation to Long Term Care Insurance.
The following is a listing of the workshop and course topics we regularly schedule. Please click on the headings below to view the complete list of workshops.
We offer workshops and courses for the public on topics such as:
- Navigating The Long Term Care System
- Dealing With The Stresses Of Caring For An Aging Parent
- Home Sweet Home – The Better Alternative
- The Epidemic Of Elder Abuse
- Financial/Legal Issues For Seniors And Their Family Caregivers
- Building Family Councils That Work
We offer a selection of workshops and courses for the insurance industry. Of particular interest, in relation to long term care insurance, we regularly schedule the following topics:
- When The Bough Breaks – The Coming Crisis in Long Term Care in Canada
- Realities of the provincial long term care system – Navigating the maze
- “Myth”-Conceptions of the Normal Aging Process
- BoomerBusiness- Building Trust Relationships for Client Retention
- LTCI – What it means for your client
- Building A Multigenerational Customer Base
- Building Multicultural Competencies for the Insurance Professional
For dates and times, to receive additional information, to request a topic not listed here or to arrange a workshop for your group, please contact us or fill out our call back form on the side.
Elderstage is a dynamic, practical and insightful certification program developed to assist participants to understand the complex realities faced by seniors and their family caregivers. Based on a holistic model, the course addresses the physical, emotional, social and financial wellness of seniors. Knowledge gained can be readily applied to any relationship with seniors, be it personal or professional. The course is delivered by instructors with many years of experience in various facets of senior care, financial/ legal services and marketing.
Elderstage is unique to the elder education industry in that it is solely Canadian and provided by people with real-life, hands-on experience who have dedicated their careers to the senior care arena. The managing partner from a London based law firm who took the course “appreciated that the instructors were experienced and had an authentic grasp of their subject matter.” Elderstage certification can only augment all professional designations and enhance professional credibility. “I would heartily recommend this course to all professionals and business people”, states a Toronto- based bank branch manager with TD Canada Trust who also took the course. It enables brokers to differentiate themselves with confidence when dealing with older clients and their families, and assists professionals to meet their ethical responsibility and professional mandate to better understand the needs and expectations of this demographic group. “I use what I learned every time I deal with older clients,” a financial planner reports. “The course has made me a more knowledgeable, sensitive and well-rounded advisor”.
Elderstage is a 40-hour course which can be provided in a 5-day series or be adapted to a module format. Modules include an exploration of aging in North America, the long term care system in Canada, seniors’ wellness, family and support systems, financial challenges for seniors, and doing business with seniors and their adult children. Participants will have three months in which to write a three-hour examination following the conclusion of the course. The tuition fee of $1000 or $250 per individual module is inclusive of the first year of membership as an Elderstage graduate. The course is eligible for FSCO continuing education credits.
The ongoing annual membership fee for Elderstage is $100. Membership benefits include use of the Elderstage designation on promotional materials, three individualized one-to-one coaching sessions per year, at a time convenient to the member, and an invitation to attend, at reduced rate, various networking and educational events held throughout the year. Furthermore a variety of topics will be offered in workshop format on an ongoing basis in order to ensure that graduates maintain recognition of current issues. Members will also receive a quarterly newsletter which they will be given the opportunity to use under their own agency name for internal advertising purposes.
For further information or insight, please contact us or fill out our call back form on the side.
Elderstage Agenda
I. Aging in North America
Aging and Society
Trends, norms, issues, perceptions and biases
Physiology of Growing Older
“Myth-conceptions” of the normal aging process
Psychological and emotional needs and tasks in the later
years
Loss in later life
Challenges, choices and opportunities for elders
Demographics of the coming decade
Corporate costs of eldercare
II. Wellness in the elder years
Cognitive aging
Memory, perception, comprehension, reflection and
reasoning
Chronic illnesses in the later years
Mental health issues in the older adult
Values and belief systems
Spirituality and religion
Alternative therapies
III. Support Systems
Effect of aging members on the family unit
Caregiver stress and coping
Social issues for elders
Aging in Place
Navigating the Long-|Term Care System
Facility Care
Home and Community-Based Services
IV. Financial Challenges for Seniors
Funeral and end-of-life planning
Estate planning
Long Term Care Insurance
Aging and the Law
Elder Abuse
Advocacy
V. Business With Seniors
Sales approaches and marketing niches
Senior expectations
Building and serving a multi-generational client base
Principle-based selling
Senior business ethics