April Extension Connection Magazine 2021

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CCE proudly delivered 51 “All for Ag Thank You Bags” to farm operations across Sullivan County, filled with gifts and messages from staff and partner organizations. Pictured: Dave Weiss Dairy

Upcoming U pcoming Events Events & Programs Programs Houseplant Video Series (see pg 14) Family Caregiver Support Groups Wednesdays Starting Your Vegetables Indoors April 10, 24, May 15

Issue Isssue sue Highlights Higghhligghhts Sullivan County Food Safety Outreach Program Pandemics: Humans Are the Culprits

Farm Marketing Series April 7, 14

Spring: A Great Time to Consider an Energy Audit

HS Senior Scholarship Applications Due Apr 15

Honey & Maple Syrup Facts

Writing a Farm Food Safety Plan April 21

Family & Caregiving Resources

Tai Chi for Arthritis for Fall Prevention April 27

4-H Houseplant Video Series

4-H Horse Back Riding Log Program May 1

CCE Spotlights: Ed Wolff, Thomas Bosket, and Good Find Farm

Farm Worker Health & Hygiene Training April 5, May 5 Online Plant Sale (see back cover) See more events and opportunities on sullivancce.org/events.

Check out page 10 for fast facts and healthy tips of the month!

Welcome W elcome to to the the Issue!

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Page 3 Message from the Executive Director Page 5 Sullivan County Food Safety Outreach Program Page 6 Pandemics: Humans Are the Culprits Page 7 Spring: A Great Time to Consider an Energy Audit Page 7 Energy Navigator Volunteers Believe in Success

Table Table of of Contents Contents Page 8 Honey & Maple Syrup Facts Page 9 CCE Spotlights Page 10 Fast Facts, Cool Tools, & News to Use! Page 11 Healthy Tips of the Month Page 12 Enrollment Cards 2021

Page 13 Family & Caregiver Resources Page 14 Free 4-H Youth Houseplant Video Series Page 15 Thank You, Sponsors!

Page 16 Online Plant Sale

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2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robert Kaplan.............................President Amy Erlwein........................Vice President Klu Padu......................................Secretary John Kiefer...................................Treasurer Nadia Rajsz........................Legislative Rep. Adam Hughes.........................Cornell Rep. Jenny Chamberlain Marcie Ehrman Denise Frangipane John “JP” Lang Amanda Langseder Chris Ng Juanita Sarmiento Gary Silver Dara Smith George Stang

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STAFF MEMBERS Colleen Monaghan..............................................................................Executive Director Thomas Bosket............................................................................SALT Program Manager SueAnn Boyd.........................................................Healthy Schools Program Coordinator Elizabeth Clancy-DiBartolo.................................................Farmers’ Market Coordinator Martin Colavito................................................Community Cupboard Program Manager Kaitlyn Conklin............................................................................................4-H Educator Wanda V. Cruz..............................................Healthy Communities Program Coordinator Marylin Jones...........................................................................4-H Program Coordinator Bonnie Lewis...........................................................................Dependent Care Educator Erica Lynch..........................................................Catskills Kitchen Program Coordinator Melinda Meddaugh.......................................................Ag & Food Systems Issue Leader Brenda Miller..................................Environment & Natural Resources Program Manager Barbara Moran................................................4-H Animal Science Program Coordinator Bee Moser........................................................................SNAP-Ed New York Nutritionist Vanessa Petrossian................................................................................Ag Market Manager Abyssinia Pla El...........................................................Association Operations Coordinator Michelle Proscia..............................................................................Agriculture Educator Nicole A. Slevin Nikolados............................................Administrator & Diversity Officer Ashley Tully...............................................................................Ag Program Coordinator Tara VanHorn........................................................................................Finance Manager Brian Vantassell............................................................Temporary Program Coordinator Sean Welsh.............................................................................Energy Resource Educator John Wilcox..........................................................................................Facilities Manager Judy Arpadi, Cherene Audain, John Mastrangelo...........................Ag Market Coordinators

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Hello and happy spring, folks!

After an incredibly long winter, it’s so nice to have the sunshine and see people coming out and about.

I want to take this month’s note to share some context within which we are operating. First, I will talk about how we’ve altered operations due to the ongoing pandemic, and then, describe a bit about how funding drives what programs we are offering.

In March 2020, the Extension Education Center closed its doors to public walk-ins and in person group activities. We continue to provide assistance to the public by appointment, through web-based mediums, and in field visits. Per NYS guidelines, we will continue operating this way until further notice, including continuing to observe all standing safety protocols around masking, distancing, and sanitization. Indoor group activities are still prohibited, for all programs including 4-H. We’ve received lots of inquiries for group workshops, both in person and by Zoom. As we move towards warmer days we’re looking forward to offering some outdoor education and service opportunities, and rolling out more nutrition and food related content online. Keep your eyes peeled on our facebook and web events pages for listings!

On a related note, we often receive inquiries from the community asking if we are offering a program in a particular interest area – let’s say, home composting or foraging, for example. While both these subjects fall within one of our five program areas, the current funding model does not support these activities. You see, at any given time, we are funded by 30-40 different local, state, and federal contracts. Each of these contracts have very specific activities and deliverables, and all of them are “reimbursable”. This means CCE Sullivan needs to expend money for staffing and program expenses, report our activities to the funder, then await reimbursement once the funder deems our activities and deliverables sufficient under the contract.

For folks who have been involved with Extension for several decades, this is definitely different than it was, even just in the 1990s, when Extension’s primary funding sources were not restricted to specific activities, so long as the work fell within our mission. This left Extension staff with a lot of room to be flexible in planning and delivering programs.

These days, the majority of our program budget is driven by time limited, competitive grants and contracts. The good news is that we use local data and input from our local municipalities, community partners, program participants, board, and committees to inform what we write into our competitive applications. This way, we’re still being responsive to community needs. The downside is that once awarded, our energies must be committed to those contracts, limiting our ability to be creative with our resources.

Further, when the pandemic hit, we redirected any bit of unrestricted funds we had to ensuring our local residents had access to food. With no new funding thus far, we are committed to continuing this work. We have invested more than $350,000 in the past year alone to support the Catskills Food Hub in its transition from primarily wholesale sales to retail sales, the expansion of the Sullivan Fresh Market on the Move to six sites across the county, and the creation and sustainability of the Sullivan Fresh Community Cupboard, a mobile food pantry and soup kitchen that delivers more than 1600 meals four days a week, ensuring that our once invisible neighbors, most in need, don’t have to worry where their next meal comes from.

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We use these community connections to provide our most vulnerable residents with information and resources on nutrition, food safety, storage and preparation, navigating community resources, and most importantly: human connection and hope.

I share all this because I want you to know we receive your inquiries and ideas. We are listening. And while we may not be able to offer exactly what you’re looking for, we do take these ideas to reach out to other partners and community groups who might be able to help us make them a reality. One upside to the pandemic is that it has forced our entire Extension system, where bandwidth allows, to be more comfortable in the online space. To ensure the research backed group educational experiences you have come to trust from Extension, I wholeheartedly encourage you to visit our partner CCE’s websites to see what’s available online from their respective programs. The variety across counties is amazing!

You can find direct links to their programs here: https://cals.cornell.edu/cornell-cooperative-extension/ local-offices.

With your help, we will continue to seek diversified funding sources that allow us to meet community needs, and also build our capacity to be more nimble when there’s a particular area of interest. Thank you for your support and I look forward to continuing to work with you to bring any study, to any person, in Sullivan County.

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SULLIVAN COUNTY FOOD SAFETY OUTREACH PROGRAM Written by Michelle Proscia, Agriculture Educator Calling ALL fruit, vegetable, sprout or mushroom farms.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Sullivan County applied and received a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute for Farming and Agriculture (NIFA) grant. We are working in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County, to respond to the need for increased food safety outreach and education for both counties’ produce farms, to assist farms in compliance with the new law.

The goal is to assist farms within our region who not only are subject to follow the Produce Safety Rule as mandated through the FDA, but also to farms who may be exempt due to income threshold.

Farms who provide food into the food system should have the understanding of how to minimize contamination and food safety risks associated with their growing operation, whether large or small.

Additionally, having a food safety plan and third party audits can increase market opportunities and customer confidence in your products The FSMA Produce Safety rule has already come into effect on January 27, 2020. All size farms who gross $25,000 annually or more in covered produce sales are required to become compliant with the law unless exempt.

How We Can Help CCE Sullivan can provide technical assistance and farm visits to assist farms with recordkeeping compliance, complete their farm food safety plan, participate in NYS Grown

and Certified program, sell product through the Catskill Food Hub and find funding.

We are also offering educational Produce Safety Alliance Grower Trainingsto become FSMA compliant on your farm, including a Farm Food Safety Plan Writing workshop on April 21st, and two Farm Worker Health and Hygiene trainings for yearly FSMA compliance held on April 5, and May 5.

If you are interested in working with CCE Sullivan to gain compliance, obtain further certifications or reach additional wholesale markets available, we are here and trained to help you.

Please contact the CCE Sullivan office at 845-292-6180 and ask to speak with someone from the Ag Department. By email, please reach out to CCE Sullivan Agriculture Educator Michelle Proscia at mml249@cornell. edu.

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PANDEMICS: HUMANS ARE THE CULPRITS Submitted by Brenda Miller, Environment & Natural Resources Program Manager; Written by John Vidal It’s easy to blame a bat, but experts concur that the loss of biodiversity, mainly because of humans, is directly connected to the spread of deadly diseases like COVID-19.

The only way to prevent these new diseases is to preserve our ecosystems and biodiversity.

In 1997, I went to Borneo to investigate fires which had been raging uncontrolled for months across a vast area of pristine tropical forest. An intense El Niño event had triggered a deep drought, and a thick yellow haze had settled over much of Indonesia, Malaysia, and beyond.

The ecological and human damage was immense. Some of the most undisturbed, nature-rich forest on earth was burning. Thousands of species of plants, birds and rare animals like orangutans were at risk. The sunlight had dimmed, the temperature had dropped, trees were not flowering, crops barely grew, and millions of people were suffering severe respiratory diseases.

Months after monsoon rains finally doused the fires, a mysterious, deadly disease broke out hundreds of miles away where tens of thousands of pigs were being farmed among commercial orchards. For no discernible reason, first the pigs, and then many humans, were struck down by seizures and headaches. To stop the new, highly infectious disease from spreading, nearly a million pigs had to be destroyed – but not before 105 people had died.

It took six years for disease ecologists to link the destruction of the forest in Borneo with the disease in the Malaysian pig farms. What had Page 6

happened was that certain species of fruit bats which usually foraged on flowering and fruiting trees deep in the Borneo forests, had been forced by the 1997 fires to seek new food sources.

Some of these bats had been observed roosting in the trees and dropping pieces of half-eaten fruit into the pigpens below. Bats are well-known reservoirs of many viruses which they had passed to the pigs in the fruit and their urine.

This virus, Nipah, is just one of many hundreds of animal-borne diseases, which have jumped from animals to humans in the past fifty years.

“The more we destroy nature, the more likely we are to see fearsome diseases like COVID-19 emerging,” says Kate Jones, professor of ecology and biodiversity at University College London (UCL). The coincidence of the new diseases with the destruction of biodiversity is highly significant, according to her.

They include some of the deadliest diseases ever encountered by humans – like HIV, Ebola; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS); Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Some, like Ebola, have been linked to deforestation; others, like Lyme disease, occur where suburban areas sprawl into newly-cleared land. Many more are believed to have been caused by hunting, or are associated with wildlife markets and the intensive farming of animals.

Jones argues that by driving roads into forests, fragmenting ecosystems, mining in remote areas, and encouraging global trade, we are not only destroying wildlife, but creating the perfect conditions for new diseases to emerge and turn on us.

“Biodiversity loss is becoming a big driver in the emergence of

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some of these viruses. Large-scale deforestation, habitat degradation and fragmentation, agriculture intensification, our food system, trade in species and plants, anthropogenic climate change – all these are drivers of biodiversity loss and also drivers of new diseases. Two-thirds of emerging infections and diseases now come from wildlife,” she says.

It might seem logical that the richer the biodiversity, the more pathogens and viruses will be circulating in animals, and are therefore more likely to jump to humans. However, many studies show that more species actually mean less disease – and that a rich biodiversity acts to protect species which evolve together. It is when a natural system is disturbed that viruses like coronavirus or Ebola are passed on.

Environmental change can bite humans hard, says Felicia Keesing, a disease ecologist at Bard College.

Keesing has studied twelve diseases, including West Nile fever and Lyme disease, in ecosystems around the world. In every study, she found that diseases became more prevalent as biodiversity was lost.

By breaking down the natural barriers between species and destroying biodiversity we have opened the door, not just to COVID-19, but potentially to many more viruses and pathogens.

“Preserving intact ecosystems and biodiversity will help us reduce the prevalence of some of these diseases.

So the way we farm, the way we use the soils, the way we protect coastal ecosystems, and the way we treat our forests, will either wreck the future or help us live longer,” says Kate Jones.

Source:Vidal,John.“Pandemics:Humans are the Culprits.

UNESCO Courier,Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies,May 26,2020.https://www.caryinstitute.org/news-insights/ media-coverage/pandemics-humans-are-culprits.

SPRING: A GREAT TIME TO CONSIDER AN ENERGY AUDIT Submitted by Sean Welsh, Energy Resource Educator Spring brings with it warmer temperatures, open windows, and fresh air in our homes; it can be a great time to begin to prepare for the hot days of summer. Adding insulation and air sealing will help with air conditioning in the hotter months and save money on heating in the winter. Taking note of those cold drafty areas in a home or building during the winter can lead to thoughts of having an energy assessment/ audit preformed on your home.

by professional energy auditors such as a blower door test, and a manometer can give a far more accurate account of how much air a building is leaking. Each spring I find myself doing an at home do- it- yourself energy audit. Making a small investment in weatherization products each spring/ fall plugging up air leaks, which are easy to access in my own home, has helped save money and keeps the indoor air more comfortable.

After five years in our home, I find this is an ongoing process, finding leaks and spots that I can air seal or add some type of material or product to help keep all comfortable inside the house.

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) offers some information about what and how to perform an assessment in your home either from the Do-it-yourself (DIY) angle or information about the diagnostic tools and process that a professional would use to undertake an audit. Tools used

To learn more about the DIY assessment or the professional assessment you can visit https://energy.gov/energysaver/ weatherize/home-energy-audits. If you are interested in learning more about the different programs in New York State and the Mid-Hudson Valley that can help you get access to a home assessment,

or if you are interested in learning more about clean energy technologies such as solar panels, an air source or ground source heat pump, reach out to Community Energy Advisor Sean Welsh at sw288@cornell.edu, or call 845 292 6180 ext. 127.

Home energy assessments/ audits are available for New York State residents, depending on income; consumers may be eligible for a free or reduced cost audit and upgrades. To find out if you would qualify for a free or reduced cost audit or weatherization and electric reduction services connect with Sean to begin the process to saving energy and money.

Source: “Home Energy Audits.” Energy. gov. Accessed March 11, 2021. https:// www.energy.gov/energysaver/weatherize/ home-energy-audits.

ENERGY NAVIGATOR VOLUNTEERS BELIEVE IN THEIR SUCCESS Submitted by Collin Adkins, CCE Dutchess County Energy Educator Amid the 2020 global coronavirus pandemic, volunteer Energy Navigators and CCE Dutchess and Sullivan staff were wondering how to accomplish a neighbor-to-neighbor energy outreach pilot. Several months later, these same volunteers and staff are celebrating their success on doing just that. In reflecting on the challenges of the past year, success took on many forms. For some success looked like helping friends, family, and neighbors make informed energy decisions to upgrade their heating system and energy efficiency.

For others success came to them in the form of forging new connections in their community and with each other.

With others success was simply in

overcoming life’s challenges to stay engaged with the program and learn lots of new things related to Federal, State, and local energy programs, outreach methods, community solar, new perspectives on solving climate change and much more!

At their final monthly gathering of the pilot project--but not the last meeting of this passionate group--Hazel Robin, Energy Navigator and REALIGN Program Manager, reflected on her experience coordinating this project by saying,“This was a truly special project to facilitate and watch grow. I am grateful to have meet so many incredible people through this program who are so deeply committed to helping their communities do good for one another and for the climate.”

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You can email Hazel Robin at dr598@ cornell.edu to learn more about participating in future cohorts of Energy Navigators.

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MAPLE SYRUP HAS A LOWER SUCROSE CONTENT COMPARED TO WHITE SUGAR.

THE COLOR & FLAVOR OF HONEY DEPENDS ON WHAT FLOWERS WERE VISITED

BY THE HONEY BEES.

An average size bee colony produces

60-100 pounds of honey per year!

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IT TAKES UP TO QUARTS OF CLEAR SAP TO MAKE ONE QUART OF AMBER-COLORED MAPLE SYRUP! HONEY MAY HELP WITH SORE THROATS AND COUGHS,

WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE IT IN MANY COUGH DROPS!

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NORTH DAKOTA LEADS THE NATION IN HONEY PRODUCTION IT MUST TRAVEL ABOUT 1400 MILES TO REACH BUFFALO. OUR NEW YORK STATE HONEY ONLY HAS TO TRAVEL 46 MILES TO REACH THE CAFETERIA.

The Sugar Maple Tree is the official tree of NYS! NEW YORK STATE IS THE SECOND-HIGHEST PRODUCER OF MAPLE SYRUP IN THE COUNTRY!

ALL GRADES OF MAPLE SYRUP HAVE THE SAME SUGAR CONTENT; THE DIFFERENT COLORS ARE JUST DUE TO CHANGING TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE! Extension Connection

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CCE Sullivan Spotlights

Volunteer Spotlight

Staff Spotlight

Farm Spotlight

ED WOLFF

THOMAS BOSKET

GOOD FIND FARM

Edward “Ed” Wolff has been an AARP Tax Aide Volunteer, in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County for dozens of decades. Over time, our staff has had the honor of working closely with Ed, and witnessing his absolute dedication to helping people. His commitment to service frequently goes above and beyond, helping the public navigate what is a complex process.

If you’ve ever met CCE Sullivan’s SALT Program Manager Thomas Bosket, you know he is an enthusiastic, passionate spirit-- always helping others and contributing to the community. A renowned artist, he is the co-founder of ENGN in Callicoon, a progressive educational organization focused on connecting civics, art, and life. He has served on the Sullivan Allies Leading Together (SALT) Steering Committee, as chair, for several years and has been a committed partner and friend to CCE along the way. In 2018, Tom welcomed CCE to occupy the ENGN space weekly to help CCE expand outreach.

Good Find Farm grows NOFA-NY certified organic vegetables and herbs in the rocky soil of Damascus, Pennsylvania. In 2020, Erica Madden, owner and operator of Good Find, completed the Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training course, covering topics from water testing for irrigation to post harvest washing and handling.

Ed is a friendly realist, with a great sense of humor and an even better sense of philanthropy. He and his team of volunteers have made the AARP Tax Aide program a huge success in Sullivan County, with individuals returning year after year to entrust their taxes are completed accurately. Ed has remained consistent and reliable; his institutional knowledge of the complicated subject made a stressful task bearable!

Ed proactively arranges a schedule with his team each year, makes appointments to ensure technology is operating correctly, maintains his training regularly, and remains available for questions.

Tom has been a valuable part of the CCE staff since October 2019, working under the Drug Free Communities (DFC) grant, in partnership with SALT. The DFC focuses on substance use prevention for youth through education, research, and policy change. As evidenced by his role in the new St. John Street School Community Hub in Monticello from 2019-2020, Tom has a natural talent for working with youth and building trusted relationships.

Since the course, Erica has worked with CCE Sullivan County (CCESC) Ag Educator Michelle Proscia to finalize her farm’s Food Safety plan, complying with the Food Safety Modernization Act. As a result, Erica’s sales avenues increased to markets such as CCESC’s own Sullivan Fresh Mobile Market on the Move. You can also purchase Good Find’s Farm produce through their CSA, at the Green Market in NYC, or right on the farm’s store on Saturday mornings.

You may have read in our last issue, Good Find Farm’s CSA members subsidize shares for those who could not afford to purchase. Good Find has paid that community support forward by donating to the Sullivan Fresh Community Cupboard in 2020.

Tom was selected for Sullivan County Democrat’s 2021 Men at Work!

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April Focus: Fast Facts, Cool Tools, & News too Use!

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April Focus: Healthy Tips of the Month!

Eat Right Food, Nutrition and Health Tips from the Academy of Nutr ition

and Dietetics

Eat Right with MyPlate Find your healthy eating routine using these recommendat ions from the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Simply start with small changes to make healthier choices

you can enjoy.

Make half your plate fruits and vegetables: Focus on whole fruits.

• Choose whole, cut or pureed fruits – fresh, frozen, dried or canned in 100% juice.

• Enjoy fruit with meals, as snacks or as a dessert.

Make half your plate fruits and vegetables: Vary your veggies.

• Try adding fresh, frozen or canned vegetables to salads, sides and main dishes.

• Choose a variety of colorful veggies prepared in healthful ways: steamed, sautéed, roasted or raw.

Make half your grains whole grains.

• Look for whole grains listed first on the ingredients list - try oatmeal, popcorn, teff, quinoa, millet, bulgur, brown rice, or breads, crackers and noodles made with whole-grain flours.

• Limit grain desserts and snacks such as cakes, cookies and pastries.

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FAMILY & CAREGIVING RESOURCES Submitted by Bonnie Lewis, RN Dependent Care Educator Welcome to spring! While looking for information to help a caregiver, I went to a resource I had not utilized lately, Ithaca College’s Gerontology Institute (https://www.ithaca.edu/ gerontology-institute/next-chaptertopics/family-and-caregiving). The Institute promotes and supports aging-related research, curriculum development, and community education for family caregivers and senior citizens.

The Caregiver Resource Center links caregivers to information and resources upon request, appropriate to their unique situation and questions. While still assisting families remotely (and hopefully meeting families in- person soon) I want to share these resources that Ithaca College provides for general caregiving knowledge. It may be an “aha” moment – you found a resource you had not thought to look for! The links below offer hands-on information and thoughtful interviews on family dynamics and caregiving.

Videos (I have shared only a few under each link ~ there are many more to be viewed) YouTube’s site (https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?V=oucskaxx7pq) shares helpful videos focused on dementia: • 10 Tips for Responding to Dementia Anger

AARP has 160 videos, all related to Family Caregiving (https:// videos.aarp.org/category/videos/ family-caregiving): • 1. A Legal Checklist for Family Caregivers • 2. Key Questions to Ask Before Visiting a Nursing Home

Home Alone Alliance’s caregiving videos (https://www.aarp.org/ppi/ initiatives/home-alone-alliance) are listed under various categories: • Wound Care (caring for ostomy bags, diabetic foot care, skin tears and pressure ulcers) • Operating Specialized Medical Equipment (using oxygen, nebulizers, mechanical lifts, home infusions, etc.)

• Managing Incontinence (helping someone to the toilet, incontinence products, difficulty transferring out of bed, etc.)

• Mobility (what to do when someone falls, moving from a walker to shower or bed, using a walker and navigating stairs, etc.)

• Medications (organizing and administering, dealing with dementiarelated resistance, administering insulin injections, etc.)

Videos by UCLA Health (https:// www.youtube.com/results?Search_ query=caregiver+training+videos): • Refusal to Bathe • Transferring from a Bed to a Wheelchair • Caregiver Safety – The 5 Basics • Refusal to Take Medication

• 3. Planning Your Advance Health Care Directives • 4. How to Form a Caregiving Plan During Coronavirus • 5. How to Get Paid as a Caregiver

Ithaca’s Gerontology Institute also lists other resources and articles including the Family Caregiver Alliance (https://www.caregiver.org/ caregiver-resources/all-resources/).

Caregivers can search for guidance using a keyword search or other filters (health condition, topic, or language).

One more resource: The Mayo Clinic (https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthylifestyle/caregivers/in-depth/hlv20049441) is packed with in-depth information, a page with “expert answers” and current news for caregivers.

The Caregiver Resource Center has a handout Disease Resources for Caregivers and Seniors on CCE’s website (http://sullivancce.org/ home-family/caregiver-resourcecenter) that alphabetically lists nationally based organizations giving their phone numbers and websites.

• Sundowning

• Aggressive Behavior in People with Dementia • Medications Used in Dementia: What Caregivers Should Know • How to Talk to Someone with Dementia • What are the Different Stages of Dementia?

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Houseplant Video Series Fridays April 2-May 14 9AM

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Youth will learn basic care information for houseplants!

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sullivancce.org y sullivan@cornell.edu y 845-292-6180 Any Sullivan County youth age 5-18 can enroll in 4-H for FREE. Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County provides equal program and employment opportunities. Contact the oƥce to request special accommodations.

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