Sanford Center on Aging offers classes at senior center

-- The Nevada Care Connection from the Sanford Center on Aging will be conducting a free four-hour workshop on how to do a better job of caring for elderly parents or spouses, 1-6 p.m. Thursday, at the Douglas County Senior Center, 2300 Meadow Lane, Gardnerville.

Some of the topics covered will be how to find help on the Internet, how to assess needs and how to tell if a senior is in crisis and what to do about it. Information, Diann Fallness (775) 682-8470 or Douglas County Senior Center, 783-6455.

-- The University of Nevada School of Medicine and the Sanford Center for Aging will be conducting Students to Seniors Connection for Health Information project. The class is 9:30-11:30 a.m. March 25 at the Douglas County Senior Center, 2300 Meadow Lane, Gardnerville.

The aim of the class is to increase the comfort level of seniors, ages 60 and older, in using the Internet and to raise their awareness and use of beneficial health information resources.

Students trained by information professionals from the Savitt Medical Library will act as trainers and mentors to guide seniors in using the Internet to access health information. There will be a workshop and one-on-one instruction.

Reservations are required. Information, 783-6455.