Planning For The Holidays: Hassles, Hobbies, And The Hallelujah Chorus
This session provides people who are intimately involved in caregiving to reflect on their own experiences, learn some new techniques for coping with the holidays, and communicate successes as well as challenges. The session offers opportunity for attendees to share from their own experiences as well as learn from others. Key issues addressed in the presentation are (1) how to cope with changes in routines, (2) finding opportunities to relax and enjoy time with our loved ones, (3) using humor to relieve stressors, and (4) enjoying music in ways that feeds the spirit.
Charlotte Liggett is grew up on a farm in Illinois, went to school in Indiana, and worked in Michigan for 12 years before coming to Nebraska. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Goshen College, Goshen IN; a Masters of Science in Nursing from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI; and a Masters in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH. Charlotte is currently enrolled in an Online Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Leadership at Creighton University.
Charlotte was recruited in 1988 to serve as Vice President of Patient Care Services at Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, NE. In 1997 Charlotte moved to the position of Vice President of Strategy for Saint Elizabeth and then CHI Nebraska. Charlotte enjoyed being married to Kenneth R. Liggett for 20 years until he passed away in 2008. Kenneth was a clinical psychologist in Lincoln, working to help people attain hope in their lives. They had no children, but enjoyed being the “parents” for 7 cats.
Charlotte continues to live and work in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is currently the Chair of the Nursing Department and Assistant Professor of Nursing at Nebraska Wesleyan University teaching nursing management and healthcare leadership at the undergraduate and graduate level. Charlotte is a certified Spiritual Director and a Benedictine Oblate associated with Sacred Heart Monastery in Yankton, South Dakota. She has recently served on the board of Friendship Home, in Lincoln and as moderator of SouthPointe Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), where she has been a member since 2009.
Presented November 19, 2020 with Charlotte Liggett, MSN, MBA
This session is part of the Education Series for the Family Caregiver, hosted by The Nebraska Caregiver Coalition.
