KEARNEY Make the Switch, a seminar on adapting a healthier lifestyle, will be presented May 5 at the Hampton Inn at 507 Talmadge St. in Kearney.

Participants will learn why change is difficult, why change is often warranted and the seven stages of the empowerment model. By the end of the seminar, participants should be able to help patients/clients move to a higher level in the empowerment model, as well as to apply one or more techniques in overcoming hurdles to improving health status.

Registration is at 7:45 a.m., and the workshop will end at 3:30 p.m. Cost is $99. Continuing education credit is available for nurses, social workers, mental health practitioners, occupational therapists and respiratory therapists.

The presenter is Dorothy Yeager of Dorothy & Associates. Yeager has a masters degree in adult education and is certified in Family and Consumer Sciences by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

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