In honor of Veterans Day, Heartfelt Community founder Ginger Peer-Spencer will lead a free Compassionate Touch workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Walter Reed Post Acute, Gloucester. The workshop is open to family and professional caregivers, current volunteers, and individuals interested in volunteering with elders in local senior living communities. Compassionate Touch is a non-pharmaceutical approach combining skilled touch and specialized communication to help reduce behavioral expressions in people living with dementia while supporting care-partner well-being. In palliative care, it combines skilled touch with compassionate presence to enhance quality of life for individuals in the later stages of life, a release said. These techniques can be incorporated into caregiving situations to foster trust, reduce isolation and loneliness, and provide comfort across physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual dimensions. To register, call or text Spencer at 804...