PORTLAND — Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter announces dates for the 2012 Statewide Educational Conferences in Bangor and Portland.

The conferences will offer several workshops for caregivers, family members, professionals, and people living with dementia. Six contact hours are available for professionals.

Kathleen J. Rusnak, PhD, will be featured speaker at both forums. Rusnak, who has been the director of spiritual care and bereavement at the Connecticut Hospice, speaks to the spiritual surprises that emerge for individuals, patients and caregivers who struggle to make sense of their lives in the midst of serious illnesses.

The Bangor conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, at Spectacular Event Center, 395 Griffin Road.

The Portland conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St.

Register online at www.alz.org/maine or call 1-800-272-3900.