Caregivers Topics:
Managing Stress
Finding a Balance
Mental Health
Social Well-being
Spirituality
Physical Health
Financial Security
Adult services and outings
Transition
Different Programs/Services/Outings for Children/Youth & Adults
Core Caregiver Support Topics:
Self-Care & Emotional Health: Maintain and improve your physical, mental, and emotional well-being
Managing burnout: Overcoming caregiver guilt, dealing with anger, depression, loneliness, and maintaining personal wellness.
Practical & Daily Care Skills: Assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparation, mobility, and transferring safely
Medical & Health Management: Medication management, coordinating with doctors, understanding diagnoses, and home safety improvements.
Legal & Financial Planning: Managing finances, navigating insurance, advance care planning, and estate issues.
Communication & Relationships: Setting boundaries, navigating family conflict, communicating with a person with dementia, and role reversal.
Support & Resources: Finding support groups, accessing respite care, long-distance caregiving, and preparing for the care receiver's end-of-life. Finding
Balance: Managing Stress: Spirituality Mental Health Physical Health
Family controversy: Conflicts with Parents/Siblings
Respite: A need for change
Did you really ask that: Handling inappropriate questions and responses from others
Anger: Ways to understand and control emotions
When to consider a facility or group home: Moving the care receiver to a care facility and being an advocate for them there