Caregiving, especially for family, can be stressful and often overwhelming, but a free workshop starting on March 30 can help caregivers reduce stress as well as provide tools and strategies to better handle unique caregiving challenges, said officials. Classes are now being offered online.
Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a national evidence-based education program designed to help family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend. This program helps family caregivers reduce stress, improve self-confidence, communicate feelings better, balance their lives, increase their ability to make tough decisions and locate helpful resources.
“You will benefit from this class whether you are helping a parent, spouse, or friend; no matter if they live at home, in a nursing home, or across the country,” said Christin McWhorter, community outreach manager. “Caregivers often have to be reminded that being exhausted, stressed or burned out can actually diminish the quality of care that they can provide. The workshop will equip caregivers with tools that can enable them to give the best care they possibly can for their loved ones and show them how to thrive, not just survive during their caregiving journey.”
The Powerful Tools for Caregivers workshops are free and open to any unpaid caregiver; however, class size is limited, and pre-registration is required. Each participant will receive a book, The Caregiver HelpBook, developed specifically for the class. This course is being offered by the Area Agency on Aging and Disability, in partnership with Orange Grove Center.
For more information or to register, please contact Patti Wade at 605-0307.
These workshops are sponsored by the Southeast Tennessee Area on Aging and Disability which is a program of the Southeast Tennessee Development District, in partnership with Orange Grove Center. This project was supported, in part by grant number 90ADPI001001, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.