We record our monthly webinars and make them available so you can listen at your convenience. Simply click on the title of the webinar you’d like to listen to; you’ll be directed to a page with the archived presentation.

Are you a professional working with family caregivers? You’ll find the archives for professionals here.

For Family Caregivers

Spring Me! I’m Tired of Feeling Like Crap
Our special webinar, Spring Me! I’m Tired of Feeling Like Crap, offers five tools to use to help you feel better. You can follow along with the presentation by downloading the PowerPoint here. Listen to the webinar here.

Breaking the Daily Grind
In our 2010 Annnual Family Caregiver survey, you told us that the day-to-day grind is the most stressful part of caregiving. In this 45-minute presentation, we’ll share tips and ideas to break down that daily grind so you welcome, rather than dread, the next day. You  can download the presentation here and then follow along as you listen to the webinar here.

Lasting Caregiving: Embrace Your Limits
The temptation of caregiving is do it all. After all, on paper, it looks like it’s doable. But, the variables of a disease and aging process make it very difficult to be a lone caregiving wolf. Lasting in a caregiving role means understanding and then embracing your limits. In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll help you do just that. View and listen to the webinar here.

Turning Take Care Upside Down
You probably hear more often than you’d like: “You have to take care of yourself in order to take care of another.” You probably want to reply: “Enough already! Mind your own business!” In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll create responses you can use with the well-meaning Buttinski’s in your life. We’ll also take a closer look at your well-being and help you find ways that work for you to stay well. View the webinar here.

Say Yes to the Best Holiday Ever by Saying No
The holiday season can add even more stress to a stressful caregiving experience. In particular, you may feel the pressure to make this holiday season the best ever because you worry that this will be your caree’s last. In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll help you determine the ingredients for a wonderful holiday. Then, we’ll help you say “no” to those extra ingredients which just mess up your holiday recipe for success. Listen to the webinar here.

Healing Family Rifts
Just in time for the holidays: Family members who fight. You may be in a fight. Or, just caught in the middle. Either way, it can be a awful holiday tradition. We’ll help you heal (or, at least, thaw) the family rifts this holiday season. Listen to the webinar here.

The Caregiving Years, Six Stages to a Meaningful Journey
Throughout the caregiving journey, which can last from six months to more than 10 years, the role of family caregivers evolves–and so should the services and the support they receive. The Caregiving Years describes the path that family caregivers take–from Expectant Caregiver, to Freshman Caregiver, to Entrenched Caregiver, to Pragmatic Caregiver to Transitioning Caregiver to Godspeed Caregiver. Most important, the stages–and their related Stumbles and Steadies–provide a map for family caregivers (and their travel companions, health care professionals) to navigate successfully through the caregiving journey. Listen to the webinar here.

Seven Ways to Make 2011 Your Most Special Year
How do you make the most of the New Year? Learn seven ways to make 2011 your most special year.

Surviving Caregiving: The Power of Acceptance
How do you survive caregiving? A key component is acceptance. And, that’s easier said than done. There’s so much to accept in caregiving–how is it possible? How in the world can it really help? In “Surviving Caregiving: The Power of Acceptance,” Denise M. Brown of Caregiving.com will share ways to move to acceptance so that caregiving seems doable rather than just plain awful. At the end of the 45-minute presentation, you’ll have a plan in place to accept. Listen the archive here.

Surviving Caregiving: Letting Go
How do you survive caregiving? A key component is letting go. Often, we hold on so tight that we strangle opportunities to get help, to improve our days and to manage the tough moments. In “Surviving Caregiving: Letting Go,” Denise M. Brown of Caregiving.com will share ways to move from holding on too tight to letting go just right. At the end of the 45-minute webinar, you’ll have a plan in place to let go of what holds you back. Listen to the webinar here.

Planting Your Seeds for Your Future
The intensity of caregiving can mean days that never end. When the days of caregiving seem endless, how can you plan for your future? A future beyond caregiving? In this 45-minute webinar, Denise will help you create a vision of your future—a vision full of possibilities without any guilt. Listen to the webinar here.

Dispelling Doubt: Caregiving with Clarity
What do, when to do, how to do it: That’s a caregiving day. Add in your caree’s confusion and that’s a caregiving bad day. In this 45-minute webinar, Denise will help you find the triggers in your day which feed into your self-doubt and dampen your confidence. Once you understand the source for your doubts, you’ll be able to make changes in your routine and your day to keep your confidence. Listen to the webinar here.

Keep Your Brain Buff
Presenter: G-J, who cares for her husband and blogs on Caregiving.com
In this 45-minute webinar, G-J will share tips and suggestions to keep our brain in shape. Listen to the webinar here.

What’s Caregiving Like for You? Annual Family Caregiver Survey Results
We asked and you told us! In our annual family caregiver survey, we asked about your experiences: What’s hard, what help you wish you had, what changes you’ve made because of your role. In this webinar, we’ll share the survey results with you. Listen to the webinar here.

Finding Your Answer to Those Awful Questions
In our annual family caregiver survey, we asked, “What’s the worst question you get asked?” And, wow, you told us the doozy of a question you get asked about your caregiving situation. So, in this 45-minute webinar, we’ll share the worst questions you get asked (including “Why don’t you put your caree in a nursing home?”) and help you find your powerful answer. Listen to the webinar here.

Escape! Taking a Break Without Taking a Leave
In our 2011 Annual Family Caregiver Survey, we asked: When was/is the hardest time for you in your caregiving role? 32% of respondents said their hardest time was when they were exhausted from not taking a break. In this 45-minute seminar, Denise will offer ideas on how you can escape without taking a leave from the house. Listen to the webinar here.

Holding Effective Family Meetings
In this 40-minute webinar, we share tips to use to ensure your family meetings accomplish what’s needed.  Listen to the webinar here.

Ending the Blame Game
Ooooh, you want to blame someone (anyone!) for a bad day, a bad month and, what may feel like, a bad life. Even worse, sometimes, you just blame yourself. When you play the blame game, everyone loses. We’ll help you end the game so you can win. Listen to the webinar here.

10 Gifts to Give Yourself
It’s the holiday season–why not give to yourself? We’ll help you shop for the best free gifts you can find. Join Denise for a 45-minute webinar so you’ll know which gifts to place under your tree—-just for you. Listen to the webinar here.

Give Yourself a Chance in 2012
What’s missing in your day, your life? It may just be a chance. In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll tell you how and when to give yourself a chance. Listen to the webinar here.

Three Steps to Feeling Better
In this mini-webinar, offered during our February 2012 Open House, Denise shares three steps you can take to feel better in your caregiving role. LIsten to the webinar here.

Beating Caregiving’s Cabin Fever
Cabin fever is defined as “a state characterized by anxiety, restlessness, and boredom, arising from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place.” Your stay could be in your house. Or it could be in your mind. In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll suggest ways to combat cabin fever so your days feel easier. Listen to the webinar here.

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