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Dealing with Caregiver Guilt During the Coronavirus Crisis
Caregivers are consumed with feelings of guilt without the added stress of a global pandemic, but coronavirus has added new and complex situations for caregivers to manage.
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Loss of Family Caregivers Putting Ottawa Long-Term Care Residents and Others at Risk, Say Advocates
Through the pandemic, health and community leaders are finally recognizing the essential role family caregivers play in the healthcare system.
Read More Compassion Isn’t Enough For Family Caregivers. They Need Training Too.
Delivering care with love and compassion is the hallmark of family caregivers. This article offers arguments for educating family caregivers in ways that benefit everyone.
Read More Flying Home (For Now)
Now that my parents are doing well, I can make more frequent one-day trips home.
Read More My First Mother’s Day Without Ron
I am missing the smell of burnt toast more than I could have imagined.
Read More The Stages of Grief: Four Months
Grief is different for everyone. For me, it has primarily manifested itself in short, intense bursts of memory that can be horribly painful for a moment and then gone as quickly as they came.
Read MoreThank You for Caring!
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The need is great for services and programs to help those who care for a family member or friend (family caregivers). You already know. That great need led you to us. You want to make a difference. You want to be the difference. Our training programs help you be the difference.
- Want to make a difference with your message? Learn how to become a Certified Caregiving Advocate.
- Want to make a difference by hosting a support group? Learn how to become a Certified Caregiving Facilitator.
- Interested in making extra money as you care for a family member and are in the Pragmatic Stage of your caregiving experience? Want to make a difference through your own small business? Take our training to become a Certified Caregiving Specialist.
- Inspired by your own caregiving experience to start a business to help those who care for a family member? Take our training to become a Certified Caregiving Consultant to add consulting services to your own small business.
- Love to deliver presentations and workshops? Take our training to become a Certified Caregiving Educator to deliver workshops in your community. (Note: Our Consultant training is a prerequisite for this training.)
We look forward to you joining us!
Member Spotlight
Kathy Murri
Kathy hosts our After Caregiving Ends every Sunday at 7 p.m. ET in our After Caregiving Ends chatroom. Kathy drove from her home in Massachusetts to join us last September at our Regional Caregiving Conference in Monroe Township, N.J. Kathy also became a Certified Caregiving Consultant last year and will complete training to become a Certified Caregiving Facilitator in February.
Rachel Hiles
Rachel, who cares for her grandmother, helps host our 2 p.m. ET chat a few days a week. Rachel also co-hosts our Making a Break project which happens on the fourth Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. Rachel completed her training to become a Certified Caregiving Consultant in 2018 and to become a Certified Caregiving Educator and Facilitator in 2019. She supports our newly-certified consultant by creating their CCC pages on Caregiving.com. She's presented at our National Caregiving Conference in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Lilac
You'll find ALilac, who cares for her husband, in our 9 p.m. ET evening chat in our Caregiving chatroom. Lilac, as we call her, is devoted to supporting others who care and is always ready with comforting words. She's a regular in helping man the chatroom during our annual 36-Hour Caregiving Christmas chat. She's spent her holiday hours in our Christmas chat for the past four years.
The Largest International Virtual Caregiving Support Group
When you worry and help and care for a family member, you become a member of the largest group of health care providers. Consider: 5,564:…
Making a Break Project
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by your caregiving responsibilities… If the thought of the weekend stresses you out, because you know you’ll be off work…
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Share your experiences in our two quick surveys:
- We believe caregiving stress is an overlooked epidemic in our communities. Please take a few moments to tell us about your stress from caring for those in your family with a chronic illness, injury or disease in our simple stress survey.
- To better support you, we also would like to know more about the compassion fatigue you may experience as you care for a family member or friend. We’d love for you to share your experiences in our six-question Compassion Fatigue Survey.
In Six Words, What’s Your Life Right Now?
We write six-word stories to describe aspects of our caregiving days and lives. We also write these stories to reflect our current situations. Today, let’s…
Tell Us: What Did You Need on Your Caree’s Diagnosis Day?
Several years, I released a free ebook called “After the Diagnosis.” The booklet included tips and suggestions from family caregivers on how to manage after…
Webinar: Healing from Trying Fatigue
We try so hard, day after day. Certainly, the energy we put into trying can be draining. It’s exhausting, though, when our efforts lead to…
Webinar: Healing from Bad Days
During a caregiving experience, we can feel like the good days are behind us, leaving us only bad days. In this webinar, Denise M. Brown,…
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Our Certified Caregiving Consultants can offer insights, suggestions and resources to help as you care for your family member. They understand because they've been there, just like you.