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Story Telling Returns on the First Wednesday
In 2013, we launched a video program during which those who care or cared for a family member shared their stories. I’m so happy that…
The Workplace Holds the Solution for Caregiving Employees
We often talk about the challenge faced by individuals who care for a family member while also working. The stats bear out that truth. The…
Join Us to Create Your Family Emergency Plan
When you’re caring for a family member, making plans feels impossible. Even worse, making back-up plans feels completely out of the questions. Our research proves…
Congrats to These CCAs, CCCs, CCEs, CCFs, CCSs
We had a busy close to our 2019! I’m so happy to announce the following individuals have completed the requirements to become Certified Caregiving Advocates™,…
Share our Resource List with your doctors and other health care professionals.
Validation and Birthdays
I am not a hundred percent certain how to approach the topic of homelessness and caregiving. During a home visit with one of my clients…
And Then There Were Two
Happy New Year? Heard that phrase a few times, but not much. Missed my black-eyed peas for New Years Day and every other traditional meaning…
Dementia Journal — Hospital Bed — January 16, 2020
This is probably the most difficult entry to write up until now. I’ve done a lot of thinking and soul-searching but could only come up…
Goodbye to Callie Kitty
Although it has been three plus years since Mom and her cat Callie Kitty moved in with me and over a year now since Mom…
Our Amazing Difference
When you care for a family member or friend, you make an amazing difference.
We want to hear about your difference! Join our conversations on our blogs, in our forums and in our chat rooms.
Make a difference with us.
Check out our Caregiving Events.
Join our Caregiving Co-op.
Become a Certified Caregiving Advocate, a Certified Caregiving Facilitator or a Certified Caregiving Consultant.
Connect with us in caregiving and after-caregiving chat rooms.
Find your happiness.
Join our Caregiving Podcast Network.
Share in our Forum.
Start a caregiving blog.
Tell us what's in your heart.
Use our Caregiving Support Group Curriculum.
Write a Six-Word Story.
Thank you for being here!
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 Educatorto 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.
Join Me for Feel Better Fest, One-Hour Workshops
I recently connected with a colleague who kindly listened as I shared distress about situations in my life. Her kindness, however, soon became swallowed up…
First Photo Project
On the first day of every month, we take a photo of our caregiving day and share it in our First Photo Project Group. On…
Community Reflection
On the first Sunday of every month, let’s join together virtually for 30 minutes for quiet reflection with a community that cares. Denise M. Brown,…
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…
Monthy Virtual Chats: Owning a Business and a Caregiving Experience
At our most recent National Caregiving Conference, our panel discussion, Owning a Small Business and a Caregiving Experience, was a hit. We recognized the need…
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.
We also want to know about your caregiving pain points.
In Six Words, What Will You Achieve in 2020?
Let’s set our intention for 2020 with our next six-word story. Let’s look into the future and write about what we’ll have achieved by December…
Tell Us: What’s the Toughest Question You’ve Asked?
Like many of you, I have a sibling who walked away when the stress of caring for our parents really intensified. (You can read more…
Tell Us: How Do You Keep a Life During a Life of Caregiving?
Just about a month ago, we gathered for our Fourth Annual National Caregiving Conference. More than 200 family caregivers and former family caregivers from 29…
Tell Us: How Do You Keep Going?
I suppose the obvious answer to how we keep going is: “What other choice do I have?” I totally get that. I’m wondering, though, how…
A Caregiving Comfort: Normal
People will see your crisis and ask, “What do you need?” They may wonder about your response, which may be, “I don’t know.”
A Caregiving Comfort: Snooze
We deserve ten minutes to take a break. The challenge is to not give our time away because our fear tempts us to believe we’re not strong enough to get up.
A Caregiving Comfort: Power
You can feel powerless to your caree’s pain and suffering. No matter what you do and how much you try, it can feel like you both live with a pain that hurts the body, the soul and the heart.
A Caregiving Comfort: Always
It seems like every day will be like this day. You’ll always be behind, tortured by worries, frazzled by the responsibilities. You’ll never get a break.
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,…
Webinar: Healing from Hope Fatigue
We can lose hope to the doctor, the disease, our family and friends, our days. How do we keep it when we have so many…
Webinar: Healing from Crisis Fatigue
During a caregiving experience, you can face a seemingly endless amount of crises. No wonder you’re tired of them! Denise M. Brown, founder of CareGiving.com,…
Webinar: Healing from Guilt Fatigue
In this webinar, Denise helps you let go of the guilt and embrace what’s possible.
Webinar: Healing from Support Fatigue
You may support so many that it’s no wonder you’re tired to carrying that weight. In this webinar, we look at accommodating versus supporting and…
Webinar: Healing from Grace Fatigue
In this 45-minute webinar, Denise M. Brown, founder of CareGiving.com, will help you heal from the pressure to be gracious, including to those who go…
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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.