Caring for You, Caring for Me

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Who Should Attend?

This program is appropriate for both family/friend and professional caregivers who provide assistance or support to aging adults or persons with long term illnesses or disabilities across the lifespan.

What Will You Learn?

This five-part education and support program provides family and professional caregivers with an opportunity:

• To gain information on various topics related to caregiving.
• To learn methods of coping with the stresses and strains of being a caregiver.
• To learn what resources are available to them.
• To discover ways of working together to reduce some of the frustrations and barriers they face in their caregiving roles.
• To share common concerns.
• To recognize that they are not alone—others share similar feelings and concerns.

About “Caring for You Caring for Me”: This award-winning, evidence-informed workshop series was developed by the Rosalyn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI). Kadamba Tree has also developed a program adaptation that combines Caring for You, Caring for Me with additional instruction on practical stress management techniques and accessing quality health information online.

Selected Comments from Past Participants of the Caring for You, Caring for Me Program

“I’m already feeling less lonely as a caregiver. I’m feeling very grateful for the opportunity being given us through this program.”

“I am extremely thankful for having had the opportunity to attend this workshop. It makes me realize that I am not struggling with caregiving by myself; that there are ways and resources available to meet the challenge; that I need a certain amount of caregiving myself; and that it is important to the effectiveness of my responsibility.”

“You’ve touched the real emotions caregivers experience and identified positive steps to be taken for growth.”