Area Agency on Aging (AAA)
Caregivers
Taking Care of You: Powerful Tools for Caregivers
Powerful Tools Brochure 
(PDF)
This six-week course is for family caregivers of persons impacted by dementia, serious illness or injury. It is designed to empower caregivers with skills to better care for their family member and themselves. Each session focuses on effective ways to reduce stress, how to communicate feelings, needs and concerns, manage challenging situations, and master tough caregiving decisions. The fee for all six classes is $10, and includes “The Caregiver Helpbook”. Topics covered are:
- reducing personal stress
- communicating effectively with others and in challenging situations
- making decisions about care facilities
- mastering caregivers transitions
- hiring in-home help
- making financial decisions
- understanding depression
- making decisions about driving
- helping memory impaired elders.
Upcoming schedule of Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes
Summary of upcoming classes at the start of 2012.
- When:
- TBA
- Where:
- TBA
- Cost:
- $10, which includes “The Caregiver Handbook”
- To Register/Contact:
- Lana Phelps, 608-261-5679
Sponsored by Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin
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04/11/2012