Help! My Family member Hoards! Exploring strategies to cope.
Learn to cope with: – Your emotional triggers and limits; – Set realistic goals; – Effectively respond to resistance; – [...]
Mental Health
Your mental health matters to us. Family caregivers can learn strategies to stay in balance while supporting a sick loved.
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Dealing with Your Overwhelming Negative Thoughts (before it's too late!)
Caregiving is difficult. It’s normal to experience negative thoughts from time to time. Here’s how you can learn to deal [...] -
When Your Distress Brings Me Down ( and what you can do about it)
There are things you can do in order to stay positive when the distress of the person you care for [...] -
Reduce the Stress of Coping with a loved one's Mental Health issue
The role of caregivers in coping with and supporting a family member with mental health issues. Hope. Support. [...] -
Compassion Fatigue and Resiliency in Family Caregivers
You are not the one being sick but are becoming exhausted by caring for someone who is? You might be [...] -
Effectively Managing Criticism and Negativity from Others: A Workshop for Family Caregivers
Do not hold onto negative thoughts. Learn concrete strategies to survive criticism and how to move beyond simply coping with [...] -
The Loneliness of Being a Spousal Caregiver
It can be quite difficult to become the caregiver of your spouse when you shared a life full hobbies and [...] -
Respite: Getting the Break You Deserve
Caregiving can be rewarding but also exhausting. It’s hard work and you need make some time for yourself and take [...] -
Transition from Home to Residential Care: From the Family Caregiver's Perspective.
When the time comes for a family member to move into residential care, the decision leading to this transition can [...] -
Being a Mind Reader Can Be Exhausting
Often family caregivers find themselves thrown into situations in which they have had no previous experience and don’t have the [...] -
Untangling All Those Emotions
One of the hardest experiences for a family caregiver is witnessing another person’s distress coupled with your own feelings of [...] -
Balancing Work and Family Caregiving
With our aging population, the number of people juggling care, work and other life responsibilities is increasing. One in four [...]