Taking Care of YOU:
Powerful Tools for Caregivers
What: A 6 session workshop for family caregivers to help you:
Learn to Relax | Reduce Stress | Communicate Effectively
Reduce Guilt, Anger, and Depression | Make Difficult Decisions
In the six weekly classes, caregivers develop a wealth of self-care tools to: reduce personal stress, change negative self-talk, communicate their needs to family members and healthcare or service providers, communicate more effectively in challenging situations, recognize messages in their emotions, deal with difficult feelings, and make tough caregiving decisions. Class participants also receive a copy of The Caregiver Helpbook.
Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC) and all materials were developed over 3 years of pilot testing, refinement and evaluative research to assess the program’s effectiveness. Initiated through grant funding, the program has been offered for over 13 years. Currently, over 2,200 Class Leaders have been trained in 36 states. Since the program’s inception, Powerful Tools for Caregivers materials have reached over 80,000 caregivers.
When: Six Tuesdays: October 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 & November 7
Attendance at all 6 sessions is expected.
Time: 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
Where: Friendship Adult Day Care Center
89 Eucalyptus Lane, Montecito (Exit 93 from Hwy. 101)
Respite Care is available – please let us know by September 12th if needed
Who: CCRC Family Consultant Carol Bress, MA and Gabriela Dodson, LCSW, Director of Clinical Services, Hospice of Santa Barbara. They are both trained and certified instructors.
Limited: The class is limited to the first 15 persons who register.
How: To register, please call 805-569-8950: Carol Bress- Ext. 4 or email: cbress@sbch.org. Suggested donation is $35.00
Posted on behalf of Carol Hammett Bress, MA, Caregiver Navigator/Family Consultant
Coast Caregiver Resource Center
A program of Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital
