SUPPORTIVE TRAINING COURSE FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS

Join us via Zoom, every other Thursday, March 12 through May 7, 4:30-5:30 pm for this 5-part series of meetings. We will provide education, training and emotional support for family caregivers of an older loved one. Each session will focus on a specific theme:

• Recognize and accept your emotions: It’s normal to feel many challenging emotions such as guilt, sadness, and/or anger. It’s important to be able to acknowledge these feelings instead of ignoring them in order to begin working through them.

• Dealing with your emotions: Develop effective coping mechanisms. This requires introspection and honest insight into who you are.

• Communicating with your loved one: Best techniques for how to understand and acknowledge your loved one’s emotions. This may require setting boundaries so that you do not get pulled into negative interactions.

• Building memories with your loved one: Focus on making meaningful memories with your loved one. What are things you want to ask them? What do they want you to know?

• Moving on – Next Chapter: Dealing with (anticipatory) grief when your loved one is deceased, and where to get support for grief. Also, reflecting on where you see yourself when you are no longer a caregiver. Does this require re-entering the job market, taking time off (recharging your batteries, getting away/travel, etc), volunteering/helping other caregivers?

To register and for Zoom link, please email Jamie at jjensen@brooklinema.gov