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Creating a Caregiver Support Plan- Part 1

Join Wendy Johnstone for a Facebook Live conversation about Creating a Caregiver Support Plan (Part 1 of a two-part Facebook Live series). If you are looking for more support on this topic, check out these resources available on our website:  Caregiver Support Plan Flipbook Building Your Personal Resilience Flipbook Resilience Check-In

Find Your Calm Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness Practice Time: 17-minutes Kate guides you through a practice that encourages you to pause, be aware of your experience and your body, mind and spirit. We will welcome in deep breathing and kindness to help support and regulate the nervous system.

Mental Health Awareness Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness Practice Time: 26-minutes Kate offers a self-compassion break to caregivers for May Caregiver Awareness Month. Parts of self-compassion  include 1. mindfulness 2. common humanity and 3. kindness. We aim to bring some awareness to the feelings and sensations of the body to help tame them. Heavy feelings get lighter when we put them into words. […]

Chair Yoga for Caregivers

Yoga and Mindfulness Practice Time: 18-minutes Kate takes you through some gentle, accessible movements while seated in a chair. Please take good care when moving and listen to your body. If you are dealing with health challenges please consult your physician before engaging.

A Guided Body Scan Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness Practice Time: 23-minutes Kate explains common myths of mindfulness that arise as we start to practice. Mindfulness is not always relaxing, although sometimes this can happen. The main goal of mindfulness is cultivating non-judgement. Mindfulness is not having a blank mind, but we become more attuned to our thoughts and sensations. Mindfulness is not […]

I am a Human Being Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness Practice Time: 15-minutes Kate explains how we can get into the human doing mode and gently guides our awareness back to being a human being. She encourages you to explore your body and breath to find some moments of stillness and being.  

Practical Tools for Positive Mental Health

‘Practical Tools for Positive Mental Health’ a webinar for family and friend caregivers and those who support caregivers. Dr. Lisa Van Bussel, a geriatric psychiatrist with Fountain of Health organization will present on: The importance of positive ageing; How to promote brain health by modifying 5 key health behaviours; How to set a SMART goal; and […]

Visiting Loved Ones in Care Facilities

Caregivers are Essential Partners in Care. Wendy discusses strategies and ways you can engage with your care recipient in a care facility. She shares how letting go of one’s own expectations to allow the visit to unfold is just as important as the planning of the visit. For example, Wendy brought an interactive pet to […]

Caregivers are Essential Partners in Care

Family caregivers are more than visitors; they are an important part of the care team. Join us a Facebook Live conversation with Wendy Johnstone about Caregivers as Essential Partners in Care. Additional Research: Are you a Family Caregiver? Learn more about how to self-identify – https://www.familycaregiversbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Are-you-a-family-caregiver-FINAL.pdf New to Caregiving: How to Plan and What You […]

RAIN Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness Practice Time: 15-minutes This is an opportunity to pause for a brief moment of respite. Kate shares a mindfulness technique called RAIN. Each letter of RAIN has you consider different questions or sensations. R- Recognize what is happening within, A- Allowing life to be as it is, I- Investigating with gentle, curious attention and […]