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Webinar: Conquer Your Fears at Every Stage of the Caregiving Journey

August 28, 2018 By FCBC Communications

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October 11, 2018 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm America/Vancouver

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    Are you prepared for what is to come along your caregiving journey? When you provide care for a sick, disabled or elderly loved one you will face a number of challenges throughout the many stages of caregiving. This learning event will examine the journey caregiving takes us on – no matter when it may happen in our lives.

    This webinar will help you discover the following stages of caregiving and what you show know every part of the journey.

    Pre-caregiving and its early stages:

    • Before becoming a caregiver: do we have the skills to provide care? Is there a time in our lives when we are better prepared? Does the type of caregiving make a difference?
    • The “Arc of caregiving”, from the early pre-crisis stage involving “need creep” and the self-sacrifices caregivers make to the aftermath of post caregiving.
    • Coping strategies in the early stage: part caregiver part loved one, difficulty acknowledging or accepting the label “caregiver”.

    Middle stage:

    The transition to the middle stage of caregiving as pressures increase, it usually begins with a crisis leaving you with a “before” and an “after”. This stage is also characterized as a time when “from struggle comes strength” and a big part of this strength comes from tackling the HUGE challenge of health system navigation.

    • Understanding what your care recipient wants.
    • Understanding what are your boundaries as a caregiver.
    • How to cope with increasing care demands.
    • How to reach out for help; support groups can be invaluable.
    • How to deal with fatigue.

    Final stage:

    During this stage the caregiver has to switch from “doing” to “be-ing” which can be a very peaceful time that allows the caregiver to get to know the care recipient differently and for the care recipient to get to know the caregiver at last.

    • Palliative care;
    • Grief – the aftermath of caregiving.  It becomes necessary to have a new purpose or suffer complicated grief.

    A question period will follow the presentation.

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