Caregiving Perspectives: National Wellness Month

As a family or frontline caregiver, you likely manage the physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical needs of your loved one or client while managing your own life, needs, family, and career. With little support or assistance, this responsibility can sometimes feel like a burden! You may find yourself wondering if caregiving has added to your stress, but immediately shrug off the thought or justify it by saying you get overwhelmed easily.

August is National Wellness month! As such, this issue will focus on resources and tools to empower family and frontline caregivers to achieve optimum wellness.?

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Are you Rescuing or Are you Helping?

Are you helping or are you rescuing? There is a difference between the two and your approach can impact your well-being.?

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5 Tips to Enhance your Wellness as a Caregiver

Certain emotions such as grief, hopelessness, sadness, anger, and frustration are common, and can sometimes be unavoidable. While these feelings are unpleasant, they are normal. Such feelings often arise when you are having trouble identifying useful solutions for your parent or child. Read More

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Tips for Self-Care while Caregiving?

As a caregiver, it is not uncommon to overlook self-care while you are working to address the many challenges that may arise throughout the day. It's easy for people to say, "Take care of yourself," but here is a plan that anyone can use, whether moment by moment, or day by day.

Download the infographic and try implementing at least one activity into your schedule to enhance your well-being as a caregiver.?

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Yoga4Caregivers

Our Caregiver Kula or intentional community of the heart is focused on empowering Caregivers to explore the practices of yoga, meditation, and mindful movement. These ancient self-care tools are proven to calm the nervous system, increase the mind-body connection and improve physical health, mental health, and well-being. Find support and connection as you begin your wellness journey and cultivate resilience for sustainable caregiving. Learn More

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Financial Steps for Caregivers: What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Money and Retirement

In response to the financial challenges facing today’s family caregiver, this guide provides information, tips, and resources for helping caregivers keep their own finances on track while caring for someone else. Budget worksheet included.

* NEW Download in Spanish

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Working Caregivers: Stamp Out Stress and Anxiety

This caregiver stress and anxiety course covers caregiver burnout in further depth and will help you figure out if your health is in a risky position that requires care. The course also discusses stress management and caregiver burnout coping tactics so you can continue to care for your loved one while also taking care of yourself.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to take steps to safeguard and prioritize your personal health and well-being as a caregiver.

Register Now

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Attention Advocates, Employers, and Community Organizations!

Help Caregivers Face the Challenges of Caregiving with the Caregiver Support Tool! Advocates, employers, and community organizations are encouraged to share the resources included in this month’s newsletter and are also invited to share your organization’s resources that promote wellness among caregivers with Caregiver Support Services to be included in the results page for the caregiver wellness tool.??

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Become a Member of Caregiver Support Services

Caring is one of the most selfless, demanding, and emotionally intense things you can do. The strains felt by caregivers can be hard to put into words and knowing where to look for guidance and support can be a real challenge. That’s why we’ve created a proven membership program that allows every carer to feel:

• Empowered to make a real difference through their work.
• Motivated to learn through unique educational opportunities.
• Engaged as part of a wider network of like-minded people.

Become a member!

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