Workshop:

Caregiver Survival Training

Workshop – 2 hours, half-day, full day

Caregiver Survival Training – For Family Caregivers
Caregiver Survival Training – For Family and Professional Caregivers
Workshop: 2 hours, ½ day, full day

Caregivers and mental health care experts alike have praised this workshop and the accompanying 29-page workbook. Depending on the event, Elaine can focus primarily on family caregivers, or she can broaden the presentation by discussing the issues that contribute to the emotional stress experienced by professional caregivers.

The workshop is interactive and includes a self-assessment; strategies for developing an “Attitude of Creative Indifference” toward caregiver anger, guilt, depression, and grief, and a step-by-step process that helps people develop their own personalized caregiver survival plan.

People leave feeling relieved, refreshed, and validated, and with an enhanced awareness of the importance of self care. They take away tools that will help them understand and cope with their negative emotions, and their own personalized caregiver survival plan. Attendees laugh and cry when Elaine shares stories from her book, Letters from Madelyn, that reinforce the importance of:

• Setting limits
• Getting the right equipment
• Learning  something new
• Staying connected socially
• Savoring happy memories
• Redefining fun
• Developing  your spiritual nature
• Allowing others to help
• Accepting death as a part of life
• Controlling your attitude

The Workbook can be customized to include sponsor information and/or logos.