Even the best, most committed caregivers can experience caregiver exhaustion, depression, anxiety, and illness. Caregiving often requires sacrificing time, energy, and resources to provide for the care partner. Setting boundaries and practicing self-care can help prevent caregiver burnout.
This program will address the warning signs of driving impairment in aging adults, suggest evaluation strategies, present transportation alternatives, and present scenarios for discussing driving with our parents.
Come join us for a town hall style event to interact with speakers throughout the year and celebrate the season with other ACAPers!
Join some our our knowledgeable speakers from the past year who will be participating in a group Q&A session and an engaging discussion about caring for our aging loved ones.
This ACAP program is designed to educate participants about advance care planning so that they may be more aware of the advantages, terminology, and necessary documents.
Learn how to have difficult conversations with your parents as they age and need to begin planning for changes to their independent living so that everyone is on the same page.
This program is designed to help adult children understand Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related types of dementia so they can help their parents manage these diseases and choose the resources and supports that best help their aging parents and themselves.
This program will provide adult-children with practical tips and tools to use for gathering information when visiting aging parents, along with strategies for holding conversations with siblings and other family members about needs and services. In addition, this program addresses practical guidance for hands-on caregiving and when to get additional help.
This program will help adult children to understand Veteran Affairs programs that may benefit their aging parents so that they be more informed advocates for their aging parents’ health and medical care and service coverage.
This program will help adult children understand and differentiate between anxiety and depression, recognize the characteristics and potential causes, and offer tips for communicating with loved ones and key professionals to effectively manage the symptoms.
Sustaining Partner
formerly United Church Homes and Services