Caregivers Support Group
The SLV Caregivers Support Group meets to learn from other caregivers and professionals in the field while providing the opportunity to gain strength and support for the weeks and months ahead. We offer informational programs, peer support, discussions, and community development among the attendees. The group’s needs and interests will determine the programming of speakers.
The realities and challenges of caregiving a family member can be overwhelming, confusing, and often isolating. The VWC is creating this space for people to come together to support and encourage each other and to share and receive helpful information and guidance. A fund provided by the Valley Women’s Club can help defray up to $100 for a Valley family caregiver to take some time off.
Meetings are on the first Thursday of the month, 2:00–3:30 PM, at the VWC Office at the Highlands Park Senior Center, 8500 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond, CA.
Look for special events on our SLVcaregiver Facebook Page.
For more information, call Barbara Hanson at 335-4949 or email.
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California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
I have the right…
- to care for myself. This is not an act of selfishness. It will give me the capacity of taking better care of my relative.
- to seek help from others even though my relative may object. I recognize the limits of my own endurance and strength.
- to maintain facets of my own life that do not include the person I care for, just as I would if he or she were healthy. I know that I do everything that I reasonably can for this person, and I have the right to do some things just for myself.
- to get angry, be depressed, and express other difficult feelings occasionally.
- to reject any attempt by my relative (either conscious or unconscious) to manipulate me through guilt, anger, or depression.
- to receive consideration, affection, forgiveness, and acceptance for what I do from my loved one for as long as I offer these qualities in return.
- to take pride in what I’m accomplishing and to applaud the courage it has sometimes taken to meet the needs of my relative.
- to protect my individuality and my right to make a life for myself that will sustain me when my relative no longer needs my full-time help.
- to expect and demand that as new strides are made in finding resources to aid physically and mentally impaired older persons in our country, similar strides will be made in aiding and supporting caregivers.
- to _______________________________________________________________
Add your own statements of rights to the list. Read the list to yourself every day.
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Barbara E. Hanson
(831)335-4949
@SLVCaregiver
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