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In this edition
Doing What is Best for Loved Ones: Siblings, Family Conferences And Caregiving
Toll Free Caregiver Teleconnection: Social Workers View
Sibling Conflict
Online Caregiver Education
YouTube: Family Caregiver Alliance
Social Media
Inspirational Quotes for Caregivers
Books and Other Resources
See below:
Support Group list
Facebook and Twitter
Resources:· DADS toll free resources
· Alzheimer's Association ongoing education and support
· Memory Cafes
· Senior Discounts
· Call 211
· Take Time Texas respite resources
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Go to
Family Caregivers Online
for resources, online education information, FAQs, and archived monthly electronic newsletter articles
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Benefits Counseling Services
Call 2-1-1 and ask to talk to a Benefits Counselor to learn more about Medicare, Medicaid, and other resources throughout north central Texas
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Caregiver Support Groups
please email caregiver@att.net to submit other locations
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Telephone Support Group
Free Click here for details
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Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Association North Central Texas http://www.alz.org/northcentraltexas/in_my_community_support.asp
Alzheimer's Association Greater Dallas Chapter
http://www.alz.org/greaterdallas/in_my_community_63895.asp
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Aledo
Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group Second Thursday of each month Aledo United Methodist Church. Click here for details
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Dallas
1st Tuesday of every month
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Belmont Village Turtle Creek
3535 North Hall Street, Dallas, TX 75129
Click here for details
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Southlake
Alzheimer's Support
Send email to
bethbensonlmsw@aol.com
C.O.A.P
(Childen of Aging Parents)
Send email to tomandbetsy@verizon.net
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Alzheimer's Association Education and Support
For information about education and special events provided through Alzheimer's Association.
Click here for North Central Texas Chapter – Tarrant and surrounding counties
Click here for Greater Dallas Chapter – Dallas and surrounding counties.
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Doing What is Best for Loved Ones:
Siblings, Family Conferences And Caregiving
It is not uncommon that most of the responsibility for the care of a love one is managed by one person. This person may be the spouse or an adult child. The primary caregiver may be the person who is emotionally closest to the care receiver or the one who lives the closest. Other family members often don’t help because there is not clear communication about how they can help.
Caregivers may assume that siblings “should” offer to help or that they cannot be relied on. Caregivers often do not realize that unconsciously they may be sending a signal that says “don’t even bother as I have this handled.” Caregivers need to ask themselves. “What happens to (mom)(dad)(?) if something happens to me?” The caregiver and the care receiver may miss an opportunity for other family members to get involved in the care because they are not communicating. Everyone may benefit from more family involvement.
Click here to read more
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Caregiver Teleconnection
Free telephone education session
A Social Workers "Real World" Perspective: Tools and Techniques for Family Caregivers
July 11, 2016 Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Description: Learn about tools for caregiver self-care, helpful techniques to reduce wandering, redirecting loved ones behavior, ideas for remaining calm when stressed, and other techniques learned the speakers experience with family caregivers and health care workers.
Click here for this month's schedule of topics
Topics in the months to come:
Siblings, Family Conferences & Doing What's Best, Using Services of the Area Agency on Aging,
Improving Communication
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Register online at www.caregiverteleconnection.org
or
by calling toll free 1-866-390-6491 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
***You must pre-register at least 24 hours prior to the classes***
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Sibling Conflict
from
Caregiver.com
In times of stress, even the best of families have difficulty agreeing on what to do with Mom and Dad. But not many of us come from the best of families. Most of us come from normal families with lots of history, past disagreements, and maybe even feelings of resentment or bitterness. These issues make reaching an agreement on a very difficult situation almost impossible. Here are a few suggestions which may help make this easier.
Click here for the complete article by
Anna Walters, RN
The Caregiver Media Group is a leading provider of information, support and guidance for family and professional caregivers. Founded in 1995, services include Caregiver.com providing online articles and interviews, hosts Fearless Caregiver Conferences across the US, and publishes the magazine Caregiver
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Social Media for Family Caregivers
On Facebook, “like”
Dallas Caregiver Resources for Dallas County OR
North Texas Caregivers if you live in these counties: Collin, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Hood,Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell and Wise counties.
On Twitter, "follow"
DallasCaregiver or CaregiversTX
Encourage other caregivers in support groups, churches, and professionals you work with to choose social medial to help stay informed and connected.
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Caregiver Inspirational Quotes
“Many of us follow the commandment 'Love One Another.' When it relates to caregiving, we must love one another with boundaries. We must acknowledge that we are included in the 'Love One Another.”
—Peggi Speers
“During the last week of her father's life, Blanca stayed home with him. She said, 'I didn't bathe. I didn't sleep. I sat in the bed with him in the living room. And we were communicating all the time. I kept thinking, and it's more beautiful in Spanish, but I wanted to bottle his breathing.'― As quoted by Kevin Renner, In Search of Fatherhood
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Free online education featured this month at http://www.familycaregiversonline.net/
Long Distance Caregiving
Click here
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Featured on YouTube:
Family Caregiver Alliance. A respected source for information and resources for the daily challenges of caregivers. FCA provides education, services, research, and advocacy.
Click here
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Books and Other Caregiver Resources
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
by Roz Chast
Laughter is a major stress reliever, and in her book, a memoir in cartoons, Chast uses humor and honesty to tackle the day-to-day issues experienced by a caregiver of aging parents. Adult children of senior parents will laugh with recognition as Chast recounts the tribulations of dealing with assisted living, dementia symptoms and other caregiver challenges.
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This electronic newsletter is provided as a public service for family and other information caregivers helping older adults stay independent and safe. Also see the website www.familycaregiversonline.net, Facebook postings, and Twitter messages for additional information, online learning, links, and resources.
Family Caregiver Education and Support
www.familycaregiversonline.net
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Click here for respite resources from the
Texas Respite Coalition
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