Enhancing Care for Care Partners

Enhancing Care program is a free program that helps care partners strengthen their caregiving knowledge and skills to:

• Manage the day-to-day of caring for a person living with dementia
• Reduce emotional stress and burden
• Improve ability to cope with the demands of caregiving

CARERS (Coaching, Advocacy, Respite, Education, Relationship, Simulation)

• A skills based group program for care partners of a person living with dementia
• Focuses on practical skills and emotional supports needed to care for people living with dementia
• Teaches problem solving techniques, a structured approach to address problems
• Coaches care partners in communication skills through the use of simulation
• Provides strategies for keeping a meaningful relationship with the person living with dementia
• Conducted in eight (8) weekly group sessions

TEACH (Training, Education and Assistance for Caregiving at Home)

• An interactive group program for care partners of a person living with dementia.
• Focuses on common caregiving themes including:
  • Self-care
  • Healthcare System Navigation
  • Relationship Changes
  • Future Planning
• Coaches care partners in practical communication and coping skills
• Provides opportunity to share and learn from other care partners
• Conducted in four (4) weekly group sessions
  

For more information contact

Enhancing Care Program Clinician
807-768-4435
Seniors' Outpatient Services