The Family Caregiver Support Program
This program is funded by Snohomish County Long-term care and aging, and is open
to any family caregiver in our community who has primary responsibility for the
care of an older adult in need of daily assistance. If you care for a family
member with Alzheimer’s, dementia, MS, diabetes, stroke, heart attack, ALS,
Parkinson’s or any illness or injury - this program is for you. It offers
you:
1. Support groups. The weekly support groups are primarily for caregivers who
are in need of a safe place to talk, connect with other caregivers, feel
accepted in your role, laugh, cry, or vent. This is your time and this is the
place. Our Family Caregiver Support Groups are the 1st and 3rd
Monday from 3 - 4:30pm and every Tuesday from 10 - 12noon in the Library
Conference room. Please join us anytime.
2. Individual counseling. Take the time to sit and be heard.
3. Consultation. Assistance focused on solving problems to do with care giving.
4. Information and assistance on accessing local services.
5. Workshops. "Powerful Tools for Caregivers" is a six week course especially
created for caregivers. It helps with communication with the care-receiver,
family and friends, stress reduction, confidence building, and especially -
caring for the caregiver
6. Referral for respite care. Low cost sliding scale respite care offered by the
county.
7. Community education.
8. Family meetings. Does the rest of your family not really understand your
experience as a caregiver? Would it help if a professional helped get the family
united in the care of your loved one?
COMING SOON!
Taking Care of You:
Powerful Tools for Caregivers
New FREE class starting SOON at
Do you as a spouse, adult, child, relative or friend provide care for an adult
loved one with a chronic illness or disability? If so, please read.
"Powerful
Tools for Caregivers"
A six week educational
series designed to provide you the caregiver with tools needed to take care of
yourself while caring for a loved one.
Classes consist of
interactive lessons, discussions and brainstorming to help you use the "tools"
provided by this course and put them into action in your life.
Classes are free and taught by trained and certified class leaders.
Stillaguamish Senior Center
18308 Smokey Point Blvd,
For information call (360) 653-4551 ext.
234 ask for
Debra Cook or Adele Erbeck