Free Virtual Workshop for Caregivers: Building Resilience and Self Care

Caregivers play a critical role in the lives of persons with chronic, serious, and advanced illnesses, often supporting their care recipient with a variety of tasks. They take on not only the burden of additional physical tasks and time commitments to support them, but also the oftentimes emotional burden of caring for someone they love and the uncertainty that comes with illness.

Join AC Care Alliance’s Executive Director and Co-Founder, Rev. Cynthia Carter-Perrilliat, and UC Davis Academic Partner – Training and Advisor, Dr. Jill Joseph for a special online training on AC Care’s updated Workbook for Caregivers on August 22, 6-8pm PT. Registration is free.

ACCA’s Workbook for Caregivers has recently been redesigned and features an approachable feel, a brand-new look with colorful illustrations, updated worksheets with examples, and easy-to-follow instructions. Offered to the public for the very first time, this online Zoom workshop will include videos with caregiving examples and interactive discussions on how to use the Workbook for Caregivers, supporting caregivers in their caregiving and personal health needs. Participants will leave with confidence, resilience and a renewed focus on self-care that will help make your caregiving journey easier.

ACCA supports caregivers through their Advanced Illness Care Program (AICP)™ by addressing their personal health, spiritual, social, and advance care planning needs as well as the additional caregiving needs and tasks they take on when caring for another person. ACCA’s Workbook for Caregivers and other tools help caregivers organize their care recipient’s needs, build their caregiving support network and plan how to manage potentially tough conversations to advocate for support and help for the care recipient.

This free training is made possible through the CalGrows Grant which seeks to provide training to paid and family caregivers across California. CalGrows is partnering with organizations across the state to provide valuable training to caregivers on the physical and emotional aspects of the work, the complexity of populations served, and workplace readiness and professional growth. For more information visit www.calgrows.org.

Originally published by AC Care Allaince