Register: Free Trainings for CA Caregivers on Mental Health, Grief, Burnout & More

PHI’s AC Care Alliance (ACCA) has long recognized the important role that caregivers play in the lives of individuals with chronic, serious, and advanced illnesses, especially those coming from the communities of color that ACCA serves. Since the program’s inception, ACCA has offered the care navigation services of the Advanced Illness Care Program (AICP) ™ to not only persons needing care, but their caregivers as well. Care Navigators work with caregivers to create a personalized AICP program focusing on their own health, spiritual, advance care planning, social, and caregiving needs, as well as those of their care recipient.

In addition to providing the AICP to caregivers enrolled with AC Care Alliance, ACCA will be expanding training to paid and unpaid Caregivers across California through the CalGrows Grant. 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.

ACCA has also partnered with Cypress Resilience Project (another program of the Public Health Institute) to offer five virtual courses that will support caregivers’ mental health. Classes will provide training on recognizing and avoiding burnout, understanding secondary trauma, supporting someone who is grieving, and developing self-care and rest strategies. In addition, a special Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course will be offered helping individuals learn the common signs and symptoms of mental illness and substance use disorders and how to interact with a person in crisis and connect them to help. Those who complete the Mental Health First Aid course will earn a 3-year certification from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.

Available trainings:

• Mental Health First Aid (Split into Two Sessions) – Tues, July 9 1:30-4:00PM AND Thurs, July 11 1:30-4:30 PM (pacific)
• Mental Health First Aid (One Session) – Thursday, July 18 9:00am – 3:30pm (pacific)
• How to Support Someone who is Grieving – Monday, July 22 – 12:00-1:30 PM (pacific)
• “Self-Care:” Types of Rest to Promote Healing – Monday, August 5 – 12:00-1:30 PM (pacific)
• Special Training on ACCA’s Workbook for Caregivers and Helpful Tools – Thursday, August 22 – 6:00 – 8:00 PM (pacific)

If you are a paid or unpaid caregiver, register for your free trainings today.

For more information on the CalGrows program or to sign up for other courses, visit: www.calgrows.org