As part of the CAREGIVING national initiative, this lunch and learn provided practical information on how caregivers can take care of themselves. Subject matter experts addressed dealing with burnout and anxiety, ambiguous and anticipatory grief, and methods for maintaining good mental health.
This lunch and learn featured:
- Burnout is Real – Abigail Costley, direct programs manager, ElderSource
- Anticipatory Grief: Relationships & Interventions – Mary Beth Hunt, social work manager for long-term care, Community Hospice and Palliative Care
- Maintaining Good Mental Health – Jeannie Chapman, System Administrator for Spiritual Care, Baptist Health
- Laughter Yoga – Amanda Jones, Florida Dept of Elder Affairs
Click here for the PowerPoint slides and other resources shared at this event.
This event was sponsored in part by:
Support for Caregiving is made possible by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc.; Comfort Keepers; CareScout Holdings, Inc.; Care.com; Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation; Richard King Mellon Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; Ford Foundation; Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation; NextFifty Initiative (Next50); National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI); PATH Foundation; Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund; The John A. Hartford Foundation; and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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