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Caring for the Caregiver

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About Course

If you’re helping a parent, partner, child, or friend with their health, this course is for you. About 63 million Americans are family caregivers, so you’re far from alone, even when it feels that way. Come as you are; you’re not behind.

Over seven short lessons, I’ll walk you through what caregiving involves and how to keep going without losing yourself along the way. Everything is grounded in trusted sources, including the National Institute on Aging, the Family Caregiver Alliance, and published research on caregiver programs.

What’s inside: a plain-language introduction to caregiving; a weekly stress check-in you can print; myths and facts about what really helps; a step-by-step guide to building a care team, making specific asks, and finding respite; a guide to family meetings and advance care planning; a guided reflection on boundaries, guilt, and anticipatory grief; and a fictional story that brings it all together, including when to reach out for more support.

Three lessons come with printable worksheets. This course is general education, not care for your situation.

Education, not medical care. This was shared by a Verified Poéma Professional so you can learn. It’s their own professional view, not Poéma’s, and it isn’t guidance for your own situation. For questions about your health, talk with your own clinician. In an emergency, call 911.
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What Will You Learn?

  • Recognize the signs of caregiver stress and strain early
  • Turn big needs into small, specific asks people can say yes to
  • Find respite and local caregiver support
  • Plan and lead a calmer family meeting
  • Understand advance care planning and health care proxies
  • Make room for guilt and grief, and know when to seek more support

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