Wednesday, December 03, 2008
NEWS
Caring Together! Allows Caregivers to Share Experiences
The Caregiver Support Center (CSS), housed at the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, provides information, education and training on area resources and evidence- based caregiver programs for both family and professional caregivers in the Americus-Sumter County area.
The Caregiver Support Center joins with the Lower Chattahoochee Area Agency on Aging to host monthly Caring Together! meetings at the Lake House on the Campus of Georgia Southwestern. At Caring Together!, family caregivers meet to discuss the challenges they face and share the solutions they have found in their role as family caregiver. Each month, the RCI and Lower Chattahoochee AAA provide information and training on a topic selected by the group. At the next meeting, scheduled for July 16, the group will discuss “Caregiver Boundaries – When to Set Them; How to Keep Them.”
Each meeting concludes with an open forum encouraging anyone who wishes to participate. The meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m., and light refreshments are provided. We invite anyone who is providing care and assistance to a family member or friend with a long term or chronic illness or disability. Call the Caregiver Support Center at 229-931-2707 for more information, or e-mail Gayle Alston.