Tuesday, January 06, 2009
CARE-NET: CAREGIVER ADVOCACY
Savvy Caregiver Web Training Planned for November
This Training is currently full.
The Rosalynn Carter Institute, as part of its commitment to providing Evidence-Based Caregiver Training in the state of Georgia, will be working with Dr. Ken Hepburn of Emory University, to offer training on his Savvy Caregiver Program. Savvy Caregiver is an Evidence-Based Intervention for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care.
The web training sessions are designed to train individuals to work with family caregivers. The 6-hour training will be divided into two 3-hour sessions to be held Wednesday, November 5 and Wednesday, November 12 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Those who complete the course will be qualified to train families and others for the unfamiliar role they face as caregiver for a relative or friend with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia. This training is suitable for any professional who works with the aging and their caregivers, as well as volunteers from community organizations or churches. Participants will have access to detailed training materials to help them in their work with caregivers.
The program focuses on helping caregivers think about their situation objectively and providing them with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to manage stress and carry out the caregiving role effectively. An evaluation of Savvy Caregiver found statistically significant positive outcomes for caregivers who participated in the program vs. those in the control group with respect to the caregivers’ beliefs about caregiving, their reactions to the behavioral symptoms of their care recipient, and their feelings of stress and burden (Ostwald et al., 1999; Hepburn et al., 2007). This evaluation was conducted in an academic setting where the program was delivered by its developers.
This training is free, thanks to funding from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation.
To participate, you must have a computer with Internet access, and a telephone - preferably with speaker-phone capabilities. You should be able to mute your telephone until the time you may choose to ask questions during the question and answer period. Please no cell phones! Cell phones cause interference that disrupts the presentation.
This training is currently full.
This training is co-sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association, Georgia chapter, and Georgia’s CARE-NETs. For more information, contact Amy Tribble, Director of State Initiatives.