Free training for families’ caregivers is now
available through three training workshops taking
place on September, 17th, 18th and 19th in
Waterford and Dungarvan.
Though research continues, there is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s
disease. But until there is a cure, there is care. This workshop is specially
designed for family caregivers and offers a personal
approach to help families care for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease at
home. 60-70% of people with
dementia in Ireland currently live at home in the community and rely on family
caregivers.
“Until there is a cure, we offer an interim
solution,” said Danette Connolly, Director of Care, Home Instead
Senior Care, Waterford. “The purpose of the Alzheimer’s Confidence to Care Workshop is to support family caregivers when
it comes to understanding dementias and providing care at home for a loved
one.”
The Home Instead Senior Care
network assembled the top experts in Alzheimer’s disease across the globe to
develop this new training and support programme for family caregivers. “The training we’re offering to families is
the same kind of training our professional caregivers receive. We want to
support family caregivers, help them better understand this condition and
encourage them care for themselves while also caring for loved ones,”
Danette noted.
The
workshop for family caregivers consists of four classes: Alzheimer’s Disease or
Other Dementias Overview; Capturing Life’s Journey; Techniques to Manage
Behaviours; and Activities to Encourage Engagement. A free kit is available for
those who are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or other
dementias. Also called Confidence to Care, the kit includes advice and
resources to help families keep the home safe for a person with a dementia as
well as advice on caring for the caregiver.
“Confidence to Care is a wonderful hands-on
approach that helps caregivers deal with the behavioural changes that too often
accompany these disorders – one of the biggest stressors for caregivers.”
said Dr. Jane F. Potter, who served on the expert panel to help
develop content for the Alzheimer’s Confidence
to Care training workshop.
“It is our intention that this workshop is a
support to the many families in our area who are being impacted each day by
this devastating disease,” Danette added.
The
free Confidence to Care workshops take place in Home Instead Senior
Care, Cleaboy Business Park on September 17th from 6pm to 9pm and
September 19th from 2pm to 5pm.
The Dungarvan workshop takes place on September 18th from 2pm
to 5pm at St. Joseph’s Community Hospital.
For further information, contact your local
Home Instead Senior Care office at 051 333960 or visit www.homeinstead.ie.
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