"Compassionate Caregiving - A Fundamental of Providing Good Care: Managing Stress"

Are you caring for someone with a debilitating condition or dementia? Do you wonder if there is a better way to help the person in your care? Join other caregivers as we learn some techniques to offer competent, compassionate care.

In this workshop you will learn:

How to recognize your stress How untreated stress can affect your caregiving Learn tools to manage your stress How to minimize both the dementia caregiver’s and care receiver’s anxiety through effective communication

About the Instructors

Susan Rutter is a trained CNA with 20 years of professional caregiving experience. She has been the Dementia Specialist for Catholic Charities for over 10 years. Jean Mueller is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years of caregiving experience both professionally and personally. She understands the unique challenges of providing care.

Catholic Charities has served individuals and families in an eleven county area in south central Wisconsin since 1946. The programs we have reach those who are facing the transitions of aging, living with a disability, dealing with a crisis pregnancy, seeking to adopt, having marital or family problems, live in rural communities or seeking help with alcohol or drug abuse. We serve and employ persons regardless of sexual orientation, religious, ethnic, racial or social background.