Planning for Caregiving: Where Do I Start?

Join Dr. Julie Norstrand an eldercare consultant, as she shares ideas about preparing for caregiving. Julie finds most caregivers enter this role with little or no planning. Instead, they enter the caregiving role in a crisis situation, thereby making the experience extremely challenging and stressful. This session is optimal for the adult child who is noticing aging-related physical and/or mental or cognitive deterioration in an older relative; and probably starting to worry about how to step in as caregiver. The key points you will gain from this session include: 1) Evaluating the situation/when to step in to offer support; 2) What the conversation should consist of/topics to cover; 3) Setting up a plan collaboratively; 4) Services and resources available in the community; and 5) Caregiver self-care.

Julie has an MSW  and PhD in Social Work with a specialization in Gerontology.  Her mission is to help families develop skills and the confidence to step in as caregivers in order to meet the physical, social and emotional needs of aging relatives   

Welcome Home will be our nonprofit for this event and we will be collecting new and gently used towels to donate to Welcome Home.

To learn more, please visit https://www.welcomehomemass.org