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Can Caregiving Cause PTSD?
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"Kaci Smith, 36, recalls the gradual emergence of
her PTSD symptoms about three years ago when she’d been caring for
her mother at home following her mom’s 2012 stroke.
'It would be things like almost feeling like a panic
attack,' says Smith, a Rochester, N.Y. teacher. 'If she would
complain of leg pain, I would think, ‘Oh, no. It’s a blood clot.
We’re going to have to go through all this medical stuff again.’'
Smith, who stopped working when COVID-19 forced
the U.S. into lockdown, has been a 24/7 caregiver for her mother
during the pandemic and is on anti-anxiety medicine."
From: Next Avenue | August 21, 2020
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Q & A: REACH Community Dementia Caregiving
Program
"REACH Community is a
dementia caregiving program that empowers caregivers to
problem-solve challenges they experience from caregiving. Evolving
out of a successful program originally funded by the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) and then further developed within the
Veterans Affairs (VA) system, REACH Community has brought the REACH
model into non-veteran communities, helping a broader population of
caregivers in need of support.
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We talked with Jennifer
Martindale-Adams, Ed.D., M.S., and Linda Nichols, Ph.D., M.A.,
B.A., developers of the REACH Community program, to learn
more"
From: FCA Blog | August 17, 2020
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COVID-19 and Social Isolation
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"For approximately 2.5
million elderly Americans in long-term care, the threats posed by
the coronavirus are twofold: rampant deaths and an
unprecedented era of isolation.
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Visitors were banned at long-term
care facilities nationwide in mid-March, and communal dining and
activities were mostly canceled. While those changes may have been
necessary to slow the spread of the virus, medical experts say they
proved devastating for the mental and physical health of residents,
particularly the more than 40 percent who have Alzheimer’s or other
forms of dementia at such facilities."
From:
Washington Post | August 21, 2020
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New Grant to Build on the engAGED
National Resource Center
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The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging has
been awarded a three-year grant from the U.S. Administration for
Community Living, Administration on Aging. The new project will
expand and enhance the Aging Network’s efforts to create additional
social engagement opportunities to further address the social
engagement needs of older adults, people with disabilities and
caregivers, building upon the current work of the n4a-administered
engAGED National Resource Center.
This project will take a targeted approach focused on
the implementation of specific community involvement, technology,
intergenerational, and volunteerism interventions with a particular
emphasis on addressing the social engagement needs of low-income,
rural, minority, and other underserved populations.
Learn more about n4a and engAGED
with the link below.
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ASA Generations
The American Society on Aging has launched their new
publications site, Generations. ASA's publications are a
premier resource for thousands of professionals in the field of
aging. Go to the Generations site to gain access to the GenerationsJournal,
ASA's quarterly journal, GenerationsToday, a bimonthly digital
publication, and GenerationsNow, which features news around
aging and articles from members.
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Click the link below to see the new site and check out
the Summer 2020 publication of GenerationsJournal, focusing on
the inequities of housing for older adults.
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Community
Health Workers
"Many health care stakeholders are interested in
scaling up [community health workers] to maximize opportunities for CHWs
to connect people to needed health and social services in their
communities. To support this momentum, the Playbook has curated a
diverse set of resources for health care organizations interested in
understanding: (1) the evidence base for how CHW programs affect
health outcomes, including implications for health equity; and (2)
implementation tools and first-person perspectives from health care
stakeholders on developing or expanding CHW programs," (From: Better
Care Playbook).
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UPCOMING
WEBINAR SERIES!
Free Webinar
for Cancer Caregivers on COVID-19 and Cancer Care
September 2
and 16 2020 | 2:00 PM EST | Online
Join the American Cancer Society for Caregiving and
COVID ECHO series with faculty from National Comprehensive Cancer
Network (NCCN) institutions. This is a 3-part Series with Erin Kent
facilitating and Matt Loscalzo, Nick Dionne-Odom, and Rachel Cannady
presenting. Registration is required.
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WEBINAR SERIES RECORDING!
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Consumer
Voice COVID-Related Webinars
This webinar series from Consumer Voice reviewed the
latest updates, issuances from CMS, legislation, and strategies for
advocates and families, and is focused on the impact of COVID-19 on
long-term care facilities, its residents, and their families.
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Millennials and caregivers both face unique, but
concerning mental and physical health challenges. The already high
rates of stress and anxiety experienced by millennials and caregivers
are compounded by COVID-19, adding urgency to the need to address
their health and well-being. Join the Blue Cross Blue Shield
Association (BCBSA) and industry experts for a virtual forum that
will shed some light on these challenges and explore how we can
support the unique needs of millennials and caregivers during the
pandemic and beyond through new, forward-looking solutions.
Single day admission: $149
Full conference admission: $229
Early bird rates ending soon -
REGISTER TODAY!
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NEW
CAREGIVING AND PATIENT SURVEYS!
Savvy Co-op
Recruiting Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia for Two Surveys
Do you provide care for someone with
dementia who gets hallucinations? Savvy Co-op is looking for caregivers who would
be willing to share their experience. Participants will be
compensated. Learn more and participate HERE.
Do you provide care for someone with
frontotemporal dementia (FTD)? Savvy Co-op is also looking for individuals to
participate in a 30 to 60-minute in-depth interview from home.
You may be interviewed along with your care recipient. Learn more
and participate HERE.
Savvy
Cooperative is the first and only patient-owned co-op that
empowers people to use their health experiences to inform new
products and services through surveys, interviews, product testing
and more! It was founded by two patients who wanted to make sure
people who shared their health experiences were fairly compensated.
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FOLLOW US TO STAY CURRENT ON
CAREGIVING!
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