On the Calendar

Each Caregiver Resource Center (CRC) serves as a point of entry to services available to caregiving families in every county of California. All CRCs offer a core component of programs that provide information, education, and support for caregivers. The following calendar listings are a sampling of what is offered by the eleven California CRCs. Visit the California Caregiver Resource Centers website to search by date or by zipcode for a caregiver event in your area. Please be sure to contact your local CRC to confirm the dates and times for workshops and other events.

Take Care Series: Parkinson's Disease

Join the Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center to learn about Parkinson's disease, its symptoms, how to manage the disease, common medications, and myths about the disease.

Friday, January, 12, 2007
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center

Is Anyone Listening to Me? Maximizing Your Communication Effectiveness as a Caregiver

Does it feel like family members or service-providers are not hearing your concerns or offering you the help you need? This four-week class will help you communicate more effectively and strengthen and sustain important relationships. Note: This class does not address improving communication with a person with dementia.

Mondays, January 22, 29 and February 5, 12, 2007
1:00 ? 3:30 p.m.
Bay Area CRC / Family Caregiver Alliance

Legal and Financial Planning

Please join us for a workshop about a subject that concerns us all - how to effectively plan for our loved ones and ourselves as we meet the challenges of growing older or facing incapacity. An attorney will answer questions on Durable Powers of Attorney, Conservatorships, Wills and Trusts, MediCal and much more!

Tuesday, January 23, 2007
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Bay Area CRC / Family Caregiver Alliance

Taking Care of You: Powerful Tools for Caregiving

Learn clear and effective tools to prevent caregiver burn-out. This class teaches self-care skills, enabling caregivers to reduce personal stress, change negative thinking, better communicate with family and healthcare providers, and to make difficult caregiving decisions.

Six Wednesdays, January 24 - February 28, 2007
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Bay Area CRC / Family Caregiver Alliance

Six Tuesdays, January 30 - March 6, 2007
Six Tuesdays, February 20 - March 27, 2007
Six Mondays. March 5, through April 9, 2007
1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Coast Caregiver Resource Center

Six Thursdays, February 1 - March 8, 2007
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 pm.
Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center

How To Keep What You've Got: Maintaining Mental and Physical Abilities

Are you a caregiver caring for someone with memory loss and worried that it is "rubbing off" on you? Current research says that to maximize your brain, you have to "use it or lose it." Join us for a fun, interactive workshop to learn how memory works and changes with time, factors that impact memory, and techniques for improving memory.

Wednesday, February 7, 2007
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center

Difficult Conversations about Difficult Decisions

Caring for a loved one with a chronic condition often involves making some difficult decisions. This class will teach participants how to initiate difficult conversations and deal with conflict. Topics covered include the pros and cons of advance health care directives, placement decisions, and "holding on" versus "letting go."

Saturday, February 10, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Bay Area CRC / Family Caregiver Alliance

Thursday, February 15, 2007
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center

Legal Workshop: Medical Planning for Long Term Care

Are you concerned about your legal affairs and/or those of your loved one? Get current information before a crisis hits. At this workshop, an elder law attorney will discuss Medi-Cal planning (placement in a skilled nursing facility), durable powers of attorney, advance directives, estate planning, probate vs. a living will or trust, and will touch on the topic of conservatorships.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Orange Caregiver Resource Center

Caring for a Loved-One? Respite, Self-Care, and Resources

Respite is regular, planned time off to do things that are meaningful to you. It is essential for caregivers. This workshop will teach participants how to develop an awareness of their personal needs, establish a self-care plan, and locate respite resources.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Orange Caregiver Resource Center

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