CARERS PROGRAM
- Focuses on practical skills and emotional supports needed to care for people living with dementia
- Teaches problem solving techniques, a structured approach to address problems
- Coaches care partners in communication skills through the use of simulation
- Provides strategies for keeping a meaningful relationship with the person living with dementia
- Is an evidence-based program developed by the Reitman Centre, Sinai Health Systems in Toronto
CARERS Program runs for 8 weekly sessions, 2 hours per session, maximum 6 care partners in group and is free of charge to care partners of people living with dementia.
Episode One: What is a CARERS group?
Episode Two: Use of Problem-Solving Techniques in CARERS Groups
Episode Three: Use of Simulation in CARERS Groups
Episode Four (Part ONE): CARERS Groups Mental Health Clinician's Perspective
Episode Four (Part Two): CARERS Group Mental Health Clinician's Perspective
Episode Five (Part One): CARERS Group Simulator's Perspective
Episode Five (Part Two): CARERS Group Simulator's Perspective