It’s a Fact: More than 22 Million American Families are Caring for a Loved One at Home.

If your household is part of the growing trend of caring for a loved one at home, you already know that ensuring a safe environment and providing even the most basic care can be overwhelming. Add in the stress of a job or raising your own children you can be left feeling alone and frustrated.

But you are not alone. Now you can learn new information to provide even better care with Family Caregiving presentations or the home-reference study kits from the American Red Cross. This exciting new program helps you balance your caregiving responsibilities with other demands – and helps you maintain more control over your life.

Modular Program Design Offers Convenience and Flexibility:
Our modular program design lets you choose from nine information-packed sessions. You decide which ones best meet your specific caregiving needs. Because each module covers just one topic, they can be taken in any order. We will typically teach the most common modules in a group and offer other modules independently.

To view the family caregiving modules click here.

Even better, we have condensed the information offered, so individual modules are just one hour in length. You can even purchase the 9 participant books and VHS tape or DVD in a Home Reference Kit at our Red Cross chapter store or on-line and learn on your own time. Either way, you’ll enhance your skills, reduce your stress and increase your confidence so you can provide the best care possible.

Topics Include:
• Assisting with Personal Care
• Positioning and Helping Your Loved One Move
• General Caregiving Skills
• Home Safety
• Healthy Eating
• Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s or Dementia
• Caring for a Loved One with HIV/AIDS
• Legal and Financial Issues
• Caring for the Caregiver

Build Skills Affordably.
Compare similar programs and you’ll find that Family Caregiving is an affordable way to learn. Participant booklets are included in your presentation fee and there are no additional supplies to purchase. Plus, the modular program design means you pay only for those sessions you attend.

Develop Your Own Support Network.
Class participants meet others in similar caregiving situations. This allows you to develop relationships with other caregivers, helping you to eliminate feelings of isolation or frustration.

Leader Lead Classes:
Are you interested sharing this knowledge with others and becoming a Leader for your business, organization or religious group? Becoming a Family Caregiving Authorized Provider and Leader is easy. Please contact Stephanie Morgan at 503-528-5653 or email at morgans@redcross-pdx.org for further information.

Our classes will begin at the Red Cross chapter in, 2005, however in the meantime, the Home Reference Kits with the student workbooks and videos are available in our Red Cross chapter store and on-line

To purchase the Home Reference Kit, click here.