“Powerful Tools for Caregivers” Series at Gaylord Hospital

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare will host a free six-week series, “Powerful Tools for Family Caregivers”, at its Wallingford campus located at 50 Gaylord Farms Road. The six-week series will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays from September 20 to October 25th. Interested participants may register by calling Valerie D’Apice at 203-440-3548 by Monday, September 18th.

The sessions are co-led by Diane Birtha, RN, BSA, and Valerie D’Apice, BS, and are designed to help you take care of yourself while caring for a relative, a friend, or someone who lives at home, in a nursing home, or across the country.

The classes will give participants tools to help them reduce stress and take care of themselves; communicate effectively with other family members, doctors, and paid help; reduce anger, guilt and depression; make tough decisions; and set goals and problem-solve. The classes will not focus on specific disease or hands-on caregiving.

Every participant will receive a free book to accompany class content and will cover topics including hiring in-home help, helping memory-impaired elders, making legal and financial decisions, making decisions about care facility placement, understanding depression, and making important decisions about driving.

The program is sponsored by the United Spinal Association CT Chapter and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.

About Gaylord Specialty Healthcare:

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut is a not-for profit long-term 137 bed long-term acute care hospital that specializes in the care and treatment of people with complex medical and intensive rehabilitation issues. Gaylord also operates outpatient therapy centers in Wallingford, North Haven, and Cheshire. For latest news or more information go to their website at www.gaylord.org.

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