Resources and Support
Caregiver Toolkit
Caregiver Toolkits contain a variety of information about caregiving issues, caregiver support groups, helpful websites, local resources, caregiver assessment, and the 'Answers on Aging Resource Guide'.
The Toolkit can be mailed or picked up. Please contact Lynette McGowan by email or at 970-498-7758.
Caregiver Support Groups
Are you looking for other caregivers who share the same challenges and demands? We can refer you to community support groups where you will learn from caregivers in similar situations. View a list of current caregiver support group meetings.
Caregiver Conversations
The Office on Aging and the Elder Care Network invite you to join us, along with a few other family caregivers, to tell us your experiences as a caregiver. We want to know of your challenges and your successes, as well as your suggestions about how community services could better support you. Please download the Caregiver Conversations flyer for more information.
Caregivers One Step at a Time Program
This program is designed to help family caregivers recognize thoughts, feelings and reactions that cause stress levels to go up. By becoming aware of how and why we think, feel and respond to the given situation, we learn skills that help us to manage and respect our circumstance in a more effective way. For more information please view the Aging Clinic of the Rockies flyer or call 970-491-6795 for an appointment.
Powerful Tools for Caregivers
Powerful Tools for Caregivers is an educational program designed to help family caregivers. This program will help you take care of yourself while caring for a relative or friend. You will benefit from this class whether you are helping a parent, spouse, friend, someone who lives at home, in a nursing home or across the country. For more information please view the Powerful Tools for Caregivers brochure or contact Lynette McGowan by email or at 970-498-7758.
Share the Care
The Share The Care™ model provides a road map on how to take a group of ordinary individuals (comprised of friends, relatives, neighbors, coworkers and acquaintances) and turn them into a "caregiving family" to provide individuals and families with the help they need to meet the daily challenges of caregiving. Please visit www.sharethecare.org for more information.
Lotsa Helping Hands
Friends, family and neighbors who ask if the caregiver "needs anything" really do want to be of assistance, they just don't know what, how or when to help. Lotsa Helping Hands is a complimentary web-site for Share The Care™ and will assist you by creating a password-protected site with your own calendar, phonebook, email, task list, message board and more. Please visit Lotsa Helping Hands to set up your own site or simply learn more. Signing in as "guest" and using the password "guest" allows you to navigate through an example site.
Caregiver Pampering Day
In honor of the dedication and love that caregivers provide, a free day of enjoyment, relaxation and pampering is arranged. This is an annual caregiver event. Please contact Lynette McGowan by email or at 970-498-7758 if you are interested in being a pampered caregiver or if you would like to volunteer to help pamper caregivers. Pampering Day celebrates the caregiver!
