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Caregiving Relationships for People Who Care for Adults

A program implemented by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, in partnership with the University of Illinois-Extension, to offer a train-the-trainer workshop for professionals working with family caregivers. The curriculum focuses on reducing emotional pressures and strengthening relationships between caregivers and care receivers.

Using 15 one-page brochures, participants learn about loss, facing fear, family dynamics in distance caregiving, taking care of yourself, elder care services and other topics. The curriculum can be used with groups or individually.

  • Become a class leader explains how you can become a Caregiving Relationships teacher in your community.
  • For class leaders provides ready-to-use promotional and teaching materials, class forms and evaluations for current class leaders. This section also explains how you can become an advanced instructor, or master trainer, who trains class leaders.
  • For master trainers offers promotional and teaching materials, class forms and evaluations for current master trainers.
  • Find a caregiving class will help you find upcoming Caregiving Relationships classes.

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