Self-Care for Caregivers

Learn the “how-to’s” of self-care for caregivers! Read “The Caregiver’s Guide to Self-Care.” For a registered nurse’s guidance, check out these videos.

 

The Caregiver’s Guide to Self-Care: The 2nd Edition
This 2nd Edition of The Caregiver’s Guide to Self-Care: Help for Your Caregiving Journey is packed with sensible self-care strategies and effective solutions for your problems with caregiver stress. Rooted in research, tested in the real-life trials of a family caregiver, the tools and tactics found in this concise, compassionate book will equip you to care for yourself as you care for others. Stories, self-care recommendations, questionnaires, checklists, activities, and discussion questions show readers practical, small steps that will help preserve their health, well-being, and capacity to care.

 

 


seven c's of alf-careThe 7C’s of Self-CareThe 7C’s of Self-Care
Follow this link for an overview of the 7C’s of Self-Care

 

 

 


C1: Claim Your Caregiver Role


C2: Consider the Facts about Caregiver Stress


C3: Care for Yourself As You Care for Others


C4: Center Yourself


C5: Channel Your Thoughts


C6: Choose Wisely


C7: Cultivate Community