This month's Caregiver Support Group on Tuesday, March 29 will focus on a special topic: Processing the Loss of a Client – Sharing, Feeling & Dealing The work we do is both uplifting and emotionally challenging. One of the greatest challenges we face is the loss of a meaningful client relationship. Our clients leave us in a variety […]
The loss of independence and self-control are the hard realities of a person with dementia. Aiding with bathing, dressing, and grooming can be the most stressful and challenging realities for the care partner. Learn the strategies and interventions that will allow for the decrease in power struggles and increase of positive feelings of the person […]
Don’t miss our next Support Group Meeting Tuesday, April 19th from 7:00-8:30pm! This informal support group will allow you to share openly about your current caregiving challenges in a confidential and safe environment. This support group meets monthly via Zoom. All those that RSVP will be sent the Zoom link prior to the support group […]
SHS will be hosting a movie night at the office on Thursday, April 21st, to watch the documentary film, It's Not a Burden: The Humor and Heartache of Raising Elderly Parents. This feature-length documentary provides an intimate look, presented with humor and heart, at the relationships between aging parents and the adult children who care for them, examining the […]
As caregivers, we are often faced with challenging and emotional situations where some support from our peers can make a big difference. In the spirit of self-care, we have a Caregiver Support Group to provide an opportunity for caregivers to share (or just listen) to each other in a positive and supportive environment. Led by […]
SHS Caregivers please join us on Wednesday, May 4, when Jodi Bornstein, an occupational therapist at Hebrew SeniorLife, will offer tips and tricks for keeping seniors as safe and as independent as possible at home. This presentation will be held in-person at our office and will include ideas/tools for making clients' homes/environments safe(r) and tasks easier, […]
Join Team SHS at the 7th Annual Walk to End Elder Isolation by FriendshipWorks on May 15, 2022 at Jamaica Pond in Jamaica Plain. Registration and breakfast start at 9am and the walk at 9:30am for the 1.5 mile pond loop. From FriendshipWorks, "our mission is to reduce social isolation, enhance the quality of life, […]
Don’t miss our next Support Group Meeting Tuesday, May 17th from 7:00-8:30pm! This informal support group will allow you to share openly about your current caregiving challenges in a confidential and safe environment. This support group meets monthly via Zoom. All those that RSVP will be sent the Zoom link prior to the support group […]
As caregivers, we are often faced with challenging and emotional situations where some support from our peers can make a big difference. In the spirit of self-care, we have a Caregiver Support Group to provide an opportunity for caregivers to share (or just listen) to each other in a positive and supportive environment. Led by […]
Using “they and them” in the singular may seem to go against what you learned about grammar in grade school, but you’ve probably been noticing a lot of people using the pronouns they/them instead of he/him or she/her… so many people that Massachusetts now offers M, F, and X gender markers on driver’s licenses, and […]
SHS Caregivers please join us at 4:30 on Wednesday, June 8th, when Jodi Bornstein, an occupational therapist at Hebrew SeniorLife, will offer tips and tricks for keeping seniors as safe and as independent as possible at home. This presentation will be held in-person at our office and will include ideas/tools for making clients' homes/environments safe(r) and […]
Don’t miss our next Support Group Meeting Tuesday, June 21st from 7:00-8:30pm! This informal support group will allow you to share openly about your current caregiving challenges in a confidential and safe environment. This support group meets monthly via Zoom. All those that RSVP will be sent the Zoom link prior to the support group […]
