ADRC Caregiving Class
Family Caregiver
Coffee Break
Community Engagement
CHS Exam Week
Wednesdays, April12
through May 17
9:30 a.m. until Noon
Wesley Room
4th Thursday of the Month
Starting May 25
10:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 7 &
Thursday, June 8
12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The ADRC will offer a caregiving class beginning in April, Powerful Tools for Caregivers. This is a six-week class that helps caregivers learn to care themselves.
Are you caring for a loved one? Are you helping a relative, neighbor, or friend with transportation, grocery shopping, housekeeping, finances, medications, or personal cares? If so, you are a caregiver. Like many caregivers, you may not identify as a caregiver. You identify as a son, daughter, spouse or partner, friend, or neighbor. It is important to recognize that as you are helping someone else, you also need to take care of yourself.
This two-and-a-half-hour program is an evidence-based workshop for caregivers of older adults. By taking care of yourself, you are better equipped to provide care. Topics addressed include time management, goal setting, problem solving, caregiving transitions, effective communication, community resources, improved emotional well-being, and reducing stress, guilt, depression, and anger.
Classes will be held April 12 through May 17 from 9:30 am to 12 noon in the Wesley room. The suggested donation for the class is $20 which includes the book, “The Caregiver Helpbook”. With advance notice respite care is available upon request.
To register for the workshop, please call Kari Dombrowski at 262-284-8120. Last day to register is Monday, April 10.
Caregiver Connection of Ozaukee County understands it’s not always easy being a caregiver. Sometimes caregivers need help and support. They are here for you. Through the Caregiver Connection and the ADRC, there are programs and services available to assist you in your caregiving role.
You are cordially invited to join them for a coffee break to relax and regroup with caring, compassionate people on a similar journey. The coffee time is informal, so come and enjoy a cup of coffee and chat in the Library at CUMC. For more information, visit the Caregiver Connection of Ozaukee County website: www.ozccc.org
Imagine how much stress gets ramped up during exam week. Kids feel a lot of pressure to do well, to fit in, to prepare for their future and all this pressure and frustration culminates as they study and take their final exams.
With this in mind, we will offer high school students a place to decompress, study, or just hang out during the Cedarburg High School exam week, Wednesday, June 7 and Thursday, June 8. During these two days (from noon until 2:30 p.m.) we will offer students a place to hang out and play board or card games or work on craft/art projects in the Education Wing, a quiet place to study in our Library, and access to our Youth Room where they can play carpet ball, foosball, or air hockey. And probably most importantly, we will be providing them with free food! All high school students (who do not have to be at school) are welcome to attend.
