Caregiver Mental Wellness

11/05/2025

Join us in Hickory for a special caregiving event! 🌿

We’re proud to share that Carolyn Dowdy, President & Founder of Caregiver Mental Wellness, will serve as one of the expert panelists at “The Art of Caregiving” — a free community event happening November 13 in Hickory, NC, hosted by Carolina Caring a nonprofit organization offering hospice, palliative care, and caregiver support.

During the event, Carolyn will speak on caregiver wellness and burnout, offering insight, encouragement, and hope.

Each panelist will bring a unique perspective shaped by both professional expertise and personal experience, inspired by themes from the PBS documentary Caregiving.

🎬 About the Documentary

From Executive Producer Bradley Cooper, Caregiving provides a deeply human look at the stories behind America’s care crisis. Narrated by Uzo Aduba (The Residence, Orange is the New Black) and directed by Chris Durrance, the film shares intimate stories from both paid and unpaid caregivers, revealing the untold history of caregiving in the U.S.

🕒 Event Schedule
3:00–5:00 PM — Caregiver Resource Fair
5:00 PM — Documentary Screening
7:00 PM — Speaker Panel with Local Caregiving Experts (including Carolyn Dowdy)

Admission is free, but reservations are required.
🎟️ Reserve your tickets: https://www.carolinacaring.org/art-of-caregiving/

Can’t attend in person? Contact foundation@carolinacaring.org to learn how you can stream the film and discussion live from home.

11/02/2025

Our founder, Carolyn Dowdy, with 16 years as a VP of HR, hundreds of hours of research, 18 years as a caregiver, and as the author of the “Caregiver Advocate Business Program,” she helps leaders understand how today’s social crisis is impacting the workforce.

Our modern workforce are our parents, and other caregivers. We can no longer afford to ignore our "unseen" caregivers because 70% of our caregivers are in our workforce. They are impacting businesses' costs, retention, recruitment, retraining cost, and productivity—and businesses must take notice to continue to compete in our global economy. Companies who implement "caring work environments," will be able to retain their top talent because our workforce are struggling with work-life harmony.

On Nov 20 in Hickory, NC, I’ll be speaking to business leaders about practical strategies for building caring, high-performing workplaces.

We’re booking speaking engagements into 2026! If you’d like us to speak at your conference, service organization, or business event, let’s start the conversation and shine a light on our heroes in your businesses, in your family and in my family! Contact Carolyn Dowdy at info@caregivermentalwellness.com, or www.caregivermentalwellness.com/contact/

10/28/2025

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10/25/2025

10/25/2025

Have You Checked on the Parent or Caregiver in Your Life?
October is Emotional Wellness Month — a reminder that parents and other caregivers need care, too.
Our Self-Care Videos share practical ways to reduce stress, ease worry, and build resilience. They’re designed for anyone supporting others — parents, grandparents, youth/siblings, friends, co-workers, or family members.
Tell the parent raising a child with special needs.
Tell the person caring for an aging loved one.(full-time or part-time from a distance)
Help us spread awareness of these self-care resources.
Start your self-care today — you owe it to yourself and those you love. Start one-step at a time!

Email info@caregivermentalwellness.com if you would like a flyer to help us bring awareness in your family, group, organization, or community.
Self-care videos: Visit https://caregivermentalwellness.com/wbp/

10/24/2025

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10/23/2025

Self-Care Videos Available!

Our Caregiver-Focused Well-Being Program is now available on our website for personal use.

Thank you to our awesome team who have worked tirelessly to make these valuable videos a reality for friends and family.

We are deeply appreciative to CCME Foundation for providing grant funding for this program. They continually fund programs to help our caregivers and communities.

Developed for parents and caregivers, this program shares self-care strategies and techniques designed to help prevent stress, worry, and possible burnout for anyone who watches them, while strengthening balance, resilience, and emotional well-being.

Once on our website, watch the video “How to Use Program and eLearning Videos!” first to get the most out of the video library.

Help us by letting friends, family, and co-workers know the videos are available for personal use on our website.

Watch videos on our website, www.caregivermentalwellness.com/wbp/

10/16/2025

Caregiver stats out for 2025....Well-being & Self-Care matter! Prioritize self-care and support the parents and other caregivers in your family & ours...Start the conversation and make the "unseen" caregivers "SEEN."

The reality is there are many of us caring for others and don't label ourselves "caregivers." There are many types of caregivers..... parents, spouses, partners, sons, daughters, kinship, and friends who may go unreported in stats.

10/12/2025

Parents, grandparents, family, teachers, and friends....Did you know our youth caregivers are at high risk for depression, feeling they don't belong, and falling behind in school? Start the conversation....make our youth caregivers seen!

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10/03/2025

Support for Parents and Other Family Caregivers

Parents, spouses, adult children, grandparents, youth caregivers — many are caring for loved ones every day without ever being called “caregivers.”
But the stress, responsibility, exhaustion, and burnout are real.

We’re launching a powerful series of free self-care videos this month to support the well-being of parents and other family caregivers.

If you want to help someone you know who is caring for others — a friend, coworker, or family member — help avoid burnout, please share our flyer.

It’s a simple way to make sure the people holding it all together get the support they deserve.

Because when caregivers are cared for, everyone thrives.

Use QR code to join our email to be notified when videos launched!

10/02/2025

We're so fortunate to have the depth of wisdom on our advisory board which have expertise in services offered to support families. Ashley Henderson outlines processes and resources in her blog.

https://caregivermentalwellness.com/bridging-the-gap-integrating-family-partners-into-rowan-county-dhhs-to-strengthen-child-and-family-outcomes-author-ashley-henderson-certified-family-peer-specialist/

Introduction In today’s health and human services landscape, the success and well-being of children are deeply intertwined with the involvement of families, providers, and the community. Despite growing recognition of the critical role that families play in a child’s development, there often rem...