Cache County Caregiver Coalition

Cache County Caregiver Coalition The mission of the Coalition is to collaborate as agencies to provide support for those who need care or caring for someone

01/26/2024
06/13/2023

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Changing roles, changing health and changing emotions are all part of your caregiving journey. Join the Dementia Dialogu...
01/23/2023

Changing roles, changing health and changing emotions are all part of your caregiving journey. Join the Dementia Dialogues series as you strive to be a better caregiver for your loved one AND yourself. Four classes help educate and support caregivers in the disease process, communication, tasks of daily living, challenging behaviors and finding resources.

Held on Tuesdays in February at Sunshine Home Health and Hospice, this course is provided free of charge to caregivers in our community. Call 435-754-0233 to register.

11/18/2022

During the month of November, the home care and hospice community honors the millions of nurses, home care aides, therapists, and social workers who make a remarkable difference for the patients and families they serve. These heroic caregivers play a central role in our health care system and in homes across the nation. To recognize their efforts, we call upon all Americans to commemorate the power of caring, both at home and in care facilities throughout Cache County, and ask you to join with us by celebrating this month as Home Care and Hospice Month.
We value Sunshine Home Health and Hospice for their partnership in caring along with other hospice providers in our community.

So many in our community are caregiving for a loved one with dementia. This free series helps provide an educational bas...
09/15/2022

So many in our community are caregiving for a loved one with dementia. This free series helps provide an educational basis to be more successful in the care you provide. Call 435-754-0233 for more information.

Four tips to create a dementia friendly Fourth!1. Blow Off the FireworksFireworks and loud explosions can be distressing...
07/01/2022

Four tips to create a dementia friendly Fourth!
1. Blow Off the Fireworks
Fireworks and loud explosions can be distressing for someone living with dementia.
If your loved one is also a war veteran, be mindful that fireworks noise can be triggering and misinterpreted as gunshots or bombs. Consider keeping the person indoors at times they are likely to hear fireworks. Adapt the fireworks tradition by watching a fireworks display on TV.

2. Be Prepared
Even if you’re inside, the noise and explosions of nearby fireworks can cause anxiety, fear, or agitation for someone living with dementia. Prepare your loved one in advance by explaining to them that there may be loud noises and continue doing so gently at different intervals.
Soothing background sounds such as a white noise machine or an air conditioner can help keep the person relaxed if fireworks are going off near the home. Playing familiar, favorite music can also be helpful. Having favorite comfort items/objects on hand (i.e., blanket, article of clothing, etc.) can help provide additional consolation.
Check in on your loved one during the night if they live with you. If they live alone, consider asking a trusted relative or friend to stay with them, or hire a home caregiver for the night.

3. Keep Gatherings Small
If you plan on a gathering, keep it small—large crowds can be overwhelming, disorienting, and anxiety-producing for someone living with dementia. Consider providing name tags for everyone to help the person.
Because of the possibility of sundowning, lunchtime celebrations could be best when there is less anxiety of confusion. Keep the person’s routines as normal as possible, including mealtimes, naptimes, and going to sleep at night. Incorporate favorite activities into the day.

4. Celebrate Creatively
Get involved in the holiday spirit by doing things together. Examples include creating patriotic decorations with your loved one, playing or singing familiar patriotic music, baking 4th of July themed desserts, or compiling a family album with pictures of past Independence Day memories. Each of these activities can be cognitively stimulating and help your loved one express themselves creatively.
Source: Alzheimer's Foundation of America

06/06/2022

LOGAN — A series of classes that assist caregivers, especially of those with dementia, is returning. On KVNU’s For the People program last week, Amy Anderson of the Sunshine Terrace Foundation announced the return of Dementia Dialogues. She discussed one of the goals of the classes. “It’s to...

Come see the art pieces created by caregivers in our community at NEHMA's Soul Portrait Creative Aging course. At the mu...
05/05/2022

Come see the art pieces created by caregivers in our community at NEHMA's Soul Portrait Creative Aging course. At the museum through Saturday, May 7th.

03/07/2022

LOGAN — An upcoming class will help to instruct or further enhance artistic skills among older adults during March and April. On KVNU’s For the People program on Friday, Amy Anderson of the Sunshine Terrace Foundation told us about it. “The subtitle is ‘I’m not an old fogey, I’m an artis...

Caregivers have an opportunity to stimulate their minds and creativity through this course created by NEHMA - the art mu...
02/21/2022

Caregivers have an opportunity to stimulate their minds and creativity through this course created by NEHMA - the art museum at USU. If you would like to join in for this 8 week class, please call Shannon at 435-797-0182 to register.

A thanksgiving message for caregivers and their families: For caregivers, the menu or venue shouldn’t define Thanksgivin...
11/22/2021

A thanksgiving message for caregivers and their families:

For caregivers, the menu or venue shouldn’t define Thanksgiving: By Peter Rosenberger

While the public face of Thanksgiving projects a Norman Rockwell painting, stress and sadness better describe the holiday for many of America’s millions of family caregivers.
Numerous caregivers fear that this may be the last Thanksgiving with their loved ones. Others feel obligated to get it right and make sure all traditions are followed. Undergirding everything lies an ample supply of guilt over missteps and things undone. Fear, obligation and guilt surround those caring for chronically impaired loved ones. Caregivers often find themselves careening into the darkness of isolation, resentment and despair. Yet the way through for caregivers is the same as when driving in a fog: slow down, use low-beam headlights and stay calm.
Although most caregivers daily live as high-functioning multitaskers, holidays often send us into warp speed. The faster the pace, however, the worse the collision. Compounding the heartache, caregivers often envision the crash before it happens and choose to live in future wreckage. Like an amputee with phantom pain from a limb no longer there, caregivers hurt in reverse from things yet to occur — or indeed may never happen. Slowing down allows us to live in the present, deal with the moment and respond without reacting.
Drivers using high-beam lights in a fog quickly find themselves blinded by the glare. Trying to peer too far ahead does the same for caregivers. With compromised vision and a treacherous road, the rule of thumb is to “go at the speed at which you’re comfortable slamming into the ditch.” The hustle of shopping and attempting to fulfill every request made by a loved one leads caregivers to race recklessly until the inevitable wreck occurs. Arriving tardy but safely always trumps sitting in the cab of a tow truck or the back of an ambulance. If the pace of the holiday causes us to plop down at the table with clenched fists, we missed the point.
Not only do millions of family caregivers daily face severe challenges, but they also struggle against lapsing into self-pity and anger. Although grievances usually overpower things that invite thankfulness, resentment cannot thrive in the presence of gratitude. When dealing with impairments like Alzheimer’s, traumatic brain injuries, mental illness or addictions, countless caregivers push themselves to extremes to appease a disease. Words that erupt from an impaired mind can leave devastating wounds on those who serve. Feelings get hurt when disease-affected nostalgia collides with a caregiver’s fear and guilt.
Regardless of what others demand, dressing can come from a box. Cranberry sauce out of a can is still tasty. Lumps in mashed potatoes are not cardinal sins. Gratitude defines the Thanksgiving holiday — not the menu or the venue. At this year’s table — whether in the dining room, a restaurant, diner, hospital, rehab center or hospice — grab the hand next to yours a bit tighter. If alone, clasp your own as you give thanks. Take an extra moment to identify one thing for which to be grateful. If it helps, use the alphabet. Identify something or someone that begins with each letter and offer thanks. In only a matter of moments, watch how your demeanor changes, your stress level lowers and your heart receives the air it so desperately needs.
Grief and gratitude are not mutually exclusive — and postponing either only diminishes one’s quality of life. While the heartache associated with caregiving seems to leave little room for feeling grateful, even dire circumstances cannot drive away all beauty or soul-stirring moments.
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Cicero.

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