Announced on: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
When: Thursday, 7/17/2025, 12PM-1PM
Where: Zoom
PASSAGES CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER
Passages Caregiver Resource Center provides support to family caregivers in order to ease the physical and emotional challenges of caregiving.
https://www.passagescenter.org/caregivers/
Who is a Caregiver?
The term caregiver refers to anyone who provides physical, emotional, financial, or logistical support to a loved one with a disabling condition. While many people in this situation do not identify with the term "caregiver," it is important for them to know about the resources available to support them as they care for their loved one. Some examples of caregivers include: a person caring for a spouse who has suffered a stroke; someone caring for a relative who has Parkinson's disease; a grandchild providing assistance to a grandfather with Alzheimer's disease; or a parent caring for a son with a traumatic brain injury.
If you help with any of the following tasks: Preparing meals, bathing and getting dressed, grocery shopping, cleaning the house, managing medications, arranging for services, paying household bills, getting in and out of bed, getting to doctor visits, then…YOU ARE A CAREGIVER!
The most valuable support a family caregiver can receive is from a peer — someone who has been through what they are going through and can truly understand what it is like to care for a loved one. Family caregiver support groups meet once a month and are facilitated by trained staff. Caregivers learn strategies and skills to solve problems; maintain their own personal, physical and emotional health; and to provide the best care they can for those who are dependent upon them. Support Groups provide a supportive atmosphere to share experiences and ideas as a way to ease the stress of caregiving.
For the summer months of June, July, and August, we will meet on the third Thursday of each month from 12PM-1PM via Zoom. During the academic year, we will resume to meet in person on the 3rd Fridays of the month from 12PM-1PM in SSC 150.
Please contact Amelia Watkins for further information about the program at awatkins5@csuchico.edu or 530-898-6706.
Outlook doesn't allow BCC Zoom calendar invites. To respect everyone's privacy, I ask that if you're interested in attending the virtual support group meetings, please let me know, and I will send out the Zoom invite ASAP.