Helping communities in NC & nationwide educate, support, & resource family caregivers
Helping communities in NC & nationwide educate, support, & resource family caregivers
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Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC)
We build community and workforce capacity through the Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC) Class Leader Training (CLT).
Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC) is a national program sustained by extensive collaborations with community-based organizations. PTC is a train-the-trainer model program with a detailed, scripted curriculum. The PTC course is a group psycho-educational skill-building intervention that aims to empower caregivers to better care for themselves and enhance their self-efficacy.
The PTC program and all materials were developed over 3 years of pilot testing, refinement, and evaluative research at Legacy Caregiver Services in Portland, Oregon and is based on the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program developed at Stanford University. The program has been offered since 1998, over 4,600 Class Leaders have been trained in more than 40 states.
PTC received the National Family Caregiver Award for innovation, responsiveness and effectiveness from the National Alliance for Caregiving and the Met Life Foundation. In 2009, PTC received the Network of Multicultural Aging Excellence Award from the American Society on Aging/AARP.
Research shows that by providing tailored supports, we can reduce levels of stress, increase positive aspects of care.
Licensed Class Leaders, to join your clinical team, are fully prepared to team-teach Powerful Tools for Caregivers to groups of 8 – 15 family caregivers.
Significant improvement in behaviors such as increased exercise, use of relaxation techniques, and health self-care.
Identifying early warning signs, identifying personal sources of stress, changing what you can and accepting what you cannot.
Family caregivers give and receive a lot of support from each other
Caregiver learn specific steps they can take toward a future goal.
Knowledge is power. Family caregivers learn to recognize and understand the other person's needs or motives. Align. Agree; find areas of common ground. Redirect energies. And resolve problems.
Support group facilitator will be able to share tools for reducing personal stress, changing negative self-talk, communicating feelings and needs to others, setting limits and asking for help, dealing with emotions such as anger, guilt, and depression, and more.
The six-week Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC) series has been shown to have a significant positive impact on caregiver health for a diverse group of caregivers.
What is required to become a Powerful Tools For Caregivers Class Leader?
What does the training program include?
For the past four years Lynn, a 70-year-old retired school teacher, has been the primary caregiver for her husband, Albert, who has Alzheimer’s disease. He is rapidly becoming more impaired; he is very forgetful and can no longer be left alone. Albert requires assistance with eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, and all Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. At least for now, he can transfer and ambulate independently. Lynn arranged for a friend to stay with her husband so she could attend the six Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC)Program sessions.
Lynn was neatly dressed and appeared content in her caregiver role. At first Lynn remained quiet and did not participate in group discussions. When asked to describe her sources of stress, Lynn began to describe her husband’s extreme demands. Lynn stated that she becomes very frustrated when caring for her husband. She had no previous experience with Alzheimer’s disease and felt unprepared to provide the care her husband needs. Lynn expressed resentment toward Albert because he requires all her attention. Lynn enjoys shopping and eating out, but she can no longer take Albert, due to his unpredictable behavior. She recalls becoming very embarrassed when he began yelling in the restaurant. Lynn felt socially isolated and no longer invited friends over to her house.
As the PTC workshop progressed, Lynn became more open and began to forge friendships with other participants. She learned how to reduce stress, ask for help from others, and deal with difficult emotions. She developed skills to deal specifically with dementia caregiving and became more confident in her caregiver role. Following the workshop, Lynn reported feeling less stress than she had felt prior to the workshop. Five months later, the PTC facilitator encountered Lynn, who was out shopping. Lynn said she has been making time for herself and had asked for help from her extended family. PTC gave Lynn knowledge and skills that improved her self-confidence and promoted a healthier caregiver relationship. She related that she found the work shop very helpful and had already referred a friend.
Powerful Tools for Caregivers”: Teaching Skills That Reduce Stress and Increase Self-Confidence
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Organizational Development – growth in:
Program development
Resource development
Community engagement
Amazing things happen when people living with dementia share their stories.
To Whom I May Concern® is an interactive theater program that amplifies the voices of people who have recently been diagnosed with a progressive brain illness such as Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. This performance challenges beliefs about dementia and invites us to join a movement to build more dementia friendly spaces . Source:
NADRC Highlights of Administration on Aging Alzheimer's and Dementia
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