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Caregivers Support Group

Are you caring for an elderly or disabled loved one? You're a caregiver whether you devote as much as 24 hours a day or as little as 5 minutes a week to someone you care for. Join us as we explore care giving together and discuss such topics as: Maintaining the balance of the caregiver, Solving care giving problems, Learning from the experience of others and discovering additional available resources. Sponsored by the Caregiver Assisted Network a program of Catholic Social Services and funded in part by the council on aging.

Care giving is defined as providing unpaid assistance and support to family members or acquaintances that have physical, psychological or developmental needs (Blackwell Reference). It may involve providing care ranging from 5 minutes a week to 24 hours a day or somewhere in between.

The caregiver may be a spouse, a parent or children in the "sandwich Generation" e.g.taking care of their own children and their parents, or a dear friend. As a caregiver you are asked to juggle several roles within a day.

A psychologist noted that people who are giving to others should be in a relationship with other giving people. Some caregivers give until they can give no more, believing that this is what God is asking of them. We pray and ask God to help us, but the answer to our prayers maybe that we should utilize the resources God has put into our lives. God wants to take care of ALL of us.

When we allow others to support us, we will find we can do much more in supporting and encouraging those receiving our care. An effective caregiver requires acknowledging the joys and pains of caring for someone.

Caregivers need care too. Consider attending one of our CAREGIVER Support Group sessions and let us help by listening to others in similar situations, sharing ideas, and learning about community resources available to Support you as a caregiver.

Please contact Nancy Silvers at 936-0940 for any further information regarding this ministry.

Join us as we explore care giving together and discuss such topics as:

  • Maintaining the balance of the caregiver,
  • Solving care giving problems,
  • Learning from the experience of others and
  • discovering additional available resources.

Sponsored by the Caregiver Assisted Network a program of Catholic Social Services and funded in part by the council on aging. The Care Givers Support Group meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Parish Library.

Care Giver Information

Caregiving Articles from the Caregiver Assistance Network

Attached are several articles with some good insights on caregiving from the Caregiver Assistance Network.

  1. Who Cares?

    Family members and volunteers provide some 90% of all home care in the U.S. to those who are ill, fragile or disabled. In Hamilton County alone, an estimated 100,000 persons are caring on a regular basis for a relative or friend – many of these 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
    More of the article

  2. Be a better caregiver By Dr. Tedd Mitchell

Family Caregivers Resource Group

Are you responsible of the care of an elderly or disabled loved one? You are a caregiver whether you devote as much as 24 hours a day or as little as five minutes a week to someone you care for. Join us as we explore caregiving together and discuss such topics as maintaining balance as a caregiver; how to cope with feelings of guilt and stress; finding helpful resources to support the caregiver. We are meeting on Thursday, February 16 at 7-8pm in St. Joseph’s Room. If getting out to a support group is difficult …there is a online resource group for family caregivers CARING MATTERS E – CAREline via catholiccharitiesswo.org. It provides caregiver information; stress relief; e-mailing caregiver questions.

Caregivers Lecture

10/23/2011 - 11:43am — Event Editor

Caregiver Assistance Network presents:
“Baby Boomers As Caregivers: How Do We Manage This?”

This program looks at the pressures baby boomers face, including their own health challenges as they prepare for a role in family caregiving.

Tuesday, November 8
St. Gertrude Church St. Dominic Lobby
7:00-8:30pm

Presented by Jan L. Welsh, CMC, LPC, CRC
Bring a friend!

Caregivers Support

06/12/2011 - 3:48pm — Event Editor

Caregivers - Sacred Heart Meeting Room in the Parish Center

THE FAMILY CAREGIVERS RESOURCE GROUP: Are you responsible for the care of an elderly or disabled loved one? You are a caregiver whether you devote as much as 24 hours a day or as little as 5 minutes a week to someone you care for. Join us as we explore care giving together and discuss such topics as maintaining balance as a caregiver; how to cope with feelings of guilt and stress; finding helpful resources to support the caregiver.

Contact Name(s): 
Nancy Silvers
Contact Phone Number(s): 
936-0940

Care Giver Quick Reference Card

Organization Phone Organization Phone
AARP 1-888-687-2277 ALS Association 859-781-8555
Alzheimer's Association 721-4284 American Heart/Stroke Association 281-4048
Butler County Elderly Services 868-9281 Caregiver CAREline 929-4483
Cancer Family Care 731-3346 Catholic Social Services 241-7745
Center for Independence Living Options 241-2600 Cincinnati Area Senior Services 721-4330
Cincinnati Association for the Blind 221-8558 Clermont Senior Services 724-1255
Clinton County Elderly Services 937-382-1848 Community Medicaid 946-2480
Council on Aging 721-7670 Deaconess Resource Center 559-2458
Elder Abuse Hotline 421-LIFE Eldercare Locator 1-800-677-1116
Legal Aid Society 241-9400 Meals on Wheels (CASS) 721-4330
Nursing Home Hotline 1-800-488-6070 Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP) 1-800-686-1578
Pro Seniors Legal Service 345-4160 Senior Services Northern Kentucky 859-491-0522
RX for Ohio (Pharmaceutical Assistance) (877)-RX4-OHIO Social Security/Medicare 1-800-772-1213
Transportation (CASS) 721-4330 United Way 721-7900
Warren County Community Services 925-2237


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