MEN! Are you a full time or part-time caregiver for a spouse, a parent, or a child?
Do you have a friend or neighbor who is a caregiver?
Ever feel like you are the only one experiencing frustration, loneliness, anger, impatience, even depression in your caregiving role? “If I just had another guy I could talk to about my experiences…..”.
LAUMC and Senior New Ways are pleased to offer a Men’s Caregiver Resource Group every 2nd and 4th Thursdays, in the Garden Room, beginning May 10th. The group will meet at 10:00 AM and each meeting will last 60-90 minutes. Stay as long as you are able. The second meeting will be held on May 24th.
This is a resource and information group, no lectures. The content of our meetings is confidential. The focus is on alternative ways of dealing with caregiving and caregiver circumstances; an ability to release joys, frustrations, successes, anger, disappointments etc. by talking with / hearing about others in similar roles and circumstances. Sharing is not required.
The greatest insight repeatedly gained from these get-togethers is that we are not alone in our situations. Most of the meeting time is spent “checking in” about how we are existing-surviving-succeeding as caregivers. Outside speakers may be possible, probably at times and locations outside of the normal group meetings.
The group facilitator is John Lehman, a member of LAUMC, a caregiver for seven years, and the executive director of Senior New Ways Inc. John is currently leading other caregiver groups.
If you have any questions, please contact John at (408) 480-2592.
Hope to see you there.
