Isolation: The Curse of Caregivers
Caregiver Teleconnection sessions are one hour learning sessions that can be done via Zoom or over the phone for caregivers of older persons. Experts from around the country share information important to caregiving. Caregivers will have the opportunity to ask questions as well as hear from other caregivers.
Our sessions are geared for the family members taking care of a loved one over the age of 60. Professionals are also welcome to participate as well.
Exhaustion and depression among caregivers has often led to decreased socialization, which is as an important part of self-care. For the past couple of years, we have been encouraged to isolate due to the pandemic. But more and more, Public Health experts are beginning to call isolation a national epidemic. Join us in discussing attitudes and responses to help caregivers, loved ones, and family members informed and ready to fight this curse!
Date September 6, 2022
Hosted By WellMed Charitable Foundation
Evalyn Greb, LCSW
Evalyn Greb, LCSW, started two of California’s first Adult Day Health Care Centers( from 1973 to 1977). She organized and administered a hospital social work department, with a home health agency, an emergency room response program, and San Diego’s first in-patient hospice unit for three years. From 1980 to 2008, Ms. Greb worked for the County of San Diego and procured funding for and administered in-home, case management programs with 96 staff for elderly and disabled persons and their caregivers. Afterwards, she was the lead for the Long Term Care Integration Project (Medicare and Medicaid Integration). Since her retirement from the County, she has consulted with public programs, foundations, including the WellMed Charitable Foundation’s Caregiver Teleconnection for 12 years.