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Caregiver Support Teleconnection Events Zoom – What New Family Caregivers Need to Know

Zoom – What New Family Caregivers Need to Know

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Caregiver Teleconnection sessions are one hour learning sessions 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.

New and even experienced family caregivers can feel overwhelmed by the difficult challenges of caring for others while still caring for themselves. But nearly 50 years of family caregiving research can provide some answers about how caregivers can best cope. Please join Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D., as he discusses applicable research findings on what helps and hurts family caregivers during the long caregiving years.

 

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Date July 26, 2022

Hosted By WellMed Charitable Foundation

Presenter

Barry J. Jacobs, Psy. D.
Barry J. Jacobs is a clinical psychologist, family therapist, and the Director of Behavioral Sciences for the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Springfield, Pennsylvania. He is the co-author (with Julia L. Mayer, Psy.D) of AARP Meditations for Caregivers—Practical, Emotional and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family (Da Capo, 2016) and the author of The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers—Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent (Guilford, 2006). He is a co-editor of the e-book, Collaborative Perspectives—A Selection of CFHA’s Best Blogs From 2009-2015 (CFHA, 2017). Dr. Jacobs has given more than 400 presentations on family caregiving for family caregivers, community groups, and medical and mental health professionals. He is the national spokesperson on caregiving for the American Heart Association and an honorary board member of the Well Spouse Association. He has served on the expert panel for the Caregiver Crisis Great Challenge for TEDMED.com and as a board member of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, a national organization on the integration of mental and physical healthcare. In 2016, he received its lifetime achievement award, the Don Bloch Award. He has held adjunct faculty positions with the Temple University School of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and the Department of Psychology of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. A blogger on family caregiving topics for AARP.org and the Huffington Post, Dr. Jacobs received his bachelor’s degree from Brown University and his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann/Widener Universities.

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