This year, the FREE 14th Annual Caregivers Count Conference, hosted by Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) will be held in four parts. The first three Saturday sessions on September 14, 21, and 28 will be virtual and the last session on Saturday, October 5, will be in person at Campbell Community Center, in Campbell, CA. Read on for event details and the registration link.
Find all the details on the 2024 Caregivers Count Conference webpage, including biographies for each of the speakers and breakout session leaders. After each of the first three virtual sessions, a recording will be posted at the bottom of the 2024 Caregivers Count Conference webpage.
Register on Eventbrite for the FREE Caregivers Count Conference.
Saturday, September 14 (virtual) – Safe & Sound: Creating A Safe Home for Your Loved One
Occupational therapist Daniel Sego will talk about the importance of balance for seniors, the variables that contribute to seniors falling including home safety, the systems in our body that control balance, and the tools that can be used to prevent falls.
Saturday, September 21 (virtual) – End-of-Life Support for Family Caregivers
Hospice nurse and end-of-life doula, Gabby Jimenez will address the End-of-Life process including the symptoms of decline and the dying process; how to provide care for someone who is dying; caregiving tips & tools; grief support; and the role of End-of-Life Doulas.
Saturday, September 28 (virtual) – Navigating Trauma in Caregiving
Caregiving can be a challenging experience, especially if trauma is involved. You may be caregiving for someone who has experienced trauma, you may have trauma from your life, or your caregiving journey may be traumatic. Learn about a model that helps to reduce the stress response caused by trauma, and join the conversation between a family caregiver and a trauma expert about how to cope with caregiving and trauma.
Speakers for this session include therapist in private practice and senior faculty member with Trauma Resource Institute (TRI), Jennifer Burton Flier, LMFT, and Christina Keys, Founder and CEO of Keys For Caregiving. Christina cared for her mother who was her abuser throughout her childhood from 2013- 2022, when her mother died.
Saturday, October 5 (in-person) – From Stress to Serenity: Self Care & Resiliency
This session will be held at the Campbell Community Center, 1 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA 95008. Use this map of the Campbell Community Center campus to find the Roosevelt Room Q-80 and the Mary Campbell Room Q-84.
First, Development Director at Live Oak Adult Day Services, Ann Peterson, and former family caregiver Jenn Chan will lead a roundtable discussion on self-care practices. Afterward, attendees will choose between three breakout sessions (see options below). Attendees can also sign-up for local caregiver support groups. Light refreshments will be provided.
Breakout Session Options:
- Laughter – Presented by Vivian I. Silva
Learn about the benefits of humor for caregivers and their loved ones. The presenter’s role as a caregiver, including tips from clients, will provide ways to bring humor and laughter into the caregiving experience. Even a smile counts to keep caregivers on a healthier path.
- Chair Yoga – Presented by Mythri Jegathesan
This 30-40 minute session of chair yoga will focus on a set of movements (in short sets) that build an awareness of bodily rhythm, breath, and expansion. It will encourage you to cultivate an appreciation of the range of experience that your body can access and feel throughout any part of your life-course and can be done at any time or in small increments of time during your schedule. Our goal, in the frame of self care, is to experience how any kind of mindful movement as a practice can give us pause to our usual daily activities and serve as a form of rejuvenation and pause.
- Drumming Circle – Presented by Janet Childs
Join us as we discover the rhythm of our heart, using drums, sound and percussion instruments. The sacred power of drumming together will give us energy and support as we journey through life as a caregiver. Become grounded and connected to each other as we enjoy blending our unique, and collective expressions of life’s rhythms. You do not have to have any experience with this. And it is fun!