Washington County

Powerful Tools is an educational program designed to help family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend. You will benefit from this class whether you are helping a parent, spouse, or friend.  Participants will learn to:

• reduce stress
• improve self-confidence
• better communicate feelings
• increase their ability to make tough decisions
• locate helpful resources

Savvy Caregiver increases the caregiver’s sense of competence, and well-being even though there may be little experience. The course will cover:

• understanding the career of caregiving
• different types of dementia
• how the decline in cognition affects behavior
• dealing with the feelings that arise while caregiving
• fitting tasks and activities to the person’s abilities
• decision making skills