Workshops are highly participatory. Mutual support and success build participants’ confidence in their ability to manage their health and maintain active and fulfilling lives. Each participant is guided to tailor the workshop content to their own needs.
Adult informal (family and friends) caregivers caring for adults with memory impairment
How was the programs developed?
The Stanford Patient Education Research Center (now SMRC) received a grant from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and pilot test a program for caregivers of people with brain injury or impairment. Either the caregiver or the care partner were veterans. Using what was learned from our other online studies and information from the VA and caregivers, the online BBC was developed. Later with funding from the Archstone Foundation the in-person BBC was developed and evaluated. For many years the asynchronous version of the program has been used nationally by the Veterans Administration Caregiving Services.
How can my facility offer the Program?
All agencies must have at a minimum:
Skills that may lead to stress reduction for caregiver and their care partner.
Geriatricians, social workers, registered dietitians, occupational and physical therapists, and other health professionals all of whom have extensive caregiving experience have reviewed all workshop materials.
Topics include:
The BBC program is approved for Title IIIE funding under the Older American’s Act and is on the list of Best Practice Caregiving for family care givers delivered by the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging and the Family Caregiving Alliance.
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