Presented by Sara Qualls, PhD, ABPP
Date: September 6th, 10am-12pm CT
When caregiving challenges family systems in the later part of life, individuals and families often struggle with practical and emotional burdens that are too often fraught with family conflict. Families with long histories are expected to engage in novel work related to declining functional health of aging member(s) without training. Not surprisingly, many families find themselves overwhelmed with practical tasks that are emotionally loaded and interpersonally complicated. In this three-part series, participants from all mental health professions are invited to consider how the intersection of three major bodies of research on family development, family systems, and successful aging can help them guide family members toward more successful strategies to handle the very daunting tasks they face.
Session 1 on 9/6/24: Families Age
Session 2 on 9/13/24: Family Systems Shifting into Caregiving
Session 3 on 9/20/24: Growing Caregivers into Successful Aging
Learning Objectives:
- Identify common caregiving difficulties and their consequences for individuals and families
- Explain how caregiving challenges families to meet the developmental needs of all family members
- Describe interventions with caregivers that derive from family systems theory
- Discuss how principles from family development and family systems theories can guide interventions to foster healthy caregivers and families
