Mark your calendars! It’s time to get together again for our Annual Day of Respite.

This day is designed to encourage, energize, educate and equip family caregivers with information, tools and resources that are beneficial and essential to a caregivers journey1. For many, this journey includes daily stress and pressures that can lead to burnout.

According to the American Heart Association2, Caregiver burnout is caused by long-term stress that can affect your physical, emotional and mental well-being. You become overwhelmed trying to meet the constant demands of your caregiving role. It can have a negative effect on how you care for yourself and your loved one. Many caregivers don’t take time to care for themselves and they begin to show signs of caregiver burnout. Your health and well being benefit your loved one just as they benefit you. So you must get respite – a break – as often as you can.

Our speakers, sponsors, and vendors believe in bridging the gap and making sure our caregivers are supported in their journeys and can get the respite they need to thrive.

See you September 18th!

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2024 Annual Day of Respite

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More ways to participate:

  1. Jaria Sharkey, 7 November 2022, https://www.facebook.com/photo/fbid=3387413234876487&set=a.1827178840899942 ↩︎
  2. American Heart Association, What is Caregiver Burnout?, 2021, https://www.heart.org/-/media/files/health-topics/answers-by-heart/what-is-caregiver-burnout.pdf ↩︎

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