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Please email details and pdf documents promoting the item, with a contact name, email address, phone number to: Sue Ellen Lewis, Editor, Caregiver SOS Signals Newsletter/Email News Blasts: SueEllenLewis@msn.com; Voice: 210-637-5116.
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Features Important Topics, Including:
- Planning Summer Travel with Older Adults
- Relaxation: Importance and Techniques
- Coping with Stress
These hour-long phone-based sessions are provided courtesy of WellMed Charitable Foundation, and are designed to connect family caregivers to experts with helpful information and other caregivers, with needed emotional, educational and social support.
The sessions can be accessed from anywhere via your phone: no need to get dressed up, find transportation, or get a sitter.
Register for any TeleLearning Session by phone: (210) 871-7SOS (7767) or 1 (866) 390-6491 (toll-free); Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. New Calendar Format
The new format includes a description of each session, making it simpler for caregivers to select those in which they would like to participate. The individual session flyers have been discontinued.
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Thursday, June 12 at 12 Noon.
"Planning Summer Travel with Older Adults" with Patsy Swatek, LCSW, and Zanda Hilger, LPC 
Learn and share ways to think and plan ahead for traveling with older adults you care for or when they stay home and need special attention.
This telelearning session is open to all at no charge. Registration
Thursday, June 19, 12 Noon
"Relaxation: Importance and Techniques" with Evalyn Greb, LCSW
Do you get to the end of the day feeling like you have been completely drained of all energy and are unhappy with yourself? This session will discuss the need for relaxation in your daily routine and some proven techniques to lower your stress. You will hear other caregivers share the ways they have learned to relax.
This telelearning session is open to all at no charge. Registration.
Wednesday, June 25 at 11 a.m.
"Coping with Stress" with Sharon Lewis, RN, PhD, FAAN
Dr. Lewis is a recognized expert on caregiving issues and is the developer of the Stress-Busting Program for Family Caregivers. This session will explore specific coping strategies in relation to addressing caregiver stress. Participants will reflect on how they respond to stress and how they can develop appropriate coping strategies for their caregiving situation.
This telelearning session is open to all at no charge. Registration
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This Eblast Courtesy of WellMed Charitable Foundation
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