Caregivers: Facing Challenges and Forging Resilience
Summary:
Facing Challenges and Forging Resilience
In this video, social worker, Jill Randall, discusses:
- challenges for the caregiver during transplant and beyond
- Relationships and role changes
- Emotions
- When does it get better?
- qualities and strengths that promote resilience
- strategies to cope with stress
- Help with organization
- Communication is key
- Making meaning out of the situation
- Self care is important because…
- Finding positives
- Resources for caregivers
Jill Randall is the Team Lead of the Patient Support Center at Be the Match® operated by the National Marrow Donor Program. This video is a recording of the workshop conducted at the 2017 Celebrating a Second Chance at Life Survivorship Symposium. It is a 30-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute Q & A session.
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