Caregiver Burnout

Care Partner burnout, a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion, happens when care partners try to do too much for too long.

This course will help care partners recognize understand ways to prevent and address both caregiver strain and burnout by recognizing their limits and setting boundaries. 
 

 

 

Syllabus

 

What is Caregiver Burnout?
Video, 10 Minutes

Caregiver Burnout and Strain
Video, 1 Minute

Tips for Managing Care Partner Stress
Downloadable Resource

Strategies to Prevent or Address Burnout
Video, 3 Minutes

Pause and Reflect: Burnout and Strain
Personal Prompt

The Impact of Caregiver Strain 
Video, 1 Minute

Did you know…?
Information Page

Pause and Reflect: The Impact of Strain
Personal Prompt

Measuring Caregiver Burnout
Video, 1 Minute

The Caregiver Health Self Assessment
Questionnaire

Pause and Reflect: Measuring Burnout
Personal Prompt

Progressing Caregiver Strain
Video, 1 Minute

Recognizing Caregiver Strain
Video, 1 Minute

Symptoms of Caregiver Burnout
Take-Home Tip

Pause and Reflect: Strain or Burnout?
Personal Prompt

Screening for Caregiver Burnout 
Video, 2 Minutes

Screening for Caregiver Burnout 
Survey

Pause and Reflect: Screening
Personal Prompt

Secondary Caregiving
Video, 1 Minute

Caregiving is a Team Sport 
Video, 10 Minutes

Getting Support
Video, 5 Minutes

Pause and Reflect: Getting Support
Personal Prompt

Respite Care
Video, 3 Minutes

Types of Respite Care
Video, 1 Minute

Finding a Professional on a Budget
Video, 1 Minute

Find Your Local Aging and Disability Resources
Information Page

Pause and Reflect: Respite Care
Personal Prompt

Accepting Help
Video, 1 Minute

Asking for Help
Video, 2 Minutes

Pause and Reflect: Accepting Help
Personal Prompt

Your Contingency Plan
Video, 2 Minutes

Your Contingency Plan
Survey

Pause and Reflect: Your Contingency Plan
Personal Prompt

Prioritizing Your Needs
Video, 2 Minutes

Therapy for Care Partners 
Video, 2 Minutes

Care to Talk? The Benefits of Counseling
Video, 3 Minutes

Pause and Reflect: Prioritizing Your own Needs
Personal Prompt

Recovering from Burnout
Video, 3 Minutes

Pause and Reflect: Recovering from Burnout
Personal Prompt

Closing Thoughts - Center on Yourself
Video, 2 Minutes

Evaluation
Survey

  

 

Target Audience

This course introduces concepts that can be helpful for those new to the Parkinson’s community as well as those who are seasoned Parkinson’s care partners.

Secondary care partners are encouraged to complete this course as well to better understand the challenges the primary care partner faces and how to support them as well as their loved one with Parkinson’s.

Learning Objectives

Our hope is that care partners who take this course will:

  1. Recognize the progression from “caregiver stress” to “caregiver strain” to “caregiver burnout” and how to recognize each in themselves.
  2. Understand ways to identify and advocate for their needs as their loved one’s Parkinson’s progresses.
  3. Learn how to better take care of themselves as a care partner.
Course summary
Course opens: 
06/21/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2025
Rating: 
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Caregiver Burnout Subject Matter Experts:  

Lance M. Wilson, MSS, LSW,C-SWHC, ASW-G 

Social Worker / Education & Outreach Coordinator 
Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence Coordinator  
Jefferson Health Institute for Neuroscience
 

Lance is a Neuroscience Medical Social Worker who works with patients diagnosed with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Lance works with both patients and care partners providing education, emotional support, and assistance navigating both healthcare systems and systems along the continuum of care. 

 

Annie Brooks, MSW 

Director, Strategic Initiatives 
Parkinson’s Foundation  

Annie serves as the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Parkinson’s Foundation. In this role, Annie provides leadership and day to day management of Foundation priority programs including the Newly Diagnosed initiative and the Hospital Care Initiative. Annie also created and oversees the Parkinson’s Foundation Care Partner Program online courses for Care Partners. and is passionate about empowering diverse communities to achieve their best health and social outcomes. 

 

Expert Care Partners:  

Lorri Russell  

Lori cared for her husband, Bob, for nearly 20 years. She describes their experience navigating Parkinson’s after he was diagnosed just six months after they were married, and the things that they, alongside their family, have learned along the way.  

Marlene Perdan 

Marlene’s has been in various caregiving roles for the last fifteen years. Her husband, Bill, was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson’s and his father, Marlene’s father-in-law, was diagnosed with PD shortly after. More recently, Marlene’s sister was also diagnosed with PD. She shares how she learned to navigate gradual changes and the bumps along the way. 

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