The Six Caregiving Stages™
Your clients, customers, employees, and community members care for family members. Understand the unique challenges, difficult emotions, and heartbreaking impact of caregiving — and transform the way you serve them.
- 2-hour archived workshop — immediate access
- The Caregiving Guide: Your Go-To Reference During All Stages
- Master Class certificate upon completion
- CEU certificate available
After payment, you'll be directed to your course materials automatically. Check your email (including Spam) for access details.
About This Class
A Journey Through the Caregiving Experience
At the end of this two-hour workshop, you'll have the insights to better understand your clients, customers, and employees who care for a family member or friend. You'll also come to appreciate your own personal caregiving experience as Denise describes the full evolution of a caregiving journey — from the very beginning through the end.
Denise first developed The Caregiving Years, Six Stages to a Meaningful Journey in 1997. Over the decades since, she has refined the framework to reflect today's caregiving experience — and it continues to inform her training programs and presentations worldwide.
individuals in the U.S. alone care for a family member or friend. Chances are, your clients, customers, and employees are among them — caring for a parent, spouse, child, grandparent, or sibling with a chronic illness or disability.
Course Agenda
The Six Stages, Two Hours
We'll take a closer look at The Caregiving Years, Six Stages to a Meaningful Journey — exploring the common stumbles within each stage and how to steady them.
Hour One
The Early Stages
- The Expectant Caregiver
- The Freshman Caregiver
- The Entrenched Caregiver
- Common stumbles — and how to steady them
Hour Two
The Later Stages
- The Pragmatic Caregiver
- The Transitioning Caregiver
- The Godspeed Caregiver
- Common stumbles — and how to steady them
What You'll Learn
Learning Objectives
- Understand the evolution of the caregiving experience and how it changes over time across all six stages.
- Identify effective resources available to family caregivers within each stage of the journey.
- Apply the Six Caregiving Stages™ framework to better recognize where clients are — and access appropriate support for each stage.
Continuing Education
CEU Credits
We're approved to provide 2 continuing education hours through the Continuing Education Institute of Illinois for the following credentials:
We are also approved to provide CEUs for healthcare professionals throughout the United States. Check the CEU provider map →
Illinois professions also eligible:
- Counselor-Professional/Clinical
- Dental Hygienist
- Dietitian/Nutritionist
- Marriage and Family Counselor
- Nursing Home Administrator
- Occupational Therapist
- Physician
- Psychologist
- Physical Therapist
- Respiratory Therapist
- Social Worker
Certificate of Completion
After completing the two-hour course and passing your online exam, you'll receive a Master Class: The Six Caregiving Stages™ certificate. If you require CEUs, you'll also receive a CEU certificate from the Continuing Education Institute of Illinois.
Your Instructor
Meet Denise Brown
Denise M. Brown
Founder, The Caregiving Years Training Academy
Denise first developed The Six Caregiving Stages™ framework in 1997. Over the decades since, she has refined the concept to reflect today's caregiving experience — and it continues to inform her training programs and presentations. She began supporting individuals who care for a family member in 1990, launching one of the first online communities for family caregivers.
Ready to Better Understand Family Caregivers?
Enroll in The Six Caregiving Stages™ Master Class today and gain insights you can use immediately.
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