DELIVERING EDUCATION AND SUPPORT TO THOSE OFFERING A BREAK TO CAREGIVERS

COMPANION TRAINING

Training Benefits & Outcomes

  • Companion Training is intended for paid workers or volunteers of organizations who provide, or want to develop, respite services or breaks for caregivers;
  • Companion Training provides the skills and tools needed to provide quality respite;
  • Companion Training is interactive and highly detailed to prepare individuals to care for people across the lifespan who have chronic healthcare needs or disabilities;
  • Research suggests family caregivers provided more favorable ratings of their well-being while receiving respite from trained REST Companions;
  • Companion Training is available free of charge and led by local trainers;
  • CEU’s are available;

Register for this FREE training in Mankato or Rochester!

Rochester

United Way Building,

903 W Center Street (Conf A&B)

June 4, 2018

8:30-4:30 p.m.

To Register, call 507-450-1091

Mankato

Catholic Charities Office

201 N Broad Street, Suite 100

June 11 & 13,  2018

8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

To Register, call 507-458-9687

This event is made possible by Catholic Charities of Southern MN through a Live Well at Home grant from the Minnesota Board on Aging.