Emotional Support & Connection
Understanding Your Emotions
Understanding and coping with the emotional exhaustion that can come from caregiving.
Guidance for adjusting when caregiving needs shift unexpectedly.
Tips for setting realistic expectations for yourself as a caregiver.
Working through the guilt and resentment that often come with caregiving.
Building Resilience and Self-Care
A free CBT-based program helping you manage low mood, anxiety, or stress with phone coaching.
BC's dedicated support organization for family caregivers, with resources and programs.
Creative ways to set goals that help you value yourself while caregiving.
Using intention-setting as a tool for grounding yourself in caregiving.
CMHA BC's general mental health information and resources.
A collection of tools to help build resilience as a caregiver.
A printable quiz to check in on your own resilience and strengths.
Free programs to help you manage your own health while caring for others.
A downloadable toolkit of self-care strategies for caregivers.
Three practical tips for looking inward and protecting your wellbeing.
Find Support & Connect with Others
An explainer on what a caregiver support group actually looks like.
Find a family caregiver support group near you in BC.
Why asking for help is hard, and how to do it anyway.
A guide to building your own caregiver support plan.
A hub of caregiver resources from the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence.
A caregiver support workshop offered through CHATS in Ontario.
A caregiver support program for North Shore seniors.
Caregiver support services through Vancouver Coastal Health.
Caregiver support services through Fraser Health.
A caregiver support program for the Greater Victoria area.