FAMILY CAREGIVERS’ LEVELS OF IMPACT
The Detroit Family Caregivers’ Project— Living Our Legacies will utilize and adapt the Center for Disease Control’s Social Ecological Model for Prevention, Planning and Community Engagement to transform the family caregiving experience one individual at a time. The Living Our Legacies family caregiving project will impact the Individual who is the family caregiver, build the Relationship with a caregiver’s family, foster Community in partnership with Caring Congregations, and advocate for Social Change that brings awareness to the social determinants of family caregiving. The Detroit Family Caregivers’ Project—Living Our Legacies will transform the family caregiving journey by strengthening the faith congregations’ capacity to lessen the crisis process. This innovative approach will change the family caregiving experience from an unexpected family caregiving crisis to a planned-for season of life. Family caregivers will go from navigating the caregiving journey uninformed to being well-informed, and from lacking the wherewithal to becoming knowledgeable and educated. Family caregivers will be empowered to navigate the family caregiving journey experiencing peace of mind, exercising self-care, being well planned and highly prepared .
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