Michelle Toft, director of Memory Care Programs for Cypress Home Care, will talk about “Control” at the Fountain Hills Caregivers Support Group meeting Monday, Feb. 6.

The meeting starts at 11 a.m. in the Activity Center at the Community Center.

Toft will discuss various control issues including the caregiver losing control and too often not having a private life of their own. The person diagnosed loses control and therefore the caregiver takes on too much. She will talk about identifying these situations and the possible side effects.

“Experiencing a variety of emotions when caring for others is normal,” says Toft. “This course teaches the warning signs of caregiver stress and tools and techniques to improve mental and physical health and to reduce the stress associated with caregiving.”

For more information, call Jim Judge at 480-209-8755, or Bill Whittaker at 480-837-7961.

Open to all caregivers regardless of age, affliction or disease, or place of residence, the Fountain Hills Caregivers Support Group offers a responsive environment where caregivers may discover they are neither unique in their situation nor alone in their feelings and experiences. It allows caregivers to exchange ideas and information, find solutions to similar problems and suggest discussion topics for future meetings.

It is also an opportunity for caregivers to develop informal networks and peer groups for extended support.