The next meeting of the Fountain Hills Caregivers Support Group is Monday, Feb. 5.

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

The meeting will feature open discussion groups in which attendees can talk about any of a broad range of caregiving issues such as “how to manage the effects of caregiving on the caregiver’s personal health,” and other issues like “contending with the emotional strain and drain of caring for a family member.”

In addition, attendees are invited to bring their own caregiving materials to the meeting.

These include resources they may have collected such as books, articles, pamphlets and websites.

This sharing of information may allow for the exchange of ideas about possible solutions to particular caregiving concerns, according to a press release written by Bill Whittaker.

For more information, contact Jim Judge at 480-209-8755, Bill Whittaker at 480-837-7961 or Kathleen Blair at 480-588-8200.

Open to all caregivers regardless of age, affliction, 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, Whittaker said.

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