Caregivers

If you are a “caregiver” – someone who provides unpaid care for a loved one – you may not realize the responsibility can take a physical, mental, and emotional toll. You can take better care of your loved one if you take better care of yourself. Duet helps you do just that.

How we help:

• Support groups throughout the Valley
• Alzheimer’s support group
• General Caregiver groups
• Parkinson’s support groups
• Workshops and seminars for diverse groups of caregivers
• Information and referral services
• Volunteer respite assistance

Are you a caregiver? You are if:

• Your frail loved one lives with you
• You provide emotional, physical, or spiritual support to a loved one
• You take care of a loved one 24 hours a day
• You coordinate care long-distance
• You care for a spouse, parent, child, relative or partner who is ill, disabled, older or frail

Caregivers often need help with:

• Relieving caregiver stress
• Resolving family tensions
• Exploring the emotional aspects of caregiving
• Managing long-distance caregiving
• Assessing community resources
• Nurturing spiritual well-being
• Coping with chronic illness

You can:

Browse Frequently Asked Questions for caregivers
Call (602) 274-5022 if this will be your first meeting
Find a support group near you
Sign up for a support group
Request respite assistance
Volunteer to help a caregiver near you
Ask for help

Frequently Asked Questions for Caregivers

• I’ve never been to a support group. What happens in the meetings?
• Where are your support groups located?
• Why do I feel guilty? I do the best I can.
• My loved one can’t stay alone. Who can I get to stay with them?
• How can I get my loved one to stop driving? He/she’s not safe behind the wheel.
• My loved one can’t afford the cost of assisted living, residential or skilled care. What are their options?
• My mother lives in a different state. How can I help from a distance?
• My father is so isolated. What can he do?
• I feel overwhelmed. What can I do?
• Mother seems to be forgetting things. Is it Alzheimer’s?

Monthly Support Groups for Caregivers of the Elderly

Call (602) 274-5022 if this will be your first meeting, or for more information.

Alzheimer’s Meetings

Phoenix

Church of the Beatitudes
555 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix, AZ
1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Parkinson’s Meetings

Phoenix

Church of the Beatitudes
Patio Room
555 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix, AZ
2nd Wednesday, 1:30 p.m.

West Valley

Skyway Church of the West Valley
14900 W. Van Buren, Goodyear, AZ
2nd Thursday, 10:00 a.m.

General Caregiver Groups

Phoenix

John C. Lincoln Cowden Center
2nd St. and Sunnyslope, Phoenix, AZ
1st Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
(602) 870-6374

Church of the Beatitudes- Room 15
555 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix, AZ
2nd Saturday, 10:30 a.m.

Shadow Mountain Senior Center
3546 E. Sweetwater, Phoenix, AZ
2nd Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.

Glendale

“Caring Friends”
Thunderbird Baptist Village
13617 N. 55th Ave., Glendale, AZ
3rd Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.

Scottsdale

Via Linda Senior Center
10440 E. Via Linda, Scottsdale, AZ
2nd Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.