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?

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 85021
1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.

Parkinson’s Meetings

Phoenix

Church of the Beatitudes
Patio Room
555 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85021
2nd Wednesday, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

General Caregiver Groups

Phoenix

John C. Lincoln Cowden Center
2nd St. and Sunnyslope, Phoenix, AZ 85020
1st Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. – Noon
(602) 870-6374

Devonshire Senior Center
2802 E. Devonshire, Phoenix, 85016
1st Wednesday, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Madison Meadows- Activity Room
7211 N. 7th St., Phoenix, 85020
2nd Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Shadow Mountain Senior Center
3546 E. Sweetwater, Phoenix, AZ 85032
2nd Tuesday, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

“LGBT Caregiver Group”
One Voice Community Center
725 W. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, 85013
2nd Tuesday, 4 – 5:00 p.m.

Glendale

“Caring Friends”
Baptist Village Thunderbird
13617 N. 55th Ave., Glendale, AZ 85304
3rd Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Scottsdale

Scottsdale Senior Center
10440 E. Via Linda, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
2nd Tuesday, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

West Valley

Skyway Church of the West Valley
14900 W. Van Buren, Goodyear, AZ 85338
2nd Thursday, 10 – 11:00 a.m.