We care! Relief and Close Support in the Case of Care

More and more students and employees at our university of applied sciences are accompanying family members in the event of illness, disability or old age. We are focussing on this care task, taking a close look and developing measures that can provide appropriate support.

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Your paths to care

Caring for a relative can be a fulfilling and meaningful task that gives you the opportunity to give something back to your relative, deepen your relationship and expand your own abilities. At the same time, caring for a relative can also be a huge burden, requiring a lot of time, energy, patience and money. That's why it's important that you don't feel alone, but that you get help and support when you need it.
There are many different offers and services that can help you with caring for relatives. At the FHP, we offer you a range of support measures, whether preventative, reactive or acute. But even in the urban or rural counselling landscape, the variety of care services on offer often creates the feeling of a care jungle. The following pages will give you some orientation.

As part of the FHP Health Day in May 2024, we worked with university members to collect terms that they themselves associate with the topic of "caring for relatives". Words from their personal care experience were included in the collection, as well as common terms from general usage. This graphic thus reflects the reality of life for carers at our university of applied sciences.

Offers at a glance

The workshops are specifically designed to provide you with in-depth knowledge and practical skills that will support and strengthen you in caring for your relatives.

Offers at the FHP:

Four times a year, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam offers workshops on a wide range of topics in cooperation with various counselling centres. This offers university members a platform for exchanging experiences, imparting specialist knowledge and developing solutions tailored to the individual needs and challenges of carers. Through our cooperation with "Pflege in Not" and the "Pflegestützpunkt Potsdam", we guarantee you access to expert knowledge and the opportunity to network with other carers and benefit from their experiences. You are invited to get actively involved and take the opportunity to expand your skills. Experienced speakers will guide you through the various topics and offer valuable insights and guidance. Together, we want to create an environment in which knowledge and support go hand in hand to improve the quality of life of those in need of care and their carers.

Current workshop offers can be found on our FAMteam homepage under "Dates".

External offers:

Care courses: Online care courses are a good way for family carers to continue their education and receive practical tips for everyday care. There are various providers of free online care courses that you can use. Here are some examples:

Caring for relatives: This website offers you free online care courses with a certificate on various topics, such as the basics of home care, dementia, stroke or Parkinson's disease. You can complete the courses at any time and at your own pace.
The TK-PflegeCoach: This online care course is offered by Techniker Krankenkasse and is available free of charge to anyone who is interested. The course teaches you the most important home care skills using videos, photos, texts and testimonials. You can use the course without registering.
BARMER: This website offers various free care courses for relatives, such as group courses, online training or individual counselling. You can find out about the different course formats, dates and registration options.
Workshop series "I care - for myself too": This is an offer from the Berlin Centre of Competence for Care Support, which offers you a series of workshops consisting of eight modules that build on each other. The workshop series shows you ways of coping with challenges in the care situation and offers you the opportunity to exchange ideas with those affected.
The "Helping to help" training series is an interactive seminar programme developed by the German Alzheimer Society e.V. especially for family carers of people with dementia.

Downloads

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Your contact to the FAMteam

The family office offers counselling on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9.30 am – 1.00 pm by appointment. If you would like to make an appointment or request counselling outside of office hours, please write to famteam@fh-potsdam.de with your request and how we can best reach you. In order to make the consultations as personal as possible, we also offer video consultations via Zoom or Microsoft Teams.