Self-Care for All: Sharing a Caregiver Program During the Pandemic

Family members and health care professionals for people with a variety of health conditions play a crucial role in health care. Burden for both groups can erode their self-care skills, leading to poor physical and mental health outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented events that unfolded during 2020 added an additional layer of stress and challenges, compounded by life disruptions that further interfered with self-care. In response to those concerns, self-care education and support programs were offered to multiple audiences. This article briefly describes how a self-care program rapidly pivoted by disseminating the program content in a variety of ways to meet the increased and varied needs of a range of health care providers and family supporters. Lessons learned and implications considered are described.