Caregiver Stress Relief Goes Mobile
Caregiving Club recognizes stress is often a caregiver’s Enemy No. 1. In fact, a National Alliance for Caregiving study found 78% of caregivers want expert advice including help with managing stress and finding ways to balance all of life’s responsibilities.
Celebrate National Relaxation Day (August 15) every day! The solution is RELAX developed by Cranium Crunches and marketed in collaboration with Caregiving Club. This free mobile app offers four key areas to allow caregivers to get expert help with relaxation techniques to alleviate stress and to customize your relaxation breaks and progress: Guided Meditation, Yoga, Journal and Learn About Brain Health and Stress.
Learn more about the app below including viewing screen shots.
Read the press release here announcing the RELAX app from Caregiving Club and Cranium Crunches.
Download the app for the following devices from the following online stores (the app is FREE and a no-advertising version is 99 cents):
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=relax+by+cranium+crunches
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/relax-by-cranium-crunches/id688922038?ls=1&mt=8
Use RELAX as part of your Me Time Monday Plan
“When Cranium Crunches reached out to us about creating a special caregiver app, we found their concept for RELAX a perfect way for caregivers to find their Zen zone,” says Sherri Snelling, CEO of the Caregiving Club. “We’re encouraging caregivers to use it as a complement to our Me Time Monday℠ program, a core part of our mission and message to help guide caregivers to better health and wellness.”
Click here to read about Me Time Monday
Click here to view the Me Time Monday video tip on Caregiver Stress Relief
“Most of us know we should exercise our bodies for better health but that is only one-half of the health and wellness equation – brain fitness is equally important,” says Ruth Curran, founder of Cranium Crunches. “When caregivers are challenged by stress, brain games that aid relaxation can be the prescription needed, especially for the 15 million caregivers of those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease who report higher stress levels than most other caregivers.”
Click here to learn more about Cranium Crunches
RELAX Offers Four Ways for Caregivers to Find Stress Relief
1. Guided Relaxation
This section includes 3-8 minute individual image slideshows on breathing, full body relaxation with choice of journeys: to a forest, to the ocean or to your personal peaceful place. Caregivers control how long they want to relax and can record their 1-10 relaxation score in the app’s personal journal. Future updates include a meditation section developed in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation.
2. Yoga
Two 3-minute videos using yoga poses to stretch and help caregivers get blood to the brain.
3. Journal
A place where caregivers can record personal notes and scores to track progress. Future updates will include the caregiver’s ability to record and share personal guided relaxation and meditative practices creating a user-generated library for relaxation tips.
4. Learn About Brain Health and Stress
Learning cards with information about stress and the brain. This section will also offer a podcast in future updates.
Learn More About Caregiver Stress
- A Commonwealth Fund study found ongoing stress contributed to caregivers being twice as likely as the general public to develop chronic illness earlier in life.
- Another study found ongoing high levels of stress can cause caregivers to age more rapidly – among special needs children caregivers, these mothers appeared 9-17 years older than their biological age.
- Middle-age stress has been linked as a predictive factor in developing Alzheimer’s disease in later life.
- A National Alliance for Caregiving study found stress leads 10 percent of caregivers to adopt or return to bad habits such as misusing alcohol, prescription drugs or sleep aids to cope.
- Stress is a major factor in insomnia – something 38 percent of caregivers in health decline reported. Lack of restorative sleep can cause weight gain, obesity and diabetes by disrupting metabolism.
Read Sherri Snelling’s recent article about caregiver stress:
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