Exploring Family Identity with the Caregivers' Café

As part of the Territorial Resource Center (CRT), the Irénée de Bruyn Hospital and the Bethany Home long-term care facility for the elderly in Saint-Martin have created the “Caregivers’ Café.”
This is a space for listening and sharing experiences; its first meeting was held on Wednesday, August 26, in the Eugénie Blanchard Room at the Saint-Barthélemy Hospital. On Monday, October 19, a second meeting will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Irénée de Bruyn Hospital. Once again led by Ahmel Lemarchand, a neuropsychotherapist, the session will invite people who are caring for a loved one with diminished autonomy to explore what shapes family identity: upbringing, traditions and rituals, values, and beliefs. Understanding the concept of support as a caregiver, promoting well-being and personal fulfillment, preventing abuse, harmonizing caregiving practices, and knowing one’s rights as a caregiver—these are the objectives of these meetings, which will take place every three months.