A peer community for caregivers
Where caregivers find each other.
A room for those carrying the emotional weight of caring for aging parents, partners or loved ones with dementia, serious illness or disability. A peer-led community that gets it without explanation.
What we are
The Care Den is a peer community for caregivers. It’s not a course or curriculum but rather, a space to refill your cup.
Members gather almost daily to talk, sit, laugh, vent, and breathe. Support circles and workshops are led by peer facilitators who have been caregivers themselves or have worked in care spaces and generously offer to share their wisdom. The community lives quietly between sessions, in our private online platform, in posts, direct messages and in small acts of care members do for each other.
You don’t have to explain yourself here. We already get it.
At first I was nervous about joining but then I thought, what is there to lose? I wasn't looking for a support group. This is exactly what I wanted, overall wellness for caregivers. I can tell how intentional you have been curating the sessions and the facilitators and I'm so grateful to be here. The Care Den is an answered prayer.
I am filled with gratitude to be surrounded in this space with others who can provide the upspiral levity and comfort in times of need.
The Care Den is a rare place where people you've never and will probably never meet will lift you up and you get to lift others because you've worn their shoes. If you are in doubt, join because it's a place like no other.
The rhythm of the room
A week inside The Care Den is built around real conversation. Mondays start with a support circle. Midweek offers guided exercises to calm and balance the nervous system. Friday night hangs are for socializing. And Sundays slow down with a meditation or sessions that honor grief. Some weeks feature an expert in the field of care. Some weeks just hold space. Come to one session a week or all of them. You are welcome to engage or stay silent. We hold room for all of it.
Who built this
The Care Den was built by Jacquelyn Revere and Lynn McGuire-Raj.
Jacquelyn Revere spent 6 years caring for her mother with dementia. 19 of those months, she cared for both her mother and grandmother simultaneously. She’s built an audience of nearly one million supporters across social media platforms under the handle @momofmymom to tell the truth about caregiving. She has written an op-ed for the LA Times…
Lynn McGuire-Raj, MSW, LCSW-A was cared for by her parents when she had cancer in her thirties. Twenty years later, she returned home to care for them as they navigated heart disease and dementia. A former fundraiser and festival producer turned counselor…
