Mindfulness for Older Adult Caregivers
Learn mindfulness techniques to face life's challenges with greater calm and mental resilience.
Course Overview
The Mindfulness for Older Adult Caregivers programme has been offered since 2020 and has been specifically designed to meet the needs of older adult caregivers. It offers practical, evidence-based tools to help you manage stress, restore balance, and support your own wellbeing. Over a series of gentle, guided sessions, you will learn simple mindfulness practices that can be woven into everyday life. The group format creates a supportive space to pause, reconnect, and build resilience through shared experience.
Is This Course For You?
Many caregivers tend not to recognise themselves as a carer. We want to ensure that people can access our course irrespective of the type or amount of care they are providing. For example, you may provide unpaid help and support to a family member, partner, friend, or neighbour. The programme is specifically designed for older adults, typically aged over 65.​
What to Expect
The group runs over six consecutive weeks; you’ll meet in a closed, supportive group. After the course, you’ll have the option to join or create a Community of Practice, to continue practicing mindfulness together.
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Online via Zoom, daytime hours for accessibility
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Led by a BAMBA-Registered Mindfulness Teacher
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Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions to fully benefit
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Home practice helps you bring mindfulness into daily life
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Access to guided recordings and downloadable handouts
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10-15 minutes per day at a pace that suits you
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Brief questionnaires before, during, and after the course track your progress
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You’ll receive a personalised outcomes report, showing the impact of your practice
Measurable Improvements in Wellbeing
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68% of participants with depression symptoms in the clinical range showed a reduction in PHQ-9 scores at the end of the programme.
(Mindfulness Programmes for Carers)
82% of participants with clinical
levels of anxiety reduced their GAD-7
scores by programme completion.
(Mindfulness Programmes for Carers)
What Participants Tell Us
"I was incredibly anxious and I'm not an anxious person. But I'm now finding myself again"
NS, June 2022
"Being at home and close, I think, is important for people who are still caring for somebody at home"
SA, November 2025
Current Programmes
Mindfulness for Older Adult Caregivers
Meet the Teacher: Ruth McDonald
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10:00am-11:00am - Online
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Session 1: Thursday 16th April
Session 2: Thursday 23rd April
Session 3: Thursday 30th April
Session 4: Thursday 7th May
Session 5: Thursday 14th May
Session 6: Thursday 21st May
​This course is for carers aged 65 and over.
Research that informs our work
We draw on well-established research to guide how our programmes are designed and delivered. The papers below outline some of the evidence base behind the principles and practices we use, for those who would like to learn more.
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Title: A Pilot Online Mindfulness Intervention to Decrease Caregiver Burden and Improve and Psychological Well-Being
Authors: R Tkatch, D Bazarko, S Musich, et al.
Journal: Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (Vol 22.4 2017) VIEW PDF
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Title: Mindfulness training for people with dementia and their caregivers: rationale, current research, and future directions
Authors: L Berk, F Warmenhoven, J Van Os & M Van Boxtel
Journal: Frontiers in psychology (Vol 9 2018) VIEW PDF​​