From Caring to Community:
How to Engage Family Caregivers in Your Coalition
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Guest Speakers Include:
Gregory L. Johnson, MDiv, SMM
Director of Community Outreach, EmblemHealth
Creator, EmblemHealth's Care for the Family Caregiver Initiative, NYC
Inter-faith Minister for Family Caregiving, Marble Collegiate Church
Co-founder, NYC Family Caregiver Coalition
Creator, NYC Partnership for Family Caregiving Corps
Kathleen R. Manny
Community Services Specialist
Sheboygan County Aging and Disability Resource Center
Co-chair, Family Caregivers Coalition in Sheboygan County
Jane Jensen, M.S.
Associate Professor, Family Living Educator
University of Wisconsin - Extension Sheboygan County
Co-chair, Family Caregivers Coalition in Sheboygan County
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[This Week in Caregiving]
from the
National Alliance for Caregiving
Here are some highlights from this week's news on caregiving:
Recognizing Heroes at Home: Male Caregivers
Huffington Post (Blog) | June 26, 2014
"Of the estimated 5.2 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease, almost two-thirds are women. This unbalanced ratio is causing more men to take on caregiving responsibilities. In fact, according to the Alzheimer's Association and the National Alliance for Caregiving, more than six million men are caring for someone with Alzheimer's or dementia, almost twice as many as 15 years ago."
Baby Boomers Turn to Support, Tech for Long Distance Caregiving
Memphis Commerical Appeal (AP) | June 23, 2014
"Caregiving has become 'an unexpected second career' for many people in their 50s and 60s, says Tamar Shovali, who studies gerontology and teaches at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. 'And distance caregiving is really difficult,' she says."
States Move to Support Working Family Caregivers
AARP Blog | June 23, 2014 "One way states can help is by providing legal protections from employment discrimination due to caregiving status. States can also expand access to paid sick days and family and medical leave benefits to permit time off to care for ill family members or for a worker's own serious health condition."
Study Links Traumatic Brain Injury to Increased Dementia Risk
Reuters | June 25, 2014
"Older military veterans who have suffered a serious head injury are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia than uninjured veterans, according to a new study.
The report looked at traumatic brain injury (TBI), which includes concussions, skull fractures and bleeding inside the skull."
Heart of the Matter: Treating the Disease Instead of the Person
NPR Health Shots (Blog) | June 25, 2014
"A 56-year-old man is having lunch with his wife at a seafood restaurant just outside Boston when he develops crushing chest pain. He refuses an ambulance, so the man's wife drives him to the ER. What happens next says a lot about the difference that being a doctor or a patient can make in how one feels about the health care system."
Cool Link of the Week
Caring for Roger Ebert: An Inspiring Documentary
PBS Next Avenue Blog | June 24, 2014
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