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Clutter Is Natural
Nature loves clutter. Just think of all the stuff that drops from trees, washes in on the tide, or is blown by the wind into your backyard. Birds molt, animals shed, snakes slither out of their skin, and they all just leave it lying there to rot...
Family Breaks - Some great ideas for winter
Outside of the summer holidays it can be difficult to find quality entertainment for the children when they are off school. When it is cold and wet sticking them out in the garden isn't really an option, which means they are charging around the...
New Ways to Use Old Christmas Cards
Forty years ago when I was growing up on our dairy farm in Wisconsin, my mother always saved the Christmas cards she had received in the mail. In those days, people sent many more Christmas cards than they do now.
Today, I still find myself...
Planning a Special Wedding Shower
The wedding shower is a traditional party of the marriage process. Often times the bridal party, or the people who have been asked to be in the wedding, will through the party for the couple. Or, other times, friends or family members will hold it...
The Marriage Test
Love should not blind a couple to the realities of their legal status of husband and wife, for they are bound by an unwritten contract of marriage governed by the laws of the federal government, the state they live in and the decisions of the...
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SAS Partners With Caring For Eldery Family Members
The online support group for family caregivers, hosted by Barbara Halpern, past director of Elderly Security Programs and founder of the Coalition on Senior Safety, has recently been included as an additional caregiver resource from the Senior Approved Free Web Community. (Elderly Security Programs was part of The NYC Department for the Aging, Safe Streets Program)
Barbara Mascio, founder and president of Senior Approved Services (www.seniorsapprove.com) said, “We were receiving multiple requests from our web visitors to include an online support group for the adult child providing care. We were thrilled when Barbara Halpern, host of Caring for Elderly Family Members (http://groups.msn.com/CaringforElderlyFamilyMembers/home.htm) approached us with the idea to work together.”
Ms. Halpern, an active advocate for both senior citizens and family caregivers had been searching for additional resources to enhance services at her active members only support group forum when she came across the Senior Approved Free Web Community. “Both of our services have the same goals, to help the senior and the family caregiver. Utilizing the network of Certified Senior Approved Services is an extra added bonus, my members can feel quite comfortable reaching out and contracting with these services based on their proven record of quality care and
service,” affirms Ms. Halpern.
More than 50 million people, provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during any given year.
Most family members readily jump in to help a loved one and will put their own lives on hold. Only 46 percent expect to be caregivers longer than two years. In fact the average length of time spent on caregiving is about eight years, with approximately one third of respondents providing care for 10 years or more. (Source: MetLife Juggling Act Study, Balancing Caregiving with Work and the Costs of Caregiving, Met Life Mature Market Institute, November 1999.)
Online support groups work well for the adult child who may have become isolated due to the demands of 24 x 7 care responsibilities. The support is available 24 hours a day seven days a week, thanks to the world wide web.
Family caregivers are welcome to join and become members through the Caring for Elderly Family Members support group. You are also welcome to visit Senior Approved Services for assistance. The web site offers a place to submit words of wisdom, a recipe contest (not just for food!), subscribe to a free monthly ezine and much more!
About the Author
Founder of Senior Approved Services, a National Network of Products, Services, Resources Endorsed by Seniors (www.seniorsapprove.com)
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