Showing posts with label Caregivers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caregivers. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Caring For Your Parents Premieres Tonignt at 9 on PBS
About the Special
As the population ages, many adult children are grappling with an unprecedented social, cultural, economic, and personal revolution as they transition into the primary caregiver role for their aging parents. Produced, written, and directed by award-winning filmmaker Michael Kirk, Caring for Your Parents is a moving two-hour special that draws much-needed attention to this universal reality.
The first 90-minutes of Caring for Your Parents underscores today's struggle to keep parents at home, tensions between siblings, and the complexity of shifting caregiver roles through an intimate look at five American families. In the end, the documentary contends successful caregiving requires one primary ingredient love.
Immediately after the 90-minute broadcast, medical correspondent Dr. Art Ulene leads "A Conversation About Caring." This half-hour panel discussion offers concrete advice and guidance on how to start the conversation often the most difficult step in caregiving.
Caring for Your Parents is a Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. Production for WGBH Boston. The executive producer is Laurie Donnelly. Major funding is provided by Harrah's Foundation. Additional funding by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.
A clip of Caring For Your Parents is available, and Starting April 3, 2008 the program is shown in its entirety at PBS online.
Filmmakers Lab – personal short films on Caring For Your Parents.
Free Online Handbook
Download the Enitre Handbook
Buy the Video
As the population ages, many adult children are grappling with an unprecedented social, cultural, economic, and personal revolution as they transition into the primary caregiver role for their aging parents. Produced, written, and directed by award-winning filmmaker Michael Kirk, Caring for Your Parents is a moving two-hour special that draws much-needed attention to this universal reality.
The first 90-minutes of Caring for Your Parents underscores today's struggle to keep parents at home, tensions between siblings, and the complexity of shifting caregiver roles through an intimate look at five American families. In the end, the documentary contends successful caregiving requires one primary ingredient love.
Immediately after the 90-minute broadcast, medical correspondent Dr. Art Ulene leads "A Conversation About Caring." This half-hour panel discussion offers concrete advice and guidance on how to start the conversation often the most difficult step in caregiving.
Caring for Your Parents is a Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. Production for WGBH Boston. The executive producer is Laurie Donnelly. Major funding is provided by Harrah's Foundation. Additional funding by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.
A clip of Caring For Your Parents is available, and Starting April 3, 2008 the program is shown in its entirety at PBS online.
Filmmakers Lab – personal short films on Caring For Your Parents.
Free Online Handbook
Download the Enitre Handbook
Buy the Video
Saturday, March 22, 2008
The Healing Projects Invites Caregivers, Patients, Professionals and Family Members to Join Its Social Network
New Social Networking Website Connects Patients and Caregivers
The Healing Project is launching today Voices Who Care, an innovative social networking website for individuals dealing with life-threatening or chronic illnesses. This website is designed to connect the patient and caregiver communities by providing individuals with a forum where they can meet online.
Key features of the website include:
* Person-to-person search by disease category
* Individual pages including bios, blogs, photo galleries
* Email capabilities
* Community bulletin boards
As the site grows, additional functionality will be added to expand the utility of the site.
Please join its free. Sections and resources have been developed for ALCOHOLISM, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, AUTISM, BREAST CANCER, CANCER, CEREBRAL PALSY, DIABETES, DOWN SYNDROME, EPILEPSY, FRAGILEX, LEUKEMIA, LUNG CANCER, LYMPHOMA, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, PARKINSON'S DISEASE, SENIOR SERVICES AND AGING ISSUES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, VETERANS SERVICES
It is Free and tailored to your needs.
Monday, November 5, 2007
November is National Family Caregivers Month
The Healing Project wishes to celebrate the heroic efforts of the Caregivers in our community. November is National Caregivers Month.
Every November the President of the United States proclaims November to be National Family Caregivers Month (NFC Month). It is designated as a time every year to thank, support, educate and celebrate more than 50 million family caregivers across the country currently providing an estimated $306 billion in "free" caregiving services. Speak Up For Your Rights
This year NFC Month will focus on family caregivers speaking up for their rights. This is an opportunity to advocate for stronger public policy addressing family caregiving issues and raise awareness about community programs supporting family caregivers.
For more information about National Caregivers Month contact:
National Family Caregivers Month
National Family Caregivers Association
10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500
Kensington, MD 20895-3944
(800) 896-3650
(301) 942-6430
(301) 942-2302 Fax
info@thefamilycaregiver.org
http://www.thefamilycaregiver.org/
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