How Does the Cold Weather Impact Caregivers?
Send your sumissions to us!
Do the winter months pose unique challenges?
Does attendance at support group meetings drop off? How can
caregivers protect their health during the cold and flu season? Does
winter depression exact a toll on the elderly and their caregivers?
These are some of the challenges we face during these long
Northeast winter months. Has your agency encountered these issues?
Let us know what your creative solutions are!
Caregiver Immunization Toolkit
Developed by AoA
and the Family Caregiver Alliance, the Caregiver Immunization
Toolkit includes posters, postcards and fact sheets designed to aid
in the campaign to get family caregivers to receive seasonal flu
shots.
Learn more...
Caregiver Coordinator Profile - Cynthia
Stevenson
For our first in a series of Caregiver
Coordinator Profiles, we interview Cynthia Stevenson of Onondaga
County. I spoke with Cynthia at length about what she's doing in
Syracuse, what new and exciting programs she's got on tap for the
coming year, and what she's most proud of accomplishing.
Learn about Onondaga County's "Discussion Groups" and their
collaborative venture, "ICare", the Institute for Caregivers, by
reading Profiles in Caregiving on our web site.
Profiles in Caregiving
