Golden Jubilee Senior Expo - Information for Caregivers

Caregivers...
Many vendors at The Golden Jubilee Baby Boomer & Senior Expo are
focused on Caregivers. They understand your needs, concerns, interest
and frustrations. They look forward to helping you in many ways.

Additionally, we have found some interesting links that we feel are helpful
to caregivers.

ARTICLES & WEBSITES:
Proactive Caregiving - Caring For An Elder From Far Away: Geriatric Care
Managers
As an adult, balancing work and elder care can be a challenge whether your
parent lives next door or out of state. Add children to this, and the situation
becomes compounded. Legal, financial and long-term planning for elder care is
crucial, and long distance caregivers need to prepare for travel and time off
from work.

|Personal Health - Tapping the Wellspring of Time and Energy
Being a caregiver makes demands on your body, mind and spirit. Failure to
take care of ourselves results in a failure to be able to care of others.
Caregivers commonly explain that there never seems to be enough time.

7 emotional and physical well-being tips for male caregivers: Men account for
almost 20% of the caregiver population. In order for male caregivers to properly
care for their loved ones, they must remember to care for themselves.

For articles on the following, please go to www.caregivers.com and click on
'caregiver'
Aging Parents, Tough Decisions:
Long-Distance Caregiving Requires Advance Preparation, Good
Communication
Talking to Dad's Doc
How to Survive Caring for a "Challenging" Elder
10 Timely Tips for Caregivers
Consumer Protection Tips
Tips on How to Avoid Fraudulent "Anti-Aging" Products
Learning How to Grieve

LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPS:
Triangle Family Support Group Caregiver support group for anyone caring for
a chronically ill or disabled loved one located in Raleigh.

Cary Senior Center Support Group Caregiver support group for anyone caring
for a chronically ill or disabled loved one located in Cary.

Duke Family Support Program Publishes "The Caregiver" newsletter, free to all
NC residents, will send information packets on dementia and Alzheimer's
disease, and operate in-state hotline for families and caregivers.

NC Caregiver Support Groups Statewide listing helpful to those outside of the
Triangle.

RESPITE CARE:
For respite care opportunities in the Triangle, CLICK HERE .

USEFUL LINKS:
National Family Caregivers Association