Webinar: Caregiving as an Older Adult

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Easter Seals Dixon Center for Military & Caregiver Services, in collaboration with Atlas Research, Caregiver Action Network, Family Caregiver Alliance, National Alliance for Caregiving, Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, and USO are sponsoring a Military Caregiver webinar titled Caregiving as an Older Adult. There are over 5 million family Caregivers for Military Veterans in the United States. Many of these Caregivers include spouses and adult children of Veterans who may have served in World War II, Korea, or Vietnam. These may also be Caregivers caring for their children who served in recent wars. For Caregivers over age 75, there are additional challenges to supporting a loved one with care needs, and in fact, these older Caregivers spend more than 34 hours a week on caregiving tasks. Older caregivers experience higher levels of “burden of care” than that of younger caregivers and are less likely to have another unpaid person helping them. Speaker Gail Hunt, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Alliance for Caregiving will teach attendees about resources for older caregivers that can assist their families. Dole Fellow Rosie Babin will share her personal story as an advocate and caregiver to her son who was injured in Iraq. This is a free webinar that is recommended for military caregivers.

Dates: 
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm EST
Sponsor: 
Easter Seals
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