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Caregiver Expo
to Support Those Providing 83 Percent of Country's Long-Term
Care
Special to The Truth
The Area Office on Aging's
ninth annual Caregiver Expo on Saturday, November 12 at
Parkway Place connected family caregivers with resources to
support them in their care-giving role on. The event went
from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Events like the Caregiver
Expo are important to support those sons, daughters and
spouses who provide 80 percent of the long-term care in this
country by helping their aging loved ones by taking them to
doctor appointments, picking up their prescriptions, picking
up groceries and paying their bills.
This selfless work caring
for a loved one can be extremely stressful and can
eventually take a toll on the health of the family
caregivers, if they don't make a conscious effort to take
care of themselves. The Caregiver Expo connected caregivers
with information, services and products that can provide
them with a temporary break from their care-giving roles and
can help alleviate some of caregiving stress and help them
remain in their care-giving roles longer.
The strains a caregiver experiences can be financial,
emotional and/or physical and the event had resources
on-hand to help address all those different types of
strains. Sometimes all caregivers need is a temporary break
from their caregiving duties so they do not prematurely have
to stop giving the care they provide.
Area Office on Aging President/CEO, Billie Johnson, said,
"We realize that many caregivers take on the duties of a
caregiver because they view it as a privilege and an honor
to care for their parents, spouse or other loved one. We
respect and honor the dignity they make it possible for
their aging loved ones to live with on a daily basis. We
consider ourselves to be very fortunate to be able to
support caregivers as they care for your aging loved one.
If you are caring for a
loved one and would like additional information on the Area
Office on Aging Caregiver Support Program, please contact us
at www.areaofficeonaging.com, 419.382.0624 or 1.800.482.7277
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