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The 2006 Caregiver Friendly Awards
What do
comfort seats, caregiving workbooks, caregiver friendly
assist jackets, loving conversations, and medication
tracking systems all have in common? These are descriptions
of some of our Caregiver Friendly award winners from past
years. They also represent thousands of hours of loving
labor by their producers and manufactures, all working with
one thought in common, “What can I do to help the life of
the family caregiver become easier?” Every year, we are
truly impressed by the quality of the entries into the award
program, but what I am most excited about is the wide
variety of industries that are now sending in entries and
the incredible work they are producing with family
caregivers in mind. We have been asked to extend the
deadline this year to accommodate some of these
organizations and are happy to comply. Therefore, the new
deadline for entries into the Caregiver Friendly Awards has
been extended to Tuesday, March 14, 2006.
We at
Today’s Caregiver magazine and caregiver.com, launched the
Caregiver Friendly Awards in 2002 to celebrate products,
services, programs, books and media designed with the needs
of caregivers in mind. Entries for products include
wheelchairs, consumer medical devices, disposable products
and accessible devices. Among the entries for services and
programs are insurance, medical and EAP programs, care and
case management organizations, Long Term Care facilities,
homecare and transportation organizations, as well as
non-profit agencies. The entries for books concentrate on
caregiver friendly books (informative, educational,
inspirational, and insightful). Areas encompassed by the
media entries are audio, video and website producers.
Award
winners will be recognized at Today’s Caregiver Magazine’s
Annual Fort Lauderdale Fearless Caregiver Conference.
Winners will also be profiled in
caregiver.com where the 2005 winners can presently be
found and in the May/June issue of the magazine.
Please share
your labors of love with family caregivers and let them know
that someone out there is thinking of them. Award entry
applications can be found online at
www.caregiver.com or by calling 800-829-2734.
Take care
Gary Barg
Editor-in-Chief
gary@caregiver.com
2006 Caregiver Friendly Award Nomination
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Well: Chronic Wound Care
By Francis Maguire Paist,
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What a wound is is physical trauma where the skin is torn,
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Today I am talking to those of you who are the remaining spouse,
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Stepping Into The Leadership Role
by Daniel Kuhn, LCSW, MSW
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Hello
everyone.
My husband is Bipolar and not too recently
we have been trying to apply for Long Term
Care insurance in case something was to
happen to him and he became disabled. We
recently received a letter saying that he
was rejected because of his Bipolar history.
Now, has anyone else had this problem? Does
anyone know of any way of getting long term
care for Bipolar in case of a disability? He
is very upset due to this and I am trying to
find help for him. I am also Bipolar, and of
course, the help that I get for him will
serve me as well for getting insurance for
me. Thank you so much for your help and any
suggestions!!!!!
Answer This Week's CareNote:
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