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Special Guest Rita Moreno joins celebration at Rancho Las Lomas

The Board of Directors of Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County has named Hamilton Square, NJ, resident Jane Cairo Latini as the nonprofit’s new Executive Director. Latini had served as its Acting Executive Director since May 2012.

The presentation and discussion will take place at the Cancer Support Community MA South Shore on Wednesday, January 23rd.

RealTime Health launches its breakthrough new mobile app for Stroke, allowing survivors and caregivers access to free connections, support, resources and information about living with the aftermath of stroke.

Davidson, NC-- To Be Released - November 15, 2012 - Savannah Heart Publishing is proud to support the release of Barbara Bragg’s new book, Destination Cancer Free. Destination Cancer Free is an easy to read, true life story and excellent resource.

The NVNA and Hospice Alzheimer’s Specialty Team will demonstrate ways to best meet the needs of the Alzheimer’s individual and the family caregiver in a free educational forum on Tuesday, November 13.

The strength of the relationship between homecare caregivers and their clients is perhaps the most important aspect of the homecare business. That relationship carries great weight in predicting satisfaction levels and a homecare agency’s success.

CareNovate.com Fall Educational Initiative - #Carerx Interview Series via Twitter will strive to educate, empower & connect patients, caregivers with healthcare, wellness, medical information innovators & help them become their own health advocate.

Legacy at Home administrators recently invited Rabbi Howard Wolk to educate home health caregivers on certain Jewish customs and traditions that will help them better serve and care for their Jewish patients.

"Doctor Alexis" to Speak on How to Thirve as a Caregiver at Event Hosted by The Kensington Assisted Living Residence in White Plains, NY

4 Wildly Funny Comediennes Who are Also Moms and Grandmas Entertain at a Club in Newport Beach. The subject of course is Mom.. Everything about Mothering, and the journey of Women, with a positive take on aging. This is Senior Comedy Afternoons!

Family caregivers seeking advice, support and answers as they care for ill loved ones will come together at seminar/lunch in Southbury on May 24th. Tickets are sponsored by Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging and Today’s Caregiver magazine.

“OMG! My Parents Are Getting OLD!” has lessons from 70+ family caregivers, chapters from over 50 professionals, and a personal, dramatic story of caregivers, theft, finances, and family gone awry. Book will be released later in 2012.

Dancing with the Stars Judge Carrie Ann shares her stories about being a caregiver for both parents as well as her dedication to helping kids with cancer discover the joy of movement in Today’s Caregiver magazine on caregiver.com.

Specialized Alzheimer’s community becomes North Texas’ first to provide care on Saturdays. Encore Adult Day Enrichment Center has become the first specialized and freestanding community for memory care day services in D/FW to open on Saturdays.

SeniorHomes.com Caregiver Recognition Awards Identifies Top Caregiving Stories

Music, wine, food and fun combine to make “A Time of Caring” an event not to be missed in November. A local non profit marks National Family Caregivers Month with live performance by acclaimed baritone Lou Galterio.

National magazine, Today’s Caregiver Magazine, announces new partnership with the Area Agency on Aging of Palm Beach Treasure Coast to produce area’s newest caregiving support – Today’s Caregiver magazine: Palm Beach/Treasure Coast edition.

Dancing with the Stars Judge Carrie Ann shares her stories about being a caregiver for both parents as well as her dedication to helping kids with cancer discover the joy of movement in newest issue of Today’s Caregiver magazine on caregiver.com

Dr. Jamie Huysman, leading expert on Caregiver Burnout of Boomers and Senior’s will speak at the Fort Lauderdale Fearless Caregiver Conference on June 16. CEU’s are available for professional caregivers.

Chicago nursing assistants and caregivers can get a job through Refer-a-Friend on Caregiverlist and their friends can win a t-shirt. Ten winners will be drawn Thursday, June 20th by Caregiverlist.

Southampton, Pa. – June, 2013 - Benjamin Ross Group, a mergers and acquisitions/ business broker firm, www.BenjaminRossGroup.com, is pleased to announce the sale of its client, Keystone In-Home Care, Lancaster, PA to a U.S. based private investor.

Special Guest Rita Moreno joins celebration at Rancho Las Lomas

Benjamin Ross Group, a mergers and acquisitions/ business broker firm, www.BenjaminRossGroup.com, recently sold Comfort Keepers, Montgomery County, Pa.

Hundreds of homebound elderly and disabled residents of Mercer County will benefit from recent grants to Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County (ICGMC).

The Board of Directors of Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County has named Hamilton Square, NJ, resident Jane Cairo Latini as the nonprofit’s new Executive Director. Latini had served as its Acting Executive Director since May 2012.

29-year-old entrepreneur John Acosta devises unique adaptive pajama top for benefit and comfort of patients and ease for caregivers

With an office already located in Alabama, MOCA decided to open an office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Author and Holistic Healer Roland Comtois Shares Tips for Caregivers on International Radio Show –Caregivers Coast to Coast Online Radio Talk Show Offers Resources for Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia–

The presentation and discussion will take place at the Cancer Support Community MA South Shore on Wednesday, January 23rd.

RealTime Health launches two breakthrough mHealth apps for Heart Disease and Depression, allowing patients and caregivers access to free connections, support, resources and information about living with these chronic conditions.

RealTime Health launches its breakthrough new mobile app for Stroke, allowing survivors and caregivers access to free connections, support, resources and information about living with the aftermath of stroke.

Davidson, NC-- To Be Released - November 15, 2012 - Savannah Heart Publishing is proud to support the release of Barbara Bragg’s new book, Destination Cancer Free. Destination Cancer Free is an easy to read, true life story and excellent resource.

The NVNA and Hospice Alzheimer’s Specialty Team will demonstrate ways to best meet the needs of the Alzheimer’s individual and the family caregiver in a free educational forum on Tuesday, November 13.

The strength of the relationship between homecare caregivers and their clients is perhaps the most important aspect of the homecare business. That relationship carries great weight in predicting satisfaction levels and a homecare agency’s success.

CareNovate.com Fall Educational Initiative - #Carerx Interview Series via Twitter will strive to educate, empower & connect patients, caregivers with healthcare, wellness, medical information innovators & help them become their own health advocate.

Cynthia Wilson, author of "Who Will Take Care of Mom?" A Guide for Family-Managed Senior Care examines the effects of Paul Ryan's Medicare reform proposals and filial responsibility laws on middle-class families.

What does “ultimate child care” really mean? For a young Calgary couple and IC Nanny, it means complete nanny services that are tailor-fit to the parents’ needs.

Legacy at Home administrators recently invited Rabbi Howard Wolk to educate home health caregivers on certain Jewish customs and traditions that will help them better serve and care for their Jewish patients.

"Doctor Alexis" to Speak on How to Thirve as a Caregiver at Event Hosted by The Kensington Assisted Living Residence in White Plains, NY

WALKING ON EGGSHELLS: Caring for a Critically Ill Loved One presents pragmatic advice and insightful self-assessment tools as well as tips and strategies for caregivers who are caring for seriously ill loved ones.

625 Days is a book written about memory care from the inside, how the system needs to change and how to help care for those that ate memory impaired. Project Lifesaver helps to track people that wonder. Together they are raising awareness.

4 Wildly Funny Comediennes Who are Also Moms and Grandmas Entertain at a Club in Newport Beach. The subject of course is Mom.. Everything about Mothering, and the journey of Women, with a positive take on aging. This is Senior Comedy Afternoons!

Some people find themselves thrust into the role of caregiver. For others, it is their calling. But, for every caregiver, paid or unpaid, by choice or by circumstance, the care they give comes from their heart, and we want to hear their stories.

The American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) held its Hearts & “Soles” Dinner in celebration and support of the 10,000 caregiving youth in Palm Beach County.

Alzheimer’s Association Long Island has announced that Amy Oster will join the organization as its Care Consultant.

The Cancer Support Community MA South Shore (CSS-MSS) will offer Gentle Yoga Classes for Cancer Survivors and their Caregivers weekly, beginning Monday, April 9.

Alzheimer Coaching, through StilMee, is based on Habilitation Therapy and educates family members and professionals giving them effective and personalized strategies for respectful care.

CareNovate.com is joining the Office on Women’s Health (OWH), within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in taking action against HIV/AIDS.

Family caregivers seeking advice, support and answers as they care for ill loved ones will come together at seminar/lunch in Southbury on May 24th. Tickets are sponsored by Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging and Today’s Caregiver magazine.

First-of-its-kind, local website, helps New York State seniors and their caregivers, find all of the benefits and discounts to which they are entitled.

“OMG! My Parents Are Getting OLD!” helps families: lessons from 70+ family caregivers, chapters from over 50 professionals, & a personal, story of caregivers, theft, finances, and family gone awry. Author seeks funding through Kickstarter.com.

Seniors hide difficulties, often resulting in health issues, abuse, financial, & family problems, etc. “OMG! My Parents Are Getting OLD!” available in 3Q 2012 to help families. Author seeks funding through Kickstarter.com–Readers can help.

Beit David Highland Lakes Shul will host Ms. Irene Slochowski, author of And I Didn't Give Up, on March 5th at 7:30 pm. Ms Slochowski will address the audience and sign books.

“OMG! My Parents Are Getting OLD!” has lessons from 70+ family caregivers, chapters from over 50 professionals, and a personal, dramatic story of caregivers, theft, finances, and family gone awry. Book will be released later in 2012.

Kickstarter book project: “OMG! My Parents Are Getting OLD!” has lessons from 70+ family caregivers, chapters from 50+ professionals who work with seniors every day, & a personal, dramatic story of caregivers, theft, finances, & family gone awry.

Dancing with the Stars Judge Carrie Ann shares her stories about being a caregiver for both parents as well as her dedication to helping kids with cancer discover the joy of movement in Today’s Caregiver magazine on caregiver.com.

Specialized Alzheimer’s community becomes North Texas’ first to provide care on Saturdays. Encore Adult Day Enrichment Center has become the first specialized and freestanding community for memory care day services in D/FW to open on Saturdays.

Ageless Radio will air its Best-Of-2011 show on New Year's Eve: Gail Sheehy on her book Passages in Caregiving; Ray Ellis a renown artist; and a double segment on elder bullying in senior living facilities.

Ageless Radio show for December 24th: Leeza Gibbons on caregivers for the memory-impaired; Dana Curtis, an expert mediator in the area of elder disputes; Norm Tomaka, a consulting pharmacist with the American Pharmacists Association

Ageless Radio will feature TV personality Leeza Gibbons on its December 24th show, discussing her work to honor her mother's battle with Alzheimer's disease and to support caregivers and families of Alzheimer's sufferers.

The Adult Day Programs at The Wartburg Adult Care Community celebrated National Caregiver Month with a luncheon to honor family caregivers.

According to yoursomerset.com, Lisa Niemi Swayze, wife of the late actor Patrick Swayze, will share stories of the couple’s final months together at a special program in Somerset County, NJ in January of 2012.

SeniorHomes.com Caregiver Recognition Awards Identifies Top Caregiving Stories

In honor of National Family Caregivers Month, the company reminds the nation of its free service

Author and Elderly Patient Advocate, Judie Rappaport, Shares Valuable Communication Tips

Music, wine, food and fun combine to make “A Time of Caring” an event not to be missed in November. A local non profit marks National Family Caregivers Month with live performance by acclaimed baritone Lou Galterio.

PDHCA Webinar Educates Elderly & Families about In-Home Care Options & Alzheimer's Disease

Hope HealthCare Services is offering a caregiver support group, to explore ways of coping with many of the emotional and physical issues that accompany the role of caregiver. This new support group is open to anyone in a caregiver role, at no cost.

Recognizing Caregivers in Honor of National Family Caregivers Month