Lighthouse Central Fla CEO to Receive Fearless Caregiver Award at Feb 26th Conference in Maitland

ORLANDO, Fla. - Feb. 6, 2015 - PRLog -- Today’s Caregiver magazine, http://www.caregiver.com, the nation’s leading support and educational organization for family and professional caregivers for the past 20 years, announced today that Lee Nasehi, MSW, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lighthouse Central Florida, will be honored with a Community Fearless Caregiver Award, presented by Today’s Caregiver magazine, at the 143rd Fearless Caregiver conference on February 26th at Holy Trinity Reception and Conference Center in Maitland, FL. Family caregivers should register at http//:www.caregiver.com while the limited number of free scholarships are still available. Registration includes lunch.

Ms. Nasehi will receive the award during the Fearless Caregiver Conference. Tickets for family caregivers are sponsored by a partnership with Senior Resource Alliance, Humana, CapTel, VisionCare, Vitas and Caregiver.com.

More than 65,000 family and professional caregivers in 25 states have learned how to be a Fearless Caregiver Advocate for their loved ones, clients and themselves.

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“We have partnered with Lighthouse organizations around the country and are extremely excited that Ms. Lee Nasehi, MSW, the President and Chief Executive Officer ofLighthouse Central Florida, will be honored at the event. So many of our attendees are living with or caring for someone with visual impairment and Lighthouse Central Florida offers a tremendous amount of support tor these family caregivers in so many communities,” said Gary Barg, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Today’s Caregiver magazine and http://www.caregiver.com, author of books: The Fearless Caregiver and the Caregiving Ties that Bind, and host of the Fearless Caregiver Conferences.

Barg added, “We are proud to return to Central Florida for our fifth Fearless Caregiver event. This is especially exciting as this event is the first stop on our 20^th Anniversary Fearless Caregiver Conference Tour. Upcoming events on the Fearless Caregiver Conference tour include Albany, Georgia; Lynchburg, Virginia; Nashville, Tennessee; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Stuart, Palm Beach Gardens, Boca Raton, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Each conference brings out hundreds of family and professional caregivers to participate in full-day events where they received answers to their caregiving questions from physicians, spiritual leaders, and healthcare experts in topics such as Low vision care, Alzheimer’s, MS, cancer, autism, stoke, Social Security, Medicare, diabetes, incontinence and Parkinson’s throughout the day.”

Fearless Caregiver Conference participants will learn:

•   What support is available for Central Florida family caregivers

•   Where the money is for caregivers

•   How to partner with their family members

•   How to ask questions of healthcare leaders in the area

•   How to get a loved one to stop driving

•   Share information with their fellow caregivers

Who Should Attend?

•   Children of aging parents

•   Parents caring for children

•   Spousal caregivers

•   Long-distance caregivers

•   Grandparent caregivers

•   Pastoral caregivers

•   Volunteer caregivers

•   Professional caregivers

•   And anyone else seeking hands-on advice

Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Call (800) 829-2734 for information and to reserve your space.

Caregiver Media Group is the nation’s first integrated media organization serving caregivers online, in-print and in-person. Established in 1995, Caregiver Media Group has become the recognized media authority on caregiving through Today’s Caregiver magazine, Caregiver.com, the Fearless Caregiver Conferences, the award winning books - The Fearless Caregiver: How to Get the Best Care for Your Loved One and Still Have a Life of Your Own and The Caregiving Ties that Bind, as well as Caregiver Media Group's award winning content and custom publications.

Today’s Caregiver magazine contains cover interviews with celebrity caregivers, articles on caregiving issues and vital resources for all caregivers. Cover interviews have included Clay Walker, Kathy Greenlee, Debbie Reynolds, Dixie Carter, Debbie Reynolds, Della Reese, Robert Urich and Clay Aiken. The digital version of the magazine is available free of charge at Caregiver.com.