Leading Grandparent and Kinship Care Advocate To Host Charleston Fearless Caregiver Conference

Nov. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Kanawha Hospice Care and Today’s Caregiver magazine (www.Caregiver.com), since 1995, the nation’s leading support, training and educational organization for family and professional caregivers are hosting the 159th Fearless Caregiver Conference seminar, expo and lunch on November 13^th, 2015 from 8:30 to 2:30 at the Christ Church United Methodist, 1221 Quarrier Street, Charleston, WV. Limited free registrations are available for family caregivers. Registration includes lunch and is available by calling 877-829-2734 or online at caregiver.com.

West Virginia family and professional caregivers interested in speaking with and getting caregiving advice from aging and disability experts, caregiver advocates, insurance advisors, Social Security specialists, elder law professionals, homecare and facility coordinators and support organizations can register for the tickets that are still available for the full-day seminar and exhibitions. Sponsorships are available. The agenda topics will include Veteran Caregiving and Legal and disability issues with a special focus on Grandparent Caregiving.

Gary Barg, event host and Founder/Editor in Chief of Today’s Caregiver magazine and FearlessCaregiver.com, will discuss concepts for successful Grandparent Caregiving at the 159th Fearless Caregiver conference. Complimentary tickets are available at FearlessCaregiver.com or 877-829-2734. Tickets include event day activities, seminars and lunch.

“It is extremely important to help the 6 million grandparent caregivers in this nation who have stepped in when their grandchildren most need their support, regardless of their own healthcare challenges or other caregiving duties they are called upon to do for their other family members,” Barg says. “We have been proud to support grandparent and kinship caregivers with recognition and support at each of our Fearless Caregiver conferences over the past twenty years.”

Fearless Caregiver Tour History: More than 65,000 caregivers have attended a Fearless Caregiver Conferences since Today’s Caregiver magazine started this tour. “The latest stops in Boca Raton, FL, Nashville, TN and Albany, GA were tremendous successes with hundreds of family and professional caregivers participating in full-day events where they received answers to their caregiving questions from physicians, spiritual leaders, and healthcare experts in topics such as Alzheimer’s, MS, cancer, diabetes and Parkinson’s throughout the day,” said Gary Barg, host of the Fearless Caregiver Conferences and editor-in-chief of Today’s Caregiver magazine.

Fearless Caregiver Conference participants will learn:

•   What support is available for West Virginia 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
•   That they are not alone

Who Should Attend?
•   Grandparent caregivers
•   Kinship Caregivers
•   Children of aging parents
•   Parents caring for children
•   Spousal caregivers
•   Long-distance 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.

Registration includes lunch:  Limited free registrations are available for family caregivers online at http://www.FearlessCaregiver.com or by calling 877-829-2734. The event will be hosted at the Christ Church United Methodist, 1221 Quarrier Street, Charleston, WV.

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