Leading Caregiving Experts to Meet with Family Caregivers at Feb 10th Conference in PBG

Jan. 27, 2011 - PRLog -- Today’s Caregiver magazine, the nation’s leading magazine for family and professional caregivers since 1995, announced today that Gary Barg, caregiving expert and author, will host and moderate at the 103rd Fearless Caregiver Conference on February 10th at Doubletree Palm Beach Gardens Hotel. Family caregivers concerned with aging, disability, legal, insurance, Social Security issues as well as getting help from family members can take part in daylong seminar/ lunch.

Family caregivers should register at FearlessCaregiver.com while the limited numbers of free scholarships are still available. Tickets are sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging of Palm Beach Treasure Coast and FearlessCaregiver.com. Registration Includes lunch:  Register at FearlessCaregiver.com or call (877) 829-2734. Doubletree Palm Beach Gardens is located at 4431 PGA Boulevard (exit 79B off I-95).

What Support Is Available For Palm Beach Treasure Coast Caregivers? The financial decisions made at the state level have enormous consequences to the more than one million caregivers living in Florida.  Join caregiving experts for the day to learn how these decisions will affect you and what support will be available as you care for your loved ones.

“I am extremely excited to be joining our partners at the Area Agency on Aging of Palm Beach Treasure Coast once again for the day. They have been instrumental in providing for a day of education, support and fearless caregiving since 2003. We are also thankful to our other partners and sponsors, states Gary Barg, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Today’s Caregiver magazine and FearlessCaregiver.com as well as author of book The Fearless Caregiver and host of the Fearless Caregiver Conferences.  

Barg added, “The latest stops on the Fearless Caregiver Conference tour in New Haven, Connecticut and Port St. Lucie 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, autism, stoke, Social Security, Medicare, diabetes, incontinence and Parkinson’s throughout the day.”

Fearless Caregiver Conference participants will learn:
•   What support is available for 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

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.

2011 schedule will include: Danbury, Connecticut, Nashville, Tennessee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida and other cities TBA.

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