Caregiving Experts to Meet With Families at Western Connecticut Fearless Caregiver Conference

May 17, 2011 - PRLog -- Today’s Caregiver magazine and FearlessCaregiver.com, the nation’s foremost print magazine and web community for family and professional caregivers since 1995, announces the expert speakers for the Western Connecticut Fearless Caregiver Conference May 25th at the Danbury Plaza and Conference Center.  Complimentary tickets are sponsored by the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging and FearlessCaregiver.com.

Registration Includes lunch:  Register at FearlessCaregiver.com or by calling (877) 829-2734.  Danbury Plaza is located at 18 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury. Event starts at 8am.

Gary Barg, writer and publisher on caregiving issues since 1995, is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the first national magazine for caregivers, Today’s Caregiver, as well the original online caregiver community, caregiver.com is the host of the Western Connecticut Fearless Caregiver Conference.

Gary Barg and experts in non-profit, home care, insurance, aging and professional caregiving will spend the day training families at this one day seminar and lunch. A limited number of complimentary family caregiver tickets are being sponsored by the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging and FearlessCaregiver.com.  

 Speakers for the Western Connecticut Fearless Caregiver Conference to include:
•   Christine Fishbein, Executive Director of the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging a private non-profit organization that receives federal and state funds, distributed to adult day care centers, local social service agencies,  nutrition and transportation programs.
•   Carolyn DeRocco,  is the Northwestern Regional Director and Master Trainer for the Connecticut Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Ms. DeRocco  more than 20 years’ experience as a Therapeutic Recreational Director in skilled nursing home settings and served as a Caregiver Support Group leader for over 13 years.
•   Rosemary B. Jones, is a Certified Elder Law Attorney with the Law Office of Rosemary B. Jones.  Ms. Jones was named Superlawyer in Elder Law by Connecticut Magazine in 2008 and 2010.
•   Brenda Kelley, State Director of AARP Connecticut since 1999. Ms. Kelley leads the Association’s work on issues important to older adults in Connecticut, such as long-term care, healthcare, mobility and utility rate relief.  
•   Michael Mackniak, is the Founder and Executive Director of Melissa’s Project a nationally recognized nonprofit agency which assists persons with mental illnesses in maintaining meaningful lives in the community.
•   Gary Edward Barg, Conference Host, syndicated columnist, Founder/Editor-In-Chief of Today’s Caregiver magazine and FearlessCaregiver.com

More than 35,000 family and professional caregivers in 24 states have learned how to be a Fearless Caregiver Advocate for their loved ones, clients and themselves at a Fearless Caregiver Conference.

What Support Is Available For Western Connecticut? The financial decisions made at the state level have enormous consequences to more than the half million caregivers living in Connecticut. 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.

The most recent Fearless Caregiver Conferences in New Haven, Connecticut and our 100th Fearless Caregiver Conference in Port St Lucie, Florida 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 Western Connecticut 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.

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

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