October 2009 E-LETTER
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A message from the
National Family Caregivers Association
Encouraging Family Caregivers to Speak Up
October 2009 E-LETTER
TO NFCA ONLINE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
This month find information on:
Make This the Month You Educate Yourself About the Major Healthcare
Reform Proposals
Learn How to Prevent Medication Mishaps: Join NFCA’s Free Teleclass
Let NFCA Help You Celebrate NFC Month 2009
Are You Prepared for the H1N1 Flu?
Get Answers to Your Medicare Questions
Are You Having a Bad Day Every Day?
U.S. Family Caregiver Postage Stamp Petition Needs Your Signature
Attention Women Family Caregivers: Mark Your Calendar
Make This the Month You Educate Yourself About the Major Healthcare
Reform Proposals
The Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, private foundation that
focuses on the major healthcare issues facing the U.S., now offers an
interactive side-by-side health reform comparison tool on its Web
site. The tool allows users to compare the leading comprehensive
reform proposals put forth by the president and members of Congress.
Users can choose which proposals to compare, as well as specific
characteristics about those proposals, including coverage, cost
containment and financing. The tool also allows users to print out the
comparison of all the plans together. The Foundation will continue to
update the tool to reflect major new proposals and any significant
changes to the plans already introduced. Now is the time to educate
yourself about what each of these plans may mean for you. Go to
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/sidebyside.cfm.
And don’t forget to remind those in Congress that any healthcare
reform legislation must improve the care of persons with chronic
conditions and disabilities. To get contact information for your
senators and representative, go to http://www.senate.gov/ and
http://www.house.gov/.
Learn How to Prevent Medication Mishaps: Join NFCA’s Free Teleclass
In celebration of NFC Month 2009, NFCA is once again offering a FREE
teleclass/webinar to family caregivers across the country. “Safe &
Sound: How to Prevent Medication Mishaps” will be offered on Thursday,
November 12, at 2 p.m. EST.
This FREE teleclass/webinar will help you understand when medication
problems are most likely to occur and what you can do to prevent them.
There are approximately 100,000 deaths each year due to adverse drug
reactions. This teleclass/webinar will give you the tools you need to
minimize the possibility that you or your loved one will experience an
adverse medication event.
To sign up for “Safe and Sound: How to Prevent Medication Mishaps,” go
to http://www.thefamilycaregiver.org/ and click on “National Family
Caregivers Month FREE TELECLASS.”
Let NFCA Help You Celebrate NFC Month 2009
The National Family Caregivers Association wants to help you celebrate
NFC month 2009. The NFCA Web site features creative ideas, educational
and promotional materials, and a variety of products designed to help
you Speak Up for yourself, your loved one, and other family
caregivers. To learn more, go to http://www.thefamilycaregiver.org/
and click on National Family Caregivers Month at the top of the
screen. Don’t wait. Order your NFC Month materials today!
Are You Prepared for the H1N1 Flu?
Like the seasonal flu, family caregivers must take special precautions
when it comes to guarding against the H1N1 (Swine) flu because your
loved ones may be at higher risk for more serious complications from
the flu than the population at large. The CDC recommends that those
with chronic medical conditions as well as their family caregivers
receive the seasonal flu vaccine annually. In addition, young people
as well as younger and middle-aged adults with chronic medical
conditions are at the top of the priority list when it comes to
receiving the H1N1 flu vaccine, which is scheduled to become available
in mid- to late-October.
To find out more about what you can do to safeguard your loved one and
yourself from all forms of the flu, go to http://www.flu.gov/.
Get Answers to Your Medicare Questions
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has an entire section of
its Web site devoted to providing caregiver information. You can get
help with billing questions, file a claim, find sources of financial
and legal help, learn about care options, and more. You can even sign
up to receive Medicare’s e-Newsletter, “Ask Medicare,” so that you get
the latest news from Medicare delivered right to your Inbox. For
answers to all your Medicare questions, go to www.medicare.gov/caregivers.
Are You Having a Bad Day Every Day?
National Depression Screening Day, a program of Screening for Mental
Health, will be held on October 8. 2009. If you are feeling sad,
angry, anxious, or stressed, you are encouraged to get a mental health
check-up on this day, when a number of free events will be held across
the country. Go to http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/ to find a
National Depression Screening Day event in your community or to take
an anonymous online mental health assessment.
U.S. Family Caregiver Postage Stamp Petition Needs Your Signature
Thanks to the hard work of NFCA’s Caregiver Community Action Network
(CCAN) state volunteers, a U.S. family caregiver postage stamp is now
officially “under consideration” by the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory
Committee of the U.S. Postal Service. This remarkable effort was
undertaken to honor this country’s approximately 50 million family
caregivers.
If you haven’t already signed a letter of support, there’s no better
time. We are in need of 2,000 more signatures and you can be one of
them! Visit NFCA’s Web site at http://www.thefamilycaregiver.org/ and
click on the U.S. Postage Stamp button on our home page to submit a
letter to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee. And please pass this
message along by posting it to your Facebook pages, Twitter, or other
networking sites. Every signature helps!
Attention Women Family Caregivers: Mark Your Calendar
Johns Hopkins Medicine Hosts Annual Women's Health Conference
A Woman's Journey, The Johns Hopkins Medicine annual women's health
conference, will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the Hilton
Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. This year’s conference
features 32 seminars, many of which focus on preventing disease and
preserving women’s health. In every session, from Antioxidants,
Vitamins and Supplements to Common Symptoms Women Shouldn’t Ignore to
Preventing Cancer and Heart Disease in Women, pioneers in their
respective fields will share the most recent medical discoveries. To
learn more about the conference and to register, call 410/955-8660 or
go to www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-LETTER ALONG TO YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS and
ENCOURAGE ALL THE FAMILY CAREGIVERS YOU KNOW TO JOIN THE NFCA
COMMUNITY OF CAREGIVERS. THERE IS NO COST! Just click here: http//
www.thefamilycaregiver.org
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NFCA 1-800-896-3650
National Family Caregivers Association
Encouraging Family Caregivers to Speak Up
October 2009 E-LETTER
TO NFCA ONLINE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
This month find information on:
Make This the Month You Educate Yourself About the Major Healthcare
Reform Proposals
Learn How to Prevent Medication Mishaps: Join NFCA’s Free Teleclass
Let NFCA Help You Celebrate NFC Month 2009
Are You Prepared for the H1N1 Flu?
Get Answers to Your Medicare Questions
Are You Having a Bad Day Every Day?
U.S. Family Caregiver Postage Stamp Petition Needs Your Signature
Attention Women Family Caregivers: Mark Your Calendar
Make This the Month You Educate Yourself About the Major Healthcare
Reform Proposals
The Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, private foundation that
focuses on the major healthcare issues facing the U.S., now offers an
interactive side-by-side health reform comparison tool on its Web
site. The tool allows users to compare the leading comprehensive
reform proposals put forth by the president and members of Congress.
Users can choose which proposals to compare, as well as specific
characteristics about those proposals, including coverage, cost
containment and financing. The tool also allows users to print out the
comparison of all the plans together. The Foundation will continue to
update the tool to reflect major new proposals and any significant
changes to the plans already introduced. Now is the time to educate
yourself about what each of these plans may mean for you. Go to
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/sidebyside.cfm.
And don’t forget to remind those in Congress that any healthcare
reform legislation must improve the care of persons with chronic
conditions and disabilities. To get contact information for your
senators and representative, go to http://www.senate.gov/ and
http://www.house.gov/.
Learn How to Prevent Medication Mishaps: Join NFCA’s Free Teleclass
In celebration of NFC Month 2009, NFCA is once again offering a FREE
teleclass/webinar to family caregivers across the country. “Safe &
Sound: How to Prevent Medication Mishaps” will be offered on Thursday,
November 12, at 2 p.m. EST.
This FREE teleclass/webinar will help you understand when medication
problems are most likely to occur and what you can do to prevent them.
There are approximately 100,000 deaths each year due to adverse drug
reactions. This teleclass/webinar will give you the tools you need to
minimize the possibility that you or your loved one will experience an
adverse medication event.
To sign up for “Safe and Sound: How to Prevent Medication Mishaps,” go
to http://www.thefamilycaregiver.org/ and click on “National Family
Caregivers Month FREE TELECLASS.”
Let NFCA Help You Celebrate NFC Month 2009
The National Family Caregivers Association wants to help you celebrate
NFC month 2009. The NFCA Web site features creative ideas, educational
and promotional materials, and a variety of products designed to help
you Speak Up for yourself, your loved one, and other family
caregivers. To learn more, go to http://www.thefamilycaregiver.org/
and click on National Family Caregivers Month at the top of the
screen. Don’t wait. Order your NFC Month materials today!
Are You Prepared for the H1N1 Flu?
Like the seasonal flu, family caregivers must take special precautions
when it comes to guarding against the H1N1 (Swine) flu because your
loved ones may be at higher risk for more serious complications from
the flu than the population at large. The CDC recommends that those
with chronic medical conditions as well as their family caregivers
receive the seasonal flu vaccine annually. In addition, young people
as well as younger and middle-aged adults with chronic medical
conditions are at the top of the priority list when it comes to
receiving the H1N1 flu vaccine, which is scheduled to become available
in mid- to late-October.
To find out more about what you can do to safeguard your loved one and
yourself from all forms of the flu, go to http://www.flu.gov/.
Get Answers to Your Medicare Questions
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has an entire section of
its Web site devoted to providing caregiver information. You can get
help with billing questions, file a claim, find sources of financial
and legal help, learn about care options, and more. You can even sign
up to receive Medicare’s e-Newsletter, “Ask Medicare,” so that you get
the latest news from Medicare delivered right to your Inbox. For
answers to all your Medicare questions, go to www.medicare.gov/caregivers.
Are You Having a Bad Day Every Day?
National Depression Screening Day, a program of Screening for Mental
Health, will be held on October 8. 2009. If you are feeling sad,
angry, anxious, or stressed, you are encouraged to get a mental health
check-up on this day, when a number of free events will be held across
the country. Go to http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/ to find a
National Depression Screening Day event in your community or to take
an anonymous online mental health assessment.
U.S. Family Caregiver Postage Stamp Petition Needs Your Signature
Thanks to the hard work of NFCA’s Caregiver Community Action Network
(CCAN) state volunteers, a U.S. family caregiver postage stamp is now
officially “under consideration” by the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory
Committee of the U.S. Postal Service. This remarkable effort was
undertaken to honor this country’s approximately 50 million family
caregivers.
If you haven’t already signed a letter of support, there’s no better
time. We are in need of 2,000 more signatures and you can be one of
them! Visit NFCA’s Web site at http://www.thefamilycaregiver.org/ and
click on the U.S. Postage Stamp button on our home page to submit a
letter to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee. And please pass this
message along by posting it to your Facebook pages, Twitter, or other
networking sites. Every signature helps!
Attention Women Family Caregivers: Mark Your Calendar
Johns Hopkins Medicine Hosts Annual Women's Health Conference
A Woman's Journey, The Johns Hopkins Medicine annual women's health
conference, will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the Hilton
Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. This year’s conference
features 32 seminars, many of which focus on preventing disease and
preserving women’s health. In every session, from Antioxidants,
Vitamins and Supplements to Common Symptoms Women Shouldn’t Ignore to
Preventing Cancer and Heart Disease in Women, pioneers in their
respective fields will share the most recent medical discoveries. To
learn more about the conference and to register, call 410/955-8660 or
go to www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-LETTER ALONG TO YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS and
ENCOURAGE ALL THE FAMILY CAREGIVERS YOU KNOW TO JOIN THE NFCA
COMMUNITY OF CAREGIVERS. THERE IS NO COST! Just click here: http//
www.thefamilycaregiver.org
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NFCA 1-800-896-3650
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