Area
Agency on Aging for Lincolnland Announces Program for Family
Caregivers
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[April 13, 2011]
Springfield
- The Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland, in cooperation with
Senior Citizens of Logan County, has scheduled a Lunch and Learn
program for informal caregivers of older adults and grandparents and
other relatives raising children. It will be held at the Oasis
Senior Center, 501 Pulaski Street, Lincoln, on Wednesday, March 30,
from noon to 1:00 p.m.
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Teri Johnson, Area Agency on
Aging Benefits Specialist, will present the following topics:
Protect Yourself and Loved Ones from Health Care Fraud and Medicare
and the New Health Care Law - What it Means for You.
Lunch will be provided, and
pre-registration is required. There is no charge to attend.
This presentation is part of a
series of Lunch and Learn programs. The goal of the series is to
provide practical information that will help caregivers continue to
provide quality care to others while maintaining balance in their
own lives.
Informal caregivers are those
unpaid persons such as family members, friends, and neighbors who
provide assistance to someone who is to some degree incapacitated
and in need of help with tasks such as grocery shopping, bill
paying, cooking, or personal care. Grandparents or other relatives
raising
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grandchildren are those who
have accepted primary responsibility for raising one or more
children through age 18.
To register or to learn
about this program, contact the Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland
at 217/787-9234 or 800-252-2918.
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