The Caregiver's Home Companion
We're sure you'll find The Caregiver's Hotline to be the perfect supplement to our very popular monthly newsletter The Caregiver's Home Companion. The Home Companion is filled with interesting features, advice, tips and how-to articles for caregivers. As an example, you'll find these articles in the current edition:
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http://www.womenheart.org
WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease.
http://www.hrspatients.org/default.asp
Information for patients about pacemakers, defibrillators and heart rhythm problems or cardiac arrhythmias.
http://www.diabetes.org
American Diabetes Association.
http://rover.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/
National Cholesterol Education Program.
http://rover.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/
Cardiovascular Information For Consumers.
http://www.nih.gov/
The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone.
NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of medical information.
http://www.medicare.gov/
The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare Information.
http://www.mayo.edu/index.html
Mayo is a team practice of medicine enhanced by medical education and research.
http://www.americanheart.org
A Web site tailored to your needs using your health and lifestyle
information, a health and behavioral assessment, support for
behavioral change, a recipe center, reminder e-mails to increase
your motivation, current cardiovascular and stroke information.
http://www.acc.org/
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is a professional society of over 25,000 cardiovascular physicians and scientists from around the world that support ACC's mission, "to foster optimal cardiovascular care and disease prevention through professional education, promotion of research, leadership in the development of standards and guidelines and the formulation of health care policy."
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Leeza’s Place at Park Slope Geriatric Day Center
A community-based program designed to educate, empower, and energize families whose lives have been touched by a memory disorder.
Please take a minute to look through the attached newsletter containing a listing of free workshops and support services available in September. Our walk-in resource center, open 12-7pm Monday through Friday, is full of helpful resources for family Caregivers and their loved ones who have been diagnosed with a memory disorder. Guests are welcome to drop by or call ahead with questions so that information is prepared prior to their arrival. If you have trouble opening the attachment, please visit
www.leezasplace.org/locNY.html to access the online calendar.