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The National Alliance for Caregiving

and

MetLife Foundation

present the

2010

National Family Caregiving Awards

Profiles of Awardees

July 20, 2010

Supported by a grant from MetLife Foundation

2010 National Family Caregiving Awards

The National Alliance for Caregiving is grateful to MetLife Foundation for its generous support of the National Family Caregiving Awards during the past five years. MetLife Foundation’s commitment to family caregivers has made it possible to identify exemplary programs around the country that offer support to and educate the legions of family caregivers who provide the backbone of long-term care services in the United States. Since 2006, 34 programs have been recognized with a National Family Caregiving Award. MetLife Foundation has awarded these organizations over $800,000 to support caregiving program enhancement.

The National Alliance for Caregiving is appreciative of the numerous non-profit community-based caregiving organizations throughout the United States that participated in this competition. The Alliance is appreciative of the time and energy invested in completing detailed applications that gave our reviewers a thorough understanding for the important work to support family caregivers around the country. The Alliance commends all applicants for their tremendous efforts in responding to the diverse needs of caregivers in their communities through innovative and effective caregiver programs.

Non-profit organizations, agencies, and universities from around the country applied for the awards in the categories of caregiver support and caregiver education, either as a small community (with a population of 100,000 or fewer) or a large community (100,001 or more). Their detailed applications addressed a number of questions and were judged in the following categories: innovation, effectiveness or impact, basis in research, diversity, and potential for replication or adaptability. Many outstanding applications were received and numerous innovative and effective programs were identified.

Nine programs—five caregiver support programs, two caregiver education programs, and two programs intended to meet the needs of older caregivers caring for adult children with disabilities—were chosen to receive the 2010 National Family Caregiving Awards. Each award winning program is honored with $20,000 to enhance its caregiver support or educational efforts.

This booklet provides a description of each award winning program. In addition, detailed information about these programs is posted on the National Alliance for Caregiving’s web site at www.caregiving.org.

Acknowledgments

Background



Caregiver Support AwardsCare Team® ProgramInterfaith CarePartners®

Houston, Texas

New York University Caregiver InterventionNew York University Langone School of MedicineNew York, New York

Ride Partners and Repairs with CarePartners in Care, Inc.Pasadena, Maryland

Telephone Support GroupsSenior Services of AlbanyAlbany, New York

Connections: An Innovative Home-Based Activity ProgramAlzheimer’s Association, Central & Western Virginia ChapterCharlottesville, Virginia

Caregiver Education AwardsAlzheimer’s Recognition AwardThisCaringHome.org: A Web Tool for Assisting Alzheimer’s Caregivers OnlineWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York, New York

Translation of ESP/Skills2CareFox GERI: Geriatric Education & Research InstituteCherry Hill, New Jersey

Older Caregivers Caring for Adult Children with Disabilities AwardsCultural Diversity Recognition AwardCaring for the CaregiverThe Kennedy Center, Inc.Trumbull, Connecticut

Parent Advocacy GroupMulticultural Community Services of the Pioneer ValleySpringfield, Massachusetts

Honorable Mention AwardMale Caregivers Cooking Program Alzheimer’s Day Services of Memphis, Inc. Memphis, Tennessee

2010 National Family Caregiving Awards 2010 National Family Caregiving Awards

In the Category of Caregiver Support

(Large Community)

Interfaith CarePartners® Houston, Texas

Care Team® Program

The family-centered Care Team® program of congregation-based trained and supervised volunteers provides respite to caregivers and multi-faceted robust relationships with cognitively or physically impaired persons, either in a family’s home or through 3.5 hour activity programs at partner congregations.

The founders of Interfaith CarePartners® created the Care Team® concept and model of volunteer caregiving in 1985 to respond to the diverse and intense support needs of persons with HIV/AIDS. The model was adapted in 1992 to serve persons with dementia (most commonly Alzheimer’s disease) and their caregivers, and again in 1994 to serve frail adults and their caregivers. The Alzheimer’s Care Team® project and Second Family Care Team® project, respectively, presently consists of 115 congregation-based teams with 2,000 intergenerational volunteers. Approximately 90% of 1,800 people served annually are age 60+, 35% have dementia, and 25% are caregivers.

Most persons with dementia attend one or several activity programs monthly at host congregations. Some caregivers attend, but most use the time for personal needs. This respite is supplemented by psychosocial support from volunteers who respond to the particular needs of each caregiver. Volunteer presence and assistance is complemented by 13 support groups facilitated by a mental health professional and former family caregiver, in addition to four educational and skill-building conferences that attract about 1,000 total caregivers annually. Caregivers of cognitively intact persons are provided comparable support, and the direct engagement with a care recipient is home-based.

Each team of volunteers receives training, support, and supervision from the professional staff at Interfaith CarePartners® at each monthly team meeting to review activities. Staff also relate to the persons served to assist in the development of a support plan, information and referral, and care management, as needed. All services are free to congregations and persons served in the program.

Contact: Earl E. Shelp [email protected] www.interfaithcarepartners.org



(Large Community)

Center of Excellence on Brain Aging

New York University Langone School of

Medicine New York, New York

New York University Caregiver Intervention

The NYU Caregiver Intervention (NYUCI) was designed to improve the well-being of caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease by mobilizing the support of naturally existing family networks, improving caregiving skills, and providing the opportunity for ongoing counseling and support. The approach has yielded significant benefits to the primary caregiver, the person with the illness and to family members. The intervention is now being offered and evaluated in communities across the country.

The NYUCI includes six sessions of individual and family counseling within a few months of intake, support group participation and additional counseling by telephone or email for the primary caregiver and other family members for the entire course of the illness. A detailed intake assessment and interview, as well as periodic follow-ups, guide the counseling. The unifying theme of the NYUCI is that enhancing social support and minimizing family conflict will improve the ability of the family caregiver to withstand the difficulties of caregiving and thereby reduce or defer the need for institutionalization of the person with Alzheimer’s disease.

The original NYUCI was evaluated in a randomized controlled trial, funded for more than two decades by the National Institutes of Mental Health and the National Institute on Aging, that included 406 spouse caregivers, making it possible to evaluate the long-term impact of counseling and support through all the stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Results of the study demonstrated that by improving social support, the NYUCI had significant long-term effects on the mental and physical health of spouse caregivers, also resulting in postponement of nursing home placement of the person with dementia. Among evidence-based interventions for family caregivers of people with AD, the NYUCI is unique in including not only the primary caregiver, but also other family members.

The outcomes achieved by the NYUCI have brought it to the attention of many states and funding sources. Implementations are ongoing in Minnesota, California, Georgia, Nevada, Massachusetts and New York State. All these implementations involve active ongoing collaboration between the original researchers and the community sites. The NYUCI, if widely available, could have a major impact, reducing the emotional distress associated with caregiving and the financial cost to the healthcare system.

Contact: Mary Mittelman [email protected] aging.med.nyu.edu



(Large Community)

Partners in Care, Inc. Pasadena, Maryland

Ride Partners and Repairs with Care

Partners In Care Maryland empowers older adults to remain independent in their own homes through a time-exchange network where assistance is available to older adults and their caregivers for neighborly tasks such as transportation and household repairs, thus enabling all participants to contribute to the well-being of each other.

What happens when we become too old or frail to drive to the doctor’s office or the grocery store or to make even the simplest repairs at home? What if our caregivers are overwhelmed? Partners In Care Maryland engages large numbers of volunteers across geographic boundaries to help as many older adults as possible to remain independent in their homes and simultaneously to provide help and relief to their caregivers.

Partners In Care’s (PIC’s) 800 or more volunteers use their own cars to provide no-monetary-cost rides to often-critical destinations or other services such as handyman repairs. PIC’s arm-in-arm, door-to-door, kind, patient, one-on-one service has been a life-saver for often-beleaguered caregivers who can trust PIC volunteers to transport their loved ones to an appointment, wait with them, and bring them safely home again, often stopping for prescriptions or groceries along the way. The program is modeled on an innovative concept called “service exchange.” Participants earn one “credit” for every hour spent assisting others. Those participants then use those credits to “pay” for services they themselves need or donate their hours to others.

In 1993 PIC founders began in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, hoping that the program would eventually be replicated across geographic boundaries. They proved their vision was more than possible: Partners in Care now has more than 2,600 members exchanging services in a well-choreographed method so that thousands of hours of service are achieved per year, including 125 rides per week and 300 repairs per year. PIC has been replicated successfully in Frederick County and Talbot County, Maryland and has multiple invitations to expand from caregivers who have heard of PIC’s success. In FY 2009 alone PIC volunteers provided 7,303 rides and drove 119,311 miles transporting older adults for errands and to important non-emergency medical destinations.

Contact: Barbara Huston [email protected] www.partnersincare.org



(Large Community)

Senior Services of Albany Albany, New York

Telephone Support Groups

Caregiver Connection Telephone Support Groups enhance the effectiveness, accessibility and reach of a mainstay of caregiver support—the support group—by delivering an evidence-based program to family caregiv-ers who are connected by telephone conference call.

Senior Services of Albany’s Telephone Support Groups use a professionally led evidence-based psycho-educa-tional model emphasizing coping strategies, problem-solving and self-care. These 12-session support groups for family caregivers meet via telephone conference call, connecting caregivers while each is in the comfort and convenience of their own home. Because caregivers are often overburdened and may be uncomfortable with technology, the leader dials out to each member to initi-ate the meeting and monitors the call via a webpage.

Telephone Support Groups eliminate or reduce many of the barriers to participation in traditional in-person caregiver groups, enhancing accessibility and reach. Telephone Groups reach caregivers otherwise unable to access such support; caregivers isolated by such fac-tors as distance, differences, commitments, disability, transportation or social withdrawal.

Since 2002 a total of 26 groups, each meeting 12 times, has been offered, serving over 125 caregivers. Currently both an ongoing monthly group and a “12 Week Tune-up” group meet in the evenings. Telephone Support Groups and another telephone-based program, Tele-Seminars, operate under the umbrella of a broader Senior Services of Albany caregiver program, The Caregiver Connection. The Caregiver Connection is a multi-component caregiver support program providing information, counseling, training, respite and supple-mental services to 400+ caregivers annually.

Senior Services of Albany collaborated with the Uni-versity at Albany Institute of Gerontology on an Ad-ministration on Aging-funded demonstration project in 2001 to implement and evaluate these Telephone Support Groups. Proven outcomes include increased support, effectiveness, knowledge and use of services as well as decreased stress, strain and depression. The Telephone Support Group demonstration project website, www.seniorservicesofalbany.com/aoa.cfm, provides an overview, outcomes and downloadable manuals.

Contact: Tianna Pettinger [email protected] www.seniorservicesofalbany.com



(Small Community)

Alzheimer’s Association, Central & Western

Virginia Chapter Charlottesville, Virginia

Connections: An Innovative Home-Based

Activity Program

Connections: Home-Based Activity Programming for Persons with Dementia provides caregivers with strat-egies needed to interact positively with the individual diagnosed with dementia; help the individual remain engaged in life; reduce behavioral symptoms; and con-nect families to a full range of community supports leading to increased caregiver confidence and support.

A familiar theme among caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders (ADRD) is “What can we do at home all day?” Those providing care in the home may end up feeling frustrated and stressed, or, resorting to endless hours in front of the television for lack of ideas.

Caregivers need strategies to help them interact posi-tively with the individual; to help the individual main-tain cognitive functioning and reduce behavioral symp-toms; and strategies to help connect them both to a full range of community supports. Providing meaningful activities is an effective method to address this need. A meaningful activity is determined based on the indi-vidual’s past interests, current strengths, and was seen as enjoyable in the past, such as gardening, playing cards, or making the morning coffee. Engagement in meaningful activity may decrease behaviors of concern such as apathy, agitation, and/or anxiety and reduction in those behaviors may in turn relieve caregiver stress. Caregivers, however, are often at a loss to adapt activi-ties tailored to both the functional level and long-stand-ing interest of the individual with dementia, and may need tools and support to help engage the individual.

The Alzheimer’s Association, CWVA, and the Univer-sity of Virginia developed a home-based intervention and activities guide called Connections. The model integrates three components for structured, mean-ingful activities: therapeutic recreation, Montessori Methods, and cognitive interventions. It also brings in the concept of “partnered volunteering,” in which stu-dents and the caregiver work as a team to engage the individual in activities. Caregivers learn strategies and tools to continue the program following the volunteer visits. The program has been tested in the Charlottes-ville region of central Virginia. Research results show significant benefits in social and behavioral outcomes for the individual with ADRD, and reduction of stress and increased confidence by the family caregiver.

Contact: Ellen Phipps [email protected] www.alz.org/cwva


In the Category of Caregiver Education

Recipient of the Alzheimer’s

Recognition Award

Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, New York

ThisCaringHome.org

ThisCaringHome.org, a new interactive multimedia website, offers caregivers innovative ways to learn research-based strategies that reduce caregiver stress and enhance the safety and well-being of their loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia.

ThisCaringHome.org, a graphics-rich interactive website, shows how best to adapt a home for persons with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related disorders. A unique aspect of this website is its Virtual Home Safety section that allows visitors to explore research-based solutions to home safety and daily care issues by a simple mouse click over a room in the house. Visitors can view animated caregivers and persons with Alzheimer’s using safety features such as grab bars and stove turn off devices.

The website also provides information to help the person with AD live a healthier, more meaningful life. With over 50 videos, 30 animations, 300 photographs, and numerous product listings and consumer guides, this 350 page multimedia website offers inspiring educational materials for caregivers with diverse learning needs. ThisCaringHome also provides social networking so caregivers can share information, ask questions, and find support from the online community.

ThisCaringHome was designed to increase the positive rewards of caregiving and provide essential resources for caregivers to better manage the unique behavioral challenges associated with AD. Caregivers often feel that they are alone or that no one has encountered their particular problem before. The interactive nature of this site, and the very fact that it is visually engaging and easy to navigate, draws people into an extremely informative, online community that can help ease some of the caregiver burden.

As Alzheimer’s care requires a team approach, an Advisory Board of 14 experts, including social workers, dementia specialists, nurses, and physical and occupational therapists provided reviews of all key facts and recommendations. ThisCaringHome is a resource for family caregivers, but also provides invaluable information, instruction, and support for healthcare providers and social service professionals dealing with dementia and memory loss issues.

Contact: Rosemary Bakker [email protected] www.thiscaringhome.org


In the Category of Caregiver Education

Fox GERI: Geriatric Education & Research

Institute Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Translation of ESP/Skills2Care

The translation of ESP/Skills2Care is a collaborative project bridging the gap between an evidence-based program for caregivers of people with dementia developed in the research environment, and the provision of those interventions by occupational therapists in a sustainable reimbursement environment.

Translation of proven caregiver programs generally focus on training care managers or social workers for delivery in the aging service network, veterans’ services, or hospital discharge planning. Most evidence-based caregiver programs have not been translated for delivery in settings such as homecare nor involved training health professionals who routinely are in contact with families of persons with dementia. Furthermore, translational efforts have been supported partially by grant mechanisms sponsored by government agencies and foundations. However, it is unclear whether existing reimbursement mechanisms can support delivery and sustainability of proven programs.

This innovative program is the translation of the Environmental Skill-building Program/Skills2Care (ESP) for delivery by occupational therapists (OTs) in a private practice, Fox Rehabilitation, which provides house calls using Medicare Part B reimbursement. This is the first translational effort that involves integrating an evidence-based caregiver intervention into a large private homecare practice as part of routine therapeutic services provided to dementia patients and their caregivers through Medicare Part B. At this time, all ESP sessions have been reimbursed by the Medicare Part B carrier, demonstrating sustainability within existing reimbursement streams.

This program is the first evidence-based caregiver program that has a sustainable funding source. Having demonstrated success with 23 OTs implementing ESP, the continuation of scaling the program up to all 120+ OTs employed by Fox Rehabilitation is ongoing. This program is novel as it translated an evidence-based practice into on-going OT therapeutic service delivery; provides OTs with needed skills to effectively treat persons with dementia and their caregivers; provides caregivers access to supportive services, education and addresses unmet needs; elevates the entire practices of Fox as it concerns treating patients with dementia and their caregivers and has been reimbursed by Medicare Part B.

Contact: Mimi Jacobs [email protected] www.foxgeri.org


Older Caregivers Caring for Adult

Children with Disabilities Award

Recipient of the Cultural Diversity Recognition Award

The Kennedy Center, Inc. Trumbull, Connecticut

Caring for the Caregiver

The Kennedy Center’s Caring for the Caregiver pro-gram is a truly innovative approach to the caregiving concept, unlike traditional caregiver programs, where the caregiver is identified as the parent who looks af-ter a child with special needs or disabilities, the ‘care-giver’ is identified as the adult child with cognitive dis-abilities, who provides assistance for his or her elder family member over the age of 60.

The Kennedy Center’s Caring for the Caregiver pro-gram addresses a practical need for families, with a realistic solution that works for consumers. As the life expectancy for individuals with cognitive disabilities increase, in conjunction with the rest of the aging pop-ulation, more elder parents are becoming less capable of providing care for their family members with spe-cial needs. As a result, The Kennedy Center has iden-tified an increasing number of elders seeking support services for their adult children, while dealing with their own aging processes and concerns. The Kennedy Center’s Caring for the Caregiver program is a unique alternative for parents who worry about the future of their family members, and their ability to live indepen-dently in their own home.

Caregiver education is the responsibility of the Care-giver Facilitator. Once a family is referred for service and support, the Caregiver Facilitator conducts a self-paced skill training assessment at the consumer’s home. This assessment establishes which skills the caregiver will be taught. The family’s input is an inte-gral part of the assessment because it is important that the caregiver with disabilities is taught to complete the task the way mom or dad has done it in the past. This method ensures a holistic level of comfort for both the caregiver and the parent. During home visits, the Caregiver Facilitator and the Caregiver work on skills such as: cooking, laundering, money managing, vacu-uming, dish washing, house cleaning, shopping, and other identified household tasks.

The Family Support Coordinator serves as a vital link in networking caregivers to normal supports as well as the seniors to respite services. The coordination of services is achieved through regular home visits and personal phone contacts. Program services include, but are not limited to: case management, counseling, information, referral, functional skill development, respite planning, monitoring and follow-up.

Contact: Peter Carbine [email protected] www.thekennedycenterinc.org


Older Caregivers Caring for Adult

Children with Disabilities Award

Multicultural Community Services of the Pioneer

ValleySpringfield, Massachusetts

Parent Advocacy Group

The Parent Advocacy Group is a group of single elder parents who provide friendship, support, hope and solutions to each other as they advocate for the their sons and daughters with intellectual challenges.

The Parent Advocacy Group (PAG) is one of several Family-Directed Projects hosted by Multicultural Community Services (MCS), which has a long tradition of self-determination. The creative array of multicultural family directed services are the result of the successful partnership between families, MCS and the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services. PAG was one of the first such projects. In its 20 year history, a shift in MCS’s membership, changes in advocates and fluctuating funding have occurred. Despite these variants, PAG has remained strong and viable, primarily because families are given the opportunity to guide the manner in which supports are offered; and are involved in making decisions that affect their families and the group as a whole. Families collaborate with the Advocate to determine needed services and by joining the group they gain entry into a network of highly connected and resourceful families; as well as personal, professional, and political allies. PAG provides opportunities for social support, sharing practical information and a stronger voice for advocacy.

PAG’s unifying element is single elders caring for adult children with an intellectual disability. The fundamental question, “What will happen to my adult child when I am no longer able to care for him/her?” has resulted in the following consistent goals: futures planning, urgency plans, trainings, respite, transportation, skills development, monthly meetings, wellness programs, brochure, and advocacy after placement group.

PAG families determine the priorities of the group; assist in hiring and evaluating the Advocate, choose trainings and social activities, and advocate for political goals and needed services. Both the Advocate and families collaborate on how funding is expended. MCS and the Advocate oversee the overall budget which must comply with Family Support Guidelines and MCS audit requirements. Size of project is determined by available resources and the number of Advocate hours—typically twenty per week.

Contact: Michael Romanovitch [email protected] www.mcsnet.org


Alzheimer’s Day Services of Memphis, Inc., has developed a successful educational cooking and nutrition program for male caregivers. The program teaches male caregivers ways to overcome the challenge of providing nutritious meals for their spouse or significant other afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease or other related disorders.

It is important that the caregiver eats properly and takes care of himself. The startling statistic is that one in every four of caregivers die before the person with dementia (PWD). Studies have demonstrated the close association between poor nutrition and depression with chronic illnesses. By invoking the precepts of good nutrition taught at Alzheimer’s Day Services (ADS) and relying upon the ADS network of support, the male care giver improves the likelihood that both the PWD and the caregiver will maintain their levels of activity and wellness for a longer period of time.

Last spring, the ADS male caregivers attended cooking classes at Dorothy’s Place. Each week the men were given four simple recipes, and two dishes were prepared during class to be reheated at home. The recipes were easy to prepare and easy to chew and swallow—two important characteristics when cooking for someone with Alzheimer’s. At the end of the program a cookbook was produced from the recipes. This cookbook included helpful tips that were shared during the classes to instruct the male caregiver what was happening to their loved one. The men formed a special bond during the program. The cooking classes helped to strengthen the male caregivers relationships with each other and gave them the courage to sustain and cope with their new role as caregivers. The cooking classes also gave the male caregivers the knowledge, skill and the confidence to make nutritious meals at home. This program directly resulted in healthier diets for both the patient and caregiver and reduced stress in the home.

Contact: Cindy Metcalf [email protected] www.alzheimersdayservices.org

Honorable Mention

Alzheimer’s Day Services of Menphis, Inc.

Memphis, Tennessee

Male Caregivers Cooking Program


National Alliance for Caregiving Staff

National Project Advisory Committee

The National Alliance for Caregiving is very appreciative of our Advisory Committee members and reviewers. Their task was enormous and they served the project well, with commitment, tenacity, and wisdom.

Mary Brintnall-Peterson*MBP Consulting, LLCAlbany, Wisconsin

Julia Dillon*Mountain Empire Senior Citizens, Inc.Big Stone Gap, Virginia

Doris Green* Future Care Planning Services Rochester, New York

Rick GreeneU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsWashington, DC

Matt JanickiCenter on Aging, University of MaineBangor, Maine

Mary Ellen KullmanArchstone FoundationLong Beach, California

Vicki SchmallAging ConcernsWest Linn, Oregon

Kathy Shannon*Legacy Health SystemPortland, Oregon

Donna WagnerGerontology Program, Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland

Gail Gibson Hunt President & CEO

Laurie Stevens Director of Programs & Operations

Jordan Green Program Manager

Kathleen Cameron Awards Project Manager

*Previous National Family Caregiving Award winners


National Alliance for Caregiving

Member Organizations

AARPALS AssociationAlzheimer’s AssociationAlzheimer’s Foundation of AmericaAmerican Academy of Home Care PhysiciansAmerican Association of Homes and Services for the AgingAmerican Geriatrics Society: Foundation for Health in AgingAmerican Occupational Therapy AssociationAmerican Psychological AssociationAmerican Red CrossAmerican Society on AgingCareOptionsOnLine (NavGate Technologies)Caring, Inc.Center for the Advancement of HealthChildren of Aging ParentsEaster Seals Eli Lilly & CompanyEvercareFamily Support CenterGenworth FinancialGlaxoSmithKlineHamacher Resource Group, LLC The Caregivers Marketplace™ The Caregivers Advisory Panel®

Healthcare Leadership CouncilHome Instead Senior CareJohnson & JohnsonLifeCare, Inc.Lighthouse InternationalLupus Foundation of America, Inc.Mather LifeWaysMetLife Mature Market Instituten4a (National Association of Area Agencies on Aging)Nat’l Association of Chain Drug Stores FoundationNat’l Association of Professional Geriatric Care ManagersNational Association of Social WorkersNational Center on Caregiving (Family Caregiving Alliance)National Council on AgingNational Hospice and Palliative Care OrganizationNational Multiple Sclerosis SocietyOlder Women’s LeagueParaprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc.Parkinson’s Disease FoundationPfizer Inc.U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)VerizonWell Spouse AssociationWomen’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER)

National Alliance for Caregiving4720 Montgomery Lane, Suite 205

Bethesda, Maryland 20814

www.caregiving.org

MetLife Foundation was established in 1976 by MetLife to carry on its long-standing tradition of

corporate contributions and community involvement. The Foundation has been involved in a variety of

aging-related initiatives addressing issues of caregiving, intergenerational activities, mental fitness, health and

wellness programs and civic involvement. More information about the Foundation is available

at www.metlife.org.

Established in 1996, the National Alliance for Caregiving is a non-profit coalition of national organizations that focuses on issues of family

caregiving across the life span. The Alliance was created to conduct research, do policy analysis, develop

national programs, and increase public awareness of family caregiving issues. Recognizing that family

caregivers make important societal and financial contributions toward maintaining the well-being of

those for whom they care, the Alliance’s mission is to be the objective national resource on family caregiving

with the goal of improving the quality of life for families and care recipients.

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