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2013 Elder Service Providers Caregiver Conference, “Cultivating Great Care”

Elder Service Provider’s Annual Caregiver Conference, taking place on Friday, March 22nd, 2013 in Bellingham, WA, is designed to help caregivers rejuvenate and remember to take care of themselves while caring for others.

Tracey Conway - Elder Service Provider Key Note Speaker, 2013

The  conference provides up-to-date information and opportunities to network and share ideas with fellow caregivers. Attendees also learn tips and tools for preserving their physical and emotional health while finding out about access to community support.

This year’s keynote speaker is Tracey Conway.  She is a comedienne and former cast member on KING-TV’s Almost Live!, a Seattle-based sketch comedy show, from 1984 to 1999.

As an Emmy award-winning actress, Tracey inspires both belly laughs and tears as she relates the circumstances and details of her cardiac arrest and subsequent recovery at age 38. Audiences continue to be affected by Conway’s powerful and unique program, “Drop Dead Gorgeous.” She shares the lessons she learned in those literally heart-stopping moments – not only about heart disease, but also what she has come to value most given a very rare second chance at life. Whether she’s detailing her whirlwind appearance on Oprah, or explaining the cardiac arrhythmia ventricular fibrillation, Conway’s delivery is captivating, effervescent, intimate, and guaranteed to touch hearts, minds, and funny-bones.

Registration is available online ($25).

Make sure to stop by Home Attendant Care’s info table at the event!

2012 Caregiver Conference Coming to Bellingham

Are you a caregiver?  If you answer YES to one or more of the statements below, you are a caregiver and should consider attending this full-day conference.

  • I help manage someone’s medications.
  • I provide unpaid assistance to a spouse, relative, or friend who is ill, disabled, or needs help with basic activities for daily living.
  • I provide help with rides to the doctor and shopping.
  • I provide meals, bill paying, housekeeping and arrange services to be provided by others.
  • I help someone with bathing, grooming, dressing, walking or transferring to a wheelchair.
  • I provide supportive care such as delivering meals, giving rides, calling or stopping in to check on someone.
  • I feel concern that someone I know isn’t taking care of him or herself.

Whether you are just starting out in a caregiving role or continuing to care for an older person whose needs are increasing, you first need to care for yourself. This conference will offer you tips and tools for preserving your physical and emotional health, help you access community support, and help you meet other caregivers to discuss how to best care for your loved one.

View an event brochure online or contact Debbie Gann at Home Attendant Care for more information, 360-734-3849.