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1	Caring from a Distance Are you one of the 6.9 million Americans struggling to care for an aging parent or other loved one who lives in a far-away city? If you are, we are here to help. Whether you live across-the-world or an hour away, you and your family face special challenges. Where can you find the local resources they require? How can you, family and friends communicate in an emergency? What can you do to help when you visit?	1154
2	Children of Aging Parents (CAPS) CAPS began in Levittown, Pennsylvania in 1977 when a small group of neighbors, who were caring for their elderly parents, began to share informally their problems and their feelings. They discovered they shared similar needs, concerns, and limitations. In 1980 CAPS incorporated as a nonprofit organization.	955
3	My Health Care Manager, LLC Caregiving for a parent? We’re here to help. We can assist you in managing the many difficult issues you’ll deal with, including: How long can Mother stay in her home? If she has to move, which option is best? How can we help them manage their doctors and medicines? With Alzheimer’s advancing, can they still take care of each other? Our Health Care Managers, all registered nurses, specialize in senior care and caregiving issues. As an independent national company, our services are unbiased and free from provider influence.	890
4	National Students of AMF (Ailing Mothers & Fathers) The National Students of AMF (Ailing Mothers & Fathers) Support Network is a national, nonprofit organization whose mission is to support all college students who have a parent with terminal illness, empower all college students to get involved in the fight against terminal llnesses, and raise awareness about the needs of grieving college students. If you do not already have a Username and Password for some of the sites below, they will ask you to join as a new member, there's no charge. Once you have joined, you (and others who join after receiving an invitation from you) will be able to go to your private area on the site.	836
5	Talking with your Children About MS Direct Health Media has produced a patient education program entitled "Talking With Your Children About MS: A Place To Begin",which helps parents in families in which one partner has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis begin the conversation explaining the disease and what's happening to their children. To obtain a free copy, go here: http://www.directhealthmedia.org/about_eng.html	801

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Note: For 21 years an annual supporting membership, including a subscription to Mainstay and other benefits was $25. Recently, the WSA Board voted to raise that cost by $5 to $30 in the U.S. and $35 elsewhere in North America. Overseas, Mainstay will only be available elecronically, in the members' area. Had we kept up to inflation the cost today would be $43.50.

Two-thirds of the members of the Well Spouse are under 65. About one-third are under age 45. We have members who are in their 20’s and 30’s, especially with ill spouses who have Traumatic Brain Injury, or MS. Let others who have “been there and done that” help you face the challenges of long-term caregiving.

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Playing the Canada Card: an American Caregiver's Experience

Playing the Canada Card:

an American Caregiver's Experience

My husband John’s disease erupted like fireworks in the afternoon of my New Year’s Eve birthday seven years ago. I went out for the afternoon and returned home to find a stranger who only looked like John, talking gibberish and tearing our house apart at the seams. The siege lasted 16 hours.I thought of survival, not of Canada. As it turned out, survival and Canada would become one and the same.

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