Caregiving Coalitions

Defining a caregiving coalition:
A caregiving coalition is a community of representatives that has come together to address the needs of family caregivers across the lifespan. These coalitions support family caregivers, both families of origin(s) or families of choice(s),with information and referral services, educational outreach and advocacy. A caregiving coalition presents a united voice working to meet the complex social, medical, physical, financial, spiritual, and emotional needs of family caregivers.

The Alliance hosted its Fourth National Conference for Caregiving Coalitions on March 15, 2010 at the Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging (ASA) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA). Over 150 people attended this event again this year and we would like to thank our sponsors for making this conference possible: Evercare, the Langeloth Foundation and Pfizer.

This half-day event discussed the recently released "Survey of the Economic Downturn and its Impact on Family Caregiving" and "Caregiving in the U.S. 2009".

U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a leading voice in health care reform and sponsor of the Retooling the Healthcare Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009 also attended this event to discuss the importance of sustaining advocacy and coalition work during these tough economic times.

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2009 Caregiving in the U.S. - Gail Hunt

Economic Downturn and its Impact on Family Caregiving - Sherri Snelling

Economy and Caregiver Coalitions - Brian Duke

Advocacy in Action - David Besst

The Alliance hosted the Third National Conference for Caregiving Coalitions on March 18, 2009 at the Annual Conference of the American Society of Aging (ASA) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA). Over 300 participants registered for the event. We would like to thank the Langeloth Foundation, Evercare, Wyeth/Elan Alliance and Intel Corporation for sponsoring the conference.

This half-day event provided an opportunity for participants to learn from coalition leaders about evaluation tools, sustainability, innovative caregiving programs, fundraising, and outreach to caregivers and other organizations. Lynn Friss Feinberg of the Family Caregiver Alliance delivered the keynote on a national perspective on family caregiving in an aging America. Brian Duke from the Bucks County Area Agency on Aging spoke to the Caregiving Coalitions on "What Is Your Ask?" in which he instructed them to always be ready with a unified voice on what it is they want when addressing their Congress people and Senators.

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Supporting Sustainable Caregiving Coalitions - Donna Heppermann

Innovation and Sustainability - Sonnie Yudell

The Virginia Caregiver Coalition - Ellen Nau

The Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System - Katie Maslow

What is Your ASK? - Brian Duke

Family Caregiving in an Aging America: A National Perspective - Lynn Feinberg

Second National Conference for Caregiving Coalitions

The Second National Conference for Caregiving Coalitions was held on March 26, 2008, as a pre-conference event to the joint American Society on Aging/National Council on Aging annual meeting in Washington D.C. Nearly 100 members of caregiving coalitions from twenty-four different states participated in the event, where they learned from seasoned coalition leaders about sustainability, fundraising and evaluation.

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First National Conference for Caregiving Coalitions

The First National Conference for Caregiving Coalitions was held on March 5, 2007 as a pre-conference event to the joint American Society on Aging/National Council on Aging annual meeting in Chicago. Over 100 people attended the conference; 87 of who were representing coalitions. Attendees participated in a range of sessions including Creating a Legacy, Advocacy Campaigns and Activities, Working with Legislators, and Fundraising.

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