Every day until November 30, 2016, 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Care Connection for Aging Services
Sedalia , MO 65301 United States

Additional Information

In observation of National Family Caregivers Month in November, Care Connection for Aging Services is highlighting services the agency offers to people who provide care.
Caregiving may be one of the most difficult jobs on earth – and one of the most important. In America, some 90 million family caregivers provide an estimated $470 billion worth of services every year.
Through the National Family Caregiver Support Program, Care Connection offers information, assistance, care coordination, training and support for caregivers. The agency also offers respite and supplemental services.
Caregivers come from all walks of life and ages. If you are 70 and caring for a spouse with Alzheimer’s, you are a caregiver. If you are 40 and look out for the frail elderly couple next door, you are a caregiver. If you are a 62-year-old woman taking care of two elementary age grandchildren, you are a caregiver.
Caregiving tasks may include managing meals, doctors’ appointments and medications, as well as providing for safety, security and comfort.
Care Connection has care managers who can provide help in a number of ways, and they will tailor services to your needs.
“We know when you make the call for assistance, you may not know exactly what is available, compared to what you need,” said Marilyn Gunter, Director of Care Management. “A care manager can sit down with you, learn about your particular situation, and then give you information about services you probably do not even know exist.”
Care managers will work one-on-one with caregivers to assure that they get the answers and services they need, and seek detours when caregivers hit a roadblock. Loved ones might receive respite care so that caregivers could go to church, to dinner with a friend, or to a ballgame. Family members may qualify for in-home services or home-delivered meals that could take a bit of the load off the primary caregiver. The agency also offers Carenect, a personal emergency response system.
These services can reduce caregivers’ depression, anxiety, and stress and enable them to provide care longer. Caregiving is part of the Care Connection mission to “provide resources and services that empower people to create healthy aging experiences.”
In part with funding from the Older Americans Act, Care Connection offers these services, regardless of a client’s ability to pay; however, the agency depends upon voluntary contributions for all its operations.
If you or someone you know could benefit from these services, please call us at 1-800-748-7826 or visit us at www.goaging.org.
Care Connection for Aging Services, a non-profit area agency on aging serving West Central Missouri, operates 22 senior centers in 13 counties -- including Bates, Benton, Carroll, Cedar, Chariton, Henry, Hickory, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline, St. Clair and Vernon. For more information, call 1-800-748-7826 or email us at information@goaging.org.