Mid-East Area Agency on Aging

 

SUPPORT TEAMS:

  The Mid-East Commission Area Agency on Aging is actively involved in implementing and supporting the Support Team Network.  This idea is a simple, effective, achievable way for people to provide care to other people who need care.  We use the model developed by The Support Team Network, University of Alabama at Birmingham Family Caregiver Program. 

A Support Team is a group of volunteers working together to provide practical, emotional, and spiritual support to individuals and families with special needs.  Support Team members do what they can, when they can, in a coordinated way, with a built-in support system. 

 

 

 

 

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPS:

Have you recently experienced the loss of a loved one?

Since the loss of your loved one, have you:

Lost your appetite?

Not been able to sleep or stay asleep?

Kept to yourself and not gone out?

Experienced uncontrollable crying?

If so, these are signs of grieving.

HealthAssist is offering a monthly educational support group for people who are grieving.

Date: February 8, 2005 Wednesday

Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: 540 Queen Street

J.R. Harvey Building (HealthAssist)

If you have any questions, please call Lynn Howard: office 561-7850 or pager: 413-4727

No amount of knowledge can prepare us for bereavement. Grief is the most intense and enduring emotion we can experience. No quick fix. No short-cut. An ancient African saying is "There is no way out of the desert except through it." Knowledge of the grief process gives us a very generalized map of the terrain we have to cover. Each of us will take a different route. Each will choose his own landmarks. He will travel at his own unique speed and will navigate using the tools provided by his culture, experience, and faith. In the end, he will be forever changed by his journey.

http://www.hospicenet.org/html/knowledge.html

 

Mid-East Commission Area Agency on Aging

1385 John Small Avenue  -  PO Box 1787

  Washington, North Carolina 27889

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04/29/08

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