NEW RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES WITH AN ILL OR AGING PARENT

DO YOU HAVE AN ILL OR AGING PARENT? HOW’S YOUR STRESS?

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When a parent has....

• declining health

• only a few months

• passed away

ADD To This:

• financial and legal issues

• complicated family dynamics

Did you ever think that this would be as difficult as it is? We can help.

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Background Information:

• We are a new registered Canadian charity, called “Losing Our Parents". We offer free support and education to people who are dealing with the declining health or death of a parent.

•Sons & daughters (of all ages) often:

*Experience high levels of stress & grief

*Feel isolated & deeply sad

*Grieve while still caring for a parent and feel alone and vulnerable

*This journey often begins with the decline in a parent's physical and mental health, years before death actually occurs

*Don’t know where or who can help

*Rarely think of themselves

*Sons and daughters (of all ages) need more support because they are:

• the Power of Attorney

• an Executor

• influential

• trusted

• tired

• stressed

• pressured

• dealing with many unknowns

• sad

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Our Goal:

To create new resources for families dealing with ill or aging parents. These resources are stand-alone projects that can be launched within one year.

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The first project the funds will be used to create is:

"The GTA Family Caregiving Show”

This Show will provide practical information, expert advice and support for those caring for loved ones, especially ill or aging parents. Included in the Show will be:

• Presentations from experts on topics, such as:

• Legal

• Medical

• Financial

• Government agencies

• Private care companies

• Different types of in-home help & support

• Different types of living facilities

• Different types of products

• Hospices

• Help for caregivers

• Inspirational stories of others caregivers

• Exhibits of products, services, support

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The seccond project will be:

New Caregiver Website Sections including:

• Videos of the Guest Experts from our “The Family Caregiving Show”

• Network of Resources

• Kid’s Korner

• Learning from other cultures/ other places

• Our Family Tree

• Forgiving

• Memorials / Tributes

• Contributing Authors

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The changes we will make by winning this contest will:
**Decrease Caregiver:

• Stress

• Isolation, feeling of being alone

• Sense of helplessness

• Worry

****Increase Caregiver:****

• Opportunities to learn, share and support each other

• Confidence

• Network of Resources

• Ability to plan

• Sense of control

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Summary

Our hope is to help even more families all across Canada with new website support and education sections and to extend our reach directly into the “Greater Toronto Area” by hosting “The GTA Family Caregiving Show. We are all volunteers, just trying to help. To learn more about us, please drop by our website for a visit at:

www.losingourparents.com

PLEASE VOTE FOR US