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MARIAL CENTER COLLOQUIUM The Juggling Act: Wednesday, November 12, 4 - 6 p.m. The MARIAL Center Emory West, 4th Floor, Room 415E The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) is a non-profit coalition created in 1996 to support family caregivers and the professionals who serve them. NAC's founding partners are the American Society on Aging, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. The founding sponsor is Glaxo Wellcome. Current membership includes more than 30 national organizations, ranging from AARP to Visiting Nurse Associations of America. In testimony before Congress, NAC Executive Director Gail Hunt reported that the national profile of the family caregiver is a 46-year-old baby boomer woman, who works AND spends an average of 18 hours per week caring for her 77-year-old mother. Approximately one-quarter of US households contain someone caring for an elderly relative or friend, and nearly 73 percent of these caregivers are women - our mothers and sisters, daughters and granddaughters. According to the 1997 national caregiver survey
conducted by NAC and AARP, 22.4 million US households contain
someone caring for an older relative or friend. The value of family
caregiving to society is estimated conservatively to represent
nearly $257 billion per year, more than nursing home and home
care expenditures combined. Yet these caregivers often feel isolated
and experience stress from the burden of caregiving itself and
from balancing caregiving, work, and other family responsibilities.
Recognizing that family caregivers provide important societal
and financial contributions toward maintaining the well being
of older Americans, NAC was created to conduct research, develop
national projects, and increase public awareness of the issues
of family caregiving.
DIRECTIONS TO THE MARIAL CENTER The MARIAL Center is located on the 4th floor of the main building of Emory's Briarcliff Campus, 1256 Briarcliff Road. There is ample parking close to the building. Alternatively, you may take the Emory shuttle (Route A). The Emory shuttle (Route A) provides transportation from the main campus to the MARIAL Center every 20 minutes (a 5-10 minute ride). For the shortest travel time, board the shuttle in front of the B. Jones Center or at the corner of Dowman and Fishburne (across from Glenn Memorial) at approximately 4, 24, and 44 minutes after each hour. A complete schedule and the route map are available on the web at http://www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/route-a.htm Please tell the receptionist at the front window that
you are here for the
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