'SUDDENLY SENIOR 2005!' Conference to Explore Vital Senior
Care Issues Thursday April 7
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Pre-registration is required."
By 2010, almost one in five
workers will be at least 55 and approaching
retirement. With the growing number of seniors in America
, many more family
members will find themselves in the role of caring for an aging
relative/parent
. Developed by the
Home Instead Senior Care Advisory Board -- a group of leading eldercare and
caregiver
stress experts -- the free, online stress assessment tool can help
determine what support a caregiver
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information about speakers, schedules, vendors, sponsors
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Session subjects include: post-retirement employment and continuing
education for seniors;
dealing with dementia; other medical topics;
alternatives to traditional healthcare; tailoring a
home to fit seniors'
needs; combating elder abuse; and proposed legislative changes to Social
Security
, Medicare and Medicaid.
"Pitney Bowes has a longstanding commitment to the recruiting and
retaining
of a diverse workforce.
The company's health insurance coverage for active and retired employees
strongly emphasizes prevention.com
Offers Interactive Expert Advice and Resources in
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OMAHA, Neb.wmkv caregiving
In addition, the PB Learning Center is an online e-learning platform
that provides a broad curriculum of hundreds of classes and programs to help
employees learn new
skills.caregiverstress.wmkv senior
For example, by 2010 the percentage of workers
55 to 64 will have increased
52 from 2000, while the number of workers 25 to
34 will only have increased by 8 percent. Many preventive
screenings such as mammograms,
PSA tests, flu shots and routine check-ups are covered in full or
with just a
small co-payment.com . They have more than
500 offices in United States and Canada
that employ more than 27,000
professionally-trained CAREGivers, with expansion growing internationally
into
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Brothers, our
excellent seminar speakers, and our expert panel
discussion members will all focus on the important
issues facing seniors and
those who provide their care -- whether they are family members, professional
home care providers, or physicians," said Betty Bowers, chairperson of the
conference for Home
Instead Senior Care.
In addition to HISC, sponsors are: Cuyahoga Community College and Hospice
of the Western Reserve (gold level); The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Fairhill
Center, Focus on
Boomers and Beyond Magazine, Life Quest Home Medical
Equipment, Sun Newspapers, and WCLV 104.
Contact: Peter Kerr
203-351-6350
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software and
metering systems to print stream management, electronic bill presentment and
presort
mail services. More information about the company can be found at
http://www. Information about Featured
Employers can be found
at http://www. Created by Leading Eldercare and Stress Experts
,
the New Online Caregiver Stress Assessment Tool at Caregiverstress.
Home Instead Senior
Care is an Omaha-based company that began in 1994 to
help meet the needs of the elderly and their
caregivers.prnewswire.cennet boomers
Joyce Brothers, nationally renowned psychologist, columnist, TV and
radio
personality, author, and business consultant, will deliver the
conference's keynote luncheon address
, "Unlocking Your Hidden Powers at Any
Age. It has staffed offices in all 50 states, the
District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. "While providing assistance for an aging family member
can
be rewarding, this meaningful experience may be coupled with exhaustion,
elevated levels of
stress, inadequate resources and failure to take care of
oneself," explains Paul Hogan, president
and founder of Home Instead Senior
Care, the world's largest provider of non-medical home care services
for aging
adults.
Paul Hogan
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9 FM (silver level); and Arden Courts
(Westlake
, Parma and Chagrin Falls), Fifty Something Magazine, H/L
Communications, Health + Home Solutions
, Kaiser Permanente, Skoda, Minotti +
Co. Our company applied to become part of AARP's initiative
in 2004 as
part of a strategy to recruit from diverse populations. Census Bureau,
by 2030 the
senior population (65+) will outnumber that of school-age
children.mag helpful
The conference website
, http://www. It has been one of the company's top
priorities," said Johnna Torsone, Senior Vice President
and Chief Human
Resources Officer at Pitney Bowes.
For more information about Home Instead
Senior Care or to find a local
office in your area, visit http://www.aarp secours
The company also provides programs
to support their employees'
health, education, preparation for retirement, care giving to elderly
parents
and other family members, among others.
Pitney Bowes provides technical training in
support of job skills (e. To help family caregivers deal with the onset of stress as a result of
caregiving
, the eldercare experts at Home Instead Senior Care have created a
new, interactive online Caregiver
Stress Assessment Tool, available at the
newly launched web site http://www.
"Full of important
family caregiver information, ranging from coping with
stress and providing care for a loved one
with Alzheimer's disease or other
dementia to dealing with the challenges of spousal caregiving,
family
caregivers will find this site as a helpful resource," says Richard Schulz,
Ph.
For more information, to test your level of caregiver stress or to find
out the latest on family
caregiving issues, log onto
http://www.com .freebies helpful
"Mature workers are a part of that
diversity.
computer
applications, customer service skills, other job-related technical
skills).jsp?userid=516631
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Suddenly Senior 2005! will address the daily concerns of our aging
population
as well as meet the increasing need to coordinate medical and non-
medical senior care.org/careers
.An In-'Site'-Ful Family Caregiver Resource Helps to Identify Level of Stress When Caring for an Aging
Relative
D.seasoned bonzer
Dr. AARP named the
companies as part of its launch of the Workforce Initiative designed
to help
job seekers remain in the workforce, as they desire.com
The AARP Foundation is
AARP's affiliated charity.
By answering 20 multiple-choice questions (in under five minutes)
,
caregivers will be able to gauge their level of stress and be provided with
resources to tap
into, as well as helpful tips and articles.com/ud_public.aarp medicare
"As we know at AARP from listening
to our members, now is the time to
directly impact the economic well being of those mature workers
seeking
employment and to begin to influence awareness of the need and value of the
older worker
" said Bill Novelli, CEO, AARP. Information about
the workforce Initiative, including assessment tools
, job search tips and
access to employment possibilities is available at
http://www.homeinstead
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Demographic pressures mean employers
will need mature workers.
In locations where Pitney
Bowes has on-site clinics, many routine
screenings such as blood pressure testing are available free
of charge to
active employees.S.seasoned mag
The conference is designed to inform, educate and
entertain
seniors, "almost seniors," families of seniors, caregivers,
healthcare professionals, educators,
and the general public.
"Dr., and the Foley Elder Health Center of University Hospitals Health
Systems/University Hospitals of Cleveland (bronze level). The $5 billion company
with 35,000 employees
helps organizations of all sizes efficiently and
effectively manage their mission-critical mail and
document flow in physical,
digital and hybrid formats. Foundation programs
provide security, protection
and empowerment for older persons in need.dhirubhai fifty
at the
InterContinental Hotel + Conference Center, 9801
Carnegie Ave. And our on-site clinics provide free medical care to
employees.
Pitney Bowes
is the world's leading provider of integrated mail and
document management systems, services and
solutions.secours seniors
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Cites positive policies towards workers age 50 and
older
With aging baby boomers approaching retirement, what does this mean for
employers, employees and consumers today and in the future?
STAMFORD, Conn. The foundation
relies on support from thousands of
volunteers, donors and sponsors.aarp.org/featuredemployers.,
leading caregiving stress researcher at the University of Pittsburgh
who participated in the creation
of the new assessment tool.freebies boomers
For more information or to be
put on a mailing list for registration
information, call (440) 914-1400 or
(800) 940-7558. Low-
income older workers receive the job
training and placement they need to re-
join the workforce.
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
membership organization that helps people
50 and older have independence, choice and control in ways
that are beneficial
and affordable to them and society as a whole., According to the U.nickels generations
, Pitney
Bowes (NYSE: PBI) and 12
other national companies were named "Featured Employers" today by the AARP
Foundation for being forward-looking companies in regard to the impact of an
aging workforce on
employers, employees and on the economy. But the pool of replacement workers won't be large enough to
meet
employers' demand for workers.aarp.
Available Topic Expert(s): For information on the
listed expert(s), click
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Joyce Brothers will be keynoter at Home Instead Senior
Care's "Educational
Adventure in Aging" day-long event
CLEVELAND
, Home Instead Senior Care (HISC), the
country's leading non-medical home care service provider and
source of
companionship for the elderly, will present "SUDDENLY SENIOR 2005! An
Educational Adventure
in Aging" on April 7, 2005 from 7:45 am to 5 p. A variety of vendors will exhibit practical,
creative
items or services for seniors as well.AARP Foundation Names Pitney Bowes Only 'Featured Employer' Based
in New England
At Pitney Bowes we offer a comprehensive set of benefits and development
goals
to all our employees that are particularly attractive to mature workers.jsp?userid=516445
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The Workforce Initiative seeks to help mature jobseekers and workers close
the existing gap
of opportunities by offering employment connections, skills
assessment and access to training. Pitney
Bowes was recognized for giving
equal consideration to mature job seekers as it does for applicants
from all
other groups.g.boomers fifty
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