Share The Care: Presented By Hospice
ISLAND-WIDE SPECIAL PRESENTATION — SHARE THE CARE — SEPTEMBER 25, 2011
SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH — LIHUE– 3PM -4:30PM
The GOOD news is that we are likely to live longer than generations before us. The accompanying news is that we are likely to need care as we age. WHERE that care comes from and how it is paid for challenges many people on Kauai today.
As our population ages, the challenge grows and we can’t expect the government or new medical technology to help us. We need to figure out how to care for our ill, disabled, or dying loved ones, without burning out and destroying our finances.
There is a solution. Share the Care, a grassroots initiative, is a group care-giving model that shows ordinary people how to pool their talents, time, and resources to care for a family member or friend.
Kauai Hospice is sponsoring an inspiring presentation, open to the public, by the founder of the Share The Care movement, Sheila Warnock. Kauai Hospice is joined in this special event by the Kauai Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Network, and the American Cancer Society – Kauai region.
All these groups are determined to improve the quality of life of people who have a serious or terminal illness. We all know the power of a community coming together to solve a common concern. We all see the coming tsunami of more and more of our families, friends, and neighbors needing care.
The AARP Policy Institute estimates that nearly two-thirds of Americans over age 65 will need long term care at home with adult day care, or in an assisted living or nursing home facility. The potential stress and financial costs are staggering. All this at a time when health care costs are soaring, people have less disposable income and savings, and government at all levels is cutting back. While health care policies are debated, our families, friends, and neighbors suffer needlessly.
Kauai is known for a remarkable spirit of caring, where people ask every day, “What can I do to help?” Share The Care is a care-giving model that kicks the natural inclination of our community into positive action, one person in need at a time. Caring teams expand the meaning of ohana and solve the challenges to us as caregivers.
Share the Care has been spreading across America since it was created by a small group of friends helping another friend face a grave illness. Share the Care inspired teams are now helping people in 43 states, and eight other countries.
We invite you to come to this special presentation by Share The Care’s founder, Sheila Warnock, at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Lihue on Sunday, September 25th, from 3PM – 4:30PM.
Turn you caring into positive action. MAHALO
