by Melissa Jones, Family Caregiver Support Specialist
Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Goverments
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and Family Caregiver Month.
To kick off the month of recognition, the North Carolina Alzheimer’s Support Program and Family Caregiver Support Program are promoting statewide Candlelight Reflections.
Candlelight Reflections will be a joint effort to heighten public awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders and the need to recognize and support family caregivers. This event will be a special time to pay respect to those who have died of Alzheimer’s as well as honor those individuals and families who are presently living with the disease. It will also be an important time to express gratitude and appreciation to family caregivers for their invaluable contributions.
Please join us at the Vance County Senior Center at 126 S. Garnett St. on Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 6:15 p.m. The actual lighting of the candles will take place at 7:00 p.m. across North Carolina.
An event of this magnitude should have greater impact on state policy makers and the general public. It will also create unique opportunities to connect with others facing similar life challenges. For more information about this event, please contact Stephanie Brown, Family Caregiver Specialist with the Vance County Senior Center at 252-430-0257, or Melissa Jones, Regional Family Caregiver Support Specialist with the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging, at 252-436-2051.