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ITN update We continue to make good progress and build hope. Here is the body of an email message sent today: Thank you very much for allowing me to share my story. I am trying to create a system now whereby men will feel support for becoming better caregivers. It may take years but we'll get there quicker if we start now. If you can please look at www.mlberg.spaces.live.com you will see a collection of "caregiver resources." In reality these are just tools to help with interpretation of feelings. It may not be next year but the time is coming when society is overwhelmed with the need for better delivery of care. The answer won't be "get more nurses" because there just aren't enough people out there to fill the shortage. Your own in-home services would be jeopardized without adequate paid caregiver staff. What I want is to have you ask the question WHAT CAN DAN DO TO HELP and then let me be part of finding the answer. Collaboration is not specifically partnering but that is what I'm trying to do. I believe that men want to become better caregivers but they don't feel supported in these roles. I put together a program model, the ITN (In Their Names) Men's Caregiver Support Group, and posted it online. The ITN concept has received endorsements from a variety of entities. The process it proposes is iterative in nature and open to refinement. Theoretically if your clients came to you and asked for tools to support their caregiving men, what could you offer? Thank you both for your time. Dan TrackbacksWeblogs that reference this entry
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