Arthritis is Focus of Video Series

23. Jun, 2011 0 Comments

Video Series Educates Family Caregivers
About Arthritis
Omaha, NE – Two nationally recognized organizations that serve seniors are
joining forces to educate family caregivers about one of the most painful
and common conditions that afflict older adults.

The Home Instead Senior Care® network, working with the Arthritis
Foundation, has produced a series to help those who care for seniors link
to videos at www.homeinstead.com to learn more about arthritis. The video
series is part of the Home Instead Senior Care network’s Family Caregiver
EducationSM program, which highlights topics of importance to caregivers
of older adults.

Fifty million Americans have doctor-diagnosed arthritis – a condition that
refers to more than 100 different diseases that cause pain, swelling and
limited movement in joints or other parts of the musculoskeletal system,
according to the Arthritis Foundation. By 2030 that number is estimated
to grow to 67 million.
”Family caregivers often are at a loss to know how to help relieve the
discomfort of those who suffer from arthritis,” said Jeff Huber, President
and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Home Instead, Inc., franchisor for
the Home Instead Senior Care network, the world’s largest provider of
non-medical in-home care services for seniors. “That’s why we are
delighted to work with the Arthritis Foundation to bring renewed awareness
of this difficult condition that impacts so many seniors.”

Of those currently diagnosed with arthritis, more than 21 million have
arthritis-related activity limitations. As a result, arthritis costs the
U.S. economy $128 billion in lost wages and productivity annually, the
Arthritis Foundation reports.

The key to successful treatment is early diagnosis and the institution of
an appropriate treatment plan, said Tom Fite, Arthritis Foundation CEO,
Heartland Region. “Education is the first step, which is why we are
pleased this joint program has the potential to reach so many family
caregivers with valuable information and resources.”
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ABOUT HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE
Founded in 1994 in Omaha by Lori and Paul Hogan, the www.homeinstead.com
[Home Instead Senior Care]® network is the world’s largest provider of
non-medical in-home care services for seniors, with more than 900
independently owned and operated franchises providing in excess of 45
million hours of care throughout the United States, Canada, Japan,
Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Taiwan,
Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, Finland, Austria, Italy and Puerto
Rico. The Home Instead Senior Care network employs more than 65,000
CAREGiversSM worldwide who provide basic support services – activities of
daily living (ADLs), personal care, medication reminders, meal
preparation, light housekeeping, errands, incidental transportation and
shopping – which enable seniors to live safely and comfortably in their
own homes for as long as possible. At Home Instead Senior Care, it’s
relationship before task, while continuing to provide superior quality
service that enhances the lives of seniors everywhere.

ABOUT THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION
The Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org) is the only nationwide,
nonprofit health organization helping people take greater control of
arthritis by leading efforts to prevent, control and cure arthritis and
related diseases — the nation’s most common cause of disability. The
Arthritis Foundation is the largest non-governmental funder of arthritis
research in the world. Since 1948, the Arthritis Foundation has provided
over $400 million to arthritis-related research through its nationally
recognized peer-review research award program. The Arthritis Foundation
helps people with arthritis with a three pronged approach: funding
research, advocating for people with arthritis through public policy
initiatives, and through public health
programs.