7-21-11 Age/Tech Webinar – Caregiver Tools & Technology

Thursday July 21st Aging/Technology Webinar:

Date: Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Time: 2pm EDT (1pm CDT / 12p MDT / 11am PDT)
Location: http://grandcaresystems.webex.com

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Topic: Caregiver Tools & Technology

Being a family caregiver is a difficult, time consuming and stressful experience. In the past few years technology and services have become available to make this experience a little easier.

This webinar will explore:

1) What makes being a caregiver so stressful and how to reduce this stress

2) Tips on successful time management

3) Technologies that help family caregivers manage appointments, medications and legal documents

Our Speaker: John Mills, Co-Founder & CEO, eCare Diary

John Mills, founder of eCare Diary, has over 20 years experience in the health care field. He has worked in the health care technology business as a key team member at MyHealthBank, serving in a number of roles, including product implementation and advising the company on regulatory issues including HIPAA transaction and privacy rules. He has developed the first set of online tools to help members obtain health care information and manage their own health care, introduced new insurance products and managed the launch of a new corporate brand.  John spent close to a decade working on health care policy serving as Legislative Director to Congressman Eliot Engel of New York, a member of a key health care committee in the US House of Representatives, and in 1993 was a member of President Clinton’s Task Force on Health Care Reform.  He later worked on the Bi-Partisan Commission on Medicare Reform established by Clinton in 1998. John has a Masters Degree in Public Policy with a specialization in health policy from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Union College in Schenectady, NY.

Our Sponsor: eCare Diary

eCare Diary provides comprehensive information, tools and resources to help those seeking and providing long term care. A unique feature is our Care Diary, a set of online tools designed to make coordination of care and sharing of information easy amongst family members and other caregivers. eCare Diary also has a comprehensive database of nursing home and home care services, guides on long term care financing and information on important health care documents everyone should have.

For further information please visit www.ecarediary.com