SELECT PROJECTS
AFGANISTAN – Provide books to Operation Medical Libraries, whose mission is to collect and distribute current medical textbooks and journals to war-torn countries through a partnership with American medical schools, hospitals, and physicians and the United States military.
AFRICA – Provide Caregiver Assistance News for HOPe AfricA for caregivers in Nigeria and Uganda.
ALASKA – Caregiver newsletters for programs for professional and family caregivers through agencies such as Caridad Home Care and Norton Sound Health Corp.
AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS – Provide the National Family Caregiver Support Program with books and newsletters to train and support family caregivers and grandparents caring for grandchild.
EUROPE – Licensed Caregiver Assistance News content for Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide for use in patient/caregiver newsletters in Europe for Novartis Pharma AG.
FRANCE – Provided content for Novartis Pharma S.A.S.’s website. Novartis has developed a web-based platform called “Virtual House” as part of its commitment to proximology, a new area of research focusing on the relationship between patients and caregivers. A novel, personalized service, Virtual House helps patients and caregivers reduce risks of domestic accidents and improve the safety, comfort and quality of life for chronically ill persons living at home. Most people with severe, chronic illnesses want to continue living at home as long as possible — with their families in familiar surroundings. It is often necessary, however, to rearrange living space to make homecare easier for both patients and caregivers.
GUAM – Provide caregiver training and support materials to the University of Guam CPS/School of Nursing, Social Work/ Health Sciences.
HAWAII – Family caregiver support through the County of Maui – Office on Aging.
IRELAND – Family and patient education and support for the Parkinson Association of Ireland.
PHILLIPINES – Provide the National College of Business and Arts (NCBA) caregiver guides for its professional training program. Provide books through Operation Medical Libraries.
PUERTO RICO – Provide Spanish edition books for training to Academia Viemar and the Job Connection Center in San Juan.
SINGAPORE – License Mini-Guide content to the Centre for Enabled Living for use by the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) www.aic.sg (set up by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to oversee, coordinate and facilitate all efforts in care integration) and partner agency Asian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA). Caregiver training content was translated into Malay, Bahasa, Mardarin and Tagalog.
SINGAPORE – Provided the Stroke edition for Moleac Pte Ltd for the caregivers and patients who use the first drug, NeuroAiD, that helps patients recover faster and better from their stroke disabilities.
UK – Partnered with the European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA) to produce an edition for the UK market Caring in The Comfort of Home. EFNA’s main aim is to improve the quality of life of people in Europe who live with long-term and often extremely debilitating illnesses. As caregivers also ‘live’ with the illnesses of those for whom they care.
US – Nationwide reach to support caregivers from large agencies such City of Los Angeles Department on Aging, State of Arizona Department on Aging, and customized Mini-Guides for In Home Supportive Services for the State of California (IHSS Public Authority), to small home care agencies. Our materials are offered in Spanish, Russian, and Cantonese.