Caregiver Support and Well-Being Priority Project - Central East ...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSMany thanks to the Central East LHIN for acknowledging that caregivers are essential to the health caresystem and for recognizing the value of their input in the planning process.Thank you to the members of the Central East LHIN Caregiver Support Charter Writing Group and theDurham East Collaborative for your vision, insight and dedication to ensuring that caregivers have a voiceand that it is heard.Thank you to the Central East CCAC for your enthusiastic support of providing resources and leadershipas the Host Service Agency.Thank you to organizations and their boards who support the integration process by ensuring their staffbe part of this project.A special thank you goes to the Caregiver Support Project Team and members of the task groups.Your wisdom, dedication, knowledge and spirit in completing the work of this project will ensure thatcaregiver’s needs are acknowledged and supported.NameDianne BennettBrenda DavieTina DemmersSheilagh FertileSusan HainesJanet IrvineJennifer JosephsonMarie KwokLaura MacDermaidCheryl McCarthyMilton MoohahFrank MurphyBarb NorthScott PepinSelena SkinnerDana TurnhamKelly WeeksAnn Marie YaraskavitchColleen ZavrelSusan LockeKate ReedOrganizationCentral East CCACAlzheimer Society of Durham RegionLakeridge Health Port PerryCaregiverCommunity Care DurhamCaregiver/Caregiving Business OwnerBrock Community Health CentreCaregiverRegion of DurhamCaregiverCaregiverDurham Head Injury AssociationCaregiverNorthumberland Hills HospitalAlzheimer Society of Durham RegionCaregiverCanadian Mental Health AssociationCaregiverOshawa Senior Citizens CentresProject CoordinatorCentral East LHINThis report is dedicated to the unsung heroes who tirelessly care for others who cannot care forthemselves.“There are only four types of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will becaregivers and those who need care.”Former First Lady of the United States, Rosalyn Carter.3