Utah Coalition for Caregiver Support
A group of professionals who had a common interest in issues relating to caregiving of elderly individuals began to loosely gather in the Spring of 2002, recognizing that there was no formal mechanism for information, resources, or support for Utah’s caregivers. This diverse group of caregiver advocates (including, but not limited to, representatives from community-based organizations, government agencies, hospice and health care entities, and academic and research institutions) became more structured and organized by the Fall of 2002 and officially declared itself as the first statewide coalition for caregiver support.
Upcoming Events
Utah Aging Alliance 17th Annual Fall Conference
October 7th & 8th 2008 at the Zermatt Resort & Spa in Midway Utah.
For more info click the link above, or contact Sonnie Yudell 801.538.3926
email syudell@utah.gov
What a statewide coalition for caregiver support can do:
- Provide advocacy, information, education, community awareness, and networking of the nonprofit sector
- Provide more information and ways of disseminating information
- Respond to community needs and provide for needs of caregivers now and in the future
- Improve public and private nonprofit collaboration
- Consolidate and share information
- Minimize overlapping services from agencies with common missions
- Assist caregivers statewide, including regionally, culturally, and ethnically diverse areas
- Ease the burden of referring
- Improve service delivery
- Reduce barriers to service
- Provide a forum to exchange issues and information
- Develop and share advocacy campaigns
- Create a mechanism for easy access to resources
- Strengthen and unite existing resources, information, and people
- Promote awareness of caregiving and its challenges
