CISC Caregivers 家屬照顧者支援計劃: 11月 2013

2013年11月27日星期三

每周二我們都會開放本中心給大家光臨, 而十二月份的活動時間表已準備好了!! 如果大家對活動 ( 例如: 興趣班, 電腦班, 英語班, 等等) 有什麼提議, 歡迎隨時告訴我們 :)

2013年11月22日星期五

為了方便大家保存照片，以後活動照片都可以從本網頁下載　！
For your convenience, our event photos will be uploaded to this website, feel free to save a copy !

慢性疾病自我管理課程畢業禮 11/18/13
參觀健安護老院 2013
藍莓採摘 2013
新年聯歡會 新年聯歡會 2013

2013年11月18日星期一

Family Caregiver Handbook

The following link is a Family Caregiver Handbook which provides useful and important information. Hope it helps!

http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/publications/22-277.pdf

Table of Content

-Changing Roles and Relationships

-Providing Day-to-Day Care
-Safety in the Home

-Enhancing Daily Life

-The Emotional Challenges of Caregiving

-Where to Turn When you need Help

-Choosing Residential Care: When Care at Home is no Longer Possible

-Paying for Services or a Care Facility

-Planning For Tomorrow

-Ordering Publications

-Aging and Long-Term Support Administration Website

Source: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

2013年11月14日星期四

National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program
The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide up to $10 million annually for local programs to distribute communication equipment to low-income deaf-blind individuals. The goal is to provide them access to communication tools like email, text, and call using modern technology to interact with the world as an involved member of society.

Types of FREE Equipment Available:
• Braille Devices: Braille Display & BrailleNote
• Computers & Tablets
• Software: ZoomText, Jaws, Window-Eyes, etc.
• Phones: Smartphones, Amplified Phones, Cap Tel, etc.

Hearing & Visual Loss Prerequisites:

1. Have a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective lenses, or a field defect such that the peripheral diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees, or a progressive visual loss having a prognosis leading to one or both these conditions.

2. Have a chronic hearing impairment so severe that most speech cannot be understood with optimum amplification, or a progressive hearing loss having a prognosis leading to this condition.
Income Eligibility:
Applicant must meet income requirements that do not exceed 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines. Example: below $44,680 for 1 person or $60,520 for 2 people.
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Contact Angela Theriault at atheriault@seattledbsc.org or 206-257-2754
at the Deaf-Blind Service Center for more information or to apply.