The aging of America coupled with the double whammy of Katrina and Rita woke us up to a need heretofore barely recognized. This free manual helps senior citizens, senior caregivers and those in the throes of disaster recovery. (PRWEB) October 13, 2005 -- If caregiving was a sport, it would be classified as an extreme sport. That';s why Senior Outreach Ministries, http://www.senior2senior.org, is giving away a free caregiver manual from their site.

Thomas Koziol, Executive Secretary of the Ministries said, "Senior Outreach Ministries wrote a manual titled ‘Care: Giving and Receiving (Nurturing in the Age of Aging)’ to ease the burdens on caregivers." He went on to say that it does not slight the care receiver but rather shows all parties how to get balance back into their lives. "This manual is not only packed with resources showing how to find financial aid and free help but also, and maybe more importantly, how to keep both the caregiver and care receiver';s dignity and individuality intact" Koziol added. "Of current American households, about 25% are providing care to a relative or friend over the age of 50," according to him. Couple those statistics with the recent events brought about by two hurricanes in the Gulf States and caregiving suddenly takes on a new meaning. Everybody in a caregiving situation is being squeezed but statistics show the typical caregiver is a wife taking care of a husband with very little help. She devotes 70 hours a week to caregiving meaning she either quit work or cut her hours. It doesn';t have to be this way given the resources now available.

It is available as a free download at: http://www.senior2senior.org or for anyone not having web access, a copy may be requested by sending $9.95 to cover postage and processing to Senior Outreach Ministries, P.O. Box 1234, Reno, NV 89504. "Unfortunately the post office and printer charge us for their time and labor so we must pass along the cost" Koziol said. "A free way to gain access is to go to your public library and use their computers" Koziol added. "We are not in the publishing business so it is our hope everyone wanting a manual will download it" he concluded. Working together is the most powerful antidote to any crisis we face or at least that is what the Ministries propounds.

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