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There are two convenient ways to become a Supporting Member of the WSA. Join Online: Using our secured credit card processing, you can join our membership online. Don't forget to fill out Step 2 of the membership process. A member login will be sent to you from the office to access the Supporting Members Only items on the website. At present you need to register separately for a WSA Online Forum account and setup your profile. Forum accounts are free, whether or not you are a supporting member. Please allow a 24 hour activation period for your WSA Online Forum account before you access the Forum the first time. Join By Mail: If you prefer, please print out the membership form, fill it in and send it to us by postal service mail. |
| Fact: The WSA... |
Note: For 21 years an annual supporting membership, including a subscription to Mainstay and other benefits was $25. Recently, the WSA Board voted to raise that cost by $5 to $30 in the U.S. and $35 elsewhere in North America. Overseas, Mainstay will only be available elecronically, in the members' area. Had we kept up to inflation the cost today would be $43.50. is the only national organization focusing exclusively on the needs of all spouses caring for a chronically ill and/or disabled husband, wife, or partner. Let others in the Well Spouse Association who have “been there and done that” help you face the challenges of long-term caregiving. |
| Playing the Canada Card: an American Caregiver's Experience |
Playing the Canada Card: an American Caregiver's Experience By CEIL SINNEX Copyright © 2009 Ceil Sinnex My husband John’s disease erupted like fireworks in the afternoon of my New Year’s Eve birthday seven years ago. I went out for the afternoon and returned home to find a stranger who only looked like John, talking gibberish and tearing our house apart at the seams. The siege lasted 16 hours.I thought of survival, not of Canada. As it turned out, survival and Canada would become one and the same. |
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