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Donate some volunteer time to help out in the WSA office with data entry or a variety of office duties and special projects. What if you are not located close to our Freehold office? That's ok! We have many projects that can be done from your home, no matter where you are located. We always need people to verify professional addresses and information for our database. search the internet for special outreach and PR projects, and even scan old Mainstays- so we can upload them to our website. We have more things we'd like to do than we can accomplish on our own, so help is always appreciated! Volunteer to help with WSA office duties! <Click here> |
| 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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