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435px"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Researchers at the Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life&#39;s <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.abramsoncenter.org/PRI/"> Polisher Research Institute</a> were pioneers in recognizing that caring at home for an elderly relative can be stressful. That role has become even more demanding in today&#39;s fast-paced world, where a caregiver may be juggling the needs of their children and spouse, a job, and care of an older relative.</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Family caregivers who are caring for elders living in their own homes or in senior communities may benefit from the following programs and resources: </span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.abramsoncenter.org/Pages/helpcare.html"> Counseling for Caregivers</a> program offers support, guidance, and connects family caregivers with essential resources. </span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.abramsoncenter.org/Pages/adultdaycare.html"> Helen L. Weiss Senior Day Program</a> provides a safe, cheerful environment for frail seniors to spend the day, giving the caregiver some respite from daytime caregiving duties. </span></p> <p><u> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:blue"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.abramsoncenter.org/Pages/hospice-care.html"> Abramson Hospice</a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> provides a wide range of services for people of all ages who are facing terminal illness and is based on the Abramson Center s exceptional experience in providing palliative care. Our hospice team is specially trained to support and honor Jewish beliefs and practices surrounding illness, death, and mourning.</span></p> <!-- New page --> <p><u> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:blue"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.abramsoncenter.org/Pages/home-care.html"> Abramson Home Care</a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> provides an array of health-related and homemaker services into the home, enabling the care recipient to be in familiar surroundings.</span></p> <p><u> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:blue"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.abramsoncenter.org/Pages/post-hospital.html"> Birnhak Transitional Care</a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> provides short-term nursing, medical, and rehabilitative care designed to help patients get stronger and be more fully recovered after hospitalization, but before they return home.</span></p> <!-- End --> <p><u> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.pdcronline.com/"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: blue"> Palliative Dementia Care Resources Online</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></a> provides family members and professionals caring for persons with dementia who have serious illness with information, news, and a forum to exchange ideas in one easy-to-use free Web site.<br> <br> Developed and maintained by our Polisher Research Institute, the Web site was created through a grant from the Farber Family Foundation of Philadelphia.<br> <br> For information about the Website itself, e-mail <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="mailto:sanderson@abramsoncenter.org"> sandersen@abramsoncenter.org</a>. </span></td> <td width="146" height="197" colspan="1" rowspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../images/C%20for%20C%20photo.jpg" alt="" height="124" width="145" border="0"></td> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr height="77"> <td width="134" height="77" colspan="2" rowspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><a href="../index.html"><img height="32" width="66" src="../images/homeicon.jpg" alt="home button" border="0"></a></td> <td width="286" height="77"><spacer type="block" width="286" height="77"></td> <td width="146" height="77"><spacer type="block" width="146" height="77"></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>