ShareCare -- About Us

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About Sharecare...

History

Project ShareCare began as a family caregiver support program for seniors in October 2004 with funding from the South Mississippi Area Agency on Aging. On Oct. 1, 2005, ShareCare Bank, with funding from the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities, was launched to build stronger, broader support for families.

The Bank

The Bank targets family caregivers of persons with disabilities and senior adults and includes opportunities for the entire community. ShareCare Bank members are networked to build a community of sharing in order to help one another, using whatever skills or resources anyone may have to share with the group.

TimeDollars

Members earn TimeDollars by doing the things they enjoy and spend TimeDollars on the services of other members in the Bank. Service needs can be shopped through the skills available in the group. One hour of service equals one TimeDollar, regardless of the service.

What We Offer

The ShareCare projects always offer an educational and counseling component through group meetings, classes, events, speakers, and our online newsletter ShareCare Notes. This Web site offers links to helpful resources, an events calendar and archives of past newsletters.

Currently the project is facilitating caregiver support groups and monthly ShareCare member meetings ( See IDS calendar ).

Click below for printable publications about ShareCare Bank

Introducing ShareCare Bank
How it works
Examples of Contributions
ShareCare Bank Application
Partner Application

Project ShareCare is sponsored by the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS), Mississippi's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). IDS provides university training, community service activities, research, and information that promote the independence, productivity, and community inclusion of individuals with disabilities and their families. For more information about IDS, visit the Institute's Web site at www.ids.usm.edu or call 1-888-671-0051 (TTY). To make a tax-deductible gift to IDS for this and other projects, visit http://www.usm.edu/ids/supportus.html.

This page is maintained by the Institute for Disability Studies (http://www.usm.edu/ids) at The University of Southern Mississippi (http://www.usm.edu) . Comments and suggestions are welcome; direct them to the webmaster. The URL of this document was Last updated November 10, 2006 2:39 PM .

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