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Author: Gail Mitchell

Ms. Mitchell began her full-time caregiving experience in the early eighties when her husband was diagnosed with cancer. Later on she became the primary caregiver for her father, along with her mother who had become critically ill from burnout prior to her dad’s passing. In recent years, she cared for several friends with AIDS while continuing to care for her mother and actively providing support, information, referrals and resources for caregivers.

Gail's leadership on the Internet and her success with Empowering Caregivers led her to found National Organization For Empowering Caregivers (NOFEC) INC in 2001.

Prior to founding NOFEC, she created the iVillageHealth Chat: Empowering Caregivers, which she hosted for over 5 years. Within a month of hosting she created Empowering Caregivers: www.care-givers.com in 1999 as a resource for caregivers around the globe. Over three million visitors have frequented the website.

She has presented at national and international care-related conferences and programs and has been a keynote speaker for many programs as well.

Ms Mitchell has assisted thousands of caregivers online and offline in ways to empower themselves in their roles in caring for loved ones.

For a list of clients and/or her resume, please contact info@care-givers.com

Gail's articles have been published in many venues nationally and in Canada. Presently, she is a member of American Society on Aging and National Quality Caregivers Coalition.

Gail has discovered that there is life after caregiving: She has become a successful ceramic artist and installation artist. She created Crystal Illumination Art to bring the transformative quality of illumination, light and color to the human experience and celebrate its ability to inspire, heal and nourish our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being.

A Lesson in Trust and Faith

By Gail Mitchell
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs

Through her experience with her beloved pet, Magi, the author learned lessons in trust and faith in addition to some alternative medicine treatments for both animals and humans.

Home & Safety- Bathroom

By Gail Mitchell
  • Home Safety and Modification

Do’s and don’t’s for the elderly in the bathroom.

Family Caregivers Are Given More Than They Can Handle

By Gail Mitchell
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Eldercare
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
  • Legislation and Advocacy
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

More and more family members are becoming the primary caregiver to a loved one. In the instant of a diagnosis, caregivers, like yourselves are thrown into the role with no prior training. Contact your congress person for help.

Legal Terms And Medical Directives Terminology You Should Know About

By Gail Mitchell
  • Aging
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Death and Dying
  • Disability - Accessability - Mobility
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters

Legal Terms And Medical Directives Terminology You Should Know About

Survey From Newsletter Subscribe 12/31/98

By Gail Mitchell
  • Caregiver Issues

TOPICS CAREGIVERS WANT TO HEAR ABOUT. Legal and financial how to’s ie: living wills, power of attorneys etc. Assistance to relieve my fears as a caregiver, Problems with siblings who won’t deal with the illness of our loved one or participate in the shari

Negative Or Positive Choices

By Gail Mitchell
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

As caregivers we sometimes encounter feelings of negativity, such as resentment, hate, anger or even fear. We might even experience mixed feelings bouncing back and forth from a negative to a positive. Here are ways of turning the negative to a positive.

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