Changing the Way We Care

by: Erica Brody

Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 13:38:51 PM EDT

On July 12th, PJA & JFSJ joined a coalition of more than 70 organizations to launch Caring Across Generations, a campaign to transform long-term care in the United States for our loved ones who count on the support of caregivers to meet their basic daily needs, the workers who provide the support, and the families who struggle to find and afford quality care for their family members.

Taking Care  (above): PJA & JFSJ President Simon Greer introduces Valerie Jarrett (Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls) at the D.C. launch of Caring Across Generations, a movement to protect and expand our nation’s support system for the aging and people with disabilities at a time when the need for care in America is skyrocketing.

The launch – at the first of 15 “Care Congresses” slated for cities around the nation in the next year -- drew more than 700 supporters. PJA & JFSJ helped organize an interfaith breakfast to kick off the campaign.

Pics! Pics! Check out the pictures from the Care Congress and interfaith breakfast on Facebook.