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April 9, 2012
Lift Caregiving’s Family Ties tool was featured in the Metro Business section of today’s Richmond Times Dispatch. Click here for complete article.
The service, Family Ties, allows families to store documents digitally, schedule activities and keep lines of communication open with other family members.
The service includes a Virtual Safety Deposit Box, which allows users to store important documents and have them available at all times.
April 4, 2012
Lift Caregiving is Proud to Sponsor, a Caregiving Education Program. Click here for complete details.
Lift Caregiving, in collaboration with Circle Center Adult Day Services and The Center for Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health, is offering an educational program for family, professional and volunteer caregivers. The session will run (5) consecutive Tuesday, April 24 – May 22 from 5:30-7:45 pm.
April 4, 2012
Click here to read our recent article that appeared in examiner.com.
Richmonders Katie Gilstrap and Ted Ukrop have created an incredible resource for Richmond, Virginia caregivers that offers resources and help. Lift Caregiving is a local organization that offers tools, assessments, products and services for caregivers.
March 5, 2012
Lift Caregiving’s launches Family Ties, a free care management tool that helps families more easily manage the care of an aging loved one.
Read the Family Ties Press Release here.
Using cloud technology, Family Ties members are able to:
- Store important documents with a virtual safety deposit box,
- Schedule caregiving activities and
- Update loved ones in real time.
All of this can be completed in once place and within a platform that seamlessly integrates with the user’s existing email and Google calendar systems.
February 6, 2012
Lift Caregiving featured on Comcast Newsmakers
Katie Gilstrap recently spoke about Lift Caregiving in a feature on Comcast Newsmakers. See the clip below!
January 11, 2012
Click here to read our recent profile in the Chesterfield Observer!
Lift Caregiving is an Internet-based service. The site — http://www.liftcare giving.com/ — has more than 20 topics related to caring for aging adults. Ar- ticles range from 250 to 500 words and are meant to be consumable and action- able to get people started and making decisions.Lift Caregiving launches Dealing with Dementia, a free resource center providing family caregivers with resources, answers and encouragement. Read the press release here:
January 2012
Click here to read our recent article in Greater Richmond Grid magazine.
I felt that there was a real opportunity to build a resource that served this rapidly growing community with expert and actionable advice, trusted local service providers and helpful tools.
January 4, 2012
Lift Caregiving launches Dealing with Dementia, a free resource center providing family caregivers with resources, answers and encouragement.
Read the Press Release here.
Lift Caregivingʼs, Dealing with Dementia, helps family caregivers more effectively
manage the care of their loved ones as well as the conditionʼs impact on their
lives.
Dealing with Dementia offers interactive assessments and content areas that
include:
• Understanding and Managing Difficult Behaviors
• Understanding Changes in Your Relationship
• Activities for Loved Oneʼs with Dementia
December 30, 2011
Check out our recent feature in the We Are HDSA! newsletter, published by the Huntington Disease Society of America here!
As you prepare for your loved one’s hospital stay, there may be a million things going through your head. But knowing what to expect and how to best prepare can help.
Below are three areas you can begin collecting now, so that when your loved one is admitted, you can focus on being there for him or her emotionally.
October 31, 2011
Check out our recent feature in Grid magazine! You can read it here!
Currently the growing site offers users a wide selection of interactive assessment tools, tips and insight, helpful products, and the ability to enter a zip code to locate trusted providers in the area. Best of all, Gilstrap and Ukrop have launched a web community that promises to evolve with its users changing circumstances.
October 23, 2011
Check out our recent feature in Caring Voice Coalition’s new magazine! It is also showcased on the front page of their website! Read the full article here!
“We started Lift Caregiving because we realized that there was a huge need for caregiver support,” Gilstrap says. “We’re connecting people to the resources that will help make their experience easier. We also help counter the isolation people often feel when caring for a loved one by allowing them to connect with others who may be going through the same thing.”
October 16, 2011
Lift Caregiving was featured on WCVE’s panel on Geriatric Wellness on October 16th at 6pm, alongside experts from VCU and PACE. Click here to listen!
The WCVE Forum will air a community conversation that was taped live in the Community Idea Stations studio on October 11. “A Conversation About Geriatric Wellness” can be heard at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, October 16.
October 13, 2011
Tune into our recent interview for the Virginia Voice network with Lou Dean! Click here to listen!
October 12, 2011
Take a peek at our recent feature in the Richmond Caregiver Examiner here!
Modern Aging is a free day-long event to provide resources, advice, helpful tools, and provider-based Resource Center for family caregivers. As a caregiver, you know how challenging it is to balance family, work, and caregiving, while finding the financial, social and emotional resources for optimal performance.
October 11, 2011
Lift Caregiving was featured on Richmondmom.com! Check out the story here!
Now Lift Caregiving is offering help and resources to those who need it most. Lift Caregiving and VCU Department of Gerontology & School of Geriatric Medicine are presenting Modern Aging – a free resource day for family caregivers.
October 1, 2011
Check out our recent feature in the Huntington Disease Society of America’s national newsletter here!
Most people – whether as patients, family caregivers, or health professionals – do not have a good idea of what medical insurance will pay for until the need arises. Family members and patients are often shocked to find that insurance will not pay for many services and items needed at home that are routinely paid for in the hospital. Unless your relative has specific long-term care insurance (and very few people do at this point), many home care needs, especially home care aides or attendants, will not be covered at all or beyond an initial short-term period.
September 7, 2011
Lift Caregiving was spotlighted in Work It Richmond’s segment on Richmond’s aging industry. Check out the story here!
Lift, which was founded in September 2010 and launched its website in February, is designed as a resource center to help those people who don’t know where to start.
The company lists caregivers and providers for a wide variety of services, ranging from elder law to adult day care to assisted living centers. The site is capped at a maximum of five providers per category. It also carries advice from experts in different service areas.
July 28, 2011
Lift Caregiving was profiled in Work It Richmond’s You Need to Meet section. Check out the profile here.
July 22, 2011
Lift Caregiving and The United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg are working together to provide more resources to family caregivers in Central Virginia! Read the press release here:
United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg and Lift Caregiving are pleased to announce their new partnership, which will make liftcaregiving.com a centerpiece of United Way’s online resource center for family caregivers.
“United Way is a hub for community resources, connecting people and organizations with the agencies and information they need,” said Barbara Couto Sipe, Vice President of Community Impact for United Way. “Our partnership with Lift Caregiving will enhance our offerings to support people who are caring for the older adults in their lives.”
July 18, 2011
Lift Caregiving was recently featured on Go Girl! Radio. Check out the interview here, beginning at minute 42.
July 8, 2011
Lift Caregiving and VCU’s Dr. Peter Boling were featured on WRIC’s noon broadcast with tips on nutrition and older adults. Click here for a picture of their interview!
“Living alone, eating alone and being immobile create risk. Too many people depend on pre-packaged food and may overlook critical nutritional elements such as sodium content. Look for resources such as Meals on Wheels or Mom’s Meals to help make sure your loved one has access to fresh, nutritious food on a daily basis.” (excerpt from Dr. Peter Boling’s interview)
June 28, 2011
Lift Caregiving was featured on Go Girl Radio with Jen Towner, talking about the resources available to family caregivers in our community.
“Women are natural born nurturers. We tend to take care of others before we care for ourselves. The best advice I can give the women in our community caring for a loved one is to take good care of yourself first and to know the resources available that can help you create the best life for your loved one. It really does take a village…no matter who you are.” (excerpt from Katie Gilstrap’s interview)
May 9, 2011
Lift Caregiving was featured on Channel 12′s 5:00pm, 5:30pm and 6:00pm news broadcasts! Our site’s features and functions were highlighted, and our partners at the VCU School of Geriatric Medicine were on deck to answer questions viewers had about their aging loved ones.
April 8, 2011
Lift Caregiving is highlighted in Richmond 50 Plus as a part of their Spring Caregiver’s Guide. Check out our article here!
“Do not hesitate to reach out to others. You can share common experiences, tips and ideas and get an overall feeling that you are not out there alone,” said Ted Ukrop of Lift Caregiving.
April 4, 2011
Lift Caregiving announces a strategic partnership with the Caring Voice Coalition! Read more about this exciting alliance here!
Taylor Scott, Marketing Manager for the Caring Voice Coalition, says, “CVC’s financial assistance and patient support services have helped improve the life situations of our patients. We believe that our partnership with Lift Caregiving is an important way that we can expand our network of support and provide much needed resources to the family members and loved ones caring for our patients.”
March 21, 2011
Lift Caregiving is highlighted in the Richmond Times Dispatch! Read the article here.
Lift Caregiving brings together several resources in a single location. The site contains articles, advice, live chats with experts, assessment questionnaires to help make decisions and links to service providers.
The information is carefully vetted before going on the site, and service providers are approved by the Better Business Bureau, the business partners say.
March 15, 2011
Lift Caregiving’s Ted Ukrop joins the Older Dominion Partnership! Click here to read the announcement.
“As a business owner trying to simplify the caregiving process, I believe the Older Dominion Partnership is the right organization at the right time. Lift Caregiving finds that people don’t normally prepare or plan to be caregivers, and preparing for the oncoming age wave is no different.”
February 21, 2011
Lift Caregiving is featured on timesdispatch.com as a resource for employers! Check out the clip here.
Metro Business asked Katie Gilstrap, co-founder of Lift Caregiving, about what employers could do to help adult workers who have become caregivers for their parents.
February 11, 2011
Lift Caregiving is highlighted in Richmond BizSense! Read the full article here!
“Two former First Market Bank executives have launched a web-based business aimed at consumers who care for aging relatives.
Ted Ukrop and Katie Gilstrap founded Lift Caregiving in September and took the website live last week. The web portal offers information, including articles and service directories, for those being thrust into the role of caregiver for older loved ones.”
February 05, 2011
Lift Caregiving has officially launched. You can read our launch announcement here.
Lift Caregiving has partnered with some of the area’s top authorities; they understand our objectives and values, giving us generations’ worth of knowledge and experience.
“The Red Cross has caring and compassion as core components of our mission,” said Reggie Gordon, CEO of the American Red Cross, Virginia Capital Region. “We are excited about our partnership with Lift Caregiving because we share common values about making access to help as easy as possible. Together, we will train, empower and prepare caregivers and improve the quality of life of those in their care.”
January 16, 2011
Lift Caregiving has been highlighted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch! Read the full article here.
“These facilities have the activities, camaraderie and professional care your loved one needs. If you need help getting started, there are many resources, both community based and online. One local choice is Lift Caregiving (www.liftcaregiving.com). The main thing is to do what’s right for your relative and for you so the time you have together can be special.”