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Forum Name		Topics	Posts	Last Post
Site Rules
	Rules of the site Please read all topics within before posting.	3	3	on Nov 23, 2008, 10:29am by Dawn in Using graphics
Announcements from the staff
	Announcements Important news & updates will be announced here as needed.	4	27
New member Center
	Welcome new members! - 1 Viewing Please take a moment to introduce yourself here! Moderator: Dawn	7	54
	Our stories If you'd like to write a longer post, with the story of how you became a caregiver, please feel free to write as much as you'd like here.	5	33
Resource Center
	Local resources Find or share resources localized to certain states, cities, or areas.	3	3	on Nov 16, 2008, 6:00pm by Dawn in Caregivers of cancer p...
	National resources Find or share resources accessible to anyone in the Untied States.	8	9	on Nov 15, 2008, 12:36pm by Dawn in Free Caregiver's Survi...
	International resources - 1 Viewing Find & or share resources accessible to people in all different countries.	1	1	on Feb 6, 2009, 9:24am by Dawn in Family Health Portrait
	Articles Here is the place to post helpful articles on care giving. Please remember to post only a portion of the article & to give the link where you found it.	8	14	on Dec 7, 2008, 11:16pm by Dawn in EXPLORING SPASTICITY
	Books - 1 Viewing Find & share links to books that help caregivers.	2	2	on Nov 15, 2008, 10:55pm by Dawn in Devotions for Caregivers
	Tips and Tools Here is where to find or post any tips that make care giving easier or tools like fact sheets, hardware, etc.	9	14	on Feb 26, 2009, 10:21am by Dawn in First-Aid Guide
Specific Care
	TBI (Traumatic Brain injury) , Strokes, & Aneurysms Traumatic brain injury (TBI, also called intracranial injury) occurs when physical trauma injures the brain. A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain. An aneurysm (or aneurism) is a localized, blood-filled dilation (balloon-like bulge) of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall. Moderators: Dawn, trid	9	24	on May 13, 2009, 10:17pm by Dawn in Literal thinking
	CP (Cerebral Palsy) Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive,non-contagious conditions that cause physical disability. Moderator: lee419	1	1	on Nov 20, 2008, 10:40pm by Dawn in Circus therapy for ki...
	Alzheimers Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a incurable, degenerative, and terminal form of dementia.	3	3	on Nov 20, 2008, 10:50pm by Dawn in Changing Inappropriate...
	Elder Care - 1 Viewing Elderly care or simply eldercare is the fulfillment of the special needs and requirements that are unique to senior citizens. Moderator: jj	5	20	on Feb 7, 2009, 11:29pm by jj in Elderly folks and chan...
	Developmental Disabilities Developmental disability is a term used to describe life-long disabilities attributable to mental and/or physical or combination of mental and physical impairments.	2	6	on Nov 25, 2008, 8:31am by jilly in Autisim?
	Cancer Cancer (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood).	2	2	on Feb 11, 2009, 11:35am by Dawn in Support Cervical Cance...
	Chronic Pain Find & share info & support for the many different types of chronic pain.	2	4	on Apr 1, 2009, 12:28am by matt in Matt--info on the pain...