This video about the Circle of Life Caregiver Cooperative was created by Aimie Vallat for the Third Annual Thriving Communities Conference held at the Whidbey Institute in March of 2014. For more information about the Thriving Communities Conference, visit; whidbeyinstitute.org The video also appears on vimeo.com at http://vimeo.com/84179245
At Circle of Life, Caregivers are also the Business Owners
BY DEAN KAHN THE BELLINGHAM HERALD February 17, 2014 This article originally appeared on the Bellingham Herald website. Jo Ann McNerthney learned about elder care up-close when her father moved from Tacoma into her Bellingham house nearly eight years ago. Her father’s wife could no longer care for him because he had Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and recent back surgery. Caregivers …