NFCA Corporate Leadership Council.
Founding Partners:
Allsup
 Allsup, the nation's premier provider of Social Security Disability Insurance representation and Medicare plan selection services, works with hundreds of family caregivers each year, guiding them and their loved ones through the often complex and lengthy SSDI application process. Allsup and the National Family Caregivers Association combine their expertise to enhance their ability to serve caregivers and their families. Founded in 1984, Allsup employs more than 600 professionals who deliver specialized services supporting people with disabilities and seniors so they may lead lives that are as financially secure and as healthy as possible. For more information, visit www.Allsup.com.
Family Partners:
Eisai Inc.
Eisai Inc. is a US pharmaceutical subsidiary of Tokyo-based Eisai Co., Ltd., a research-based human health care company that discovers, develops and markets products throughout the world. Eisai focuses its efforts in three therapeutic areas: neurology, gastrointestinal disorders, and oncology/critical care. Established in 1995 and ranked among the top-20 U.S. pharmaceutical companies (based on retail sales), Eisai Inc. began marketing its first product in the United States in 1997 and has rapidly grown to become an integrated pharmaceutical business.
Home Instead
 The Home Instead Senior Care family network of locally owned franchise offices was developed with a passionate desire to be your trusted source in helping you keep your aging mother, father, grandparents or friends in their home as they grow older. The Home Instead Senior Care franchise network provides a range of services including companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, medication reminders, shopping, errands, and more. When family members or friends aren't able to help the older adults they love, Home Instead Senior Care CAREGivers are there.
Lotsa Helping Hands
 Lotsa Helping Hands was created to support family caregivers and volunteers by empowering their circles of community who are eager to help those in need. The Lotsa Helping Hands mission is to provide the communication resources facilitating a world where caregivers feel empowered to ask for help, and in so doing, improve their own health and quality-of-life. Volunteers can become part of the solution when family, friends, neighbors or colleagues are in need of help, and community becomes a recognized way to find meaning in both giving and receiving.
XLHealth
 XLHealth is a leading expert on chronic illnesses and provider of health plan solutions for Medicare beneficiaries with special needs. XLHealth Corporation is the owner and operator of Care Improvement Plus, a Medicare Advantage health plan committed to delivering quality health care benefits and serving the underserved. Focused on improving patient outcomes and reducing health care spending, Care Improvement Plus has partnered with the National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) to address the growing needs of seniors with chronic illnesses. This partnership brings together two expert organizations committed to the same mission: providing resources to help a growing number of family caregivers supporting loved ones with one or more chronic illnesses. XLHealth and NFCA will build a shared family caregiver program—empowering and educating.
Caring Partners:
Forest Laboratories, Inc.
 Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) is a U.S.-based pharmaceutical company with a long track record of building partnerships and developing and delivering products that make a positive difference in people’s lives. In addition to its well-established franchises in therapeutic areas of the central nervous and cardiovascular systems, Forest’s current pipeline includes product candidates in all stages of development and across a wide range of therapeutic areas. The company is headquartered in New York, NY. To learn more about Forest Laboratories, visit www.FRX.com.
Friends:
AGIS
AGIS.com provides education, support, expert advice, local resources and a vibrant community for caregivers and families of the elderly.
DaVita
 DaVita Inc., a FORTUNE 500® company, is a leading provider of kidney care in the United States, delivering dialysis services and education to patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. As of September 30, 2010, DaVita operated or provided administrative services at 1,598 dialysis facilities, serving approximately 124,000 patients. DaVita develops, participates in and donates to numerous programs dedicated to transforming communities and creating positive, sustainable change for children, families and our environment. The company's leadership development initiatives and corporate social responsibility efforts have been recognized byFortune, Modern Healthcare, Newsweek, and WorldBlu, among others.
The Johnson & Johnson Caregiver Initiative
 The Johnson & Johnson Caregiver Initiative is a pioneer in the emerging field of family caregiver support and StrengthForCaring.com (SFC) is the cornerstone of this important program. SFC is a comprehensive website designed to provide family caregivers with a broad range of expert content and information, an emerging on-line community, daily inspiration, and much needed support.
Merck
 We are inspired by the difference we can make in the lives of people around the world through the innovative medicines, vaccines, and consumer health and animal products we discover and produce. Our products cover a broad range of areas, including heart and respiratory health, infectious diseases, sun care and women’s health. And we focus our research on conditions that affect millions of people around the world – diseases like Alzheimer’s, diabetes and cancer – while building strengths in new areas like biologics. While we work to develop innovative therapies, we also work hard to make sure they’re affordable. That’s why we offer assistance and discount programs to help make our medicines accessible to those who need them. At today’s Merck, we’re applying our global reach and strength in scientific research to do more of what we’re passionate about: working to ensure a healthier future for all – one person at a time.
Pfizer
Pfizer is committed to being a global leader in health care and to helping change millions of lives for the better through providing access to safe, effective and affordable medicines and related health care services to the people who need them. We have a leading portfolio of medicines that prevent, treat and cure diseases across a broad range of therapeutic areas, and an industry-leading pipeline of promising new products in areas such as oncology, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
To ensure that we deliver the value our patients and customers need and our shareholders deserve, we are focused on continually improving the way we do business; on operating with transparency in everything we do; and on listening to the views of all of the people involved in health care decisions. We know that we can best ensure that people everywhere have access to innovative medicines and quality health care through working in partnership with everyone from patients to health care providers, managed care organizations to world governments and non-governmental organizations.
PhRMA
 The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country’s leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. PhRMA companies are leading the way in the search for new cures. PhRMA’s mission is to conduct effective advocacy for public policies that encourage discovery of important new medicines for patients by pharmaceutical/biotechnology research companies.
Purdue Pharma
 Purdue Pharma L.P., a privately held pharmaceutical company founded by physicians, is focused on meeting the needs of healthcare providers and the patients in their care. The company is committed to finding, developing, and bringing to market new medicines and related products that improve health outcomes.
Purdue has long been known for its pioneering research on persistent pain, a principal cause of human suffering. In 1993, the company established Partners Against Pain® as a resource to help patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers advance standards of pain care and alleviate unnecessary suffering through education and advocacy.
Sanofi-aventis
 Sanofi-aventis U.S., based in Bridgewater, NJ, and employing 15,000 people across the country, is part of a leading global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, produces, and markets innovative therapies that enhance people’s lives. Extensive research and development efforts are focused on health care challenges in cardiology, oncology and internal medicine, as well as metabolic diseases, central nervous system disorders and vaccines.
Supporters:
Homewatch CareGivers
 Founded in 1980, Homewatch CareGivers is a large and highly experienced international provider of in home caregiver services for people of all ages. Caregivers are triple-screened and continually trained and supervised by healthcare professionals to provide reliable, compassionate, and highly skilled services in companion, personal and comprehensive care. Home care services are personalized for each client and customized care plans are administered through an international network of 113 franchise owners with 191 territories in 36 U.S. states including 17 international territories. Each office is locally owned and dedicated to ensuring quality of life for clients and peace of mind for their loved ones. Call 1-800-777-9770, or visit www.homewatchcaregivers.com for caregiver information.
Invacare
 Invacare Corporation (NYSE: IVC), headquartered in Elyria, Ohio, is the global leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative home and long-term care medical products that promote recovery and active lifestyles. Invacare employs approximately 6,000 associates and markets its products in 80 countries around the world. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IVC.
NACDS Foundation
 The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is dedicated to providing the nation's leading retail chain pharmacies and suppliers with a unified voice necessary for growth and success. Every day, NACDS works to enable and support its members to better meet the ever-changing needs of their patients and customers, while representing the practical, legislative, and regulatory needs of community pharmacies across the nation.
Silverchair
 Silverchair Learning Systems, formed in 2002, brings together deep knowledge of senior care, specialized skills in technology, and a passion for client service. Silverchair uses these core elements to help clients successfully manage their training, empower their employees, actively engage and connect with their resident families, and provide the highest level of care to their residents. Silverchair Learning strives to be the superior source of education and information programs in the senior care industry. Silverchair supports the best care for seniors by providing comprehensive programs that improve their way of living.
Tranquility
 Tranquility, the Home-Caring Brand, is a complete line of Adult Disposable Incontinence Products manufactured by Principle Business Enterprises, Inc. (PBE), designed and developed by medical professionals and caregivers. Tranquility products help to restore your lifestyle, confidence and peace of mind, all while protecting fragile skin.
TEVA Neuroscience
 Teva Neuroscience is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., responsible for the development, registration, and marketing for all of Teva’s branded neurological products in North America.
The company has administrative and commercial offices in Kansas City, MO, clinical research activities and regulatory functions in Horsham, PA and clinical, biometric and regulatory functions Miami, FL. Montreal, Quebec is home to the company’s Canadian headquarters.
Teva Neuroscience has a strong commitment to patients and currently markets COPAXONE® (glatiramer acetate injection) for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and AZ ILE CT® (rasagiline tablets) for Parkinson’s disease in the US and Canada.
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