CaringBridge vs ILTA

CaringBridge is a no-cost, 501(c)(3) nonprofit health platform that surrounds family caregivers with support while they care for a loved one on a health journey. A donor-supported nonprofit founded in 1997, the organization offers tools to share and document a health journey, simplify care coordination, and connect caregivers with a supportive community. CaringBridge addresses feelings of overwhelm, isolation, and loneliness by improving emotional health and social connectedness, helping people come together in support of healing. With over 300,000 people on the platform every day sending or receiving support, there are over 1,600 messages of love, hope, and compassion posted every hour. And every 12 minutes a new CaringBridge page is started. The CaringBridge community includes all 50 states and more than 242 countries around the world. To learn more visit www.caringbridge.org. Private, protected, and ad-free · A trusted, private, and ad-free space that only a nonprofit like CaringBridge can provide to support family caregivers and their loved ones on a health journey. Communicate to everyone all at once · Communicate to everyone all at once in a safe and private space, relieving the burden of individually updating people. Capture and process every step of the health journey · The very act of capturing a loved one’s health journey improves emotional health and social support. Coordinate care with family and friends · Making it easy to ask for help, because we know it’s often the most difficult thing to ask for.

The ILTA Connected Community application allows members to access ILTA news and events as well as interact with their peers on the ILTA Connected Community site via their mobile device. Note: to have full visibility in all areas you will need to be an employee of an ILTA member firm or corporate legal department. A valid login is required for access Key features of the ILTA Connected Community app include: Profile – View the contact information that ILTA has for you. Keep it up to date so that you never miss the Peer to Peer magazine or other important communication. Keep your colleagues up to date on how to contact you. Discussions – View and respond to the latest discussions going on amongst your colleagues. Conversations and Q & A with your peers is one of the most valuable benefits of membership. Never miss a message and be part of the conversation even when you’re not at your desk. People – Members can browse or search the member directory. My Contacts easily allows you to keep in touch with the contacts you’ve made in the industry. This quick “friends” list will always be up to date as your colleagues move around. Inbox – View contact requests and member to member messages sent via ILTA’s member’s only social network Events – Both members and nonmembers can view public events being offered by ILTA Announcements – View Announcements News – You can keep up to date with what’s going on in ILTA; browse the latest postings in the Career Center; view tweets about #ILTA Info – read information about ILTA and how to contact support.