Family Caregiving and Technology – an essential collaboration when you look at demographic realities and people’s desires to live as independently and empowered as possible.Next Wednesday, May 14th, in Washington, D.C., there’s going to be a great Congressional briefing led by the National Alliance for Caregiving. It will be held from 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in the Rayburn Office Building, Room B-339. Entitled ‘Technology to Support Family Caregiving,’ speakers will include Ecumen’s Chief Operations Officer and Senior Vice President of Strategy and Operations Kathy Bakkenist, as well as:- Gail Hunt, President and CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving.- Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)- Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)- Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA)- Carol Smith, RN, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center- Sara J. Czaja, Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine- Adam Darkins, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs- Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)- Pramod Gaur, Ph.D., President Healthanywhere- David L. Whitlinger, Continua and Intel Corporation- Thomas Carey, Vice President Sales & Government Business WebMD Health Services- Charles Hillman, PE, CEO, GrandCare Systems- Kevin Sypniewski, CEO, AGIS Network- Hal Chapel, CEO, Lotsa Helping Hands