The Golden Living family of companies provides care and services that directly or indirectly serve the elderly and disabled, including companies that operate nursing homes and provide rehabilitation therapy, hospice care, home health services and temporary staffing services. There are 329 Golden Living Centers (skilled nursing facilities) and 17 Golden Living Communities (assisted living facilities) in 22 states. In addition, the Golden Innovations companies are leading providers of integrated senior health care services, partnering with more than 1,000 nursing homes, hospitals and other health care organizations in 46 states. Collectively, the Golden Living family of companies has nearly 40,000 employees who provide quality health care to more than 30,000 patients and residents every day. For more information, visit www.goldenliving.com.

Marsh Affinity Group Services, a service of Seabury & Smith, is the leader in insurance program management and the world's largest insurance broker with $4 billion of annual revenue. The company has committed over 50 years to developing custom insurance programs with the right products and services that best support the needs of client organizations and the lifestyles of their members-both professional and personal. Marsh Affinity Group Services has been a partner with AOTA for more than 30 years, and was the first corporate supporter of The Fund to Promote Awareness of Occupational Therapy (The Fund). The company continues to demonstrate a commitment to the occupational therapy profession through its partnerships with AOTA and The Fund.

L.L.Bean, Inc., the outdoor gear and apparel manufacturer, is our partner in raising awareness about backpack health and safety during National School Backpack Awareness Day. Because about one-third of occupational therapy practitioners work with children in school systems, pediatric hospitals, and other health care facilities, L.L.Bean considers us experts. They provide tips on their web site and in their catalogues for the proper fitting and wearing of backpacks, and they link their site to the AOTA site.

The Primary Care Provider (PCP) Education Project, a collaborative effort of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association of America, is helping to support the 2004 OT Month campaign. The CFIDS Association of America is the nation's leading charitable organization dedicated to conquering chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The PCP Education Project provides workshops and self-study courses to improve occupational therapy practitioners' ability to detect, diagnose and manage this widespread medical disorder . For more information, visit www.cfids.org.