
A host of public officials gathered in Bowdon Tuesday prior to a drive-by parade in honor of 2020 Rosalynn Carter Institute Caregiver of the Year Award winner Ms. Alesia Simon
(Bowdon, GA) — Alesia Simon was honored Tuesday as a Georgia Caregiver of the Year by the Rosalynn Carter Institute.
The Caregiver of the Year Award is designed to recognize selfless acts, compassion, empathy, effort and extraordinary commitment of caregivers toward those who need their care.
A total of three Caregivers of the Year are selected, one for each of three categories: family, volunteer, and paraprofessional.
Normally recognized by a luncheon at the institute, this year’s honorees were instead recognized during a special drive-by ceremony at their homes due to COVID-19.
The annual recognition comes during November’s National Family Caregiver Month, a nationwide celebration of the men and women who support individuals in need of care.
Simon and her family were visited at her home in Bowdon Tuesday afternoon by Rosalynn Carter Institute (RCI) Director Dr. Jennifer Olsen, Carroll County Commission Chair Michelle Morgan, Bowdon Mayor Jim Chaffin, Pilot Club of Carrollton, representatives from the Three Rivers Regional Commission/Area Agency on Aging, and other elected officials from both Bowdon and Carroll County.
Chairperson Morgan and Mayor Chaffin each presented Simon with an official proclamation honoring her selfless work and care for her parents. She was nominated in the family caregiver category.
Simon provided care to her late mother for many years while she was battling cancer at the same time that her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2012.
Alesia juggled caring for her father as well as her mother until her mother sadly passed away from cancer in 2017. She continues looking after her 77-year-old father on a daily basis.

Alesia Simon
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