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Impact of Family Caregiving on Work
The AARP’s updated report on family caregivers and work shows increasing numbers of caregivers in the workplace. The ÛÏaverageÛ U.S. caregiver is a 49-year-old woman who works outside the home and spends nearly 20 hours per weekÛÓthe equivalent of another parttime jobÛÓproviding unpaid care to her mother for nearly five...
CarePlanners New Model for Helping Mom and Dad (VIDEO)
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CarePlanners New Model for Helping Mom and Dad
As you made your way back home from an elder relative’s home during the holidays, you may have noticed some things that suggested that he/she could need some extra care. I had the pleasure of meeting the founder of CarePlanners, Alan Blaustein, in the fall of last year and learn...
Coming Out of the Closet with Caregiving
The AARP Public Policy Institute issued a paper entitled: A Call to Action: What Experts Say Needs to Be Done to Meet the Challenges of Family Caregiving. They invited 10 authors who have written about the challenges of family caregiving to participate in an AARP Solutions Forum on the issue....
Recognizing the Important Role of Family Caregivers
Guest post by Stien Vandierendonck, Manager of Programs and Communications at the National Alliance for Caregiving. åÊ Most American caregivers are female and on average 48 years old. They typically take care of a relative, most often a parent, for an average period of 4.6 years.1 The estimated economic value...
Track This Bill – Extending the Dependent Care Credit
A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would extend the dependent care credit to include expenses related to caring for parents and grandparents who do not live with the taxpayer. åÊ The bill was introduced in response to the rising number of people providing financial assistance to a parent...
Who Gets Custody of Grandma After the Divorce?
Who from my family will step up and care for me as I grow older? That is a question a lot of baby boomers are asking themselves. Because the prospects are scary. In a study reported in Long-Term Care Magazine, divorce and remarriage is changing the role of adult children...
Caregivers Have Bad Health Habits
Be Thankful to Our Caregivers This Season@Getty Images While this is a study from just one state, Calif., anecdotally I can report that its implications certainly apply to the country. The estimated 6 million informal caregivers in California show serious psychological distress and negative health behaviors such as smoking, according...