Tag: family caregivers

Family Caregivers – The Missing Social Determinant of Care

Family Caregivers – The Missing Social Determinant of Care (Reprinted in part from DistilInfo) DistilNFO had an opportunity to interview Anthony Cirillo, FACHE, ABC. Anthony is president of The Aging Experience. He helps health organizations craft experiences and seize opportunities in the mature marketplace. He helps family caregivers thrive and...

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Assessing Family Caregiver Needs Important

The AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) has released a new fact sheet, Assessing Family Caregiver Needs: Policy and Practice Considerations. The fact sheet explains why it is important to assess and respond to family caregiver needs, highlights the fundamental principles of caregiver assessment, and describes why assessments have an important...

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New Study Shows Severity of Alzheimer’s Caregiving on Working Women

The Working Mother Research Institute surveyed nearly 2,500 women, including more than 1,200 who have cared for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, to get a clear picture of how the responsibility of caregiving affects their emotional, financial and work lives, as well as their families. Women and Alzheimer’sDisease: The Caregiver’s...

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More on Caregiving Costs and Toll

The AARP Public Policy Institute has released a new paper updating the national and state estimates of the economic value of family caregiving.ξξ In 2009, about 42.1 million family caregivers in the U.S. provided care at any given point in time. 61.6 million provided care at some time during the...

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Caregiver Depression Two Times National Average

@Digital Vision, Getty Images Caring.com recently released the results of a new study, in which 86 percent of caregivers said that caregiving impacted their work situation because they had to take time away from their jobs, quit, retire early, reduce hours, or take a leave of absence. Twenty-five percent of...

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