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  • Senior Found Dead After Wandering from Care Facility
    She got lost and died in the cold
    Federal and state regulations mandate that safety precautions be taken to protect elders who are known to be confused and unable to protect themselves. What goes wrong?
  • Paid Participants Sought for Distance Caregiving Study
    Earn a $10 Amazon gift card for taking a 20-minute survey online
    The Health Communication Master's of Science Program at Chapman University in Orange, California, is conducting a research study examining interpersonal communication patterns of people who have provided long-distance care to someone age 55 or older in the past year.
  • Lifting Our Voices: The Journeys into Family Caregiving of Professional Social Workers
    Broadening and refining the very concepts of "caregiving" and "family"
    This is the only book to explore the dual roles of professional social workers who are also family caregivers and the only collection on caregiving in which the majority of contributors are African American.
  • California Budget Woes Strike at Heart of Caregiving Services
    Closed agencies will leave families without support
    On July 1, a state that was a strong advocate of aging in place will cut or eliminate the resources that made it all possible. State agencies are in an uproar, issuing alerts and asking people to contact legislators, and those in the eldercare industry are bracing for the worst.
  • GPS Units in Shoes Will Help Track Lost Seniors
    Locate a loved one in just seconds
    New technology comes to the rescue for caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients bent on wandering.
  • Elder Care and Elder Rage: Know the EARLY Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease
    Caring for your elderly parents can be a challenge
    I pleaded with my elderly father to allow a caregiver to help him with my ailing mother, but he adamantly insisted on taking care of her himself. Every caregiver I hired said, "Jacqueline, I just can't work with your father—his temper is impossible to handle.”
  • Aging with Grace
    Everyone should age with grace
    Aging with Grace™ is a national eldercare resource management company that offers an innovative program to guide caregivers and their families through the overwhelming maze of eldercare options. 
  • Number of Mentally Ill in Nursing Homes on the Rise
    Nearly 125,000 younger adults
    Nursing homes “have become dumping grounds for young and middle-age people with mental illness,” according to the Associated Press, which analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
  • Groups, Individuals Awarded for Work with the Aging
    Serving seniors across the country
    At its March 2009 Aging in America conference, the National Council on Aging (NCOA), a nonprofit service and advocacy organization, made several awards to leaders and organizations “whose exceptional work improves the lives of older Americans.”
  • Caregiving Takes a Toll on Marriage
    Talk openly with each other to reduce stress
    Caring for an aging parent puts a strain on marriage, said 80% of baby boomers. This insight is one of many garnered from a new research study conducted by Caring.com to measure the impact of caregiving on marriage.
  • Eldercare Specialists Give Personalized Help
    Educating, coordinating, facilitating
    Aging with Grace assists families suddenly facing emergency situations. The organization educates people on their options, coordinates their care, and helps make it happen.
  • The Best Gift for Parents with Heart Disease
    Take an active role
    Sometimes the best medicine for helping an aging parent recover from heart disease is having a health advocate—you. One of the country’s top cardiologists offers tips for doing just that.
  • Bursack Cares for the Caregivers Now
    Working to provide the resources she didn't have
    After spending 20 years as a caregiver for seven, Carol Bursack now directs her attention to helping those in the throes of caregiving.
  • It Started with Joe
    Yes, it started with Joe. My life as a caregiver—caring time and time again. How was I to know it would be my charge for 20 years?
  • Dementia Boot Camp: Sensitivity Training for Caregivers, Part 2
    A dehumanizing experience
    “Yeah,” she said. “I’ll put her in this chair. No one who uses this chair lives long, anyway.”
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