Articles on "Resources for Caregivers"
Empathy Levels Highest Among Women Age 50+
Looking for someone to feel your pain? Talk to a woman in her 50s. According to a new study of more than 75,000 adults, women in that age group are more empathic than men of the same age as well as younger or older people. “Overall, late middle-aged adults were higher in both of the aspects of empathy that we measured,” said Sara Konrath, PhD, an assistant research professor at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research and co-author [...]
People on the Move – Kinergy Health
Northern Virginia start-up’s patient-centric application recognized for making patient data readily available to physicians and caregivers Kinergy Health, a pioneer in using the web to connect family members, doctors, and other health care providers to better and more efficiently deliver care for an aging or chronically ill loved one, today announced it was selected as winner of The Advisory Board Company’s Patient Engagement Blue Button (R) Challenge. David Chao, Chief Technology Officer for Crimson at The Advisory Board Company, made [...]
November is National Family Caregivers Month
In 1994, the National Family Caregivers Association began promoting the celebration of family caregivers during the week of Thanksgiving. President Clinton signed the first presidential proclamation in 1997 and every president since – Democrat and Republican alike – has issued an annual proclamation appreciating family caregivers. As interest grew in family caregiving issues, National Family Caregivers Week became National Family Caregivers Month. Day in and day out, more than 65 million family caregivers in this country fulfill a vital role [...]
Seniors Particularly Vulnerable in Sandy’s Aftermath
Older adults left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy will likely suffer disproportionately in the days ahead, based on data from other recent natural disasters. For example, three quarters of those who perished in Hurricane Katrina were over the age of 60, according to the spring 2006 edition of Public Policy & Aging Report from The Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Similarly, a recent issue of the Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences reported that the [...]
Help with Daily Money Management–InfoDoc, Inc.
It all started with a phone call. Ivor and Jean Jones had been living in an assisted living community in Baltimore, Md., for several years when one of their sons, Dr. Bruce Jones, received an unexpected call from their neighbor. “The neighbor had seen their condo listed in the paper as not having paid taxes. It was scheduled for tax sale,” Bruce recalled. Bruce was shocked, but he soon realized that his father had not been managing any of the [...]
Home Alone: Family Caregivers Providing Complex Chronic Care
This study by AARP SVP Susan Reinhard and Carol Levine of the United Hospital Fund challenges the common perception of family caregiving as a set of personal care and household chores that most adults already do or can easily master. Family caregivers have traditionally provided assistance with bathing, dressing, eating, and household tasks such as shopping and managing finances. While these remain critically important to the well-being of care recipients, the role of family caregivers has dramatically expanded to include [...]
Recipients of the 2012 Kudos For Community Caregivers Awards
LifeCircle Alliances is pleased to announce the recipients of the Kudos For Community Caregivers Awards for 2012. Winners were honoredat their third Annual Breakfast on September 24th, 2012 at the Mason Inn on the campus of George Mason University. This Event recognizes outstanding volunteer caregivers, businesses and organizations in the Fairfax community who have provided dedicated care, day in and day out, for older adults and adults with disabilities and this year they selected four caregiveres and two corporate caregivers. [...]
More grandparents fill caregiver role – University of Chicago Study
A new UChicago study, based on a National Institute on Aging survey, shows that 60 percent of grandparents provided some care for their grandchildren during a 10-year period, and 70 percent of those who did provided care for two years or more. The results mirror recent U.S. Census data showing the importance of grandparents in child care. The 2010 Census reported that 8 percent of grandparents live with their grandchildren, and 2.7 million grandparents are responsible for most of their [...]
Long-Distance Caregiving Creates High Anxiety
A recent article in the Kansas City Star cites several studies and individual cases of long-distance caregiving and the stress it places on families and seniors. The article states that 15 percent of the country’s 34 million caregivers live an hour or more away from aging relatives who need their help, according to National Institute on Aging data. The average distance for respondents in a 2004 MetLife caregiving study was 450 miles, and almost a quarter of those surveyed said [...]
EEOC offers best practices to prevent caregiver discrimination
In February, the EEOC held hearings on caregiver issues. Much of the discussion focused on pregnancy discrimination, an issue of greater importance now that the economic downturn has increased the percentage women in the workforce. Women currently make up 47% of the nation’s workforce. Record numbers of working adults now care for elderly parents, a burden that falls disproportionately on women. Working women (20% of all working women) are more likely to be caregivers than working men (16%). For federal [...]
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