Demand for home health aides is soaring. So why are they still so undervalued?
On most days around 2 p.m., home health aide Duane Crichlow can be found in an apartment in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, playing catch with his client — a man in …
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Opinion: An intimate look at dementia — and the emotional toll it takes on family and caregivers
Dementia thoroughly altered my dad — and our family — and taught me just how hard it can be to care for someone with dementia. When I don’t understand something, …
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Cuando el cuidado es un asunto familiar, el Alzheimer supone una pesada carga para los hijos y los cónyuges
Read in English | Leer en inglés. HARLINGEN, Texas — Aquí en el Valle del Río Grande casi todo el mundo conoce, o cuida, a alguien con demencia. No es …
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Opinion: Support family caregivers to improve and diversify clinical trials
During the Covid-19 pandemic, America’s 53 million family caregivers gained some long overdue recognition for their vital role as unpaid extenders of an under-resourced health care workforce. The clinical trial …
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Where caregiving is a family affair, Alzheimer’s places a heavy burden on children and spouses
HARLINGEN, Texas — Here in the Rio Grande Valley almost everyone knows, or cares for, someone with dementia. It’s not a surprise. The region has some of the nation’s highest …
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