Today, 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and placing tremendous caregiving demands on family, friends, and the American health care system. According to the Alzheimer’s Association,14.9 million family and friends provided 17 billion hours of unpaid care in 2010 to those suffering from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The demands of providing […] Read more »
Paid In-Home Care: Improving the Lives of Family Caregivers
According to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, more than 43 million caregivers aged 18 and older — about 19 percent of the country’s adult population — are providing care to an adult family member or friend who is at least 50 years old. Read more »