Missionary Renegade: This Week in Caregiving: October 8-14 Inbox x Promotions x National Alliance for Caregiving parys@caregiving.org via www-caregiving.ccsend.com 8:04 AM (16 hours ago) to me This Week in Caregiving from the National Alliance for Caregiving Here are the highlights from this week's news in family caregiving: Caring for an elderly relative? What you should know CNN | October 11, 2016 "According to a long-awaited report on family caregiving from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which acknowledges that the nearly 18 million caregivers for older adults are routinely marginalized and ignored within the health care system. Deeming that unacceptable, the panel has called for extensive changes to the health care system, including a family-centered approach to care that would recognize caregivers' essential contributions." Caregiving is forcing women 50+ to leave the workforce Next Avenue | October 10, 2016 "When employers force their employees with caregiving duties to choose between work and family, everyone loses. This can be particularly true for women, who still make up 60 percent of the family caregiver population (though men are increasingly shouldering the responsibility). But increasingly, working women over 50 are leaving their jobs in order to provide the necessary care." Caregiving, stress, and beauty shots of the brain Scientific American | October 13, 2016 "If you are caring for an elderly or ailing relative, you are not alone. It can be a tough job, no matter how strong the bond between caregiver and receiver. Decades of research tally the poll: poorer healthy, financial sacrifice, depression, and anxiety." How to build the "village" you need as a caregiver Huffington Post | October 9, 2016 "Caregivers are often called the lynchpin of long-term care, but our health care system typically overlooks them. The study shines a much-needed spotlight on the essential, often heroic role that people caring for loved ones with dementia play in our fragmented health care system, while drawing a chilling picture of the tremendous impact this labor of love can have on caregivers' health, well-being and financial security." Most hospital palliative-care programs don't have enough staff Washington Post | October 10, 2016 "Most hospitals offer palliative-care services that help people with serious illnesses manage their pain and other symptoms and make decisions about their treatment while providing emotional support and assistance in navigating the health-care system. But the majority of these programs fail to meet national guidelines for staffing, a recent study found." Cool Link of the Week: Harrison Ford details daughter's long battle with epilepsy in tearful speech Health Cure Do you have family caregiving news to share? Send to Parys at parys@caregiving.org. National Alliance for Caregiving | www.caregiving.org STAY CONNECTED: Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter View our profile on LinkedIn National Alliance for Caregiving, 4720 Montgomery Lane , Suite 205, Bethesda, MD 20814

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This Week in Caregiving: October 8-14 Inbox x Promotions x National Alliance for Caregiving parys@caregiving.org via www-caregiving.ccsend.com 8:04 AM (16 hours ago) to me This Week in Caregiving from the National Alliance for Caregiving Here are the highlights from this week's news in family caregiving: Caring for an elderly relative? What you should know CNN | October 11, 2016 "According to a long-awaited report on family caregiving from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which acknowledges that the nearly 18 million caregivers for older adults are routinely marginalized and ignored within the health care system. Deeming that unacceptable, the panel has called for extensive changes to the health care system, including a family-centered approach to care that would recognize caregivers' essential contributions." Caregiving is forcing women 50+ to leave the workforce Next Avenue | October 10, 2016 "When employers force their employees with caregiving duties to choose between work and family, everyone loses. This can be particularly true for women, who still make up 60 percent of the family caregiver population (though men are increasingly shouldering the responsibility). But increasingly, working women over 50 are leaving their jobs in order to provide the necessary care." Caregiving, stress, and beauty shots of the brain Scientific American | October 13, 2016 "If you are caring for an elderly or ailing relative, you are not alone. It can be a tough job, no matter how strong the bond between caregiver and receiver. Decades of research tally the poll: poorer healthy, financial sacrifice, depression, and anxiety." How to build the "village" you need as a caregiver Huffington Post | October 9, 2016 "Caregivers are often called the lynchpin of long-term care, but our health care system typically overlooks them. The study shines a much-needed spotlight on the essential, often heroic role that people caring for loved ones with dementia play in our fragmented health care system, while drawing a chilling picture of the tremendous impact this labor of love can have on caregivers' health, well-being and financial security." Most hospital palliative-care programs don't have enough staff Washington Post | October 10, 2016 "Most hospitals offer palliative-care services that help people with serious illnesses manage their pain and other symptoms and make decisions about their treatment while providing emotional support and assistance in navigating the health-care system. But the majority of these programs fail to meet national guidelines for staffing, a recent study found." Cool Link of the Week: Harrison Ford details daughter's long battle with epilepsy in tearful speech Health Cure Do you have family caregiving news to share? Send to Parys at parys@caregiving.org. National Alliance for Caregiving | www.caregiving.org STAY CONNECTED: Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter View our profile on LinkedIn National Alliance for Caregiving, 4720 Montgomery Lane , Suite 205, Bethesda, MD 20814

This Week in Caregiving: October 8-14 from National Alliance for Caregiving of Bethesda, Maryland, United States for Friday, 14 October 2016
This Week in Caregiving from the National Alliance for Caregiving
Here are the highlights from this week's news in family caregiving:

Caring for an elderly relative? What you should know

CNN | October 11, 2016
"According to a long-awaited report on family caregiving from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which acknowledges that the nearly 18 million caregivers for older adults are routinely marginalized and ignored within the health care system. Deeming that unacceptable, the panel has called for extensive changes to the health care system, including a family-centered approach to care that would recognize caregivers' essential contributions."

Caregiving is forcing women 50+ to leave the workforce

Next Avenue | October 10, 2016
"When employers force their employees with caregiving duties to choose between work and family, everyone loses. This can be particularly true for women, who still make up 60 percent of the family caregiver population (though men are increasingly shouldering the responsibility). But increasingly, working women over 50 are leaving their jobs in order to provide the necessary care."

Caregiving, stress, and beauty shots of the brain

Scientific American | October 13, 2016
"If you are caring for an elderly or ailing relative, you are not alone. It can be a tough job, no matter how strong the bond between caregiver and receiver. Decades of research tally the poll: poorer healthy, financial sacrifice, depression, and anxiety."

How to build the "village" you need as a caregiver

Huffington Post | October 9, 2016
"Caregivers are often called the lynchpin of long-term care, but our health care system typically overlooks them. The study shines a much-needed spotlight on the essential, often heroic role that people caring for loved ones with dementia play in our fragmented health care system, while drawing a chilling picture of the tremendous impact this labor of love can have on caregivers' health, well-being and financial security."

Most hospital palliative-care programs don't have enough staff

Washington Post | October 10, 2016
"Most hospitals offer palliative-care services that help people with serious illnesses manage their pain and other symptoms and make decisions about their treatment while providing emotional support and assistance in navigating the health-care system. But the majority of these programs fail to meet national guidelines for staffing, a recent study found."
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