[This Week in Caregiving] from the National Alliance for Caregiving for Friday, 11 July 2014

[This Week in Caregiving] from the National Alliance for Caregiving for Friday, 11 July 2014
Here are some highlights from this week's news on caregiving:
Parallell Caregiver Crises, Military and Civilian
The Hill | July 8, 2014
"Across America, millions of people shoulder the all-consuming burden of providing care for loved ones who cannot care for themselves because of physical or mental conditions. The caregivers are spouses and friends, sons and daughters, moms and dads."
Caregivers of Terminal Cancer Patients Say They Can Emotionally 
Manage End-of-Life, With Help  
Case Western Reserve University (Blog) | July 7, 2014 
"Many caregivers of terminal cancer patients suffer depression and report regret and guilt from feeling they could have done more to eliminate side effects and relieve the pain. So researchers from the nursing school at Case Western Reserve University devised and tested an intervention that quickly integrates a cancer support team to guide caregivers and their patients through difficult end-of-life treatment and decisions." 
Caregiving Takes Hefty Financial Toll, But Help is Available
NPR | July 5, 2014
"NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with special needs lawyer Theresa Varnet and social entrepreneur Al Etmanski about the types of assistance available for families caring for a special needs child."  
How You Can Help Someone Who is an Alzheimer's Caregiver
Huffington Post | July 10, 2014
"Nancy is the primary caregiver for her husband, George, who has mid-stage Alzheimer's. It's exhausting work. She's on call 24/7 and often feels overwhelmed by her responsibilities, which seem never ending. After four years of this, she's burned out."
Successful Aging: Finding the Right Caregiver
Los Angeles Daily News | July 7, 2014
"My parents are living with significant limitations from severe arthritis, macular degeneration, recent surgeries, plus the beginning of cognitive problems. My brother and I live out of town and have been alternating weekdays and weekends tending to their needs and managing their full-time care providers - some of whom are not great." 
Cool Link of the Week
10 Innovations That Could Change the Way We Age
American Society on Aging 

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