This Week in Caregiving from the National Alliance for Caregiving
Here are the highlights from this week's news in family caregiving:
1. Japanese city takes community approach to dealing with dementia
NPR | August 23, 2016
"Early mornings are routine for 69-year-old Hiroyuki Yamamoto. He's typically at a busy intersection in the city of Matsudo, near Tokyo, where he volunteers as a school crossing guard. But onerainy morning a little over a year ago, an old woman caught his attention. Yamamoto recognized that the woman had several signs of dementia he'd learned about when he took his city's dementia awareness training."
2. Family caregiving: a great labor of love
AARP | August 29, 2016
"As Labor Day approaches, I want to take a minute to recognize the 40 million Americans who perform a great labor of love every day: family caregivers. Thanks to their tireless efforts, parents, spouses, and other loved ones are able to remain at home - where they want to be. Day after day, these unsung heroes take on huge responsibilities that can be overwhelming, stressful and exhausting."
3. Four ways to protect your retirement as a family caregiver
Yahoo Finance | August 30, 2016
"A lot of attention is paid to how emotionally draining caregiving can be, but the financial implications can't be overlooked. When planning for retirement takes a backseat to caring for an aging parent, you could end up paying the price in your later years. If you're anticipating becoming a caregiver to one or both of your parents at some point, you'll need a good defensive plan for safeguarding your retirement. Here are some of the most important things to keep in mind."
4. When should you become your aging parents health care advocate?
Next Avenue | August 29, 2016
"If you have recently stepped into the caregiver role because of a significant change in the health of an aging parent, whether you realize it or not you have also become their health care advocate. To be an effective advocate, it's important to plan for the future with your parent, not for him or her. Conversations should cover your parent's health care and end-of-life preferences, the names and contact information for all health care providers, primary and secondary insurance providers and related financial information."
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