6 steps to creating a culture of person and family engagement in health care
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative | April 2017
"When patients and families are partners in planning and making decisions about their care, health outcomes are better, patient experience and satisfaction improves, and often, costs are lower. Health care practices can adopt a variety of strategies to improve person and family engagement. Changes can range from improving office workflow, to improving how care team members interface with the patient and family, to developing shared decision-making strategies that ensure treatment is understood by and meaningful to the individual patient."
Family caregivers help with a wider range of healthcare tasks than thought
Yale News | April 24, 2017
"A Yale-led study finds that while many family caregivers assist older adults with serious health problems like dementia and disability, the majority aid adults without those issues. Caregivers are also helping with a much wider range of activities than previously thought. The findings highlight the need for more attention and resources for family caregivers to lessen the significant financial, emotional, and physical burdens they bear."
Cancer in the family: One spouse's diagnosis can lower household income
Science Daily | April 24, 2017
"Caring for a husband or wife with cancer significantly diminishes the family income, according to researchers from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business, who tracked change sin employment and income among working-age couples in Canada. By matching tax returns with health data from Canada, researchers were able to determine a spousal cancer diagnosis results in a decline in household income by 5 percent among men and 9 percent among women, on average."
4 important financial tips for caregivers
Yahoo Finance | April 26, 2017
"At some point, it is highly likely that many Americans will find themselves in the position of needing to provide care for an older family member or friend. And with the aging of baby boomers, these numbers will only increase over the next decade and beyond. Much attention is paid to the time and emotional commitment of caregiving, however, the financial impact on caregivers is one are that warrants a closer look."
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Caregiving Events
Save the Date! Falls Prevention Webinar Series: Part 2 | June 27, 2017, 3 PM ET
This webinar is the second of a three-part series on falls prevention hosted by the National Alliance for Caregiving and NCOA. Registration details forthcoming.
Do you have family caregiving news to share? Send to Parys at parys@caregiving.org.
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[WEBINAR TODAY] Falls Prevention with the National Alliance for Caregiving and NCOA from National Alliance for Caregiving
for Friday, 28 April 2017Let's talk falls prevention!
from the National Alliance for Caregiving
Join the National Alliance for Caregiving and the National Council on Aging for a webinar on falls prevention!
We're excited to invite you to join us for the Caregivers as Partners and Recipients of Falls Prevention Efforts: The Role of State Coalitions webinar today, Tuesday, April 25, at 3 PM ET. The webinar will connect professionals in aging and caregving to better educate caregivers across the country about falls risk factors and prevention strategies.
Register for the webinar here.
Do you have family caregiving news to share? Send to Parys at parys@caregiving.org.
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