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Tag Archives: caregiving
Connecting Caregivers to Community
This is National Family Caregivers Month, an opportunity to recognize the dedication of individuals who provide care to someone they love, from parents caring for children with disabilities to adult children caring for their parents or grandparents. According to the … Continue reading
For Families, Caregiving Happens Around the Clock
November is National Family Caregivers Month, recognizing the 43.5 million Americans who provide unpaid care to an adult or child every year. Family caregivers can include parents, siblings, adult children, and other family members who support loved ones with disabilities. … Continue reading
Posted in Right Resources Right Now
Tagged caregivers, caregiving, family supports, parents, siblings
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for November 2016
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged aging, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, cultural perspective, depression and caregiving, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education of caregivers, intellectual disabilities, NIDILRR, people with disabilities, research, SCI, Spanish, Spanish-language, technology
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Thank You, Caregivers!
This week, more than ever, we are thankful for the men and women who support loved ones with disabilities. More than 43.5 million people provide care to an adult or child in the US, according to the National Alliance for … Continue reading
Posted in Right Resources Right Now, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, caregivers, caregiving, family supports
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 7 to Friday, March 11
Caregiving: Living with the parents I’m losing to Alzheimer’s (The New York Times) In 2010, after several disturbing phone calls from and about her aging parents, Elizabeth Wolf moved back from Vermont to her parents’ home in New Jersey. She … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, caregivers, caregiving, cochlear implants, diabetes sniffing dog, down syndrome, golf program for Veterans, independent living, music and cochlear implants, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, service dogs, type 1 diabetes, veterans
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Translating Evidence-Based Practices to Community Settings for People Aging with Disabilities and their Caregivers
Please join the Administration for Community Living for a webinar, “Translating Evidence-Based Practices to Community Settings for People Aging with Disabilities and their Caregivers: Gaps and Opportunities” on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016: 1:00 to 2:30pm (ET). Meeting agenda: Introductory remarks from … Continue reading
Family Support: Get Involved in the Dialogue!
Last March, the NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Family Support at the University of Illinois in Chicago (H133B140046) and the Easter Seals gave the Disability Community the opportunity to be a part of a dialogue in English … Continue reading
Podcast 9 in ENACT Podcast Series “Active Living with Arthritis” is now available!
The NIDRR-funded RRTC on ENhancing ACTivity and Participation for Persons with Arthritis (ENACT) has released the ninth podcast in the “Active Living with Arthritis” series. This series provides evidence-based information to assist people living with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions … Continue reading
Posted in Audiovisual, Project, Publications, Website
Tagged Amber Steckel, Arthritis, Arthritis Active Living Podcasts, Boston University, caregiving, Center for Enhancing Activity and Participation Among Persons with Arthritis (ENACT), Dr. Julie Keysor, Dr. Karen Jacobs, ENACT, Kaitlin Thompson, managing conditions, physical disabilities, podcast, podcast series, rheumatic conditions
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Evidence-based Alzheimer Interventions – Conference Call
Join the Alliance for Aging Research, in partnership with the Administration on Aging and with the support of MetLife, for the release of Translating Innovation to Impact, a new white paper outlining research into evidence-based interventions to help people with … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, Alzheimer's Disease, caregiving, conference call, dementia, evidence-based research, independent living
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A great resource for those caring for people with Alzheimer’s Disease
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has rolled out a new website dedicated to the people caring and helping people with Alzheimer’s disease. The website, alzheimers.gov, contains resources for caregivers that include treatment options, planning and paying for … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Website
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, caregivers, caregiving, disability, mental health, NIDRR, NIDRR research, people with disabilities
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