Caregivers

In addition to remembering the caregivers our country has been blessed with, we should call on policymakers to do more to resolve our workforce crisis.

Informal caregivers provide two extra “shifts” of care per resident weekly in assisted living communities, equating to 65 hours per month per resident, according to the authors of a study recently...

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Immigration reform could offer the solution for a growing number of Americans who want to age in place, according to a new research brief from the Brookings Institution

A new survey delivers additional food for thought on the business opportunities for senior living providers to serve family caregivers.

The proportion of caregivers reporting disabilities was higher for those with versus without arthritis.

Until we make caregiving issues as important to lawmakers as infrastructure and energy, we can act on three critical intermediary steps.

Relatives of senior living residents are among those who are a focus of what the federal government is calling its first national strategy to support family caregivers.

Employees at Friendship Retirement Community have an even greater incentive to pick up an extra shift or two this month. Learn more, and see how you can submit your photos!

Acknowledging, incorporating and supporting the “invisible workforce” of informal family caregivers can benefit residents, professional caregivers and staff members in assisted living communities and...