An overheard conversation, a report on family caregiving and messages of NIC National Conference speakers converge in my brain.
Recognizing family caregivers as care partners
By
Trudy Croxton
Dec 14, 2017
When family members are viewed as care partners, their relationships with staff can be mutually supportive and enriching.
A surprising finding about family caregivers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 04, 2019
An interesting study recently published in The Gerontologist suggests that older caregivers providing less care than their peers may need more support than others.
Reflections of a former family caregiver: Done with the heartache
By
Dan Shapiro
Sep 14, 2021
I am writing frankly about the experience of being a caretaker over a long period of time and the challenge that presents.
Support is a way to keep workers who are family caregivers
By
Anna Walters
Jun 18, 2018
Senior living operators are facing historic rates of turnover, decreasing revenues and increasing competition. One way to address these issues is to offer human resources and other programs for workers...
Putting caregiver issues in politics: The Family Caregiver Platform Project
By
Ben Scribner
May 08, 2017
The goal of a recent grassroots effort was to raise awareness of caregiver issues among hundreds of political leaders by pushing to get some of those issues onto state political party platforms.
Family caregiving: ‘A public health issue of increasing importance’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2020
Much has been written before about family caregivers and how they support loved ones as well as the healthcare system, but a new report provides the first state-level estimates of self-rated caregiver...
Improve family satisfaction by making just a few changes
By
Henry Yaeger
Oct 24, 2019
Interestingly, family caregivers are just as concerned with the communication they experience as they are with the quality of care their loved ones receive on a daily basis.
The technology senior living communities actually need
By
Annabelle Carter Short
Nov 25, 2019
From the perspective of a family caregiver of someone living with dementia, here are some senior living technologies that communities can use to improve their operations.
Caring for caregivers all year
By
Tom Rotz
Feb 21, 2017
November has been designated National Family Caregivers Month, but our appreciation doesn’t need to be limited to one month of the year.