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The Dual Role Of Patient And Caregiver
What happens when a person with a chronic illness becomes caregiver to someone with a chronic illness? What can help make each day go as smoothly as possible?

Guide To Caregiver Support
Being a caregiver is a long-term commitment. How to care for yourself while caring for others.

3 Part Guide: Being A Caregiver Is Hard On Your Health
While providing care for a loved one can be a rewarding experience, it can also take a toll on your health.

Caregivers: The Other Victims
How about the caregiver? Sometimes this is a hospital, respite aid or nursing home care. But these solutions often prove too costly for the average person. Then the mantle of caregiving falls on the shoulders of a family member. Spouses, parents, adult children, other family members, even friends are called upon to care for the patient.

Caregiver Burden And The Widower Effect
Caregiver’s risk of death (or also become ill)increases when spouse is hospitalized.

Where To Look For Caregiver Support Resources
How and where you can look for caregiver support resources.

Do You Need Senior Services? Try Eldercare Locator
How to get help with meals, home care, transportation, caregiver support, and more. There are many elder care and other senior services available, but it can be challenging to find the right senior services in your area, and to know which agencies are trustworthy. Eldercare Locator can help.

More Hospital Patients Have Pressure Ulcers
For anyone at risk pressure sores are not a minor health event. The best treatment is prevention. Patients, family and caregivers need to understand the risks of pressure ulcers and how they can be prevented.

Eldercare Locator
The Eldercare Locator, a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging, connects older Americans and their caregivers with sources of information on senior services. The service links those who need assistance with state and local area agencies on aging and community-based organizations that serve older adults and their caregivers.

The Caregivers Center
Looking after a friend, relative, or spouse who has a disabling condition can be an exhausting task. The Caregivers Center is designed to collect in one place information that may help caregivers deal with day-to-day problems and issues, from healthandage.

Most Help-Dependent RA Patients Reject Institutional Living
Researchers undertook standardized interviews among a representative group of severely disabled patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Patients and their caregivers are NOT taking advantage of the help and care facilities available, from Doctor's Guide.