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Who Cares For The Caregiver?

Hollye Harrington Jacobs | Posted 04.04.2013 | Healthy Living
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Hollye Harrington Jacobs

As a nurse-turned-patient, I can say with 150 percent confidence that being a caregiver involves some of the hardest work in the world. In fact, I can't overstate how difficult being a caregiver is. It is painstakingly difficult, physically, emotionally, socially, psychologically and, it must be said, financially.

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A Stable Workforce Is Essential for People With Disabilities

Althea McLuckie | Posted 02.17.2013 | Impact
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Althea McLuckie

Direct-care staff make a commitment to helping each one of us live the life we want -- and for that they should be paid fairly.

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Dads, Daughters and Debilitating Illness

Lily Eve Cohen | Posted 01.29.2013 | Teen
Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Baby Boomers, Modern Family, The New Normal, Fathers and Daughters, Fatherhood, Father-Daughter-Bond, Caretakers, Start-Over Dads, Teen News
Lily Eve Cohen

When children take on the role of caretakers in their families, they view the world differently; they see the struggles of their parents and understand that playing with dolls and train sets cannot improve the situation.

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Why Some High-Powered Women End Up As The 'Nanny' At Work

Buzzfeed | Posted 05.30.2012 | Women
Read More: Gender Gap, Gender Inequality, Women at Work, Nanny, Workplace Cultures, Women in Business, Female Roles in the Office, Caretakers, Female Respect at Work, Women News

This is how former New York Times Company CEO Janet Robinson is described in a story in this week's New York Magazine: Robinson appeared to her co-...

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Of Two Minds Is Not the Typical LIfetime Movie

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.09.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Lifetime Cable Channel, Schizophrenia, Caretakers, Kristin Davis, Tammy Blanchard, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

Some statistics which are handed out during the course of the film make us aware of how extensive this situation is. Who takes care of the mentally ill? That is the question.

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Support National Family Caregiver's Month With A $30 Donation

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Terminal Illness, Caretakers, Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation, National Family Caregiver's Month, Child Illness, Caregivers, Impact News

November is National Family Caregiver's Month, and organizations such as The Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation (ASRL) are doing everything possible...

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