State Plans for Caregivers

State Plans Advocacy > State Plans for Caregivers Several states have taken the lead to further define how caregivers need to be supported on the community level. You can find those reports here. Alabama Caregiver Task Force...
Kory

Kory

Kory cares for his 6-year-old son, Asher, who lives with spinal muscular atrophy type 1. He has a trach, a G-tube, and sleeps with a ventilator at night. He is able to move around on his own with mobility devices but needs help to and from those devices. When Kory and...

This Week in Caregiving – October 17th

Here are some highlights from this week’s news on caregiving and aging: Informal Caregiving for Elderly Stroke Patients Costs $26.8B  Cardiovascular Business | October 14, 2014 “A study published online Oct. 10 in Neurology added the price of informal...
Dianne | Green Bay, Wisconsin

Dianne | Green Bay, WI

This letter is reprinted with permission from the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources, Inc. (GWAAR).  If you had asked me two years ago if I ever thought I would need a grant, I would have laughed. My husband Chuck and I retired early with great medical...