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“In Sickness and in Health”: A New Report on Spousal Caregiving

“Typical” and “average” are words intended to draw an immediately recognizable picture of a population, trend, or statistical distribution. But sometimes these words conceal instead of clarify. Based...

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Family Members Caring for People With Cognitive and Behavioral Health...

In 2012, 9.6 million adults in the United States had lived with a serious mental illness in the past year. Also, 20 percent of adults over age fifty have depression, and about 11 percent suffer from...

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The Next Frontier in Self-Management for Chronic Illness: Pediatrics

It is well established that patients with chronic conditions account for the majority of health care costs in the United States; this is true for children as well as adults. One successful approach to...

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New in the Journal: Long-Term Services and Supports: What Foundations Are...

My March 2015 GrantWatch column (free access) mentions some examples of how foundations are targeting their funds in the area of long-term services and supports and caregiving. GrantWatch is Health...

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Independence—It’s What Older People Want

We already know what older people want.  A study from the National Conference of State Legislatures and AARP, as well as other studies, confirm, time and again, that the vast majority of us want to...

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Embracing The Role Of Family Caregivers In The U.S. Health System

One of the clear trends emerging from U.S. health reform is the transition from a provider and procedure focused system to one that puts the patient at the center of care. “Patient-centered care” is...

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